Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-01-26

enptied. Away with care from the palace
Tear royal dignity 10 tattersl Pour out
more winel Give us more light, wilder
music, sweeter perfumel Lord shouts TO
lord, captain ogles 10 captain. Goblets
clash, decanters rattle There comes in
the vile song, and the drunken hiccough,
and the slavering lip, and the guffaw Of
idiotic laughter, bursting from the lips OF
princes, flushed, reeling, bloodshot; while
minRlinR with it all hear, "Huzzal huzzal
/ for great Belshazzarr'
/ THE HANDWRITING on THE WALL
! What Is that on the plastering Of the
/ walli Is IL spiriti Is II a phantomi Is
/ IL Godi Out Of the black sleeve Of the
darkness finger Of fiery terror trembles
through the air and comes TO the wall,
circlinR about AZ though II would write,
and then, with sharp tip OF flame, en-
graves on the plastering the doom OF the
king. The music stops The goblet falls
from the nervele4s grasp There is n thrill.
There is "A start. There u n thousand
voiced shrek Of horror. Let Daniel be
brought in to read that writing. He comes
in lie reads it, weighed In the balance
and found wanting"
! Meanwhile the Assyrinns, who for two
years had been laying siege TO that city,
/ took advantage OF that carousal and came
in. / hear the feet OF the conquerors on
the palace stairs. Massacre rushes in with
! a thousand cleaning knives. Death bursts
I upon the scene, and shut the door Of
that banqucting hall, for do not want 70
look. There II nothing there but torn
/ banners, and broken wreaths, and the sltBh
/ OF upset tankards, and the blood Of muir
dered women, and the kicked and tumbed
carcass Of n dead king. For 'in that night
WAS BelshAzzar the king Of the Chaldeans,
slain"
READ 1T AS 1T Is.
40 on 10 learn that when God writes
anything on the wall. man had better
read IL lls IL IL. Daniel did not misinter
pret or modify the handwriting on the
wall II Is all foolishncss 70 expect min
lister of the Gospel u preach always things
that the people like or the people choose
Young men, what shall preach to you 70
mighty Shall | tell you OF the dignity Of
human natureS Shall I tell you OF the
wonders that our rnce has accomplished ,
"Oh, mol" you say; tell me the message
that came from God" will. II there IL
any handwriting on the wall 1t is this les
son, Accept OF Christ and he saycdp' /
might talk Of great many other things,
but that Is the message. and 30 declare it,.
Jesus never ilattcrcd those to whom he
preached lie said 20 those who did wrong
and who were offensive In his sight, "GS
generation Of vipersl ye whited sepulchersl
how can ye escape the dhmnation Of hellP'
Paul the apostle preached before man
who WIS not ready TO hear him preach
What subject did lac tlkei Did he say,
"Ohl you are "A good man, "A very fine man,
a very noble many" No; he preached Of
righteousness 10 IA man who was unright
eoua; OF temperance To n man who WIS the
victim OF bad appetites; Of the Judgment
10 come tu u man who was unfit for 1t. So
we must always declare the message that
happens to come IN us. Daniel must read
it as IL Is. A minister preached before
James | OF England, who was James vi
of Scotland. What subject did he takeY
The king was noted all over the world for
being unsettled and wavering In his ideIls,
What did the minister preach about tn
this man who was James | of Eugland
and james VI Of Scotland' lie took for
his text James /, q: "Ile that wavereth Ia
like wave Of the sea, driven with the
wind and tossed "
Hugh IStimer offended the king 10y "A
sermon he preached, aud the king said,
"lIugh lAtimer, como and apologize "
81 will, =" said Hugh Latmer. So the day
WAS appointed, and the kings chapel waS
full of lords and dukes, aud the mighty
men and women of the country, for Hugh
lAtimer was tO apologize. lie hogan his
sermon 10y sayingi "llugh lAtimer, be
think thee Thou art Ia the presence oi
thine earthly king, who can destroy thy
body. hut hcthink thee, Hugh LAtimer,
that thou art la the presence of the King
of heaven aud earth, who can destroy both
body and soul In he'll fire." Then he
preached with appalling directness at the
Kings crimes,
TIM BEGINNING AND TIM ESp CoNrnAsrEp
Another lcason that comes 10 us, There
h "a gruat difference between the opening
OF the banquet OF sin and is Gloss Young
man, II YOU had looked In upon the ban
quet ia tho first fow hours, you would
have shed YOU had been invited there,
and could sit at the feast, "Ohl the
grandeur of lielshaEEar's e feAstl" you would
have said, but YOU look la az the close Of
the banquet, and your plood curdles with
horror. Tho King u Tsrrors has there n
ghAAtlior banquet, human blood Is the
wine, aud dying groals aro the music,
Sin has made itself King Ia the earth. Il
has crowned itself lt has sproAd "A han
qutt IL invites all the world to come to
Ia. IL has hung in It's h,nquoting hall the
all nations Il has gatl erod from all mu-
aic lt has strown, from its wealth, tho
tab e. aud the doors Au arches, Aud yet
how ofton h that banquet broken up, and
how horrible is is emit Ever aad anon
the " Is a handwriting on tho wall A
king falls A grcat oulprt Is arrostod.
IN, knccs ot wickcdncss knOck together,
Gods Judgment, like an armed host, breaks
in lpou thu banquet, and that night IA
lic shaEzAr, the King ~ the Chaldeans,
sla a.
Herr Is Young man who says II can.
nol src why they make such fuss about
the Intoxicating cap Way, it IL vNhlla
rauugt A makes nae toa we'll ! can talk
lsItor, thiuk bvttsr, trvl bctter cannot
80 why pcOplo have such pruludlcc
against lt" A few y,Nu psss 0n, and he
wakes up aud dads hln,olt in the clutches
OF an evil habit which he trios "a broak,
bat cannot, Anl he cr,cs out, oh, lnri
Oul, help me" lt srrms ~ thuugh GoI
would not hear his prayer, and Ia an Asony
OF bodY and soul he cries Out IL hitSth
Ike a serpont. and 10 sttngvth like an
adder" How bright lt was al The start
iiow BLACK is Was al the Last
rilE HORRORS uF A siNFVL uFE
Ilcrv l. a nAn " DO tegins - resad cor
rupl novel. "rhgy are - charming, y
ssls he, "a will 10 out Nnd 40 kF myself
whistler al thu-, thinys are ~" He oIogis
lhv gals az = niufal hfs. lie gv<. Ia A
sinf,ll sputs uiosta him with her wand.
she waves her wand. aud Il u all ciichant
menL Why. Il sesnla a. n tho ansvh II
God hal pOaFvd out phiAls Il perfatae IN
lae atsnoaphfna, A. b. walks on he hnds
the hllls tseon,ing neFe radiant VIA ioll