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power, yet at the call of worldiness COM
ing out of the throne room of good infu-
ence. where God would have her reign,
coming down over the ivory stairs Of moral
power, coming down and coming down
until she has no more soul than the dead
bird transtxed in her millinery or the chin
chlla that was slain to afford her warmth,
or the kid that furnished her the glove
and finding her only delight in batteries Of
branless men and midnight schottische
and debauched novelettes.
| say There is one who might have
been queen unto God forever. yet eat.
ing straw like an OK" look over the
pasture fields of folly and sin, and find
many grovelng who ought to be erect O
men and women 90 back to your thronesl
A young man ran away from home and
broke his widowed mothers heart. Four
teen years passed and he returned, and
came to the window at which his old moth
er was sitting
She looked up and Immediately recog-
nzed him and said, "Oh, Robert, Roberti
Come in" NO" said he, mother. shall
never come in till | hear you say you for
give me-" Her answer was: Robert, have
forgiven you long ago There is nothing
to forgive now except that you staid away
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ready for you good while. With more
than mothers tenderness God will take
you back They are waiting for you up in
the palace. Nebuchadnezzar was the son
of Nabopolassar who ruled before him, and
you are the child of il king
CONVICTION Is NOT CONVERSION.
The next thought that presses into my
mind from the cont enplation of this Incl
dent is that conviction is not conversion
Who is this monarch that makes the boast
about Babylon The very man who, under
the revelation of dreams that Daniel made
from heaven deeply BUNDLED himself,
while he confessed that God is a God Of
Gods and Lord of Lords, yet behold that
that humbing and arolSing which he be-
fore felt did not result in radical change
There is no mistake more frequent than
of supposlng conviction Il synonym for con-
version Conviction Is merely a sight of
sin. conversion is "a view of pardon. Con.
viction is merely alarm; conversion is con
fidence Conviction is dissatisfaction with
depravity. conversion is a turning away
from it. Conviction is a sword wound,
conversion is the healing. Conviction is
the fever of thirst. conversion il the slak-
ing of that thirst Conviction is the pain
conversion is the medicine that cures it
Thousands have experienced the former
and never experienced the latter. There
are multitudes VINO think that ~ soon as
a man is serious ne Is fit for profession of
religion,
What if Il man should only think seri-
ously of being "A merchant; would that
make him a merchant? What if man
should only think seriously of being law.
yer would that make him a lawyer?
u .JD IL IL,
of being Il Christian would that make
him a Christian Felix was convicted
but not converted, The taller was con
victed before he got out of bed but not
converted until at the advice of Paul he
believed in Christ. Are you convicted
but not converted? tell you what you
make me Ihnk of.
You have made up your mind for proper
consideration to deed away Il property.
You have drawn the deed. The seal is af
fixed opposite where you are to write your
name. The commissioner of deeds is pres
ent to witness. You have your pen in
hand. There is ink in the pen. There is
only one thing for you to do, and that is tC
sign your name Suppose you stop now
without signing your name, what does it
all amount tC? Nothing. So you have re
solved to give yourself up to God You
propose to sign of to him your body. your
mind your soul You nave ali things nee
essary Tor the transfer The angels of Goo
are here 10 witness the eternal transfer
ny 90 you not now with your Will com
pleIe the work. HIATT where you are, anC
all goes for nothing. Sign your name tC
this spiritual transfer
Professor Arago, the mathematician, goi
woefuliy discouraged in his work and was
about to give up, when he saw some words
on the paper which had been used to stifier
the cover OF his book, and the words being
indIStinct he danlpencd the cover until he
could take II off and see the words plainly
and he found they were words of advice
given by D'Alembert to student, and the
words were Go on, sir, 90 on o "a
who are convicted Go UnI' You must
take one more step, or all the steps you
have taken will amount TO nothing. Coon
PRIDE THE PRECURSOR OF SORROW
Learn also from my subject that pride
is the precursor of overthrow Pride is a
commander well plumed and caparisoned
but 1t leads forth dark and frowuing
host, Pride gocth before destruction
and naughty spirit before fall" The