Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-07-18

that I nave wasted many chances OF
getting better. never so home on
Sabbath from the discussion Of a reli-
gious theme without feehng that might
have done Il In q more successful way.
How Is it with youf II you take certain
number Of bushels Of wheat and scatter
them over a certain number Of acres OF
land, you expect a harvest in proportion to
the amount Of seed scattered. And l ask
you now, Have the sheayes Of moral and
spiritual harvest corresponded with the ad
yantages giveny How has il been with
your You may make resolutions for the
future, but past opportunities are gone
In the long procession OF future years all
those past moments will march, but the
archangel's trumpet that wakes the dead
will not wake up for you one Of those privi'
leges.
Esau has sold his birthright and there
Is not wealth enough in the treasure
houses of heaven to buy it back again.
What does that meant 1t means that II
you are going to got any advantage out OF
this Sabbath day, you will have to get II
before the hand wheels around on the clock
to 12 tonight. 1t means that every moment
Of our life has two wings, and that 1t does
not fly, like hawk, in circles, but in
straight line from eternity to eternity.
1t means that though other chariots
may break down, or drag heavily, this
one never drops the brake and never
ceases to run. 1t means that while at
other feasts the cup may be passed to US
and we may reject it, and yet after awhile
take 1t, the cupbearers to this feast nevel
give us but ono chance at the chalice, and,
rejecting that, we shall find no place fol
repentance, though we seek it carefully
with tears"
Lost Opportunities.
There is one more class of sins that ]
put in this category of irrevocable sins and
that is lost opportunities of usefulness.
Your business partner is proud man. In
ordinary circumstances, say to him, " Be
lieve in Christ, +" and he will say, "You
mind your business and I'll mind mine, I"
But there has been affliction in the house
hold His heart is tender. He is looking
around for sympathy and solace. Now Is
your time. Speak, speak, or forever hold
your peace. There is o time in farm life
when you plant the corn and when you
SOW the seed. Let that go by, and the
farmer will wiring his hands while other
husbandmen are gathering in the shoayes.
You are in religious meeting, and there
is an opportunity for you to speak word
| for Christ. You say, 81 must do 1t. ("
| Your cheek flushes with embarrassment.
| You rise half way, but you cover before
| men whose breath is in their nostrils, and
you sag back, and the opportunity is gone
and all eternity will feel the effect of your
silence. Try to get back that opportunity
You cannot find it. You might as well
try to find the fleece that Gideon watched,
or take in your hand the dew that came
| down on the locks of the Bethlehem shep-
herds, OF to find the plume of the first
robin that went across paradise. 1t is
| gone; it is gone forever
When an opportunity for personal repent
ance or of doing good passes away, you
may hunt for it; you cannot find it. You
may fish for it; it will not take the hook
You may dig for it; you cannot bring il
| up. Remember that there are wrongs and
sins that can never be corrected; that oul
privileges fly not in circles, but in g
straight line; that the lightnings have moi
as swift feet as our privileges when they
are gone, and let an opportunity Of saliva
tion go by us an inch, the one hundredtf
part of an inch, the thousandth part of ar
inch, the millionth part of an inch, ant
not man can overtake it. Fire winged