Connecticut western news., 1892-02-11

the words plainly. and be found they were words of advlce given by D Alembert to student. and the words were. 'tio on. sir; go onr O ye who are convicted. ''io oni" You must take one more step or all the steps you have taken will amount to nothing io onl
 BLINDED ARRoGANcE LEADS TO sTUM-
 BLING.
 Learn also from my subject that pride is the precursor of overthrow. Pride is a commander well plumed and t.aI,arisonetl. but 1t leads forth a dark and drowning host. Pride goeth before destruction, and a naughty spirit before fall" The arrows from the Almighty's quiver are apt to strike Il man when on the wing iolIath shakes hIs great spear III defiance. but the smooth stones from the brook make him stagger and fall like an OK under butchers bludgeon. He who is down cannot fall Vessels ssutlding under bare poles do not feel the force of the storm
 What are those three sleds that have just gone into the yard of a miserable hotel in Warsaw. Poland, on the cold night of December the tenth. lSl2f Who are they, who from these sleSls have entered. and the servant k trying to build for them q fire with some green woodi Napoleon. with six attendants. on re treat from Moscow. 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 thermometer twenty six degrees be low zero. he disappears in the dark ness He who little before had an army under his command. together with troops offered by other nations, Ill all 1. .lS7. .O0o men. now retreating through that December night with three sletls. and those of his army not dead under the snow. reduced for food to d handful of rye dough, seasoned with gllnpowder for lack of salt and a mouthful of horseflesh. From what height to what depth Nebuchalnezzar in the palace; Ne buchatlnezzar forsaken in the fields
 Again learn from the misfortune of the king of Babylon what q ter rible thing Is the loss of reason. There k no calamity that can possibly befall us III this world SO great as the derangement of intellect to have the boiy of man and yet to fall even below the instinct of a brute. In this world of sad sights the saddest is the ldlot's stare. In this world of awful sounds the most awful k the manlaa's laugh A vessel on the rU.ks. when hundreds go down never to rlse. and other hundreds drag their mangled and shiver1ng bodies up the wIntry beach. is nothing com pared to the laundering of intellects full of vast hopes and attainments and capacities. Chrlst's heart went out to those who were epileptic. fall ing into the fire. or mania,s cutting 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 1t for granted that the intellect which has served us 70 well will always be faithful. We forget that an engine with such tremendous power. when the wheels have such vastness of circle and such swiftness of motion and the least i'm petliment might put it out of gear. could only be kept in proper balance by divine hand No human power could engineer this train of iinmor tai faculties.
 How strange it is that our memo ry. on whose shoulders all the sue cesses and misfortunes and occur ren,es of lifetime are placed. should not oftener break down. and that the scales of judgment. which have been weighing 80 much and so long. should not lose their adjustment. and that fancy. which holds a dangerous wand. should not sometimes mali ciously wave it, bringing into the heart forebo,lings and Authorizations the most appalling. Is it not strange that the expectations of this intellect should not be dashed to pieces on its diSappointmentsf
 Though so delicately attuned. this instrument of untold harmonies plays on. though fear shocks it. and veXa tions rack it. and sorrow and joy and loss and gain in quick succession beat out of it their dirge or draw from it their anthem At morning and at night when i'll your prayer you re hearse the objects of your thanks giving. next to your salvation by Jesus Chrlst praise the Lord for the preservation of your reason
 THE DISCRIMINATION BY ANuDYNEs.
 How many fine intellects are being destroyed by anodynes and ansesthet ics. which were given by providence for occasional use in alleviation of pain or insomnia, but by being em ployed continuously after awhile cap ture and destroy. Chloral. co;aine. bromide of potassium. Opium and whole shelves of seductive etceteras that help turn Nebuchadnezzars into imbeility or madness. Do not tr'ifie with opiates that benumb the brain. If ycu cannot live without the per petual and enslaving use of them. you had better die Better die a sane man than live fool What right have you to kill your braIn and put i'll wild langle your nervous systemf But rum k the cause of more insanity than anything else There Is noth ing like rum to put man. like Nebu chadnezzar. down on all fouis.
 Again. learn how quickly turns the wheel of fortune. from how high up L--... e... N..l.....I...l......