Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-07-20

IheodOsius was put upon the rack, he sui
Tered very great torture at the first.
Somebody asked him how he endured al
that pain on the rack. He replied "WheI
was first nut on tho rack. | suffered a great
deal but very soon q young man in white
stood by my side, and with a soft and CON-
Portable handkerchief he wiped the sweat
from my brow. and my pains were relieved
II was a punishment for me to get from the
rack, because when the pain was all gone
the angel was gone" Oh. rejoice evermore
You know how IL is in the army-An army in
encampmsnt. II to-day news comes that
our side has had defeat. and tomorrow
another portion OF the tidings comes, say
ing We have had another defeat, IL democrat
lies all the host. But II the news comes OF
victory to-day and victory Tomorrow the
whole army Is impaSsionel for the contest
Now, In the kingdom OF our Lord Jesus
Christ report fewer defeats tells US the VIC
| tories-yictory over sin ami death and hell
| Rejoice eyermorH, AMI again | say rsjoice. |
believe there Ia more religion I'm laugh
than In groan. Anybody can groau, but
to laugh in the midst Of Punishment and
persecution and iniescribable trial, that re-
CURED David. a Daniel. "A Paul, a modern
| heroine.
me next laughter mentioned in the Bible
that shall speak OF is the FOOLS laughter, or
the expression OF sinful merriment Solomon
| was very quick at simile. When he makes a
comparison, We all catch IT. What is the
laughter OF a fool likel He says. at is the
cracking OF thorns under pot" The ket-
Tie Is swung. bunch OF brambles il put I'M
| der 1t, and the torch il applied to IL, and
! there Is great noise, and big blaze, and a
| sputter and quick eXtinguishment Then
II Is darker than II was before Fools laugh
| ter. The most miserable thing on earth is n
. bad finn TbAFa i,,
barroom. They have at home wives
mothers daughters. The impure Jest starts
AT one corner OF the barrOOm aud crackla
crackie, crackle II goes all around In 500
such outlaws there Is not one item OF happi-
ness. They all feel bemaanei n they have
! any conscience left. Have nothing to do
with men or women who tell immoral stories
have no confidence either ia their Chris
tian character or their morality
80 all merriment that springs out OF the
defects OF others-cdricature Of n lame foot
or curved spine or u blind eye or deaf
ear-w'h be met with the Judgment Of God
either upon you or upon your children.
twenty years ago | knew "A man who was
particularly skillful In initiating the lame
ness OF n neighbor. Not long ago "A son of
the skilliul mimic ha | his leg ampltatel for
the very defect which his father had
mlmlcked years before. do not say II was
judgment OF Col. | leave you TO make
your own Inference SO all merrment born
oil dissipation, that which starts at the
counter OF the drinking restaurant or the
wineglHss In the home circle, the mau lin
slmPar, the meaningless joke, the saturnalian
gib6erish, the paroXysm OF mirt h about moth
ing which you sometimes see in the fashion
able clubroom or the exquisite parlor nj
twelve o'clock at night are the cracking OF
thorns under pot. Such laughter aud such
sin end in death When was "A lad. a hook
came ont entitled, Dow Juniors Patent
Sermons. II made great stir. "A very wide
laugh, all over the country. that book did.
IL was q caricature OF the Christian ministry
and OF the word OF God, and OF the day Of
judgment. Oh, We had "A great laugh, The
commentary on the whole thing is that the
author OF that book died In poverty, shame.
debauchery. kicked out OF society and cursed
OF Almighty God. The laughter OF such
men is the echo OF their own damnation.
The next laughter that | shall mention as
being In the Bible Is the laugh ofGoTs son-
demnatIon, He that s,tcth In the heavens
shh!l IAugh. Again, The Lord will laugh
at him. Again 81 will laugh at his calam-
ny. With such demonstration will Col
greet every kind OF great sin and wlck,I-
ness, But men build up viIainies higher
and higher. Good men almost pity God be-
cause He IL so schemed against by men.
suddenly pin drops out of the machinery
oil WlcEedness or "a secret is revealed and
the foundation begins to rock. Finally the
whole thing Is demolished. WHAT Is the
natter will tell you what the matter is
That crash OF ruin Is only the reverberstIon
OF Gods laughter In the money market
there are great 49,; GOOD men and a
great many fraudulent men. A fraudulent
man there says, II mean 10 have my mil
Hon. He goes TO work reckless OF hon
esty, and he gets his first 800 600 Hs
gets after awhile his 800 900. After awhile
he gets his $500 900. Now" he saws ~
have only one more move to make, and [
shall have my million" He gathers up all
his resources. he makes that one last
grand move, he fails and loses all. and he
has not enough money Of his own left to pay
the cost OF the ear to his home. People can
not understand this spasmodc revulsion
Some said II WAS "A sudden turn In Eric Rail-
way stock, or in Western Union, or In ILL.,
nois Central some said one thing and soma
another. They all guessed wrong. will
tell you what it was. He that stitch in tho
heavens laughed" A man in New York said
he would be the richest man in the city. He
left his honest work as mechanic and 20, (
into the city councils some way and in fan
years stole els, 0O0, 900 from the city govern.
ment. Fifteen million dollars He held ths
Legislature OF the State OF New York in tbe /
grip OF his right hand. Suspicious ware
aroused. The grand jury presented indict !
ments. The whole land stoo / arhas, ~
man who expected TO mn h,Ii The ,'i,,, T., 40 10
vest pocket goes TO BIackweIrs Jslon, - ..n ms
TO Ludlow street i,il braaEs nriaon an goes
across tho sea, Is rearrested and brought
"He that sIttrth in tho benvens innl,hsI :"
Rome WASH grratrmpIra She haI Horace
and virgII among her poets abe had Angna-
tus and Constnntin. .mong har nnn.rors
Rut VIVA, mean th,, JaIanaI pa,,hnp,,
thn Forum t,,rmeJ into cn,,i, 'n,rI.o. nni
the broken w,lIej CnIissn.n ant th' n- "ni'
skeleton Of her great anne Iuc,s2
Wha, ,vaa ,hat ,hmrI,y 80 ,""iue 'ucls'
'.that was ,ha roar ~ thu hatt. Sns,