Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-08

than live fool But rum is the cause OF
more insanity than anything else. There IS
nothing like rum to puta man, like Neou-
chadnezzar. down on all fours.
Fortune an Uncertain Thing.
Again, learn how quickly turns the wheel
of fortune, from how high up to how far
down went Nebuchadnezzar. Those now IN
places of position and power, even though
they should live will, in n few years, be dis
regarded, while some, who, this day are op-
scure and poverty stricken, will ride up on
the shoulders of the people to take their
turn at admiration and the spoils OF office.
On, how quickly the wheel turns!
Ballot boxes are the steps on which men
come down as often as they go up Of those
who were a few years ago successful IN tne
accumulation of property, how Few nave hot
met with reverSes of fortune, while many OF
those who then were straltened IN clrculn
stances now hold the bonds ana the oahk
keys of the nation and win the most bows on
the exchange. OF all tickle people In the
world Fortune is the most tickle.
Anchor your soul in God. From Chrlsts s
love gather your joy. Then come sorrow or
gladness, success or defeat riches or pow
erty, honor or disgrace, health or sickness,
life or death, time or eternity, all are yours
and We are Christ's and Christ is Gods.
Learn also from nv subject the comforting
truth that affections are arrested as soon as
they have accomplished their mission. For
seven years did NebuchadneZzer dwell
among the beasts O: the field, but, at the ex-
piration OF that time, his reason returned,
and, as soon as with proper humility he ac-
knowledged the God of heaven, he was
brought back to his palace.
How Human Vanity Is Corrected.
God sees how much our pride is and he
sends just enough adversely to humble It,
He sees just now worldly minded we are and
pulls us just hard enough to detach us from
our follies. He sees how hard our heart Is
and smites just hard enough to break it. The
defeats and sorrows of life have sometimes
been the greatest advantage. 1t was because
Dante failed as statesman that he gave up
politics. and wrote his immortal "Divina
Commedia.n 1t was a violent thunder storm
that first set Martin Luther seriously think
ing, and the thunder of this worlds disaster
has started many a reformation.
Again, learn from my subject that con-
nected with the most distressing judgments
of God there are displays of Divine mercy.
God might justly have left NebuchadneZZar
in the field, but infinite compassion brought
him back to the palace. No sooner was Eden
blasted than blessing followed on the heels
of the curse promising the coming of one
who would destroy sin and make the whole
world a paradise. The ueluge descends, but
not until Noah had invited the people into
the ark. The Lord utters the admonition:
1.-The wages of sin is death, but eXhaustless
mercy responds: Deliver him from going
down to the pit for l have found ransom"
Hide thee quick in the rock, Christ Jesus.
more than the great hereafter.
A Personal Testimonial for Religion.
Take this goodly religion which has done
SO much for me that 1 can commend it to
all. Without it 1 should have gone the
whole downward career. Stolid and phleg-
matte natures going astray do not go so far,
but natures like mine sanguine, intense,
emotional, optimistic, social to the last de-
gree and echoing to all the heights and
depths of mirth. if they get off track, they
go with one wild leap to hell. As to the re-
straining power OF this religion upon
mercurial temperament, l testify
This is not abstraction or something gotten
from books. L speak of what know. Go
out and ask ali who have tried this religion
and ask them how it works. Out of this au-
dience l could gather l,000 men and women
who could tell you a thrilling story as to
what religion has done for them. Yea, if
times of persecution should come rs of old,
and they may come, there are 1000 here who
would for Christ's sake rs cheerfully walk
into the furnace of fire though it were an
arborof thyme and honeysuckle and face the
lions as though they were lambs frisking on
the hillside, and wade down into the deep
waters which are to submerge them as hap
PLY as ever at Narragansett Beach they
took the surf at a summer bathing. Come
up and Join those on the way to Palace.
What an absurd thing for a king to be eat
ing grass. Instead of living on the poor fod-
der that the world affords come up and sit
among the princes of God at the royal BAN
Quet, and hear the bands play. Eat, o
friends! Drink, o belovedn' Here is a
Here is a throne; mount it. This is your
hour: imprOye it