Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-02-13

Is thrill. There is a start. There is
thousand voiced shrek of horror. Let DAME
be brought in to read that writing. He come
in. He reads it, weighed in the balaac,
and found wanting"
Meanwhile the Assyrians, who for tvyc
years had been laying siege to that city
took advantage Of that carousal and cam
in. 1 hear the feet OF the conquerors OF
the palace stairs. Massacre rushed in viii
a thousand cleaning knives. Death burst:
upon the scene. and shut the door of that
banqueting hall, for do not want to look
There Is nothing there but torn banners
and broken wreaths. and the slush of upse
rankardS, abb the blood of murdered women
and the kicked and tumbled carcass of 6
dead king. For Gin that night was Bel
shazzar, the king of the Chaldeans, slain''
go on to learn that when God writes any
thing on the wall, a man had better read il
as 1t IS. Daniel did not misinterpret or modi
~ the handwriting the wall. 1t is all
foolishness to expect a minister of the Cos.
pei to preach always things that the people
ike or the people choose. Young men, what
shall preach to you tonight? Shall I tell
you Of the dignity of human nature? Shall
I tell you of The wonders that our race has
| accomplished 'Oh, nor' you say: tell me
the message that came from God" I will.
! II there is any handwriting on the wall, it is
this lesson, Accept of Christ and be saved?"
might talk OF great many other things
but That Is the message, and so l declare it.
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| preached. He said to those who did wrong
and who were offensive in His sight. we
| generation OF viperSi ye whited sepulchers!
now can We escape the damnation of help
raul the apostle preached before a man who
was not ready to hear him preach What
subject did ne take? Did he say, oh: YOU
are good man, very fine man q very no.
bic man?' No; he preached of righteous
ness to man who was unrighteous: of tenn
perance to man who was the victim of had
appetltes; Of the judgment to come to q man
who was unfit for it. So we must always
0eclare the message that happens to come to
u.s. Daniel must read it as it is. A minister
preached before James |. of England, who
was James VI of Scotland. What subject
dld ne take? The king was noted all over the
in his ideas What did the minister preach
about to this man who was James I. of Eng
land and James VI. of Scotland9 He took
for his text James l., 6: He that wavereth
is like wave of the seq driven with the
wind and tossed"
Hugh Latimer offened the king by a SER
mon he preached, and the king said, Hugh
Latlmer, come and apologize" II wilI,n
said Hugh Latiner. So the day was ap-
pointed, and the kings chapel was full Of
lords and dukes, and the mighty men and
women of the country, for Hugh Latimer
was to apologize He began his sermon bv
saying: Hugh Latimer, bethink thee!
lhou art in the presence of thine earthl
think thee, Hugh Latimer that thou art in
presence OF the King of heaven and earth. |
VINO can destroy both body and soul in hell |
fire" Then ne preached with appalling
d1rectness at the kings crimes.
Another lesson that comes to US There is
great difference between the opening of the |
banquet Of sin and its close. Young man. if
you had looked in upon the banquet in the
first few hours. you would have wished YOU
had been invited there, and could sit at the
f10
feast" you would have said; but you look in
at the close of the banquet, and your blood
curdIes with horror. The King of Terrors
has there ghastlier banquet; human blood
IS the wine, and dying groans are the music
Sin has made itself king in the earth. It
has crowned itself. It has spread banquet.
1t invites all the world to come to it. It has |
hung In its banqueting hall the spoils of all
and the banners Of all nations. It
has gathered from all music. It has strewn,
from its wealth, the tables and the floors and
arches. And yet how often is that banquet
broken up, and how horrible is its endl
Ever and anon there is a handwriting on the
wall. A king falls. A great culprit is ar
'ested. The knees of wickedness knocked to-
sether. Gods judgment, like an armed host
breaks in upon the banquet, and that night
$ Belshazzar, the king of the Chaldeans.
lain.
here is young man who says: 81 cannot
ee why they make such a fuss about the in
oxicating cup. Why. it is exhilaratingl It
makes me feel we'll. [ can talk better, think
better, feel better. [ cannot see why people
lave such prejudice against it," A few
ears pass on, and he wakes up and finds
himself in the clutches of an evil habit
which he tries to break but cannot: and he
ries out: ''Oh, Lord God, help mer' 1t
GEMS as though God would not hear his
'rayer, and in an agony of body and soul he
ries out: ut biteth like a serpent. and IL
tingeth like an adder" How bright it was
t the startl How black it was al the lastl
Here Is a man who begins to read corrupt
ove!s: They are so charming" says he.
L will go out and sector myself whether ali (
neSe things e, are So" He opens the gate of
1eets him with her wand. She waves her
7and, and it is all enchantment Why, it s
GEMS as if the angels of God had poured out
hlals OF perfume in the atmosphere As he
Taiks on he finds the hills becoming more |
adiant with foliage and the ravines more t
with the falling water. On! what {
nful sprite with her wand meets him again: t
ut now she reverses the wand, and all the |
nchantment is gone. The cup is full of
olson. The fruit turns to ashes. G
All the leaves Of the bower are forked 5
ongueS of kissing serpents The flowing 9
ountalns fall back in dead pool, stenchful 0
18th corruption. Gae Turing songs become ! t
ughter. Lost spirits gather about him and II
eel for his heart. and beczOn him on with a
HAL, brother Hail. blasted spirit, hailn' He P
les to get out. He comes to the front door Y
here he entered, and tries to push it back r
lt the door turns against him. and in tie Q
II of that shutting door he hears the words. t.
This night Is Belshazzar the king Of Chal- d
cans, slain" Sin may open bright as the ?
orning. It ends dark as the night! d
L learn further from this subject that Death q
m n breaks in upon banquet. Why