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s:eA He. 20 the national banquet. reach
ing from mountain 70 mountain. and from
ssa 70 seal To prepare that banquet the
shsepfolds and the asiaxies OF the country
urnt their BEST treasure Tho orchards
piled up on the table their sweetest fruits.
The presses burst out with new wines. To
sit at that table came the yeomanry OF
New Hampshire. and the lambcrsnan Of
Maine, and the caroiinisn from the rice
fields, aud the western emigrant from the
pines Of Oregon, aad we were all brothers
brothers ~ . banquet. Suddenly the
feast ended.
What meant those mounds thrown up at
ChiekamAugn, Shiloh, Atlanta, Gettys-
burg, South Mountains What meant those
golden grain fields turned into pasturi0g
ground for cavalry horses, What meant
the corn fields quilted with the wheels Of
the heavy supply trnn, Why those rivers
Of tears--those lakes Of blood, God was
angry. Justice mus. come. A handwrit-
ing on the WALL The nation had been
weighed and found wanting. Darkness!
Darkness. Woe TO the north Woe to the
south! Woe TO the eastl Woe to the west!
Death at the banquet
have also TO learn from the subject that
the destruction Of the vicious, aud Of those
who dcspise God, viii ba very sudden. The
point when that Assyrian army broke
through IL was unexpected. Suddenly.
almost always. comes the doom Of those
who dsspise God and defy the laws OF
men. How was it a. the deluge' Do you
suppose 1t came through long northeast
storm, so that people for days before were
sure 1t was coming No; suppose the
morning was bright, that calmness brood
ed on the waters; that beauty 50: en-
throned on the hills, when suddenly the
heavens burst, and the mountains sank
like anchors into the sea that dashed clear
over the Andes and the Himaiayas.
OVERWHELMED rs THE WATERS.
The Red sea was divided. The Egyptians
tried to cross it. There could be no danger.
The Lsraelites had just gone through.
Where they had gone, why not the Egyp-
tiaus. Oh. It was such beautiful walking
place! A pavement Of unged shells and
psaris, and on either side two great walls
of watsr--solid. There can be no danger
Forward. great hosts Of the Egyptians!
Clap the cymbals, and blow the trumpcts
of victoryi After themi We will catch
them yet. and they shall be destroyed But
the wallis begin to tremble. They rock!
They fall The rushing waters! The shrek
Of drowning menl The swimming of the
war horses in vain for the shorel. The
strewipg of the great host on the bottom OF
the sea, or pitched BY the angry wave on
the beach-a battered, bruised and loath-
some wreckl Suddenly destruction came.
One-h half hour before they could not have
believed it. Destroyed, and without
remedy.
am just setting forth fact. which you
have noticed as we'll "a /. Ananias comes
to the apostle. The apostle says, did you
sell the land for so muchi" He says,
YES" It was lie. Dead as quick as that!
Sapphire, his wife, comes in. "Did you
sell the land for 80 much?" YES" 1t was
. lie; and quick as that she was dead.
Gods judgments are upon those who de-
spise him and defy him. They come sud
denly.
Tho destroying angel went through
Egypt Do you suppose that any Of tho
people knew that he was coming! Did
they hear the Dap of his great wing, No.
10! Suddenly, unexpectedly, he came.
Skilled sportsmen do not like to shoot
bird standing on q sprig near ny. II they
are skilled they pride themselves on tax
ing it on the wing, and they wait till 1t
starts. Death Is an old sportsman, and he
loves to take men flying under the very
sun. He loves to take them On the wing.
WORD TO THE UScoNvKRrKD.
Arc there any here who are unprepAred
for the eternal worlds Are there any here
who have been living without God and
without hope' Let me say to you that you
had better accept OF the Lord Jesus Christ,
lest suddenly your last chance 30 gone
l,.- Ill 90 HA hes rf
will stop. The time will como when you
shall go no moro to the Office. or TO the
store, or to the shop. Nothing will be left
but Death and Judgment and Eternity.
Oh, fec TO God this hourl If there be enc
in this presence who has wandered far
away from Christ, though he may not have
heard the call of the gospel Tor many .
year, / invite him now TO como and be
saved. Flee from thy sinl Flee TO the
stronghold OF the gospel Now IL the 40
cepted time. now Is the day of salvation.
Good night, my young friendsl May yon
have rosy sleep, guarded by him who never
slumbers. May you awake in the morning
strong and well! hut OIL art thou . de-
spiser OF God' Il this thy last night on
EARTH Shouldst thoc be awakened In tie
hight by something. thou knovvcst not
vhas, and there be shadows floating in the
pom, and handwriting on the wall, and
rou feel that Jour last hour Is come, and
here Be a faintiag At the heart, and n
:remor in the limb. and catching of the
srea*h-then thy doom would be bat an
scho Of the words of the text, ''In that
night was Bclsbazzar. the king Of the Cbal-
leans, slsin"
THE CoUgg INVITATION.
Hear the invitatioa OF the Gospel There
may be some one In this house 70 whom I
shAil never speak again, and therefore let