Connecticut western news., 1892-04-14

When, recently, Captain Burton. the great author. died. he left a scientific book in manuscript, which he expected would be his wife's fortune He often told her so. He said, This will make you independent and afiiuent after am gone" He suddenly died, and 1t was expected that tho wife would publish the book. One publisher told her he could himself make out of it siOo.0Oo. But it was a book which. though written with purc scientific design, she felt would do immeasurable damage to public morals. With the two largo volumes. which had cost her husband the work ef years, she sat down on tho floor before the fire, md said to hcreelf, There is a fortune for me in this book, and although my husband wrote it with the right mo tive and scientific people might be helped by it, to tho vast majority of people it would be harmful, md know 1t would damage the world" Then she took apart the manuscript sheet after sheet and put it into the fire, until the last line was consumed. Bravoi She flung her livelihood. her home. her chief worldly resources under the best moral and re- ligious interests of the world.
 HOW MUCH ARE WE WILLING TO oIvE Urf
 How much are wo willing to sacrifice for others7 Christ is ngain on the march. not from Bcthpage to Jerusalem, but for the conquest of the world. He will sure ly take it, but who will furnish the palm branches for tho triumphant wayf Self sacrifice is the word. Thore is more money paid to destroy the world than to save it. There i.7e more buildings put up to ruin the race than churches to evangelize it. There is more deprAvcd literature 10 blast men than good litera- ture to elevate them. Oh. for n power to descend upon us all like that which whelmcd Charles e. Finney with mercy. when, kneeling in his law office, and be- fore he entered upon his apostolic career of evangclization, he said; The Holy Ghost descended on me in n manner that seemed to go through me. body and soul. could feel the impression like wave of electricity going through and through me. Indeed it seemed to come in waves and waves of liquid love. It seemed like the breath of God. can
  me liko immense wings. wept aloud with joy and love. These waves came over me and over me one after another, and, until, rccollect, l cried out, I shall die if these waves continue to pass over me- l said, Lord, l cannot bear any more." And. when a gentleman came into the office and said, "Mr. Fin ney, you are in painY' he replied, No. but so happy that cannot live"
 My hearers, the time will come when upon the whole church of God will de- scend such m avalanche of blessing, and then the bringing of the world to God will be nmatter of few years, perhaps few days or n few hours. Ride on, O Christi for the evangelization of all nations. Thou Christ who didst ride on tho unbiokeu colt down tho sides of Olivet, on the white horso of eternal victory ride through all nations and may We, by our prayers and our self sacrifices md our contributions and our consecration, throw palm branches in the way clap my hands at the coming victory. l feel this morning as did the Israelites when on their march from Canaan; they came not under the shadow of one palm tree but of seventy palm trees. standing in m oasis among a dozen gushing fountains, or as tho Book puts it, Twelve wells of water art three score and ten palm trees"
 Surely there are more than seventy such great and glorious souls present today. Indeed it is mighty grove of palm trees, and feel something of the raptures which l shall feel when, our last battle fought, and our last burdea carried, and our last tear wept, we shall become ono of the multitudes St. John describes "clothed in white robes and palms in their hands," Hail thou bright, thou swift advancing, thou everlasting Palm Sunday of the sliesl Victors over sin and sorrow and death and woe, from the hilla and valleys of the heavenly Palestine, they have plucked the long. broad. green leaves, and all the ransomed some in gates of pearl, and some on battlements of amethyst, and some on streets of gold, and some on seas of sapphire they shall stand in numbers like the stars, in splendor like the morn. waving their palmsl