Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-04-06

An. no When he opens ms eyes ia Tue
I morning, will the world he rs bright 20 him
as TO that young man who retired al night
| saving his prayers, invoking Gods blessing
upon his own soul and the souls OF his com
| rades and father and mother and brothers
/ and sisters far away No. no nus ihuSh
/ will ring out rom the saloon 30 that you
hear II as you pass ny, hut II Is hoIloW
laughter In IL Is the swapping oil heart
! strings and the rattle OF prison gates. haPPS
I that Young man happy
Let him an high the bowl; he cannot
! drown an upbraiding conscience. Let the
rails roll through the bowling alley tho deep
! rumble and the sharp crack cannot over
pOwer the voices Of condemnation. LET nun
whirl in the dance 81 sin and temptation ana
death all the brllliancy Of the scene cannot
make him forget the last look OF his mother
when he loft home. when she said To him
Now, my son. you will 10 right; am sure
YOU will do right You will. wont YOU
That young man happy Why across every
night there nit shadows OF eternal darkness ;
, there are ladders coiled up in every cup there
are vultures OF despair striking their iron
beaks into his heart there are skeleton
fingers OF grief pinching NJ the throat
come in amid the clicking Of the glasses
and under the flashing of the chandeliers,
and ery. Woe! Woe The way Of the
ungodly shall perish. There is no peace,
saith my God. to the wicked. The way OF
transgressor is hard" Oh. my friends,
there is more 10y in one drop of Christian
satisfaction than in whole rivers OF sinful de-
light Other Wings may he drenchel OF the
storm and splashci OF the tempest hut the
dove that comes in through the window Of
this heavenly nrS has wings like the dove
covered with silver and her feathers with
yellow gold.
Again, remark. religion il m adornment
In the style Of usefulness into which 1t IN
ducts a man Here are two young mon. Tho
one has fine culture. exquisite wardrobe.
! plenty OF friends. great worldly success. hut
he lives for himself. His chief care is for
his own comfort He lives usciessly. lie dies
unrogrcttei Here is another young man.
His apparel may not lie SO good: his educa-
ton may not be so thorough. He lives for
others. His happiness is TO make Others
happy He is a. sell denying rs that dying
soldier falling In III" ranks, when he said
Colonel there Is no need 81 those boys tir-
ing themselves by carrying me to the hos
pltaI. Let me die just where AN. 80
this young man OF Wnoni speak loves Cod,
wants all the world TO love him, Is not
ashamed to carry a bundle OF clothes up that
dark alley to the poor Which ofthose young
men do YOU admire the b'ttcrt The one
sham, the other 4 prince imperial
Oh. do you know OF anything, my hearcr.
that is more beautiful than to see u young
man start oui for Christ? Here is some one
falling he hits HIM up. Here is n vagabond
boy he introduces him to n mission school.
Here is a family freezing TO death he carries
them n suttle OF coal. There are s00. 600
OO0pcrlshlng In midnight heather darkness.
By al possible means he tries to send them
the gospel. He may he laughed at. an |
he may be sneerel at aud he may be cnrI-
catured. but he Is not ashamed 10 go every
where saying II am not ashamed Of the
gospel OF Christ. 1t is the power Of Col
and the wis lon Of God unto salvation
Such a young man can 20 through every
thing There is no force on earth or in hell
that eau resist him. I show you three spec
taceS
Spectacle the First Napoleon passed by
with the host that went down with him to
Egypt ani up with him through Russia aud
crossed the continent on the bleeding heart
OF which he set his Iron heel, and across the
uuivering ticsh OF which he went grinding
the wheels ot his gun carriages in his dying
moment asking his attendants to put on his
military boots for him.
Spectacle the Second EOltRirr, bright
and learned and witty and eloquent, will,
| tongue and voice and strategem Internal,
warning against God and poisoning whole
kingdoms with his inhdeity. yet applaulel
by the clapping hands Of thrones and en-
rrcs and continents his last words in
dclrium supposing Christ standing by the
bedside his last words, Crush that
wretch
Spectacle the Third -Paul-Paul, insight
! Ncant in person, thrust out from all refined
assoc iation, scourged spat on, bounded like
n wild beast from city to city, yet trying %
| make the world good and heaven full an
nouncing resurrection to those who mourned
ut the barred gates Of the dead speaking
consultations which light up the eyes o.
wdowhood and Orphanagc ami want with
| glow Of certain and eternal release un-
daunted before those vino could take his
life. his check flushed with transport AMI
his eye Oh heaven with one hand shaking
| defiance nj all the foes Of earth and al the
municipalities OF hell, and with the other
hand reckoning mess niger angels Ia come
and bear him away AS he says IL am now
ready to he offered, and the time Of my de
parturc Is at hand | have fought the good
night | have finished my course; | havo
kept the faith. Honcetorth there + lat1 mp
for me q crown OF righteousness. which tho
Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me.
Which Of the three spectacles do You most
ADMIRE When the wind OF death struck the
conqueror and the nhdel. they wero tossed
like sea gulls In tempest drenched OF the
wave and torn OF the hurricane, their dismal
voices heard through the everlasting storm,
but when the wave AMI the wind OF death
struck Paul, like On alhatross, he made u
! throne OF the tempest and one day fioatcd
away into the calm clear summer OF heaven
brighter than the dove, its wings covered
with silver, and it, feathers with yellow
gold. Oh, are you not in love with such a
rcllgion-a religion that can do so much for
a man while he lives and so much for mar
! when he comes to diet
! suppose you may have noticed the con-
| trast hntUnnp tha dan n "a Chriatinn
and the departure OF an inhde. Diodorus.
| dying in chngrin because he could not com
| pose u joke equal 70 the Joke uttered at the
! other end OF the table XeuXs. dying In lit
| Of laughter ut the sketch OF mn aged woman
"A sketch made by his own hand Mazarn,
| dying playing cards, his friend holding his
| hands because he was unable to hold them
| himself
All that on one side, compared with the
departure Of the Scotch Minister, who said
to his friends Il have no interest as to
| whether ] live or die. IL die | shall be
with the Lord. and If | live tho Lord will be
with me. Or the last words OF Washington,
at is well. Or the last word of Mcintosh
the learned and the great, Happy Or the
last words OF Hannah More the Christian
| poetess, joy Or those thousands Of
! Christians who have gone saying Lord
/ Jesus receive my spirit Come, Lord Jesus
come quickly" 20 death where is thy
sting . grave whore is thy victory
Behold the contrast. Behold the charm
otthe one, behold the darkness of the other.
Now, know it is very popular in this day
for young men to think there is something
more charming in skeptcsm than in religion
They are ashamed OF the old-fashioned re-
J llgion OF the cross, ana they pride themselves
| on their free thinking on ali these subjects
My young friends, want TO tell you what |
know from observation--that while skeptic.
SIN is n beautiful land at the start, it s a
| great Sahara desert at the last.
Years ago a minister's son went of from
lome to college At college he formed the