Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-26
A SERMON ON BABYLON.

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wan? Is 1t sprt2 Is It phantomy Ii
II God? Out Of the black sleeve of the
darkness finger Of fiery terror trembles
through the mir and comes 20 the wall,
circling about as though It would write
and then, with sharp tip OF fame en-.
graves on the plastcrlng the doom Of the
king. The music stops, The goblet fails
from the neryeless grasp. There is a thrill.
There is start. There is thousand
voiced shrek OF horror Let Daniel be
brought in to read that writing. lie comes
in. He reads it, weighed in the balance
and found wanting"
Meanwhile the Assyrians, 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
thousand cleaning knives. Death bursts
upon the scene, and | shut the door Of
that bangHeting hall for do not want to
look. There is nothing there but torn
banners, and broken wreaths, and the slush
of upset tankards, and the blood Of muir
dered women, ana the kicked and tumbled
carcass Of a dead king. For 'in that night
was Belshazzar, the king Of the Chaldeans,
slain"
READ IT AS IT IS
i go on to learn that when God writes
anything on the wall a man had better
read it as it is Daniel did not misinter-
pret or modify the handwriting on the
wall. 1t is all fooishness to expect min
lister Of the Gospel to preach always things
that the people like or the people choose.
Young men, what shall preach to you to-
night? Shall | tell you Of the dignity OF
human nature2 Shall ! tell you Of the
wonders that our race has Accomplished
"Oh, mol" you say; tell me the message
that came from God" will. II there is
any handwriting on the wall it is this les
son, "Accept Of Christ and DO saved" /
might talk Of n great many other things,
but that is the message, and so l declare it.
Jesus never flattcNd those to whom he
preached. He said to those who did wrong
and who were offensive in his sight, Eye
generation of vipersl yewhited sepulchersl
how can ye escape the damnation Of help
Paul the apostle preached before a man
who was not ready to hear him preach
What subject did he take? Did he say,
"Ohl you are good man, very fine man,
a very noble manY' No; he preached OF
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we must always declare the MESSAGE tbot
happens TO come tous. Daniel must read
it as it 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 wayering in his ideas.
What did the minister preach about to
this man who was james ] of Eugland
and James VI of Scotland? He took for
his text james i, 6: Gle that wayercth is
like a wave Of the sea, driven with the
wind and tossed
Hugh IIatimer offended the king by a
sermon he preached, and Che KIM, said.
"Hugh Iatimpr como and aDolOgizeU
twill, =" sail HUGH IRtimcr So the day
was appointed, and the KINGS chapcl was
full of lords and dukes and the mighty
men and women of the country. for Hugh
Latimer was To apolopi2e. lie began his
sermon by saving: "Huph I,atimer. be-
think theel Thou art in the presence of
thine earthly king, who can destroy thy
body. But bethink thee, Hugh Latimer.
TINT thou art in the presence of the King
of heaven and earth. who can destroy both
body and soul in hell fire" Then he
preached with appalling directness Mt the
kings crimes.
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