The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-01-30


the corridors. and thrilling the souls Of
1000 banqueters-
The signal is given. and the lords sind
ladies, the mighty men and women OF
the land, come around the able Hoist
every one his cup and drink 10 the sen
timents 20 King BelshaZzaF. live for
everi'' Away with care from the palacet
Tear royal dignity to tattersi Pour out
more vvjneI Give Us more light, wilder
music, svvecter PerfuDei Lord shouts
to lord, captain Ogles to captain Cob
lets clash decanters rattle There
come IN the vile song. and the drunken
hiceOngh, and the slaveriug lip, and the
guffaw of idiOtie laughter, bursting
from the lips of Princes, flushed, reel
ing. bloodshot; while mingling with it
all I hear: ''Huzza! huzzal for great
Belsilazzari'
What is that on the Plastering on the
wau2 is it spirit? Is Il phantom?
Is It God2 Out of the black sleeve OF
the darkness a finger of fiery terror
tremblcs through the air and comes to
the wall, circling about though 1t
would write, and then, with sharp tip
of flame, engravcs on the piaStcring tile
doom of the King The music stops
The goblet falls from the nervclcss
grasp There is a thrill There Is
start There is = Thousand voiced shrek
Of horror Let Daniel be brought in 80
reads it: Weighed IN the balance and
found wanting"
Meanwhile the AssyFiarIS- who for
two years had been laying scigc to that
city, took advantage of that caFOusal
and came in / hear the feet of the
cOnquerers on the palace stairs Mas
SacTe PUSHES in with Thousand gieam-
ing knives Death bursts ttpOn the
scene; and shue the door of the ban
quoting hall, for do not want to look
There is nothing there but tom banners,
and broken Nvreaths. and the slush of
upset tankards, and the blood of muir
dered women. and the kicked and tum-
bled carcass of dead King For lin
that night was Bclshazz:4r. the King of
the Chaldcans. slain"
1 go on to learn that when God writes
any thing the wall man had better
read it as it *. Daniel did not misin-
terpret or modify the handwriting on
the wall It is all fOolishncss to expect
a minister of the Gospel to preach al
ways things 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 / tell you of the wonder that our
race has accomplished? 20, no." you
say, tell me the message that came
from Cod I will If there is any
handwriting on the wall It Is this les
son: Accept of Christ and be saved. -
] might talk of a great many other
things, but that Is the message and so
/ declare it Jesus never fiattered those
to whom ilc preached He said to those
who did wrong and who were often
sive in his sight: Ne generation of
can ye escape the damnation OF hell!'
| Paul, the apostle, preached before
a man who was not ready to hcar him
preach- What subject did he taiIe2 Did
| he say; 20, you are a good man, = very
/ fine man, a very noble MANI No; he
preached of righteousness to "a man who
| was unrightcOus; of temperance to a
man who was the victim to bad appe-
titcs; of the judgment TO come TO a man
who was unfit for IT So We must al
ways declare the message that happens
TO comes to US. Daniel must read it as
it IS
A minister preached before james 7.
of England, who was James VI. of
Scotland. What subject did nc take?
The King was noted all over the world
for being unsettled and yvaveriug in his
! ideas. What did the minister preach
about to this man who was James 1. of
! England and James VI of Scotland?
| He took for his text (.JameS. i. %; ''He
| that wave-eth is like wave OF the sea,
driven with the wind and tossed. -
Hugh LatiIner offended the King by a
! sermon nc preached, and the King said:
Hugh T.atimcr, como and apologize. IS
| II will, " said Hugh Latimer. 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 Latjmer was to apOl-
! Ogizo- He began his sermon by saying:
/ ''Hugh T.atjmer, bethink thee, Thou art
/ in the presence of thine earthly King,
/ who can destroy thy body. But bethinlS
/ thee. Hugh Latimer, that thou art in
/ the presence of the King of Heaven
/ and earth, who can destroy both body
and soul in hell fre?'' Then he
/ preached with appalling directness at
| the Kings crimes
Another lesson that comes TO Us:
| There is a 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
feast ''Oh! the grandeur of Balshaz-
/ Ears feast!" YOU would have said: but