Connecticut western news., 1894-08-30
EVERLASTING LIFE.
REV. OR. TAlMAGE ON THE REST
 THAT ETERNITY BRINGS.

Life Is Sure and Safe-An Eloquent and
 Comforting Address.
 BROOKLYN, Aug. 26.-Rev Dr. Tal- mage, who is now in Australia on his globe girdlirg tour, has selected as the subject of his sermon for today, through the press. the words, Everlasting Life, l" the text beingfrom Micah ii, 10, Arise ye and depart for this is not your rest.
 This was the drum beat of prophet who wanted to arouse his people from their oppressed and sinful condition, but it may just as properly be uttered now as then. Bells by long exposure and much ringing lose their clearness of tone, but this rousing Sell of the gos- pei strikes in as clear a tone as when it first rang on the air.
 AS far as can sec your great want and mine is rest. From the time we enter life great many vexations and annoyances take after us. We may have our holidays and our seasons of recrea- tion and quiet, but where is the man come to midlife who has found entire rest? The fact is that God did not make this world to rest in. A ship might as we'll go down off Cape Hatteras to find smooth water as man in this world to find quiet. From the way that God has strewn the thorns and hung the clouds and sharpened the tusks, from the colds that distress us, and the heats that smite us, and the pleurisies that stab us, and the fevers that consume us, know that he did not make this world as & place to loiter in. God does everything suc- -cessfully, and this world would be a very different world if it were intended for us to lounge in. It does right well for few hours. Indeed it is magnifi- centl Nothing but infinite wisdom and goodness could have mixed this bever- age of water, or hung up these brackets of stars, or trained these voices of Till and bird and ocean, so that God has but to lift his hand, and the whole world breaks forth into orchestra. But, after all, it is only the splendors of a kings highway, over which we are to march on to eternal conquests.
 No Rest.
 You and have seen men who tried to rest here. They builded themselves great stores. They gathered around them the patronage of merchant princes. The voice of their bid shook the money markets. They had stock in the most successful railroads and in safety de- posits" great rolls of government se- curities. They had emblazoned car riages, high mettled steeds, footmen, plate that confounded lords and sena- tors who sat at their tables, tapestry on which fioated the richest designs of for eign looms, splendor of canvas on the walls, exquisiteness of music rising among podestals of bronze and drop ping, soft as light, on snow of sculpture. Here let them rest. Put back the em- broidered curtain and shake up the pill low of down. Turn out the lights. It is II o'clock at night. Let slumber drop upon the eyelids and the air float through the half opened lattice drowsy with midsummer perfume. Stand back, all care, anxiety and trouble. But, no, they will. not stand back. They rat tie the lattice. They look under the canopy. With rough touch they startle his pulses. They cry out at 12 o'clock at night: Awake, manl How can. you sleep when things are so uncertain? What about those stocks? Hark to the tap of that firebelll It is your district! How if you should die soon? Awake, nanl Think of it.! Who will get your property when you are gone? What will they do with it? Wake up! Riches sometimes take wingsl How If you should get poor? Wake upp' Rising on one elbow, the man of fortune looks out into the darkness of the room and wipes : the dampness from his forehead and says, "Alas, for all this scene of wealth and magniacence-no restP'
 passed down a street of city with a merchant. He knew all the finest houses on tho street. He said: ''There is something the matter in all these houses. In that one it is conjugal infelic- ity; in that one, dissipated son; in that, absolute father; in that, an idiot child; in that, the prospect of bankruptcy. This worlds wealth can give no permanent satisfaction. This is not your rest.
 Fame Is vapor.
 You and have seen men try in an- other direction. A man says: ''lf l could only rise to such and such a place of renown; if could gain that office; if I could only get the stand and have my sentiments met with one good round of hand olapping applause; if I could only write book that would live, or make 8 speech that would thrill, or do an action that would resoundp' The tide turns in his favor. His name is on 10. 900 lips. He is bowed to and sought after and advanced. Men drink his health at great dinners. At his fiery words the multitudes huzza- From gall leries of beauty they throw garlands. From housetops, as he passes in long procession, they shake out the national standards. Here let him rest. It is II o'clock at night. On pillow stuffed with nations praise let him lie down. Hush, all disturbant voices! In his dream let there be hoisted throne, and across it march a coronation. Hush, hushs "Wake upP' says rough voice. Political sentiment is changing. How if you should lose this place of honor? Wake up! The morning papers are to be full of characterization. Hearken to the excavations of those who once caressed youl By tomorrow night there will be maititudes sneering at the words which last night you expected would be uni versally admired. How can you sleep when everything depends upon the next turn of the great tragedy? Up mani Of of this pillowr" The man, with head yet hot from his last oration, starts up suddenly, looks out upon the night. but sees nothing except the flow- CTS that lie on his stand, or the scroll from which he read his speech, or the books from which he quoted his author ities, and goes to his desk to finish his neglected correspondence, or to pen an indignant line to some reporter, or sketch the plan for public defense against the assaults of the people. Hap py when he got his first lawyers brief,