Connecticut western news., 1896-02-06

story of Faraday's theory of electrical polarization and yet has been shut out of heaven. There has been many a man who stood in an observatory and swept the heavens with his telescope and yet has not been able to see the morning star. Many man has been familiar with all the higher branches of mathe- matics and yet could not do the simple sum, What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul?" Many man has been a fine reader of tragedies and poems and yet could not tread his title clear to man. sions in the skies.
 Many q man has botanized across the continent, and yet not known the "Rose of Sharon, aud the Lily of the Valley" But if cue shall come in the right spirit, asking the way to heaven, he will find it plain way. The pardon is plain. The peace is plain. Everything is plain. He who tries to get on the road to heav- ell through the New Testament teaching will get on beautifully. He who goes through philosophical discussion will not get on at all. Christ says, "Come to noe, and I will take all your sins away, and will take all your troubles away" Now what is the use of my discussing it any more? Is not that plain? If you wanted to go to some city, and point ed you out highway thoroughly laid out, would be wise in detaining you by geological discussion about the gravel you will pass over, or a physiological discussion about the muscles you will have to bring into play? No. After this Bible has pointed you the way to heav en, is it wise for me to detain you with any discussion about the nature of the human will. or whether the atonement is limited or unlimited? There is the road-go on it. It is plain way. "This is faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners" And that is you and that is me. Any little child here can understand this as well as can. Unless you become as little child, you cannot see the kingdom of God. " If you are saved, it will not be as philosopher, it will be as little child. "Of such is the kingdom of heav en. " Unless you get the spirit of little children, you will never come out at their glorious destiny.
 Faith In God.
 Still further, this road to heaven is safe road Sometimes the traveller in those ancient highways would think himself perfectly secure, not knowing there was lion by the way burying his head deep between his paws, and then when the right moment came, un- der the fearful spring the mans life was gone and there was mauled car cass by the roadside. But, says my text, "No lion shall be there." wish could make you feel your entire se- curity. tell you plainly that one min nte after man has become a child of God he is as safe as though he had been 10, ,000 years in heaven. He may slip; he may slide; he may stumble, but he cannot be destroyed. Kept by the power of God through faith unto complete sal vation. Everlastingly safe. The severest trial to which you can subject Chris tian man is to kill him, and that is glory. In other words, the worst thing that can happen child of God is heav- en. The body is only the old slippers iIid1 uo tuIOWo doAuo Juso pclOAO pu-tAuS on the sandals of light. His soul, you cannot hurt it. No fires can consume it. No floods can drown it. No devils can capture 1t.
 Firm and unmoved are they
 Who rest their souls on God:
 Fixed as the ground where David stood, Or where the ark abode
 His soul is safe. His reputation is safe Everything is safe. But" you say, Suppose his store burns up?" Why, then, it will be only change of investments from earthly to heavenly securities. But" you say, Suppose his name goes down under the hoof of scorn and contempt?' The name will be so much brighter in.glory. Suppose his physical health fails?" God will pour into him the floods of everlasting health, and it will not make any differ ence Earthly subtraction is heavenly addition. The tears of earth are the crystals of heaven. As they take rags and tatters and put them through the paper mill and they come out beautiful white sheets of paper, so often the rags of earthly destitution, under the cylinders of death, come out white scroll upon which shall be written eternal enamel patton. There was one passage of Scrip ture, the force of which never under stood until one day at Chamounix. with Mont Blanc Qn one side and Montanvert on the .other, opened my Bible and read, As the mountains are around about Jerusalem so the Lord is around about them that fear him." The surs roundings were an omnipotent com meutary.
 Though troubles assail and dangers alright, Though friends should all fail and foes all Yet one thing secures us, whatever betide. The Scripture assures us the Lord will pro Futility of FrettinK.
 Still further, the road spoken of is 8 pleasant road. God gives bond of in- demnity against all evil to every man that treads it. "All things work togeth- i CT for good to those who love God" No weapon formed against them can pros- per. That is the bond, signed, sealed and delivered by the president of the whole universe. What is the use of your fretting, oh, child of God, about food ? Behold the fowls of the air, for they SOW not, neither do they reap, nor gath CT into barns, yet your Heavenly Father feedeth them. And will he take care of the sparrow, will he take care of the raven, will he take care of the hawk and let you die1 What is the use of your fretting about clothes? Consider the lilies of the field. Shall he not much more clothe you, oh, ye of little faith?"
 What is the use worrying for fear some thing will happen to your home? "He
 blesseth the habitation of the just. ''
 What is the use of your fretting lest you
 will be overcome of temptationsr "God
 is faithful, who will not suffer you to be
 tempted above thst ye are able, but will 1 with the temptation also make a way to