Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-30

.aai,, up',ited chaliccs, as aao;, s'."n,
Awav with .i,iu again they are emntiad I
royai a Nun care from the pa,oce, 'p ,rea.
vino, 1"i's TO tattcrs! Pour ont nora
m m,,i. uive us more lirht ''. r, ii'1re
to I lnra SMeeter perfumes! Lord sh a,uts
lots ' , captain ogles to cantain GnhS
no,s, :lash' decanters rattl" TIL o
h in'as IN inc vile song, and tho dr,nisae
rufTaw ~ ah ;l. inc slavering lip and the
fron r"w w., o, ldlotic laughter. bnrstinr
hlonas .lie ups OF princes, flushed. rce li7
I b e,r .,,1 while mingling with it ali
sba.s", , 'il"zza; huzza. for great Rcl-
wo W l,ae :, is !, that on the clustering of tho
W. Ma ~ is 1t spirit? Is il n nl,nto WV.
-. - ~ 1oa' Out of the black sleeve .o ~
.ue DARKNESS finger of ticrv tarror
.le'!oles through the air and COMES ~
vno wall circling about as thonrh IT.
" mouia wrlte and then with sharn tin of
lint ehsraves on the plasterinr tho
,n, OF the king. The music stons
ne goblet falls from the neryclcss
siasp' M There is a thrill. There is =
ssarC There is thousand voiced sbrioi.
vi horror. Let Daniel be brought in tn
leaa cnat writing. lie comes in Un
reads 1t, weighed in the balance ana
io''ilu WaHJlng.
Meahwliile the Assyrians, who for two
years had been laying siege to that citv
looN advantage of that carousal and
came III. l hear the feet of the cononnr-
ofs on the palace stairs Massacre
PUSHES in with a thousand gleoming
KNIVES Death bursts upon the scene
ana SHUT the door of that banoucting
naii' Tor do not want to look. There
IS nothing there but torn banners and
broken wreaths, and the slush of unscf
tahhafds. and the blood of murdered wo-
men, ana the kicked and tumbled car
cass OF dead king. For sin that night
was BeishaZZar. the king of the Chal-
deans, slain.'
go on TO learn that when God writes
anything on the wall. Il man had better
read 1t as it is Daniel did not misinter-
pref or modify the handwriting on the
wall. 1t is all foolishncss to cypcct a.
minister of the Gospel to preach ALWAYS
thlngs that the people like or the people
choose. Young men. what shall | preach
TO you tonight? Shall / tell YOU of the
dignity OF human nature? Shall I tell
you of the wonders that our race has ac-
complishcd? sob, no'' you saw: ..tcll
me the message that came from God. -
Will. If there is any handwriting on
the wall it is this lesson, ..Accept of
Christ and be savcd?" l might talk of a
great many other things, but that is the
message and so declare it.
Jesus never battered those to whom he
preached. He said to those who did
wrong and who We're offensive in His
sight, "Yc generation of vipers! VIC
whitcd sepulchcrs! how can We escape
the damnation Of hcll.' Paul the apostle
preached before Il man who was not
ready to hear him preach. What sub
jcct did he take? Did he say, .'Oh! YOU
are good man. a very fine man, a very
noble man?" No: he preached of right
eousncSS to man who was unrighteous;
OF temperance to IL man who was the vic
tim OF bad appetitcs: of the Judgment to
come to man who was unfit for it. So
we must always declare the message that
happens to come to us. Daniel must
read it as it is. A minister preached be-
fore James of England, who was James
vi OF Scotland. What subject did he
take? The king was noted all over the
world for being unsettled and wavering
i'll his IDEAS. What did the minister
preach about to this man who was James
| of England and James vi of Scotland?
He took Tor his text James j, 6: ''He that
wavercth is like q wave of the sea, driven
with the wind and tossed"
Hugh Latimer offended the King by a
sermon he preached. and the King said,
''llugh Latimcr, come and apologize. -
IL WILL said Hugh Latimcr. So the day
was appointed, and the Kings chapel
was full of Lords and Dukes, and the
mighty men and women of the country,
for Hugh Latimcr was to apologize. He
began his sermon by saying: "Hugh
Latimer, bethinli thec Thou art in the
presence of thine earthly King, who can
destroy thy body. But bethink thee
Hugh Latimcr, that 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 directncss at the King crimes
Another lesson that comes to us. There
is great difference between the opening
of the banquet of sin and it's 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 have sit at the feast
''Oh! the grandeur of BclshaZzars fcastr'
you would have said; but you look in at
the close of the banquet. and YOUR blood
CuIuIGS NlIIl ilOIIOl. 4uc mig VI 1cT-
rors has there u ghastlier banquet;
human blood is the wine, and dying
goats are the music. Sin has made itself
Il king in the earth. 1t has crowned
itself. 1t has spread Il banquet. 1t in
vites all the word to come to it. 1t has
hung in it's banqucting hall the spoils of
all Kingdoms and the banne.s Of all
nations. 1t has gathered from all music.
1t has strcwn, from its wealth, the tables
and the floors and arches. And yet how
often is that banquet broken up, and how
horrible is its end! Ever and anon there
is handwriting on the wall. n King
falls. A great culprit is arrested. The
knees of wickedncss knock together.
Gods Judgment. like an armed host,
breaks in upon the banquet: and that
night is Belshazzar, the King of the
Chaldcan'S slain.
Here is Young man who says: Il
cannot see why they make such Il fuss
about the Intoxicating cup. Why, it is
cNhilcrating. 1t makes me fell well.
can talk better. think better, feel better.
l cannot see why people have such
prejudice against it," A few years 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 cries
out, sob, Lord God help mc!'' 1t seems
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