News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1895-11-14

1t is all foolishness to expect minister
of the gospel to preach always things
that the people like or the people choose
Young men of Washington, what shall
preach to you tonight? Shall tell you
of the dignity of human nature? Shall
tell you of the wonders that our race
has accomplished? "Oh, no" you say.
"Tell me the message that came from
God" will If there is any handwrlt-
ing on the wall, it is this lesson: Re
pent Accept of Christ and lie saved !
| might talk of a great many other
things, but that is the message, and so
l declare it. Jesus never fattered those
to whom lie preached. He said to those
who did wrong and who were offensive
in his sight: "Ye generation of vipers
Ye whited sepulchers How can ye es-
cape the damnation of HE'LL" Paul the
apostle preached before a man who was
not ready to hear him preach. What sub
iect did he take? Did he say, "Oh, you
are q good man, a very fine man, a very
noble MANI" No. He preached of right
eousness to man who was upright
eous, of temperance to a man who
was a victim of bad appetites, of the
Judgment to come to a man who was
unfit for it, So we must always declare
the message that happens to come to us.
Daniel must read it as it is. A minister
preached before James | Of England,
who was James VI Of Scotland. What
subject did be take? The king was noted
all over the world for Raing unsettled
and wavering in his ideas. What did the
minister preach about to this man who
was james I Of England and James VI
Of Scotland? He took for his text James
i, 6: "He that wavereth is like a
wavo of the sea driven with the wind
and tossed. Hugh Latimer offended
the king by a sermon be preached and
the king said, "Hugh Latimer, come
and apologize. " II will, " said Hugh
Latimer So the day was appointed, and
the kings chapel was full Of lords and
dukes and the mighty men ard women
of the country, for Hugh Latimer was
to apologize. He began his sermon by
saying: "Hugh Latimer, bethink thee
Thou art in the presence Of thine earthly
king, who can destroy thy body. But
bethink thee, Hugh Latimer, that thou
art III the presence of the king of heaven
and earth, who can destroy both body
and soul in hell fire. " Then he preached
with appalling directness at the kings
crimes.
CHASTITY Banquet.
Another Lessen that comes to Us to-
night--there is a great difference be.
ween the opening of the banquet Of sin
and its close. Young man, if yen had
locked in UrCn Tie banquet il tEo first
few hours, you would have wished you
! had IeCn invited there and could sit at
the feast. ooh, the grandeur Of Bel
sha2zar's feast !" you would have said,
but you look in at the close Of tho ban
quet and your blood curdlcs with hor-
ror. The king Of terrors has there a
ghastlier banquet Human blood is the
wine and dying groans are the music,
! Sin has made itself a king i'll the earth.
| 1t has crowned itself. 1t has spread a
banquet. 1t invites all the world to
come to it. 1t has hung in it's banquet
ing hall the spoils Of all kingdoms and
the banners Of all nations. 1t has gath
cred from all music 1t has strewn from
its wealth the tables and floors and
arches. And yet how often is that ban
Quet broken up and how horrible is its
end Ever and anon there is a handwrit.
ing on the wall. A king falls. A great
culprit is arrested. The knees Of wicked
ness knock together. Gods Judgment,
like an armed host, brakes in upon the
banquet, and that night is Belshazzar,
the king Of the Chaldeans, slain.
Here 10 young man who says: 81
cannot see why they make such fuss
about the intoxicating cup. Why, it is
exhilaratingl 1t makes me feel well. ]
can talk better, think better, feel better.
l cannot see why people have such O
prejudice against it. " A few years pass
on, and he wakes up and finds himself
in the clutches Of an evil habit which
he tries to break, but cannot, and he
cries out, 80 Lord God, help me!' It
seems as though God would not hear his
prayer, and in an agony Of body and
soul he cries out, "It biteth like SER
pent, and it stingeth like an adder. -
How bright it was at the start! How
black it was at the last!
Here is a man who begins to read
loose novels. "They are SO charming, 81
he says. II will go cut and see for my
self whether all these things are SO. -
He opens the gate Of sinful life. He
goes in. A sinful sprito meets him with
her wand. She waves her wand, aud il
is'all enchantment. Why, it seems as il
the angels of God had poured out vials
of perfume in the atmosphere. As he
walks OF he finds the hills becoming
more radiant with foliage and The
ravines more resonant with the falling
water. Oh, what a charming landscape
he sees But that sinful sprite, with hel
wand, meets him again, but now she re-
verses the wand, and all the enchart
mont is gone. The cup is full Of poison
The fruit turns to ashes. All the leaves
of the bower are forked tongues of hiss
ing serpents. The flowing fountains fal
back in dead pool stenchful with cor
ruption. The Turing songs become curses
and screams Of demoniac laughter. Los
spirits gather about him and feel for his
heart and beckon him on with "Hai
brother Hail, blasted spirit, hail
He tries to yet out. He comes to the
front door where he entered and tries t
push it back, hut the door Turns agains