The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-11-16
Gods iu,I.mert. like an armed host, break:

tcxic:tin- eur "hy. il l. eS!!;:@r;s.inu@, It
MAKES me feel we!! c;:n talk Letter: rh!nE
better. feel better. Icaano. see rhy people
have such q prejudice against it." : few
years pass Oh, and he wakes up and hnds
himself in the clutches OF an evil hab!7 which
he tries to break, but cannot. and be cries
out, 30 Lord God. help mel" t seems as
though God would rot hear his prayer, and
in an agony Of body and soul he cries out,
''It biteth like serpent. ard stingeth like
an alder" How bright it was at the start.
How black it was at the last,
Here is man who begins to read loose
novels. "They are SO calrm!nc.n he says.
II will SO out and see for myself whether al!
these things are So" He opens the gate Of
a sinful life. Ho goes in. \ sinfrl snrita
meets him with her wand. She waves her
wand, and it is ail cneauntment. Why. il
seems ~ if the angels q GoI had poured oat
vinis ci perfume in tho atmosphere. As
be wallis on he finds tie nile becoming
more radiant with foliage and the
rarines more resonant With the falling
water. Oh, what charming landscape he
sees! But that sinful sprite, With her wand,
meets him again. but now she reVerses the
wand, and all the enohantment Is gone. The
cup Is full OF poison. The fruit turns 10
ashes. Allthe lsa7es otthe bower are forkel
tongues Of Kissing serpents. The fowin.
fall back In dead pool stehchful
with corruption. The Turing songs become
curses and screams OF demoniac laughter.
Lost spirits gather about him md feel Eor his
heart and beckon him on with "Hail brother:
Hail, blasted spirit, hail" BE tries to get
out BE comes to the front door where he
entered and tries to push it back, but tho
door turns against him, and in tho jar q
that shutting door be hears these cords.
This night is Belshazzar, the king ol tie
Chaideals. siain.' Sin may open bright as
the morning 1t ends dark rs The night:
I lear further from this subject that death
sometimes breaks IN upon banquet. Why
did he not 60 down TO the prisons IN BaH;S.
lon? There were people there that w3II:t
like to have died. suppose there were mcn
and women il torture in that city VII"
would have welcomed death. but he comes
to the palace, and just at the time whom th.'
mirth is dashins to the tiptop pitch d"aln
breaks in q; tlis banquet. We haSH
often seen the sane ching iliusrat-i. H"T9
is Young man inst come from college II"
is kind. Ee is loving. He is enthu.!a,:i'.
Il. - eionueut. Gy one Spring he ma
bound to heights t@Waise, which ,nary ineu
have been struggling for years. 4 rro:es-
sion opens before him. f. is established III
the law. His friends cheer him. Eminent
men encourage him. After awhile yoH nl"E
see him standing in the American Sena:" "r
moving popular Hss2mriaSe ~ MS cl2-
ruerce. as trees are n!o"H;l lu THtriwlnd.
Some night he retircs cariy. y fever IS Oh
lin. Delirium, like L reckless chauolecr.
seizes the reins oS his intellect. Father an!
mother stand by and see the tides OF his lie
I.oinc out to tbs great ocean. The banquet
is coming to an end. Tho lights Of thought
and rnirtn and eloquelce are being eXtir-
cuished. The sarands are s1atched from
the brow The vision is gone. Heath a- the
banquet!
We saw the same thing on larger scale
illustrated in our Civil War. Our whole MI
ton had been sitting at National ba1luet
North, South, East and West. What grain
was there but We grew it on our hills? What
invention was there but our rivers mast
turn the new wheel and rattle the s:rla%3
shuttle? What warm furs but oNT I-;ll-rs
D.u:t bring them from tho Arctic: Wnat
fish but our nets must sweep them Tor tie
markets? What music hut it must siaG N
our halls? What cloqU2nee- but il must
sceak in our senates! Eo, to the Ma
tional banquet. reaching from moan,
tain to mountain and from sea t" sc:;:
70 prepare that banquet. tho sneepioii5
and the aviaries IF the country sent tier
best treasures. The orchards piled ~ on
the table their sweet fruits. The presses
burst out with new wines TO sit al that
table came the yeon!&lry d New NAmp-
shire. and the lumhcrMcn Of Maine, ana
the Caroliniau from tho r!ca rian!a:l21'
AMI the Western emiSra2t from th2
pines ef Oregon. ana We were a;i
brothers brothers at q banquet. Sn1'
denly the feast ended. What meant those
mounds thrown up at ChicEamausa..
Stitch, Atlanta. Gettysburg, e2Ntn
Mountain? What meant those golden grain
fields t4rnel into q nasturiuS ground TO-
cavalry borsee? What meant the cornhe:ds
guliie3 with tue wheels of the heavy supply
train? Wnv those rivers Of tears-.hcsc la !leS
of blood? God WIS angry! Justice mis-
come. 4 handwriting on tina wall! The va
ton hal been weighed ari found wanting.
Darsaess. Durknc2.., We 70 tho North.
Woe to :Ic Sou.h, Woe to th2 Ea:t! Woe
to the West. Death Il tbs l.anqs,et.
7 have :iisn 20 ieH:a fru:.! the S:iDjrct that
tl,. destruction Of the vicious and Of those
WHO :iczpisa God Will 10 vcry sN1d"n. Tho
wave o. mirth had dashed tp tho hi3uc-:
lint when thu Invading army ,'foiH
rh.nuSil. II vas UueXncc:cA. Suddenly
c!:.,c:i always, CONS ihc doom Of those who
rr.:::s, God and defy The laws oI men. How
naS il at the lelu$c! Do you suppose it
c1:rr through 4 long n1Ith2as: storm, Sc
tina: neopu iDr days below wa72 sure 1t %a:
comir%; 80. / SUPPOSE the morning va?
ir:g:,t: il:;t cc:mu%=s tro2scl on th2 %atHrs;
ti.%t l.auty ST: c1thr"nc!i on tho dilIs, W:iep
S.i,;:icnIy yH., heavens burst and tho moan,
;ail; SAM: ukn anchors into the sea tna'
ti;.:!.> c;car nra- t-:e !taG"s ana the HlmAia'
VIZ.
%na Red Sea nc: divided. The Egyptians
tried 10 cro:,; #. Tls:: c'ii.i he no danger.
me !%raGiiIc= !:;:.l i;i=t rcaa through. Where
ln"y had @ca". way net ihe E4Eptian5! OH,
pavement 0; tingel sh5lls AMI p:ar;S. ana
on either :i.,c Two yrcat walls oS Tater-
eo!id. Thera caI ~ n2 danger. Forward,
great host oi the E@v!;tiaas! Clap Ga
cvmJals and blow the t:umpat5 ri victory!
After them Ne will catch tho'n YET, "p't
thsv shall hc destroyed. B;l; ths walls :yH.sin
70 tromb!c, 'i'hey rock They fall! 'i'ho
rushing wasrr:! Thn s:irick "f drowning;
m"u. Tie swimming Of thn Wa horses in
vain lor 1,H sDprr! Tie s:ri:wr: of the
@re::s by:: na t!la hot,ri II the se;. or
pitched by the anccy T'aT. o. til" k?a"a-a
battered. bruised III l1HiE=rMH Wi"c%!
%nlien?r +r>:r1lHiin" .'aI". Ga" E2!f nnrt
haIc,cA the; ,:1'!:l nG! ha:a ;:aii'ra:; i. De-
stray:,;. and Without rem2iY.
Tho destroying angel w",s through E,;yr'.
Do you suppose th"! any 81 IL" people EGHT
that lic was coming? IJ;d 1i,@E haaT -" IA,
Of His great wi3s? No! NJ! Suddenly; M
eXpccteilly. lIo caD!e.
Skilled sportsmen d. not like t" shoot Il
bir:!s:anding on 4 spr; ncar-ry RI they are
skilled, they l'rl" themselves Oh t;:tin: Il on
the wing, and they wait Iii! il stnrt:' p.#th
is an old sportsman AMI he loves 10 take nun
flying Under the very sun. Flc loves TO take
them on the wing. on. N"" to Cial this
night! Ii there be onc il this pr2+snrr who
has wandered far away ron Ch:i>.. tH"H:5h
he may not have heard the casl .: the gospel
for nauy year, invite him n"w - com"
and hc saved. Flee from th$ sin! Fir9 t.
III: stronghold of the GOSPEL! Now is thc az
cepta,l tine. Now is the dav of salvation.
Good night. my ::oung friends; may ,rou