Connecticut western news., 1896-07-16

and he is lame in both his feet, bring him up into the palace, for I want to show him everlasting Madness. for Jonathan's sake.
 Again, Mephibosheth in my text stands for the disabled human soul lifted to the Kings table. It was more diffi- cult in those times even than it is now for common men to get into royal din- ing room. The subjects might have come around the rail of the palace, and might have seen the lights kindled, and might have heard the clash of the knives and the rattle of the golden goblets, but not get in. Stout men with stout feet could not get in once in all their lives to one banquet. yet poor Mephibosheth goes in, lives there, and is every day at the table. Oh, what a getting up in the world 1t was for poor Mephiboshethi We'll, though you and may be woefully lamed with sin. for our divine Jona- than's sake hope we will all get in to dine with the King.
 Before dining we must be introduced. If you are invited to company of per sons where there are distinguished peo- ple present, you are introduced: "This is the Senator. ' "This is the Gov ernor.' ''This is the President. Be- fore we sit down at the Kings table in heaven I think we will want to be in- troduced Oh, what time that will be, when you and I, by the grace of God, get into heaven and are introduced to the mighty spirits there, and some one will say: "This is Joshua "This is Paul. !" ''This is Moses "This is John Knox" 'This is John Milton .'This is Martin Luther" /" ''This is George Whitefield" Oh, shall we have any strength left after such round of celes- tial introduction? Yea, we shall be potentates ourselves. Then we shall sit down at the Kings table with the sons and daughters of God, and one will whisper across the table to us and say, Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us that we should be called the sons of Godp And some one at the table will say "How long will it last? All other banquets at which sat ended. How long will this lasta' and Paul will answer, "Foreveri" and Joshua will say, "Foreverr' and John Knox will say, "Foreverr' and George Whitefield will say, "Foreverp'
 A Splendid Gospel.
 And the wine at that banquet will be old wine. It will be very old wine. It will be the oldest wine of heaven. It will be the wine that was trodden out from the red clusters on the day when Jesus trod the wine press alone. Wine already more than 18 centuries old. And no one will deride us as to what we were in this world. No one will bring up our imperfeotions here, our sins here. All our earthly imperfections completely covered up and hidden. Mephibosheth's feet under the table. Kingly fare. Kingly vesture. Kingly companionship. We shall reign for ever and ever. I think that banquet will mean more to those who had it hard in this world than to those who had ii easy. That banquet in David's palace meant more to Mephibosheth than to any one else, because he had been poor and crippled and despised and rejected. And that man who in this world is blind will better appreciate the light oi heaven than we who in this world had good eyesight And that man who in this world was deaf will better appreci- ate the music of heaven than we who in this world had good hearing. And those will have higher appreciation oi the easy locomotion of that land who in this world were Mephiboshetha
 O my soul, what magnificent gos- peAl It takes a man SO low down and raises him so highl What a gospel Come now, who wants to be banqueteC and impalaced? As when Wilberforct was trying to get the emancipation bill" through the British parliament and all the British isles were anxious to hear of the passage of that 'emanci | patton bill" when a vessel was coming | into port and the captain of the vesse knew that the people were so anxious t. get the tidings, he stepped out on tn, prov of the ship and shouted to the peo pie long before he got up to the dock 'Freep' and they cried it. and the, shouted it, and they sang it all througl the land, Free, freel" So today l would like to sound the news of you present and your eternal emancipation until the angels of God lowering in tn
 air, and watchmen on the battlements and bellmen in the town cry 1t, shou it, sing it, ring it, Free, freep'
 come out now as the messenger of tn palace to invite Mephibosheth to com
 up. am here today to tell you tha God has a wealth of kindness to bestov upon you for his Sons sake. The door
 of the palace are open to receive you
 The cupbearers have already put tn
 chalices on the table, and the great
 loving, tender, sympathetic heart o
 God bends over you this moment. say
 ing. "Is there any that is yet left o
 the house of Saul, that may show hin
 kindness for Jonathan's sake?"