The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1895-12-12

king Of Chaldeans, slain" W
lgo on to learn some lessons from all
this. learn that when God writes
anything on the wall man had better
read II as u Is. Daniel did not misin-
terpret or modify the handwriting on
the wall. 1t is all foolishness TO ex-
pect q minister OF the gospel to preach
always things that the people like, or
the people choose. Young men OF
what shall preach to you to-nightp
Shall tell you of the dignity of hui
man nature? Shall tell you Of the
wonders that our race has accom-
plished9 "oh! no." you say, tell me
the message that came from God. I"
l will. II there Is any handwrit-
ing on the wall 1t Is this lesson:
Repent! Accept of Christ and be
savedr' might talk of great many
other things, but that is the message
and so declare IL. Jesus never fat
tered those to whom he preached. He
said to those who did wrong, and who
were offensive in His sight, I'VE gem
Grafton of vipers! ye whited sepul.
chres! how can We escape the damna-
ton Of hell" Paul the Apostle preach
ed before a man who was not ready to
hear him preach. What subject did he
takep Did he say: ''Oh! you are a
good man, a very fine man, very
noble man?' No; he preached of right
eousness to man who was upright
eous; OF temperance to a man who was
the victim of bad appetites; of the
Judgment to come to a man who was
unfit for it. So we must always de-
clare the message that happens
to come to US. Daniel must
read it as it is. A minister
preached before James !. of Eng
land, who was James VI. of Scot
land. What subject did he take? The
King was noted all over the world for
being unsettled and wavering in his
ideas. What did the minister preach
about this man who was James /. of
England and James VI of ScotlandP
lie took for his text James first and
sixth: He that wavereth is like a
wave OF the sea driven with the wind
and tossed" Hugh Latimer offended
the king by a sermon he 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 and
women of the country, for Hugh Lati-
mer 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 the 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.fre." Then
he preached with appalling directness
at the kings crimes. G-M
Another lesson that comes to us to-
night: There is great difference be-
tween the opening of the banquet of
sin and its close. Young man, IL 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 On! the grandeur of
Belshazzar's fcastw you would have
said; but you look in at the
close of the banquet, and your
blood curdles with horror The King
OF Terrors has there a ghastlier ban
Quet; 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 ban
quet. 1t invites all the word to come
to it. 1t has hung in its banqueting
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
banquet broken up; and how horrible
is its end! Ever and anon there is a
handwriting on the wall A king falls.
A great culprit is arrested. The knees
OF wickedness knock together. Gods
like an armed host, breaks
in upon the banquet; and thatnight is
Belshazzar, the king of the Chaldeans,
slain. ~eH
Here is young man who says. II
can not see why they make such q fuss
about the, Intoxicating cup. Why, tits
exhilerating! 1t makes me feel Welt
/ can talk better, think better. feel
better can not see why, people have
such a prejudice against it. r. 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
can not; and he cries out "Oh, Lord
Godl help met" 1t seems as though
God would not hear his prayer; and in
an agony of body and soul he cries out,
"It biteth like a serpent, and it sting.
eth like an adder" How bright IL was
at the start! How black it was at the
last!" W. .% ~ 4. 1.
Here is man who begins to read