Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-08

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snxii4 thAs uas alan 70 sdord her w~smta.
- - ~ tAas FURNISHED her shs glove.
AID tadiax hsr sniy dshzks In BATTERIES 81
b<.fzal<s ne1 sd nsldaizAt schsesaschs
and deAAacAef noves<<taA
! ~ xhsrs y one WHO night hsve
- qsssa aate God forever. yet eat
~ asaw Eks ~ OK | look ever the
pnnease aetfs Of folly and sia. and End
many gsvvelins vho ought TO be erect o
- - wsnssa - back - yoar shrsasal
4 ysaag ma raa away frpn hssae and
hrsas has vs4swsd mssher's heart Four
tssn ysars pa~sd and he returned and
cans - NE window ~ which his cid moth
e w. alueanx
She io>kd xp snA inns.ii.tely reeos-
niz<i hsa and sahi. '-oh Robert. Roberti
Geo. inS@ Ne said he. mother SHALL
never COM IN tili I hear you .ay you for
give me. Her answer was; Robert, I have
forgiven yoa loaz aga There Is roth.ng
20 foggsve nsw except that you sraid away
- loag" Ny hear~r. forgiveness has been
ssaAy Ter you . good while Vita more
thAn . mosher's tsad~rnsa God will take
yoa back They are waiting for you mp In
the palace. NebachA3lnexzAr Wa the son
Of AahspolAe<sr who ruled before him, and
Pea - he eAilA Of ktng.
cOSvscTion - NOT CONVERSION.
The next ssoaxht shas prssssa into my
mind lson the contemplation Of this Incl
dent II that eonvteeion b not conversion.
who b thu usossHrch that snakes the boast
abcas nabyioar The very mAa Who under
ths rvvsiassea - dreams that DaAiel made
frvm hsavsa. deeply humbied himself,
while hs csnfssseA that God Is . God Of
Gods and Lerd Of LosAs. yet behold that
that hunbling and aroustng which hc b.
tore fsls did - result in y radical change.
There Is - miseAke more frequent than
q suppsuang conviction . Synonym for con-
verxion Conviction II merely q sight Of
sin. Conversion n view Of pardon. Con
vicetea - merely alarm; conversion n con
fdeneA Couvicsioa u dissatisfaction with
depravtsys coaveruSoa u Q turning away
from IL Conviction Il . sword wound,
conversion n the healing. Conviction Is
the fever Of thirst. conversion is the slak-
Ing a that thirst Conviction il the pain
eenvsFuion - the medicine that cures il
Thousands have experienced the former
and never experteoeed the latter. There
are multitudes who think that ~ soon ~
. man l. SERIOUS he h ft for profession Of
rsiigioa
What II q man should only think seri
0uaiy Of being n merchant. would that
make him = merchant What IL a man
should Oaly think ssriously OF being law
yer. would that make him q lawyeri
What . man shoald only thiak seriously
u being . Christian, would that make
him . Chrissisnf Felix was convicted
bat not converted The Taller was CON-
victed before hs goe cat Of bed, bat not
eonvertsd uuGil 1t the advice Of Paul he
believed IN Christ. Are you convicted
bat not esaverssAf tell yoa WHIST you
make ~ think Of
You have made up yoar mind for proper
coaHdsrasioo % dsed away . property
Yoa have drawn the deed. The seal II a.
hxed oppoGite where you are to write your
mama The commissioners Of deeds h pres
emit 70 witnesA Yeu have your pen in
hand There IL ink in the pan. There il
ouly ons thing for yo1 10 Do. and that h to
sign your name. Suppose you stop now
without signiag yoQr name. what does il
all amount tor Nothing. So you hare -
solved 70 give ysusseH up to God You
propcse - sign Oh TO hin your body. your
mind. your soai You have all things nec-
sssary for thr transfer The angels Of God
are here to Witness the eternal transfer
Why do you cot now with your will CON-
plets the work. Haat where you are. and
all gees Tar nothing. StgA your name to
this spiritual transfer.
Professor Arago. the mathematician, got
wcefuiiy discouraged in his work and was
about 10 give up. whsa he saw some words
On The paper which haa been used to stiffen
the cover Of hts bsok, and the words being
indissinct he dAmpened the cover until he
could take Il a and zee the wsrds plainly,
and hs found they were words Of advice
given By D'Aienbert to student, and tho
wosds were, 60 on, SIR; 60 oar o ye
who are convicted go onr' You must
take oas more seep, or all the steps you
have takan win amouns 70 netting Goonl
PRIDE rnx PnnCURseR or SORROW.
Learn also from my subject that pride
h the prssarsoe Of overthrow. Pride " .
comnanAsr wen plunaed and eaparisoned.
bat Il iaa3ls fsrth . DARK and frowning
hssk pride esseh before destruction.
and . haaghty spirit before = tall" The
arrows from che Alnighty's CULVER arc
apt 70 segiks . man when On The wing
6oiiash shakes his great spear IN defiance.
but the smsssh scenes from the brock
make him stags.r and fall ike an on IN
der q buechsr's baudgeoa- He who Il
down eannse fall Vessels scQddin& under
hass polss do mes fesl the force Of the
seorn
What ase those three sleds that have
jua gone into The yard Of miserable hotel
In Wsnaw. Pol~sd, en the cold night OF
December the tsueh. 1872 Who are they,
who frsm these sleds have entered and
the servant N trying TO bald for them a
fire win some greea woodi Napoleon,
with SIX attendants, - retreat from Mos
cow The FIRE amid the areen wood has
gene cut, and tAs emperor II walking the
no0 70 ksep from fresstag
Thea bousdirg into Ais sled, the ther>
momster twenty Elk degrees below zero, he
Disappear In toe aArknesA He whoa little
before had IN army under his command.
together win troops offered b. other M
tious. In ali LIST coo men. now retreating
through that Decsmbsr night With three
slcdA. and those Of his army not dead under
the SOW rDaacsd fer food TO handful Of
rys dsugh, seAseasd wish ganpewder foe
lack Of sAls, and . mooshfal Of horsoAenh.
From what height - whse . dspthi
ksbuchsdoesxar n the pstnee NsbueAad-
nsnnas terxsken ~ she zelda
Again learn from the misfortune Of Ne
king Of Bshy ION whss tervible thing -
che loaa ef rsnsoo. There n no calamity
thss eAs po-~ihiy bsfail ~ In this worbl -
great ~ the dcssnae@sot Of intellect~-to
have che body sf man spd yet 70 fall even
below the in~sinss of . brute. In this
world q 80 sights. TIE saddess h the
idiss's scare In this world Of awful sounds,
The pssss awfni IL the nsAnisc's laugh. A
vsass4 on the reeh>. whea hundreds 20
6pwa RIVER to ne. snA ether hundreds
arng their nsagisd and skivsvine bodies