Connecticut western news., 1892-11-17

borrows of the capitalist, and we borrow and borrow and borrow until the com munity is divided into two elasses-those who borrow and those who are borrowed of. And after awhile the capitalist wants his money and he rushes upon the wholesale dealer, and the wholesale dealer wants his money and he rushes upon the retailer, and the retailer wants his money and he rushes upon the con- sumer, and we all go down together.
 There is many man in this day who rides in carriage and owes the black smith for the tire, and the wheelwright for the wheel, and the trimmer for the curtain, and the driver for unpaid wages, and the harness maker for the bridle, and the furrier for the robe, while from the, tip of the carriage tongue clear back to the tip of the shawl futtering out of the back of the vehicle everything is paid for by notes that have been three times renewed.
 PULvERIzING CALF AND WORsHIPERs.
 It is this temptation to borrow and borrow and borrow that keeps the peo- pie everlastingly praying to the golden calf for help, and just at the minute they expect the help the golden calf treads on them. The judgments of God, like Moses in the text, will rush in and break up this worship; and say, let the work go on until every man shall learn to speak truth with his neighbor, and those who make engagements shall feel themselves bound to keep them, and when man who will not repent of his business iniquity, but goes on wishing to satiate his cannibal appetite by de- vouring widows houses, shall by the law of the land be compelled to ex- change his mansion for Sing Sing. Let the golden calf perish!
 But, my friends, if we have made this world our god, when we come to die we will see our idol demolished. How much of this world are you going to take with you into the next? Will you have two pockets-one in each side of your shrond? Will you cushion your coffin with bonds and mortgages and certificates of stock? An, nol The ferryboat that crosses this Jordan takes no baggage-nothing heav- fer than spirit. You may perhaps take five hundred dollars with you two or three miles, in the shape of funeral trap pings, to Greenwood, but you will have to leave them there. <
 It would not be safe for you to lie down there with gold watch or dia- mond ring. It would be temptation to the pillagers. An, my friends, if we have made this world our god, when we die we will see our idol ground to pieces by our pillow, and we will have to drink it in bitter regrets for the wasted oppor- tunities of lifetime. Soon we will be gone. Oh, this is a fleeting world; it is dying worldl A man who had wor- shiped it all his days, in his dying mo ment described himself when he said, ''Fool! fooll foolr' .......
 THE NEVER FADING TREASURE.
 Iwant you to change temples, and to give up the worship of this unsatisfying and cruel god for the service of the Lord Jesus Christ. Here is the gold that will never crumble. Here are securities that will never fail Here are banks that will never break. Here is an altar on which there has been one sacrifice once for all Here is God who will comfort you when you are in trouble, and soothe you when you are sick, and save you when you die.
 When your parents have breathed their last, and the old, wrinkled and trembling hands can no more be put upon your head for blessing, he will be to you father and mother both, giving you the defense of the one and the comfort of the other; and when your children go ------------ - ----------------- - away from you, the sweet darlings, you will not kiss them goodby forever. He only wants to hold them for you little while. He will give them back to you again, and he will have them all waiting for you at the gates of eternal welcome.
 Oh, what God he is! He will allow you to come so close this morning that you can put your arms around his neck, while he in response will put his arms around your neck, and all the win Hows of heaven will be hoisted to let the redeemed look out and see the spectacle of rejoicing father and 8 returned prodigal locked in glorious embrace. Quit worshiping the golden calf, and bow this day before him in whose pres ence we must all appear when the world has turned to ashes and the scorched parchment of the sky shall be rolled to- gether like an historic scroll.