Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-08

years pass when suddenly bis reason
returns and he comes back 10 Baby
Ion a humble worshiper Of the God
Of heaven.
What must have been the excite
ment in the royal court as this re-
stored maniac emperor walks into
the palace. What time they had
in cutting bis nails and his hair
which had grown for seven years
without being interfered with by any
shears. What asaubbing down must
have taken place in the imperial
baths. What transformation neces-
gary in order that he who had been
hertling with camels and goats and
swine may be made fit to associate
with princes. What a change from
sty to throne room
While walking from his Babylo-
aian palace down to the pasture field.
md from the pasture field back to
The palace. the first thing that i'm.
presses me is what an incongrllous
thing 1t is for king to be eating
Grass Il is good for cattle but not
tit for man. And then for one to pre-
Ter II to a royal table toward whose
JOunty the orchards and paddoclss
and streams and vineyards in all the
earth might contribute what an
amazementl And yet the scene is as
common az the daylight
When see a man Of regal nature.
nude to rule in realms of thought.
capable Of all moral elevation. besot-
ting his faculties attempting out of
low sensualities to satisfy his immor-
til energies. coming d9wn of of his
throne of power into bIutalities. sac
rifi,ing his higher nature To his lower
nature. stsDping and STOPPING com
ing down and coming down until all
his influence for good is gone. ] cry
out, There isa king eating grass like
an OK.
And there are tens of thousands Of
such NebuchaGnezzars. So there are
queens who dedicate themselves to
the same humiliation. What power
for good God gave that woman.
Magnetism of personal presence. In
fuence more than imperial. By her
intelligence, by her tenderness. by
her charm of smile and manner. ca
pable Of soothing 40 much sorrow,
and reforming 80 much wayward-
uess and welding NO much elevated
power. yet at the call of worldli-
ness, coming out of the throne
room Of good influence whore 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 transfxed in her millinery or
the chinchilla that was slain to afford
her warmth. or the kid that furnished
her the glove, and finding her only
delight in batteries Of brainless men
and midnight schottische and de-
bauched novelettes. | say. There is
one who might have been a queen
unto God forever, yet eating straw
like an OK"
HOW THE MANY DEGRADE THEMSELVES.
look over the pasture fields Of
folly and sin and find many grovel-
ing who ought to be erect. Oh, men
and women. go back TO your thronesl
A young man ran away from home
aud broke his widowed mothers
heart Fourteen years passed, and
be returned and came TO the window
at which his old mother was sitting.
She looked up and Immediately rec
ognized him and said "Oh, Robert
lloherti Come inr mol" said he.
Mother. | shall never come in till ]
hear you say you forgive mo-" Her
answer was Robert, | have for.
given You long ago There Is moth
ing To forgive now except that you
staid away so long"
My hearer. forgiveness has been
ready for you a good while. With
more than a mothers tenderness
God will take you back. They are
waiting for you up in the palace.
Nebuchadnezar was the son Of Ma
bopolassar. who ruled before him.
and yon are the child OF a Kingl
The next thought that presses into
my mind from the contemplation of
this incident Is that conviction is not
conversion. Who IN this monarch
that makes the boast about Rabylonf
The very man who, under the revela-
ton of dreams that Daniel made
from heaven. deeply humbled him
self, while he confessed that God is a
God Of Gods and a Lord Of Lords,
yet behold that that humbling and
arousing which he before felt did not
result in q radical change
There Is no mistake more frequent
than Of supposing conviction a syno-
nym for conversion. Conviction is
merely q sight Of sin, conversion is
a view OF pardon, Conviction IL
merely alarm; conversion Is conf
dence Conviction il dissatisfaction
with depravity; conversion is a
turning away from il. Conviction
h a sword wound; conversion Is the
healing, Conviction is tho fever Of
thirst conversion is the shaking Of
that thirst Conviction Is the pain;
conversion il the medicine that cures
H. Thousands have experienced the
former and never experienced the
lattor.
There are multitudes who think
that as soon as a man il serious be IA
AZ tor profession OF religion. What
II a man should only think seriously
og being a merchant would that
make him a merchant What II