Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1892-02-17

room OF influence. where God would
have her reign. coming down over the
ivory stairs of mortal power, coming
down and coming down until she has no
more soul than the dead bird tranfixed
In her millinery or tho chinchilla that
was slain To afford her warmth or the
kid that furnished her the glove, and
finding her only delight in batteries of
brainlcss men and midnight schottische
and debauched novelties Isay: There
Is one who might have been q queen
unto God forever. yet eating straw like
anox." look over pasture fields Of folly
and sin and find many grovcling who
ought TO be erect On. 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 he returned. and came
to the window At which his olu mother
was sitting. She looked up and imme-
dintely recognized him. and said: ''Oh.
Robertl Robert, Come ini'' 'Nor' said
he. mother. shall never come In till
hear you say you forgive me-" Her an
aver was. "Robert.I have forgiven you
long ago There in nothing to forgive
now except that you stayed away so
long" Ny nearer. forgiveness has
been ready for you y good while With
moro than mothers tenderness God
viii take you back They are waiting
for YOU mp in tho Palace. Nebuchad-
nczzar was the son OF Nabopolassar.
who ruled before him, and you arc the
child OF n king.
The next Thought that presses into
INV ,atnl
this incident is that conviction Is no,
conversion. Who is this monarch
that make the boast about Babyloup
The very man who under the revcla-
ton of drenns that Daniel made from
Heaven. deeply humblcd himself.
while he confessed that God IL n God OF
Gods and n Lord OF Lords. vet behold
that that humbling and arousing which
he before felt did not result In n radi-
cal change There Is no mistake more
frequent than OF supposing conviction
n synonym for conversion. Conviction
is merely n sight of sin; conversion 10 n
view OF pardon. Conviction l. merely
alarm. convention is confidence Con-
viction 10 dissatisfaction with deprav-
ity; conversion ia turning away from
it. Conviction Is sword wound: con-
version Is the healing Conviction is
the fever OF thirst; conversion Is the
shaking OF that thirst Conviction Is the
pain; conversion is the medicine that
cures II. Thousands have experienced
the former and never experienced the
latter. There are multitudes wLo thick
that a. soon as = man is serious he Ia At
for profession OF religion. What II .
man should only think seriously OF be-
ing n merchant; would that make him
merchsnH What - man should
only think seriously OF being y layer;
would that make him lawyer What
IL a man should only think seriously of
being . Christian; would that make him
not converted. The jailer was con-
victcd before he got out OF bed, but not
converted until Mt the advice of Paul he
believed in Christ Are you convicted but
not converted7 tell you what you
make me think Of You have made
up your mind for proper consideration
TO deed away n property. You have
drawn the deed The seal Is affixed
opposite where you are 10 write your
name. Tho commissioner OF deeds is
present to witness You have your pen
in hand. There 10 ink In the pen.
There is only one thing for you TO do
and that Is 10 sign your name. Sup
pose you stop now without signing
your name, what does IL all amount to-?
Nothing. So you have resolved TO give
yourself up TO God You propose 10
sign off TO Him your BODY. your mind,
your soul. You have all things neces-
sary for the transfer. The angels OF God
nre here TO witness the eternal transfer.
Why do you not now with your will
complete the work? Halt where you
are and all goes for nothing. Sign
your name TO this spiritual transfer
Prof Arago, the mathematician. got
wocfully discouraged in his work. and
was about to give up, when nc saw
some words on the paper which had
been used 20 stiffcu the cover OF his
boolc. and the words being indistinct
he dampcned tho cover until he could
take IL of: and saw the words plainly,
and he found they were words OF adj
vice given by DAlembert TO the
student and the words were: "Go on.
sir; go ONT Oh. yc who are convicted
W. OH- tOu Nhhr Ont iuhTt
step, or all the steps you have take n
will amount TO nothing. Go on!
Learn also from my subject that
pride Is the precursor OF overthrow.
Pride II commander well plumcd and
caparisoned. but IL leads forth a dark
and frowning host pride goeth be-
fore destruction. and a naughty spirit
before n fall" The arrows from the
Almigbty's culver are apt to strike a
man when on the wing. Goliath shakes
his great spear in defiance, but the
smooth stones from the brook made
him stagger and fall like an or under "a
butchers bludgeon. lie who is down
can not fall Vessels scudding under
bare poles do not feel the force Of the
storm. What are those three slcds
that have just gone into the yard OF Q
miserable hotel in Warsaw. Poland on
the cold night OF December 10, 1919?
Who are they who from these sleds
have entered, aud the servant Is try
ing 10 build Tor them fire with some
green wood? Napoleon. with six at
PENDANTS. on retreat from Moscow The
fire amid the green wood hiss gone out
and the emperor j. walking the floor 10
keep from freezing Then bounding
into his sled. the thermometer twenty
siX degree below zero ne disauDesrs