Connecticut western news., 1894-11-01

 glasses and it made no difference which way you looked you saw yourself. And so it is in this gospel of Christ If you once step within its full precincts, you will find your whole character reflected, every feature of moral deformity, ev- cry spot of moral taint If l understand the word of God, its first announcement is that we arc lost care not, my broth CT, how magnifioently you may have been born, or what may have been your heritage or ancestry, you are lost by reason of sin. But, you say, "what is the use of all this-of showing mans faults when he can't get rid of themp Nonel "What was the use of that furnished surface to this layer of looking glasses spoken of in the text, if it only showed the spots on the counte nance and the need of washing, and there was nothing to wash with?" Glo- " be to God, I find that this layer of looking glasses was filled with fresh water every morning, and the priest no sooner looked on its furnished side and saw his need of cleansing than he wash ed and was clean-glorious type of the gospel of my Lord Jesus, that first shows a man his sin and then washes it all awayl
 The Daily Need.
 want you to notice that this laver in which the priest washed-the layer of looking glasses-was filled with fresh water every morning. The servants of the tabernacle brought the water ill buckets and poured it into this layer. So it is with the gospel of Jesus Christ. It has fresh salvation every day. It is not stagnant pool filled with accumu- lated oorruptions It is living water, which is brought from the eternal rock to wash away the sins of yester- day, of one moment ago. "Oh, says some one, ''J was Christian 90 years agol That does not mean anything to me. What are you now? We are not talking, my brother, about pardon ten years ago. but about pardon now, a fresh salvation. Suppose time of war should come, and I could show the gov ernment that had been loyal to it 12 years ago, would that excuse me from taking an oath of allegiance now? Sup pose you ask me about my physical health, and should say I was well 15 years ago, that does not say how am now. The gospel of Jesus Christ comes and demands present allegiance. present fealty, present moral health, and yet how many Christians there are seeking | to live entirely in past experience, who | seem to have no experience of present mercy and pardonl When was on the sea, and there came up 0 great storm, | oy,A oll | thought we must go down, began to think of my life insurance, and wheth- CT, if were taken away, my family would be cared for, and then I thought, Is the premium paid up? and said, l Yes. Then felt comfortable. Yet there | are men who in religious matters, are l looking back to past insurance. They | have let it run out, and they have noth | ing for the present, no hope nor pardon, | falling back on the old insurance policy of 10, 20. 30 years ago.
 If want to find out how friend | feels toward me, do go to the drawer and find some old yellow letters written to me 10 or 12 years ago? No go to the letter that was stamped the day be- fore yesterday in the postoffice, and l find how he feels toward me. 1t is not in regard to old communications we had with Jesus Christ. It is communications we have now. Are we not in sympathy with him this morning, and is he not in | sympathy with us? Do not spend so much of your time in hunting in the wardrobe for the old, wornout shoes of l Christian profession. Come this morn ing and take the glittering robe of Christ righteousness from the Sayiour's hand You say you were plunged in the fountain of the Saviour's mercy quarter of century ago. That is nothing to mo. I tell you to wash now in this layer of looking glasses and have your soul made clean.
 Made Wholly Clean.
 I notice also in regard to this layer of looking glasses spoken of in the text that the priests always washed both hands and feet. The water came down in spouts, so that, without leaving any filth in the basin, the priests washed both hands and feet. So the gospel of Jesus Christ must touch the very extremities of our moral nature. A man cannot fence off small part of his soul and say, ''Now, this is to be garden in which will have all the fruits and flowers of Chris tian character, while outside it shall be the devils commons" No, no. It will people say, He is a very good man ex- cept in politics. Then he is not good man.
 A religion that will not take man
 through an autumn election will not be worth anything to him in June, July and August. They say he is useful sort of man, but he overreaches in 6 bargain. I deny the statement If he is a Christian anywhere, he will be in his
 business. It is very easy to be good i1 the prayer meeting, with surrounding kindly and blessed, but. not so easy tt
 be Christian behind the counter, wheI by one skillful twitch of the goods y6r can hide a flaw in the silk so that the customer cannot see it. It is very easy to be Christian with a psalmbook il your hand and Bible in your lap, but not so easy when you can go into ( shop and falsely tell the merchant you can get those goods at a cheaper rate ir
 another store, so that he will sell then to you cheaper than he can afford te sell them- The fact is the religion oi Christ is all pervasive. If you rent z house, you expect full possession of it,
 You say: Where are the keys of those rooms? If pay for this whole house, want possession of those rooms. And the grace of God when it comes to ( soul takes full possession of a man ol goes away and takes no possession. II will ransack every room in the heart, every room in the life, from cellar te
 attic, touching the varying extremities of his nature. The priests washed hands and feet.
 There Is . Chance For All.
 I remark, further, that this layer oi