Connecticut western news., 1891-02-04
the glorious gospel.

the glorious gospel.
 Imust make application of this sub ject also to those who are prospered Have you, my friends, found that dol lars and cents are no permanent con- solation to the soul2 You have largo worldly resources, but have you no treasures in heaven2 Is an embroid- cred pillow all that you want to put your dying head on7 You have heard people all last week talk about earthly values. Hear plain man talk about the heavenly. Do you not know it will be wSse for you, o prospered man, if you reject Christ, and reject him flnally-that it will be worse for you than those who had it hard in this world, because the contrast will make the discontinue so much more appall- ing9 As the hart bounds for the water brooks, as the roe speeds down the hillside, speed thou to Christ. ''Es- cape for thy life, look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; es- cape to the mountain, lest thou be con sumedl"
 CONSOLATION FOR THE POOR ALSO.
 must make my application to an other class of persons-the poor. When you cannot pay your rent when it b due, have you nobody but the landlord to talk to2 When the flour has gone out of the barrel, and you have not ten cents with which to go to the bakery, and your children are tugging at your dress for something to eat, have you nothing but the worlds charities to ap- peal to2 When winter comes, and there are no coals, and the ash barrels have no more cinders, who takes care of you9 Have you nobody but the overseer of the poor2 But preach to you poor mans Christ. If you do not have in the winter blankets enough to cover you in the night, want to tell you of him who had not where to lay his head. If you lie on the bare floor, want to tell you of him who had for a pillow a hard cross, and whose foot bath was the streaming blood of his own heart.
 Oh, you poor nanl Oh, you poor womanl Jesus understands your case altogether. Talk it right out to him to- night. Get down on your floor and say: Lord Jesus Christ, thou vast poor and I am poor. Help mo. Thou art rich now, and bring me up to thy richest" Do you think God would cast you off Will he2 You might as we'll think that a mother would take the child that feeds on her breast and dash it's life out as to think that God would put aside roughly those who have fled to him for pity and compassion. Yea, the prophet says, "A woman may for get her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb, but will not forget thee"
 If you have ever been on the sea you have been surprised on the first voyage to find there are so few sails in sight Sometimes you go along two, three, four, five, six and seven days, and do not see single sail; but when sail does come in sight the sea glasses are lifted to the eye, the vessel is watched, and if it come very near then tho cap tain through the trumpet cries loudly across the water, "Whither bound9 9' So you and meet on this sea of life. We come and we go Some of us have never met before. Some of us will never meet again. But I hail you across the sea, and with reference to the last great day, and with reference to the two great worlds, cry across the water, 'eWhither bound7 whither bound2"
 know what service that craft was made for; but hast thou thrown over board the compassY Is there no helm to guide it2 Is the ship at the mercy of the tempest2 Is there no gun of distress booming through the stormi With priceless treasures-with treas ures aboard worth more than all the Indies-wilt thou never come up out of the trough of that sea2 o Lord God, lay hold of that man! Son of God, if thou vert ever needed anywhere, thou art needed here. There arc co many sins to be pardoned. There ures 80 many wounds to be healed. There arc 90 many souls to be saved. Help, Jesus Help, Holy Ghost Help, min istering angels from the thronel HelA all sweet memories of the pastl Help all prayers for our future deliveranoei Oh, that now, in this the accepted time and the day of salvation, you would hear the voice of mercy and live. Taste and see that the Lord is gracious.
 In this closing moment of the service, when everything in the house is 90 fa- vorable. when everything Is SO stiu, when God is so loving, and heaven is so near, drop your sins and take Jesus. Do not cheat yourself out of heaven. Do not do that. God forbid that at the last, when 1t is too late to correct the mistake, voice should rise from the pillow or drop from the throne, ut tering just four words-four sad. anni- hilating words, "One thing thou lack est"
 A Big Umbrella.
 The biggest umbrella in the world has been made by Messrs Wilson, Matheson & Co.,, of Glasgow, for tho use of West African king. Tho um-
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