Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-11-14

uiany0fnef tninRs, put that n tne mes
saer, and so declare IL. Jesus never fat
tered those 10 whom he preached. He
said 20 those who did wrong, and who
were offensive in his sight, 'Ye generation
Of vipers, ye whited sepulchers, how can
ye escape the damnBtion Of hellP' Paul
the apostle preached before a man who
was not ready to hear him preach. Whik
subject did he takef Did he say, "Oh, you
are good man, very fine man, very
noble mani" No; he preached Of right
eousness to a man who was unrighteous,
of temperance to a man who was victim
of bad a2petites, Of judgment to come TO q
man who was unfit for 1t. So we must
always declare the message that happens
to come to US. Daniel must read It as 1t Is.
A minister preached before James Of
England, who was James vi Of Scotland.
What subject did he takei The king was
noted all over the world for being unset
tied and wavering In his ideas. What did
the minister preach about to this man who
was James Of England and James vi Of
Scotlandl He took for his text James 1,
8; "He that wavereth Is like wave Of the
sea driven with the wind and tossed"
Hugh Latimer offended the king by a ser
mon he preached, and the king said,
Hugh LatinIer, come and apologize.
81 will, " said Hugh Latimer. SO the day
was appointed, and the kings chapel was
full of lords and dukes and the mighty
men and women of the country, for Hugh
Latimer was to apologize He began his
sermon by saying, "Hugh Latimer, be-
think thee! Thou art in the presence of
Ii lii kkxV
body. But bethink thee, Hugh Latimer,
that thou art in 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.
The End Of Sin.
| Another lesson that comes to us tonight:
There is great difference between the
opening of the banquet of sin and Its Close
Young man, II you had looked in upon
the banquet in the first few hours you
would have wished you had been invited
there, and could sit at the feast. "Oh, the
grandeur of Belshazzar's FEAST" you
would have said, but you look in at the
close of the banquet and your blood cur
dies with horror. The king of terrors has
there a ghastlier banquet; human blood Is
the wine and dying groans are the music.
Sin has made itself king in the earth. 1t
has crowned itself. 1t has spread q BAN
quet. 1t invites all the world to come to
it. 1t has hung in Its banqueting hall the
spoils of all kingdoms, and the banners of
all nations. 1t has gathered from all mu-
sic. 1t has strewn, from its wealth, the
tables and floors and arches. And yet how
often is that banquet broken up, and how
horrible is its end Ever and anon there
Is handwriting on the wall. A king
falls. A great culprit Is arrested. The
knees Of wickedness knock together.
Gods Judgment, like an armed host,
breaks In upon the banquet, and that
night is Belshazzar, the king of the Chal-
deans, slain.
Here is a young man who says: "I can
not see why they make such fuss about
the intoxicating cup. Why, 1t is exhilarat-
ing! 1t makes me feel we'll. can talk
better, think better, feel better. cannot
see why people have such q 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 be cries out 80 Lord
God, help mer' 1t seems as though God
would not hear his prayer, and in an agony
of body and soul he cries out, sit bitett
like serpent, and 1t stingeth like an ad
der" How bright 1t was at the start
How black 1t was at the last!
Here Is man who begins to read loose
novels. "They are SO charming" he says
~ will go out and see for myself whether
all these things are so." He opens the gait
of sinful life He goes In. A sinfu
sprite meets him with her wand. Sh,
waves her wand, and it Is all enchant
ment. Why, it seems as If the angels 0
God had poured out walls of perfume il
the atmosphere. AS he walks on he find
the hills becoming more radiant with foil
age and the ravines more resonant witt
the falling water. Oh, what a charming
landscape he seesl But that sinful sprite
with her wand, meets him again. Blu
now she reverses the wand, and all the en-
chantment is gone. The cup is full o
poison. The fruit turns to ashes. All th
leaves of the bower are forked tongues o
Kissing serpents. The flowing fountain
fall back in dead pool stenchful wit
corruption. The Turing songs becom
curses and screams Of demoniac laughter
Lost spirits gather about him and feel 70
his heart and beckon him on with Hail
brother Hail, blasted spirit, haill" 81
tries to got out. He comes to the from
door where he entered and tries to push
back, but the door turns against him, an
in the jar of that shutting door he hear
these words, "This night is Belshazzal
the king Of the Chaldeans, slain" 81
! may open bright as the morning. 1t end
dark as the night
Death at the Banquet.
. I learn further from this subject ths
8 death sometimes breaks in upon bar
| ouet. Why did he not go down to the pri
]. ons in Babylon9 There were people thel
j that would like to have died. l suppos
t there were men and women in torture
Q that city who would have welcomed deatl
d but he comes to the palace, and just at tt
time when the mirth is dashing to the til
top pitch, death breaks in at the banque
8 We have often seen the same thing illu
k trated. Here Is young man just con
[ from college. He Is kind. He is lovin
/ He is enthusiastic. He iS eloquent f
a one spring he may bound to heights t
a ward which many men have been stru
,f Cling for years. A profession opens befo
% him. He is established in the law Fl
n friends cheer him. Eminent men encou
10 age him. After awhile you may see hi
i standing in the American senate, or mo
d ing popular assemblage by his eloquene
n as trees are moved in whirlwind. Son
10 night he retires early. A fever is on hi1
Delirium, like reckless charioteer, seiz
IL the reins of his intellect. Father al
y mother stand by and see the tides of /
il life going out to the great ocean. L
,r banquet is coming to an end. The llgt
[t of thought and mirth and eloquence a
IF being extinguished The garlands a
,t snatched from the brow. The vision
g gone Death at the banquet!
h We saw the same thing, on larger sea
,e illustrated in our civil war. Our who
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