The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-01-30


( can not see why they make such a fuss
/ about the Intoxicating emp Why. 81 Is
exhilaTatingl Il makes me feel well
can talk better, think better. feel bet
ter can not see why people bsvs
such q pre- iudEcc against II A few
wears pass on and ne wakes up and
finds himself ia the clutches of an evil
habit which he tries TO break, but can
not; and he cries out: .'Oh. Lord Godg
help gneP' Jt seems as though God
would not bear his prayer; and IN an
agony of body and soul he cries outs
1T biteth like a serpent and it stingeth
like an adder" How bright it was at
the ssartf How black il was at the last!
RUt that sinful spritev with her wand,
meets him again; bat now she reverscs
the wand ami all the enchantment is
gone The Turing songs become curses
and sCFrsaE1s Of demOniac laughter.
Lost spirits gather about him and feel
for his heart. and beclSOn him on with
Hail, brothcFl Hail, blasted spirit,
hail!" lie tries to get oHt- He comes
TO the front door where he entered. and
tries 10 PsiSh il back, but the door turns
against him. and in the jar of that
shutting dOos- he hears these words:
This night is Tselshazzar, the King of
the Chslldeans. slain" Sin may open
bright as tbs morning; 1t ends dark as
tbe night!
learn further FROM this subject that
death sometimes breaks in upon a ban
quot WHY did he not go down to. the
prisons in Babylon? There were people
there that would like TO have died. I
/ suppose there were men and women in
torture in shat city who would have
welcomed death But he comes to the
palace, and just At the time wheE the
mirth is dashing To the tiPtOp pitch
death breaks in at the banquet We
| have often seen the same thing Illus
! trated. Here Is a yOung man just come
| from college. He is kind. He is low
| ing. He is enthusiastic. He is eloquent.
/ BY one spring he may bound to
| heights toward which many men have.
/ been struggling for years A profess
/ sion opens before him. lie is eStab
lished in the law. His friends cheer
| him. Eminent mon encourage him. At
/ ter awhile you may see him standing
/ in the United States Senate, or moving
| a popular Assem- blage by his clOquence
| as trees are moved in a whirlwind.
| Some night he retircs early. A fever is
| on him. Delirium, like a reckless char
I iOtccr, sciZeS the reins of his intellect.
/ Father aud mother stand by and see the
! tides of his life going out to the great
| ocean The banquet is coming to an
| end. The lights of Thought, and mirth,
and eloQuence are being eNtinguished-
/ The g1trlaudS are snatched from the
brow. The vision Is gone. Death at
the banquet,
I am just setting forth a fact which
/ you have noticed As " ell as ]. Ananias
comes To the apostle. The apostle says:
Did yotI sell the land for so much?''
/ He says: Yes" II WAS lie. Deadi
/ as quick as thatl Slpphira, his wife,
comes in did you sell that land for
/ so much?" Yes" It was 4 lie; and
| quick that she was dead. Gods
! judgments arc upon those who despise
1 and defy Him. They come suddenly.
The destroying angel went through
] Egypt Do you suppose that any of the
| people knew that he was coming? Did
they hear the flap of his great wing?
No! No. Suddenly, unexpectedly he
came
Are there any here who are unpre-
| pared for the eternal worlds Are there
any here who have been living without
| God, and without hOpe2 Let me say TO
you that You had better accept of the
! Lord Jesus Christ, lest suddenly YOU
last chance be gone.
If there he one in this presence who
has wandered far away from Christ,
| though he may not have heard the call
| Of the Gospel for many year, invite
him now to come and be saved Flee
from thy SIM Flee to the stronghold of
the Gospel! Now IS the accepted time;
now is the day of salvation
Good night, my young friends. May
you have rosy sleep, guarded by Him
3 y
in the morning strong and Welt But o.
art thou 4 despiscr of oOd2 Is this thy
last night on earth? ShOuldst thou be
| awakened in the night by some
| thing, thou knOvest not what.
and there be shadows floating in
the room, and q handwriting on the
wall, and you feel that your last hour is
come, and there be fainting at the
heart and tremOr in the limb and a
catching of the breath-then thy doom
would be but an echo of the text: In
that night was Belshazzar, the King OF
/ the Chaldeans, slain"
Hear the invitation of the Gospel
''HO. every one that thirsteth! Come
ye to the waters. And let him that
I hath no money come. buy wine and
/ milk without money and without price -
| s'COme unto Ne, all who are weary and
| heavy laden and I will give You rest -
o. that my Lord Jesus would now make
Himself 50 attractive TO your souls that
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