Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-02-18

| ""'"ie9S. anu Witlliig ~ much elevated
| power yet al the call OF worldliness. com
my out OF the throne room of good inau
ence where God would have her reign,
coming down over the ivory stairs Of moral
power. coming down and coming down
until she has no more soul than the dead
bird transfxed in her millinery or the chin.
chilia that WAS slain TO afford her warmth,
or the kid that furnished her the glove,
and finding her only delight in batteries OF
brainless men and midnight schottische
and dehauched novelettes
| l say. There is one who might have
been a queen unto God forever. yet eat
ing straw like an OK" | look over the
pasture fields Of folly and sin. and find
many groyeling who ought TO be erect O
men and women 90 back to your thronesl
young man ran away from home and
broke his widowed mothers heart. Four
teen years passed and he returned and
came to the window at which his old moth
err was sitting
| She looked up and Immediately recog.
nized him and said. oh. Robert. Roberti
| Come in!' No" said he. mother. | shall
never come in till | hear you say you for
give me-" Her answer was: Robert. have
1 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 good while. With more
than a mothers tenderness God will take
you back. They are waiting for you up in
the palace. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS was the sou
Of NabopolasS,ir who ruled before him, and
you are the child OF "a king
CONVICTION is NOT CONVERSION
The next thought that presses into my
mind from the contemplation of this Incl
| dent IL 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 God of
Gods aud Lord of Lords yet behold that
| that humbling and arousing which he be
fore felt did moi result in radical change
There is no mistake more frequent than
Of surprising conviction a synonym for con-
version. Conviction is merely sight of
sin. conversion is a view of pardon Con
victiou is merely alarm conversion lis con
iidence 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
tOuNfNNiOu N lilt liltNfEiit lilul cures IL
Thousands have experienced the former
and never, experienced the latter There
are mnltitudes who think that as soon rs
man is serious he is fit for profession of
religion
What If man should only think seri-
ously of being merchant would that
make him merchant What If man
should only think seriously OF being law.
yer would that make him lawyers
What if a man should only think seriously
Of being Christian would that make
him "A Christian, Felix was convicted
but not converted The taller was con
victed before he got out of bed but not
converted until M the advice of Paul he
believed in Christ Are you convicted
hut not convertedy ! tell you what you
make me think of.
You have made up your mind for proper
consideration TO deed away u 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 lou 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 il
all amount tor Nothing So yon have re
solved to give yourself mp to God You
propose to sign of TO him your body, your
mind your soul You have all things nee.
ess3lry for the transfer. The angels OF God
are here TO witness the eternal transfer
Why do you not now with your will com
plete the work. Halt where you are, and
all goes for nothing Sign your .uame to
this spiritual transfer
Professor Arago the mathematician. got
woefully discouraged in his WORK and was
about TO give up when he saw some words
on the paper which had been used TO stiffen
the cover OF his book. aud the words being
indstinct he dampened the cover until he
could take il OIL and see the words plainly.
aud he found they were words of advice
given by D'Alembert TO a student, and the
words were. Go ON, sir. go on ye
who ARE convicted go on You must
take one more step. or all the steps you
have taken will amount to nothing. Goonl
PRIDE THE PRECURSOR or SORROW.
Learn also from my subject that pride
is the precursor of overthrow. Pride is a
commander we'll plumed aud caparisoned.
but il leads forth dark aud frowning
host Pride goeth before destruction,
and naughty spirit before fall. The
arrows from the Almighty's culver are
Goliath shakes his great spear ia defiance.
but the smooth stones from the brook
make him stagger and fall like an OK I'M
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 have
Just gone into the yard Of 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 is trying to build for them
fire with some green woods 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 bis 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