Milford chronicle., 1892-02-12

teen years passed and he returned, and
! sacame to the window ut which his old moth
II was sitting.
She looked up and Immediately recog-
nisSed him aud said 'Oh, R-Sert, Robertl
Conn inr' NO" said he, mother, shall
nevs1 Come in till | hear you say you for
oiveinSSS Her answer was: "Robert, have
for,yivenV you long ago There is nothing
To forgive nv" e%cept that you staid away
40 long /" nv Nearer, forgiveness has been
vead,- for vou IA good while With more
IT,, . ,,otberAS tenderness God will take
, ,-o, l,ack TbetA are w1itn for YOU up in
3be nalace NS8ASchadapzyar was the son
of Ssi,onolassar M ruled before him, and
YOU are the child ON KING
coNvtcrIox iss ,V0T CONVERSION.
The next thought that presses into my
mind from the con- temptation Of this Incl
dent is that cony &tiOn is not conversion.
I Who is this monarch that giiEes the boast
about Babylon2 The very maa who under
I the revelation Of dreams that Daniel made
from heayGn deeply humbled himself,
while he confessed that God is God OF
Gods and Lord Of Lords, yet behold that
( that humbling and arousing which he be
/ fore felt did not result in a radical change
/ There is no mistake more frequent than
of supposing conviction Il synonym for con-
I version, Conviction is merely a sight Of
| sin. conversion Is view of pardon. Con
viction is merely alarm: conversion is con
| fdence. Conviction is dissatisfaction with
depravity; conversion is turning away
/ from it. Conviction is a sword wound;
conversion is the healing. Conviction Is
the fever Of thirst. conversion Is the slak
! ing of that thir,t Conviction is the pain
/ conversion is the medicine that cures It
| Thousands haze experienced the former
and never experienced the latter. There
are multitudes who think that as soon as
/ a man is serious he is fit for profession OF
religion
What if man should only think seri-
ously of being "a merchant; would that
make him a merchantl What if man
should only think seriously of being law
YER would that make him lawyer
What if a mau should only think seriously
of bein9 a Christian; would that make
him Christian? Felix was convicted
but not converted The jailer was coz
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 think of.
You have made UP your mind for proper
consideration to Iced away property
You have drawn he deed The seal IS ar
fixed opposite where you are to write your
name. The commissioner of deeds IS pres
ent to witness. you have your pen III
hand. There is ia iu the pen. There IS
only one thing for you TO do, ana that is TO
sign your name. suppose you stop now
without signing your name, what does II
ali amount to- Naahing. so yOu have re-
solved 10 give you self mp to God. You
nroDose 10 sign of 10 him your body, your
mind your soul. You have all things nee
essarv for the transfer. The angels Of God
art, here TO witness the eternal transfer
Why do YOU not now with your will com
plete the work? Halt where yOu are, ana
all goes for nothing Sign your name TO
this spiritual trgnsfor.
Professor Arag0, the mathematician, got
woefully discouraged in his work and was
about to give up, when he saw some words
on the paper which had been used to stiiien
the cover of his book, and the words being
indistinct he dampened the cover until he
could take il 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; 60 onP' . ye
who are convicted Go on" You must
take one more step, or all the Steps you
have taken will amount to nothing dooh'
PRIDE THE EttEGL lk5Jtt Ot DNAtAtF''+
Learn also from my subject that pride
is the precursor of overthrow. PRIZE IS
commander well plumed and caparisoned,
but it leads forth dark and frowning
host Pride goeth before destruction
and a naughty spirit before fail. The
arrows from the Almighty's CULVER are
apt 10 strike man when on the wing
Goliath shakes his great spear in defiance
buf tha smooth stones from the brook
make him stagger AMI fall like IN OF un
der butchers hlHdgeon. He who Is
down cannot TALL Vessels scudding under
hare poles do not feel the force Qt the
What are these three sleds that have
lust gone into the yard of miserable hotel
in Warsaw, Poland, Oh the cold nlght oil
December the tenth, lSi22 W no are bhey,
who from these sleds have entered, ana
the servant is trying to build Tor them Il
fire with some green woodf Napoleon
with six attendants. on retreat iroHh MOS
COW The fire amid the green wood has
gone ont, and the emperor is W9lklng the
floor to keep from freezing
Then bounding into his sled, the ther
moncter twenty-six degrees below zero, he
disanuears in The darkness, lie whom little
befor,, had ;.n army under his command,
together with troops offered by other ma
lions in nil LIST 900 men, now retreatlng
through that December night with three
sle,ls. and those OF his army not dead under
the snow reduced for food to handful OF
rye dough, seasoned with gnnpoHaseF Fpr
lack Of salt, and mouthful OF horseliesh,
From what height to what depth!
Nebuchatlnezzar in the palace; Nehuehad-
nezzar forsaken in the fields.
AGAIN learn from the misfortune Of the
kim of Babylon what terrible thing Is
the loss of reason There is no calamity
that can possibly befall us in this world so
great as the arrangement Of intelleet-to
have tha body Of u man and yet 70 fal! even
below rhe instinct OF a hfute. 10 phls
world of sad sights, the saduest Is lhe
;,Iiot,s stare. In this world Of awful sounds,
the most awful is the maniac's laugh \
vessel on the rocks, when hundreds go
down never 10 rise, and other hundreds
dra, their nangled ana shivering bodies
up the wintry beach, is nothing compared
to the laundering Of intelleetS full OF vast
homes and attainmeuts and capacities
, Cbristis heart went ont to these who
vVere epilentic falling into the fire or
maniacs cutting themselves among the
tonhs. We ere accustomed 10 De more
l,ratef l.,r physical health than Tor the
uroprr working Of our mind. We are apt
, to take il for granted that the intellect
which has served US so well will always be
faithful. We forget that an engine VITA
such tremendous power. when the wheels
have such v.,stness Of circle and such swift
ness of motion and the least impeachment
, might pat it out Of gear, could ei'ly be Kept
in propef balance hy adiyne hand
No human power could engineer this
train OF immortal faculties How strange
It Is that onr memory. on whose shoulders
j ali the successes slnd misfortpnes and oc-
eurrencos OF a lifetime are placed, should
not oftener break down. and that the scales
Of Judgment, which have been weighing
40 much and - long, shouIl not lose their
adjustment aul that fancy which holds 2
dangerous wand, should not sometimes
( maIiciously wave it, bringing into the
) heart forebo lings and hallucinations the
most appalling !,
/ Is it Dot strange that the expectations ol
: this intellect Should not bsilashe;l to pieces
7 on its disuppointmcntss Though so dell
o,f.lv artunei this instrument of untolt