Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-02-19

| from heaven, deeply humbled himself, Will,
he confes sed that God is God of Gods an,
Lord OF Lords yet behold that that hum
bling and arousing which he before felt die
not result in rradical change.
There is no mistake more frequent than o.
| supposing conviction n synonym for con
version. Conviction is merely a sight o.
SIN; conversion is view OF pardon. Con-
/ vlcticn is merely alarm; conversion is conf.
/ dence. Conviction is dissatisfaction with
depravity; conversion is turning away
| from it Conviction is a sword wounL; con.
version is the healing. Conviction is thC
fever OF thirst, conversion is the slaking OF
that thirst. Conviction is the pain; conver-
sion is the medicine that cures it. Thou.
sands have experienced the former and never
experienced the latter.
There are multtudes who think that rs
| soon as a man Is serious he is fit tor profes
sion of religion. What if man should only
think seriously Of being merchanS would
| that make him merchanty What il man
! should only think s,rously of being q law
! yer; would that make him a lawyer? What
! II n man should only think seriously OF being
Christian; would that make him Chris
! tian? Felix was convicted but not converted.
The jailer was convicted before he got out
o. bed, but not converted till at the advice
Of Paul he believed IN Christ Are you con-
victed but not converted?
tell you what you make me think Of
| \ ou have made up your mind for proper
! consideration TO deed Hway u property
You have drawn the deed. The seal is af-
| fixed opposite where you are to write your
name. The commissioner of deeis 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
! tiUuipO fpoS oil =
/ toI Nothing.
So you have resolved to give yourself up
70 God. You propose to sign Off to Him
-FOUR body. your mind, your soul. You have
all things necessary for the transfer. The
| angels OF God are here to witness the eter-
aal transfer. Why do you not now with
! your will complete the work. Halt where
! you are and all goes for nothing. Sign your
! aame to this spiritual transfer.
Professor Arago, the mathematician, got
woefully discouraged in his work and was
about to give it up, when he saw some words
On the paper which had been usel TO stiffen
| the cover OF his book, and the words being
+ indistinct no dampened the cover until he
could take it Off and see the words plainly
and he found they were words of advice
/ given bY UAlembcrt to a student, and the
! words were, go on, sir; go onr Dye who
are convicted, 'Go onw You mus take one
I tNOIt SlSp Ut bIl luo steps you nave IdkCn
Will amount to nothing. Go on!
Again learn from the misIort uue OF the
king OF Babylon what 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 inteilect-to have the
/ Oody of man and yet to fall even below
| The instinct of a brute. In this world of sad
| sights the saddest IS the IDIOTS stare. In
| This world of awful sounds the most awful
: the mnninc'S laugh. a vessel on the
/ rocks, when hundreds 20 down never to rise,
and other hundreds drag their man5lei and
| shlverIng bodies up the wintry beach, is
| aotning compared to tha founiering Of intel
/ ects tull OF vast hopes and attanments aud
capacities. Chrisrs heart went out to those
who were epileptic falling into the fire, or
naniacS cutting themselves among the
| .ombs.
! We arc accustomed to be more grateful
for physical health than for the proper
working OF our mind. We are apt to take
t for granted that the int llect which has
served us SO well will always be faithful
! We forget that an en- :ine with such
/ tremendous power. when the wheels have
such vastness of circ.e and such swiftnaSs Of
motion and the least impeIiment might put
il out of gear, could only be kept in proper
| balance by divine hani. No human
power could engineer this train of immortal
! faculties.
How strange it is that our memory, on
! whose shoulders all the successes and mis-
! fortunes aud occurrences of a lifetime are
| placed. should not oftener break down, and
! that the scales of Judgment which have
been weighing so much and so long, should
not lose their adjustment and that fancy,
which holds a dangerous wand, should not
sometimes malcously wave it, bringing into
the heart forebo 1ings and hallucinationS the
most appalling. 1t is not strange that the
expectations Of this intellect should not be
dashed to pieces on its disappointments?
Though SO delicately attuned, this instru-
ment OF untold harmonies plays on, thou III
fear shocks il, and vexations rack it, aud
sorrow and JOY and loss and gain in quick
succession beat out of it their dirgs or draw
from it their anthem. At morning and al
night, when in your prayer you rehearse the
objects of your thanksgiving, next to your
salvation by Jesus Christ, praise the Lord
for the preservation of your reason.
How many fine intellectS are being de
stroyed by anodynes and auRStheticS, which
were given by Providence for occasional uSt
in alleviation of pain or insomnia, but by be
ing employed continuously after awhile cap
ture and destroy. Chloral, cocoaine, bro.
mide OF potassium, opium and whole shelve:
Of seductive etceteras that help turr
Nebuchadnezzlrs into imbecility into mad
ness. Do not tritie With opiatas that bonunb
the BRAN. IL you cannot live without th,
perpetual aud ensleving use OF them, yor
had better die. Better die a sane man thar
live fool. What right have you to XII
your brain and put in wild jangle your
nervous system? But rum is the cause o
more insanity than anything else. There il
nothing like rum TO put man, hk
Nebuchadnezzer, down on all fours.
Again, learn how quickly turns the whee
of fortune, from how high up to how ia
down went NcbuchadneZzar. Those now il
places of position and power, even though
they should live, will in few years be dis
regarded, while some, who this day are oh
scure and poverty stricken, will ride up o.
the shoulders Of the people to take their tur
at admiration and the spo.lS of office. Oh
how quic ily the wheel turnsi Ballot boxe
are the steps on which men come down q
often as they go up. OF those who were
few years ago successful in the accumulatio
OF property how few have not met with r.
verses of fortune, while many of those VIII
then were straitenei in circumstances nov
hold the bonds and the bank keys OF the ma
tion and win the most bows on the e'
change.
or all tickle people in the world Forum
Is the most tickle. Every day she chang,
her mind, and woe to that man who pu
any COnuuenc5 III WnlU sue PROMISES I
proposes. She cheers when you 60 up an
laughs when you coms down. Oh, trust NJ
moment your hearts affections to thi
changeable world Anchor your soIl
God, From Chrt.Ss love gather your jo
Then come sorrow or gladness, success
defeat, riches or poverty, honor or ui,grac
health or sickness. life or death, time
eternity, all are yours and we are Christ
and Christ is Gods.
Learn also from my subject the comfor
ing truth that Affections are arrested as so
, as they have accomplished their missio
} For seven years did NebuchadnezZar dw
! among the beasts Of the field, but at 1
. expiration of that time his reason returne
/ and as soon as with proper humility
acknowledged the Col OF heaven he W
brought back to hiS palace and reinstatei
his former ai!luence and power. Now
, does seem that when heavy trials come up,
= us it is as though they had no limit.
I, exclaim, "All thy waves and thy billo
a | hoya oona ovar nleb hut forget that