Connecticut western news., 1895-02-21

ton, and Thomas Paine, who slandered him; Mana Sahib, and the missionaries whom he clubbed to death Ut Cawnpur; Herod. and the children whom he mas- sacred; Paul, and Nero, who beheaded him As sa result of the promnlgation of such mongrel and conglomerate heav. en, there are millions of people in Chris tendon who expect to go straight to heaven from their seraglios, and their inebriation. and their suicides, when among the loudest thunders that break over tho basaltic island to which St. John was expatriated was the one in which God announced that the abom- inable and the murderers and whore mongers and soroerers and idolaters and all liars, shall have their place in the lake which burueth with fire and hrim- stone. which is the second death" l correct what said when declared the gospel was buried 90 feet deep. It is ! buried I ,oo0 feet deep. Had the glorious gospel been given full opportunity, l think before this the world would have had no need of pulpit or sermon or prayer or church. but thanksgiving and hosannas would have resounded in the | temple to which the mountains would have been pillars, and the blue skies the dome, and tho rivers the baptistery, and i all nations the worshipers ill the audi torium of the outspread world. But so | far from that, as l remarked in the | opening sentence of this sermon, the ! greatest novelty of our time is the gos- pei. And let ne say to the hundreds and thousands Of educated and splendid young men about to enter the gospel ministry from the theological seminaries of all denominations, on this and the other side of the seas, that there is nc drawing power like tho glorious gospel
 Him hath God lifted up to draw all men unto him." Get your souls charged and surcharged with this gospel, and | you will have large audiences and will | not have to announce in order to assem- | ble such audiences Sunday night sa- cred concert, with a brief address by the pastor, or the presence of "Blaok | Pattis, " or Creole minstrels, or some new exposure of Tammany, or sermon | accompanied by a magic lantern or ste | reopticon views. -. Glorious News.
 The glorious gospel of the blessed God | as spoken of in my text will have more | drawing power, and when that gospel | gets full swing it will have momen- | tum and power mightier than that of 7, the Atlantic ocean when under the ! force of the September equinox it strikes | the highlands of the Navesink. The meaning of the word '2ospel'' is "good | md rnyf so e,ln inf1c | good news, and we must tell it in our | churches, and over our dry goods coun-
 ters, and in our factories, and over our 1 thrashing machines, and behind our | blows, and on our ships decks, and in | our parlors. our nurseries and kitchens, | as though it were glorious good news, ! and not with dismal drawl in our voice, and dismal look on our faces,
 as though religion wero a rheumatic twinge, or dyspeptic pang, or ma
 larial chill, CT an attack of nervous prostration With nine "blesseds'' or
 "happys, Christ began his sermon on the mount-blessed the poor; blessed the mourner; blessed the meek; blessed the hungry; blessed the merciful;, bless | ed the pure; blessed the peacemakers; | viled; blessed, blessed, blessed; happy, | happy, happy. Glorious good news for | the young Rs through Christ they may ! have their coming years ennobled, and | for lifetime all the angels of God their coadjutors, and all the armies of heaven | their allies. Glorious good news for the | middle aged as through Christ they may have their perplexities disentangled, and | their courage rallied, and their victory over all obstacles and hindrances made l forever sure Glorious good news for the aged as they may have the sympathy of him of whom St. John wrote, His head and his hairs were white like wool, as { white as snow, - and the defense of the everlasting arms. .Glorious good news for the dying as they may have minis l tering spirits to escort them, and open- 1 ing gates to receive them, and sweep
 nf eternal glories to encircle them, and
 the welcome of Q loving God to embosom
 them.
 | The Bill Was Paid.
 Oh, my text is right when it speaks of the glorious gospel. It is an invita-
 tion from the most radiant being that
 ever trod the earth or ascended the
 heavens, to you and me to come and be
 made happy, and then take after that a
 royal castle for everlasting residence,
 the angels of God our cup bearers The
 price paid for all of this on the cliff of
 limestone about as high as this house,
 about seven minutes walk from the
 wall of Jerusalem, where with all agony
 that with one hand tore down the rocks,
 and with the other drew 8 midnight
 blackness over the heavens, our Lord set
 us forever free. Making no apology for
 any ore of the million sins of our life,
 but confessing all of them, we can point
 to that cliff of limestone and say, 'Tbere
 was paid our indebtedness, and God
 never collects bill twice" Glad am
 that all the Christian poets have exerted
 their pen in extolling the matchless one
 of this gospel. Isaac Watts, how do you
 feel concerning him? And he writes,
 "I am not ashamed to own my Lord.
 Newton, what do you think of this gos-
 pei? And he writes, Amazing grace,
 how sweet the sound" Cowper, what
 do you think of him? And the answer
 comes, ''There is fountain filled with
 blood" Charles Wesley, what do you
 think of him? And he answers, Jesus,
 lover of my soul" Horatius Bonar,
 what do you think of him? And he TO-
 spends, Il lay my sins on Jesus '" Ray
 Palmer, what do you think of him? And
 he writes, My faith looks mp to thee. ''
 Fannie Crosby, what do you think of
 him? And she writes, Blessed assur-
 ance, Jesus is mine" But take higher
 testimony: Solomon, what do you think
 of him? And the answer is, Lilly of
 the valley" Ezekiel, what do you think
 of him? And the answer is, "Plant of
 renown." David, what do you think of