Connecticut western news., 1892-11-03

singing cuurCu.
 go further and remark that the birds
 of the air are wiser than we in the fact
 that in their migration they fly very
 high. During the summer, when they
 are in the fields, they often come within
 reach of the gun, but when they start
 for the annual flight southward they
 take their places midheaven and go
 straight as an arrow to the mark. The
 longest rifle that was ever brought to
 shoulder cannot reach them. Would to
 God that we were as wise as the stork
 and crane in our flight heavenwardl
 We fly so low that we are within easy
 range of the world, the flesh and the
 devil. We are brought down by temp tations that ought not to come within
 mile of reaching us.
 Oh, for some of the faith of George Muller, of England, and Alfred Cook man, once of the church militant, now of the church triumphant! So poor is the type of piety in the church of God now that men actually caricature the idea that there is any such thing as 8 higher life. Moles never did believe in eagles. But, my brethren, because we have not reached these heights ourselves, shall we deride the fact that there are any such heights? >.
 A man was once talking to Brunei, the famous engineer, about the length of the railroad from London to Bris ol. The engineer said: "It is not very great. We shall have after awhile a steamer running from England to New York" :" They laughed him to scorn; but we have gone so far now that we have ceased to laugh at anything as impossible for hu- man achievement Then, ask, is any thing impossible for the Lord? do not believe that God exhausted all his grace in Paul and Latimer and Edward Pay son. believe there are higher points of Christian attainment to be reached in the future ages of the Christian world. KEEP ABOVE THE ATMOSPHERE OF SIN. You tell me that Paul went up to the tiptop of the Alps of Christian attain ment. Then tell you that the stork and crane have found above the Alps plenty of room for free flying. We go out and we conquer OUT temptations by the grace of God and lie down. On the morrow those temptations rally them selves and attack us, and by the grace of God we defeat them again, but staying all the time in the old encampment we have the same old battles to fight over. Why not whip out our temptations and then forward march, making one raid through the enemy's country, stopping not until we break ranks after the last victory2 #..-. Do, my brethren, let us have some c4 o%o l~rvo ing, by going on, by making advance ment, trading off our stale prayers about sins we ought to have quit long ago, going on toward higher state of Chris tian character and routing out sins that we have never thought of yet. The fact is, if the church of God, if we, as indi- viduals, made rapid advancement in the ! Christian life, these stereotyped prayers we have been making for ten or fifteen years would be as inappropriate to us as the shoes, and the hats, and the coats we wore ten or fifteen years ago. Oh, for higher flight in the Christian life, the stork and the crane in their migra- ton teaching us the lesson!
 Dear Lord, and shall we ever live At this poor dying rate
 Our love so faint, so cold to thee, | And thine to greatp
 Again, remark that the birds of the air are wiser than we, because they know when to start. If you should go out now and shout, "Stop, storks and
 cranes; don't be in a hurry!' they would say: "No, we cannot stop. Last night we heard the roaring in the woods bid- ding us away and the shrill flute of the north wind has sounded the retreat We must go. We must go." So they gather themselves into companies, and turning not aside for storm or mountain top or shock of musketry, over land and sea, straight as an arrow to the mark, they go.
 And if you come out this morning with sack of corn and throw it in the fields and try to get them to stop, they are so far up they would hardly see it.. They are on their way south. You could not stop them. Oh, that we were
 as wise about the best time to start for God and heavenl We say: ''Wait until | it is little later in the season of mercy. Wait until some of these green leaves of hope are all dried up and have been scattered. Wait until ne4t year." And after awhile we start, and it is too late, and we perish in the way when Gods wrath is kindled but a little. .... | FATE OF THOSE WHO LINGER TOO LONG. There are, you know, exceptional cases where birds have started too late,
 and in the morning you have found them dead on the snow. And there are l those who have perished half way be-
 tween the world and Christ. They
 waited until the last sickness, when the
 mind was gone, or they were on the ex- press traii going at forty miles an hour,
 and they came to the bridge, and the
 "draw was up," and they went down.
 How long to repent and pray? Two
 Jecondsl Two seconds! To do the work of 8 lifetime and to prepare for the vast eternity in two secondsl
 | was reading of an entertainment | given in a kings court, and there were musicians there with elaborate pieces of ! music. After awhile Mozart came and
 began to play, and he had a blank piece
 of paper before him, and the king famil-
 iarly looked over his shoulder sSi said
 "What are you playing? I see no music
 before you" And Mozart put his hand
 on his brow, as much as to say, II am
 i1nprovising." It was very we'll for him,
 but, oh, my friends, we cannot extem-
 porize heaven! If we do not get pre- | pared in this world we will never take | part in the orchestral harmonies of the
 saved. Oh, that we were as wise as the
 crane and the stork, flying away, flying
 away from the tempestl
 Some of you have felt the pinching
 frost of sin. You feel it today. You
 are not happy. I look into your faces
 and know you are not happy. There
 are voices within your soul that will not
 be silenced, telling you that you are sin
 ners and that without the pardon of God
 you are undone forever. What are you