Connecticut western news., 1896-08-13

y but you do not invite that man to whom 20 times you sent an invitation to the smaller house. Are you to blamef You would only make yourself absurd before God and man to send that man another invitation. For 20 years he has been declining your offers and sending insult for your kindness and courtesy, and can he blame you? Can he come up to your house on the night of the banquet? Looking up and seeing it is finer house, will he have any right to say: Let me in. I declined all those other offers, but this is a larger house, brighter house, a more luxuriant abode. Let me in. Give me another chance?' God has spread a banquet of his grace before us. For S65 days of every year, since we knew the difference between our right hand and our left, he has invited us by his providence and by his spirit. Sup pose we decline all these offers and all this kindness. Now the banquet is spread in larger place, in the heavenly palace. Invitations are sent out, but no invitation is sent to US Why? Because we declined all those other banQuets. Will God be to blame? Will we have any right to rap on the door of heaven and say, II ought not to be shut out of this place; give me another chance?" Twelve gates of salvation standing wide for free admission all our life and then when the 12 gates close we rush on the bosses of Jehovah's buckler, saying, "Give me another chance!"
 A ship is to sail for Hamburg. You want to go to Germany by that line. You see the advertisement of the steam CTS sailing. You see 1t for two weeks. You see it in the morning papers, and you see it in the evening papers; you see it placarded on the walls. Circulars are thrown into your office telling you all about that steamer. One day you come down on the wharf and the steamer has swung out into the stream. You say: "Oh. that isn't fair. Come back i; swing up agaln to the docks Throw the plank ashore that may come on board. It isn't fair. I want to go to Germany by that steamer. Give me another chance. Here is magnificent offer for heaven. It has been anchored within our sight year after year, and year after C01t anu N0A hAAOA ycaAs anu oiA tAC benign voices of earth and heaven have urged us to get on board. since it may sail at any moment Suppose we let that opportunity sail away. and then we look out and say: "Send back that op- portunity. want to take it; it isn't treating me fairly. Give me another chance. Why, my brother. you might as well go out and stand on the High lands at the Navesink three days after the Majestic has gone out and shout: "Capta6n, come back. I want to go to Liverpool on the Majestic. Come back over the sea, and through the Narrows, and up to the docks. Give me another chance" You might as we'll do that as, after the last opportunity of heaven has sped away, try to get it back again. Just think of itl It came on me yester- day in my study with overwhelming impressiveness Just think of it All heaven offered us as a gratuity for whole lifetime, and yet we wanting to rush against God. saying, "Give me another chanceP' There ought to be, nous opportunity.
 You see common sense agrees with my text in saying that "if the tree fall toward the south or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth thers it shall be. 1" You see this idea lifts this world from an unimportant way station to platform of stupendous issues and makes all eternity whirl around this hour. Oh, my soul, my soull Only one trial, and all the prepa rations for that trial to be made in this world or never made at all. Oh, my soul, my soull You see this piles up all the emphasis, and all the climaxes, and chance. Oh, how that intensifies the value and the importance of this chancei Alexander and his army used to come around city, and they would kindle a great light, with the understanding that as long as that light was burning the city might surrender, and all would be we'll, but if they let that light go out, then the battering rams would swing against the walls and there would come disaster and demolition. Oh, my friends, all you and need to do to pre- pare for eternal safety is just to surren- der to the King and Conqueror, Christ Surrender hearts, surrender life, surren- der everything. The great light keeps burning, light kindled by the wood of the cross, light flaming up against the dark night of our sin and sorrow. Oh. let us surrender before the light goes out and with it our last opportunity of making our peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christi Oh, my brother, talk about another chance; this the supernal chance. In the time of Edward II, at the battle of Musselburgh. private sol dier saw that the Earl of Huntley had lost his helmet The private soldier took off his helmet and went up to the Earl of Huntley and put the helmet on his head. Now, the head of the private sol dier uncovered, he was soon slain. while his commander rode in safety through and out of the battle. But it is different in our case. Instead of private offer ing helmet to an earl, it is the King of heaven and earth offering crown to all unworthy subject the King dying that we might livei Oh. tell it to the points of the compass, tell it to day and night, tell it to earth and heaven, tell it to all the centuries and all the mil lenniums that God has given us such magnificent chance in this world that we need no other chance in anotherl
 The Court of Eternity.
 A dream. I am in the furnished judg- ment hall on the last day. The great white throne is lifted, but the Judge has not yet taken it. While we are waiting for his arrival hear the immortals in conversation. ''What are you waiting for?" says soul that went up from Madagascar to B soul that went up from America. The latter responds: ''I was in America 40 years ago, and I heard the gospel preached, and had plenty of Bibles in my house, and from the time that knelt at my mothers knee in, loo r