The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-02-17


came to the window at which his old moth
er was sitting.
She looked up and Immediately recog-
nized him and said "Oh. Robert, Robertl
Come inn No" said he mother. shall
never come in till / hear you say you for
give me" Fer answer was. Robert, have
forgiven you long ago There is nothing
to forgive now except that you staid away
so long" My nearer, 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. Nebuchadnezzar was the son
of Nabopolassar who ruled before him, and
you are the child Of king.
CONVICTIONS IS NOT CONVERSION.
The next thought that presses into my
mind from the contemplation of this Incl
dent is that conviction is not conversion.
Who is this monarch that makes the boast
about Babylon The very man who, under
the revelation of dreams that Daniel made
from heaven. deeply humbled himself,
while he confessed that God is a God of
Gods and Lord of Lords, yet behold that
that humbing and arousng which he be
fore felt did not result in "A radical change.
There is no mistake more frequent than
of supposing conviction "A synonym for con-
version. Conviction is merely a sight of
sin; conversion is d view of pardon. Con
viction is merely alarm, conversion is con
fidence Conviction is dissatisfaction with
depravity; conversion Is a turning away
from it, Conviction is sword wound,
conversion Is the healing. Conviction Is
the fever of thirst. conversion is the slak-
ing Of that thirst. Conviction is the pain
conversion Is the medicine that cures it
Thousands have experienced the former
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are multitudes who think that as soon as
a man is serious he is fit for profession of
religion
What If a man should only think seri-
ously of being merchant. would that
make him a merchants What If man
should only think seriously of being law
yer. would that make him a lawyer?
What if a man should only think seriously
of being a Christian would that make
him a Christiaay Felix was convicted
but not converted The iailer was con-
yicted before be got out of bed, but not
converted until at the advice of Paul he
believed in Christ. Are you convicted
but not converted2 | tell you what you
make me think of.
You have made up your mind for proper
consideration to deed away property.
You have drawn the deed. The seal is af
fixed opposite where you are to write your
name. The commissioner of deeds is pres
ent to witness. You have your pen in
hand There Is ink in the pen. There is
only one thing for you to do, and that is to
sign your name, Suppose you stop now
without signing yOur name, what does it
all amount to? Nothing. So you have re-
solved to give yourself up to God You
propose TO sign of TO him your body. your
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essary for the transfer The angels of God
are here to witness the eternal transfer
Why do yOu not with your will COM
plete the work. Halt where you are. and
all goes for nothing. Sign your name to
this spiritual transfer
Professor Arago. the mathematician, got
woefully discouraged in his work and was
about to give mp when he some words
on the paper which had been used to stiffen
the cover OF his book. and the words being
indistinct he dampened the cover until he
could take II of and see the words plainly
and he found they were words of advice
given by DAlembert TO a student, and the
words were, Go on, sir, go onp' . ye
who are convicted go onP' You must
take one more step. or all the steps you
have taken will amount to nothing. Go onl
PRIDE THE PRECURSOR or SORROW.
Learn also from my subject that pride
is the precursor of overthrow. Pride is a
commander well plumed and caparisoned.
but II leads forth Il dark and frowning
host. Pride goeth before destruction,
and a naughty spirit before fall" The
arrows from the Almighty's CULVER are
apt TO strike man when on the wing
Goliath shakes his great spear in defiance,
but the smooth stones from the brook
D. nj full la mn
der butchers bludgeon- He who is
down cannot fall. Vessels scudding under
bare poles do not feel the force of the
storm
What are those three sleds that nave
Just gone into the yard of a miserable hotel
in Warsaw, Poland. on the cold night of
December the tenth. 1922 Who are they,
who from these sleds have entered, and
the servant IL trying to build for them a
fire with some green woOd1 Napoleon,
with SIX attendants, on retreat from Mos
COW The fire amid the green wood has
gone out. and the emperor Is walking the
floor to keep from freezing.
Then bounding into his sled, the Their
mometer twenty six degrees below zero, he
disappears in the darkness. He whoa little
before had an army under his command,
together with troops offered by other ma
tiOnS, in all l,lSs.OO0 men, now retreaClng
through that December night with three
sleds, and those Of his army not dead under
the snow reduced for food to a handful of
rye dough, seasoned with gunpowder for
lack of salt, and mouthful of horsehesh.
From what a height to what a depthl
observation-disclosures in the palace; Nebuchad-
nezZar forsaken IN the fields.
Again learn from the misfortune of the
king of Babylon what a 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 intellect-to
have the body of man and yet to fall even
below the instinct of brute. In this
world of sad sights, the saddest is the
idiots stare. In this world of awful sounds,
the most awful is the maniac's laugh. A
vessel the rocks. when hundreds go
down never TO rise. and other hundreds
drag their mangled and shivering bodies
up the wiutry beach. is nothing compared
TO the laundering of intellects full Of vast
hopes and attachments and capacities.
Christs heart went out to those Who
were eIileptic, falling into the fire, or
maniacs exiting themselves among the
tombs We are accustomed to be more
grateful for physical health than for the
proper working of our mind We are apt
to take it for granted that the intellect
which has served US so well will always be
faithful. We forget that an engine with
such tremendous power. when the wheels
have such vastness of circle and such swift
ness of motion and the least impediment
might put it out of gear, could only be kept
In proper balance by divine hand