Connecticut western news., 1892-02-11

invitations of Calvary. The Lord utters the admoniuon. The wages of sin k death. but exhaustlea mercy responds. Deliver him from going down to the pit, for have found ransom.
 Hide thee quick in the rock. Christ Jesus. Let not tbis insignificant Now" absorb thee more than the great hereafter The path leading to this side of the grave is only few furlongs, but the path which com. mences at the other side of it is with. out end The powers of darkness gather about your soul and the temptations of m evil heart and the allurements of the world 1 know arc trying to drown the voice of the preacher. but taking hold of the sil yer trumpet of the Gospel which made Felix tremble. and at the Pen tecost brought three thousand souls out of their sepulcher. would blow one long. loud blast. crying. Who soever will. let him come"
 CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES ALWAYS HEAR
 GOOD FRUIT.
 Take this goodly religion which has done 20 much for me that can com mend ii to all Without It should have gone the whole downward ca reer Stolid and phlegmatic natures going astray do uot go 70 far. but natures like mine Sanglline. intense, emotional. optimistic. sR1al tn the Last degree and s'huing to all the heights and depths of mirth. If they get off the track they go with one wild leap to hell Az to the rtsstrsun ing power of this religon upon n mer'urlal temperament l testify. This K not abstraction or something gotten from books. l speak of what l know. tio out and ,uSk all who have tired this religon and ask them how II works.
 Three young men in q factory came out on the Lords side but two of them. overcome by the leerr- of their comrades. went back and loined the scOfferS The one held un tu his Christian hope, and one day when they pressed him harrl and were tell ing how much iniidelity had done for the world. and that Christianity had done nothing, the peras'uted Christian turned uppn them. and pointing to Henry and George. who had for Il little while followed Christ and then turned back. he sand
 You have tl1ed your principles on them and know what they have done for them When they tired to serve Christ they were civil. good iem. pered. kind huslandN and fathers They were cheerful. induSti1ous and ready to obhge What have you made themt Lsok and see They are cast down and crosa. their mouths are full of curlnR and tilthi ness; they are drunk every week their children half clothed their wives broken hearted their homes wretched That k what your pr1n ciples have done Now 1 have tried Christ and his religion and what has it done for mer You know well what 1 used to be There was none of you that could drink 10 much. swear 70 desperately and fight so masterly. l had no money and nob,pdy would trust me. My wife was III usad. l was i'll humored, hateful and hating What has religion done for mer Thank God. am not afraid to put 1t to you. Am l not n happier man than wiv1i Am l not a better workman and n kinder cumpaniouf Would | once have put up with what 1 now bear from youf l could beat any of you as easily now as ever. Why don't if Do you ever hear foul word from my mouthf Do you catch me at public housei Has anybody n score against meY tio and ask my neigh. bors If am not alter,si toi the t-st ter Go and HSk my wiie lei, my house besiI witness t',Hi tE ptab-ssi, here ls what Christianity nas done for me there IT. whnl iniidelity uRs done for Henry and ,,,stpe
 Out of thls audlen,e could gather thousand men aud women who could tell you as thrilling story sO that as to what elglou har done for them. Yea. If umes nt prevention should come as of ol,1s,nd they may come. there are a thousand here who would for Chi1st's sake aS checrftilly walk into the furnace of rirp as though ii were an artut of thyme and honeysuckle. and face the hone as though they were lamhs frlsking on the hillside. and wade down into the deep waters winch are to sub merge them as happily n- evei at Na1agansett beach they took the surf at a summer imthlnR
 Come up and Joln tb1'e on the way to Il palace. What an al~Urt thing for a kInp to be eatlng gt1vs,, Instead of livlng on the pnt t,si,ier that the world affords come and sIt among the pr1n,es- of G,n at the royal banquet and hen the h,n,is play Eat. O Fr1enls Dr1uk q Beloved" !" Here is crown wear lt. Here k Il sc'epter sway lt liefv ls n throne, mount 1t. Thn Tx your hour. improve it.