Connecticut western news., 1892-02-11


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 While walking from hrs Babylo nlan palace down to the pasture field and from the pasture field back to the palace the first thIng that m prtss|t'> me b- what an lntongrlious thing It l. foI Il King to ts. eating grass II s g'nHi tor cattle. but not tt fm man Anu then for one to pre- fer II to Il royal table toward whose h'unty the or'haris and I,addugks and stres,iii- and vlneyaris III all the earth mlghi contribute what an ainaZrntnt' Anu yet the ss'ene ls sls common H. the daylight
 When 1 -te man ot regal nature made. to rule III realms of thought capable of all moral elevation. hesot tug his faculties attempting out of low sensilalItles to satisfy hlS lmmor tai energits,. coming down of of his throne of lowei into br1ItalltleS sac r1ti.1ng Ills hlghei nature to hl- lower nature. stG,plng aud StpWng com Ing down anu coming down until all hI- Intiueu,e toI g,ssl ls gone cry out There h u king eating grass like an ox.
 And there are tens ot thousands of such Nehucha,lutzzars So there are qutr.n~ who desiicate themselves to the same humiliation What power toI gHsi 'i,si gave that woman Magnetism nj personal presence In ttuen,r more than imperial By her intellIgrnce by her tenderness. by heI charm pi smlle and manner. "a latle. of s4n'thing So much sorrow and reforming sO much waywarl n.-S> au,i welding ~o much elevated power vel at rhe call of worldll nt,Ss cpmInS out ot the throne rnbm of g,ssl influence where tiol would have neI reign coming down over tue ivory stalr> ot moral power coming down aud coming down until ~Ie tIsl~ no more soul than the dead piiri tranStixr,l m her millinery or the chInchllla that was slam to afford neI warmth or the kld that furnished n.,r the glove and finding her only delight m fiatterles of bIainlesSS men and midnight Shottlsshe and de Dau,ht-i novelettes 1 say. There k one who might have been a queen unt" tim forever, yet eating straw like an OK.
 How THE MANY DEGRADE THEMSELVES 1 l4uk over the pasture fields of folly and sln and find many grovei ing who ought to te erect Oh. men and women go back to your thrones ' A young man ran away from home and broke hls widowed mothers heart Fourteen years passed, and he returned and came to the window at which hIs old mother was sitting She looked up and immediately ree. ognized hlm and sad 'Oh. Robert Robert Come Ini'' 'No!" sald he Mother l shall never come i'll till l heaI you say you forgive me-. Her answer was Robert. have for gwen you long ago There Is moth ing to forgive now except that you staIi away So long
 My nearer forgiveness has been ready for you d good while. With more than mothers tenderness tih will take you back. They are waiting for you up III the palace Nebirha,lnezzar WAS the son of Ma boIs,lassar who ruled before hIm and you are the child of q King! The next thought that presses into my mind from the contemplation of this incident k that cuuvlction ls not conversion. Who Is thls monarch that makes the boast about Babylon I The very man who. under the revela ton of dreams that Daniel made from heaven. deeply humbled hIm seli while he confessed that God ls a tial of Gods and Lord of Lords yet behold that that humbling and arorlslng which he before felt did not result m radical change.
 There is uo mistake more frequent than of supppslng cpnvn'tion d syno nyln foi conversion Conviction IS merely d slght of sin; conversion Is view ot pardon. Convlctlon is merely alarm conversion ls conf dence Conviction Is dlsssatisf acton with deprav1ty. conversion k a turning away from It Conviction Is fl sword wound. conversion ls the healing Conviction k the fever of thirst conversion is the slaking of that thirst. ConvptlOu Is the pain |: conversion Is the medicine that cures 1t Thousands have exper1enced the former and never exper1ented the latter
 There are multitudes who think that as soon as a man k ser1olls he l. fit for profession of religion. What If man should only think seriously of hAlng d merchant. would that make him merhantf What If a man should only thlnk seriously of being d lawyer. would that make hlm a lawyerf What If Il man should only thInk seriously of being Chrls tan would that make him thrls tlanf Felix was convicted but not converted The iailer was convicted before he sHa out of beAi. but not con vertesi until at the advle-e of Paul he believed m Christ Are you con victeHi hut not ronverteds
 tell you what you make me think of You have made up your mind for proper consideration to deed away a property You have drawn the deed The seal E affixed oppoSlte where you are to write your name. 1 The commlssluner of deeds is present to witness You have your pen in hand There is ink in the pen. There is only one thing for you to l do. and that is to slgn your name Suppose you stop now without slgn ing your a,me, what does it aa amount tor Nothing
 So you have resolved to give your