Connecticut western news., 1891-10-15

UtiNen ana etftii ana III uOCIllnR winch It hath >, :n. which nothing was born of nothing and which nothing w;,s dead and buried and descended into nothing and arose from nothing. and ascended to nothing, and now sitteth at the right hand of nothing; from which it will come to judge noth ing
 l believe m the holy agnostic church and in the communion of nothingarians, and in the forgiveness of nothing and the resurrection of nothing, and in the life that never shall be Amenl" That is the creed of tens of thousands of peo pie m this day If you have mind to adopt such a theory l will not. II be lieve in God the Father Almighty, make, of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ. and in the holy catholic church and in the communion of saints, and In the life everlasting Amen" Oh. when see Eleazer talk ing such a stout grip of the sword in the battle against sin and for right eousness, l came to the conclusion that we ought to take u stouter grip of Gods eternal truth. the sword of right eouSness
 ABSOLUTE DEVOTION TO TRUTH
 As l look at Eleazer's hand also notice his spirit of self forgetfulness He did not notice that the hilt of the sword was eating through the palm of his hand He did not know it hurt him As he went out into the conflict he was anxious for the victory he forgot himself. and that hilt might go never so deeply into the palm of his hand. it could not disturb him. "His hand clave unto the sword" Oh, my brothers and sisters. let us go into Christian conflict with the spirit of sell abnegation Who cares whether the world praises us or denounces usi What do we care for misrepresenta' tion or abuse or persecution in con. tlict like tllisf Let us forget ourselves. That man who is afraid of getting his hand hurt will never kill a Philistine Who cares whether you get hurt oI not il yon get the victory2 Oh. how many Christians there are who are all the time worrying about the way the world treats them. They are so tired. and they are so abused. and they ara so tempted. when Eleazar did not thinl: whether he had q hand or an arm or q foot All he wanted was victory.
 We see how men forget themselves in worldly achievement. We have often seen men who in order to achieve worldly success will forget all physical fatigue and all annoyance and all ob st;lcle. Just after the battle of York town. in the American Revolution, a musician. wounded was told he must have hls limbs alnputated, and they were about to fasten him to the sur geons table for it was long before the nerciful discovery of an@sthetics He said No. don't fasten me to that ta ble. get ue violin" violin was brought to him and he said, "Now go to work as l begin to play" and for forty minutes during the awful bangs of anputation he moved not 8 muscle nor dropped a note. while he played some sweet tune Oh, is it not strange that witt, the music of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. and with this grand march oi the church militant on the way to become the church triumphant, we cannot forget ourselves and forget all pang and all sorrow and all persecu- ton and all perturbation3
 We know what men accomplish un. der worldly opposition. Men do not shrink back tor antagonisln or for hard ship You have admired Prescott's Conquest of Mexico" as brilliant and beautiful a history as was ever written ; but solne of you may not know under what disadvantages it was written that l'o,quest { ot Mexico" Pres cot, wa> totally blind. and he had two pieces oi wood parallel to each other fastel.-d and totally blind. with his pen between those pieces of wood, he wrote. the stroke against one piece of wood telling how far the pen must 80 in one way the stroke against the other piece of wood telling how far the pen must go in the other way. Oh. how much men will endure for worldly knowledge and for worldly success, and yet how little we endure for Jesus Christ How many Christians there are that go around saying, "Oh, my lland. my hand. my hurt hand; don't you see there is blood on the hand and there is blood on the swordT' while El-;,z:,r. with the hilt nnbedded in the ht.sl, ot lils right hand. does not know it
 Must te carried to the skies On tiowery beds of ease,
 While others fought to win the prize Or sailed through bloody seas?
 DEVOTED SUFFERERS FOR TRUTH.
 What have we suffered in compari son witt, those who expired with suffo cation 0, were burned. or were chopped to pieces for the truths sakes We talk of the persecution of olden times There Is just .:ls much persecution going on now in various ways In 1S49, in Madagascar, eighteen men were put to de,,tl, iU tllrist's sake They were~t" be hurled over the rocks. and before they were hurled over the rocks. in or der to make their death the more dread ful III anticipation. they were put in baskets and swung to and fro over the preclp,.- that they might see how many hundred feet they would have to b. dashed down. and while they were swinging in these baskets over the rocks they sang
 Jesus. lover of my soul
 Let me to Thy bosom fly.
 While the pillows near me roll. While the tempest still is high. Then they were dashed down to deatl, Oh. how much others have endured for Christ. and how little we endure io, Christ. We want to ride tu heaven m a Pullman sleeping car. ou, .,l. l.. Il laI,l