Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-06-18


I fact that fruits that are sWeet o. the taste
I may afterWard produce great agony. For
hidden fruit for Eve was 50 pleasant she
invited her husband also 20 take 81 IL. hut
I her hani-hment from paradise and 6ool
years % sorrow, and wretchedness. and
7 war, and woe paid for that luxury. sin
NAV be very sweet at the start. and 10 may
induce great wrgtrhedness afterwuri. The
cup 81 sin l. sparkling al the top. but there
. death az the bottom. lutoNicatiun has
great eNhilaratiOn for awhile. and 10 hllips
/ the blood. and 20 makes man see five stars
/ Where others can see only one star, and u
makes the poor man rich and turns cheeks
which are white red as roses; hut what
/ about the dreams that come after, when ne
seems falling from great heights or T. pros
trated hy other fangipd disasters, and the
perspiratiou stands ON the forohead-the
night dew 81 everlasting darkness and
ne = ground under the horrible hooi Of
Nightmares shrieeing with lips that crackle
with all consuming tOrturps Rejoice, q
young man, in thy youth. and le, thy heart
cheer thee in the DAYS of thy youth, hut
know thee that for all these things God
viii bring thee into Judgment Sweet NJ
the start. horrible AZ the last. Go into that
nail oi reyelry. where uncodly mirth stag
ger and blasphemcs. Listen 20 the sense
less gable. See the last trace Of intelli-
genre dashed out from faces made IN Gods
own image. "Aha, ahai" SAYS the rovster-
ing inehriate. This Is joy tor YOU. Fill
high your cups my boys ! drink TO my
wiie's misery and my ehildron's rags and
my Gods defiance And he knows not
that a fiend stirs the goblet in his hand and
that addrrs uncoil from the dreCs and
thrust their forked tongues kissing through
the froth on the rim. The Philistines
jeered and laughed aud shouted at sam
son. Oh. they wanted him 10 make sport
for them. How bright ard gay WAS the
scene for a little while. After awhile the
giant puts one hand against this pillar and
the other hand against that pillar and bows
I himself, and 5000 merrymakers are mashed
like grapes in a wine press. Sin rapturous
al the start, awful al the last.
That one Eienic trausgreSsiOn did not
seem To be much, but il struck n blow
which to this day makes the earth stagger.
To find out the consequences OF that on"
sin you would have 10 compel the world 10
throw open all it, prison doors and display
the crime. aud throw open all its hospitals
and display the disease. and throw open all
the insane asylum- and show the wretch
edness. and open all the sepulcher- and
/ show the dead, and open all the doors Of
the lost world and show the damned. That
one Edenir trausgreS-lon stretched chords
Of misery across the heart Of the world and
/ struck them with do.orous wailing, and II
has seated the plaques uponthe air and the
shipwrecks upon the tempest and fastened
like a lecch. famine 10 the heart Of the sick
and dying nations Beautiful at the start,
horrible at the last Oh, how many have
experienced IL,
Are there here those who are vOtaries Of
pleasure: Let me warn YOU. nv brother
your pleasure boat Is far from shore. and
your summer day + ending roughly,
for the winds and tha waves are loud
rt1 b.a Ina ,4Ig nj
awrithe and agleam with terror. You are
past the Narrow- and almost outside the
Hook. and If the Atlantic take thee. trail
mortal, thou shalt never get TO shore
again. Put back; row swiftly swifter,
[ switter, Jesus from the shore casteth a
rope. Clasp il quickly, now or never. Oh,
are there not some ot YOU who are freight
iug all your loves and JOYS and hopes upon
a vessel which shall never reach the port
# heaven; Thou nearest the breakers one
heaye upon the rocks. Oh what an awful
crash was that, Another lunge may crush
! thee beneath the sVars or grind thy bones
to powder amid the torn timbers. Over
/ board for YOUR life. overheard Trust not
that loose plank nor attempt the wave, but
! quickly clasp the feet OF Jesus walking on
the watery pavement shouting until he
/ hear thee. Lord. save me or ! persist"
Sin beautiful at the start oh. how sad
( how distrrs~lul. al the last, The ground
over which il leads YOU i hollow. The
fruit it offers 10 your taste is poison. The
promise il makes 10 YOU is lie. Over that
/ ungodly banquet the keen sword Of God
! Judgment hangs, and there are ominous
handwrtinEs on tn" walls.
Observe also in this subject how repclling
sin is when appended 10 great attractive.
ness. Since Ewes death there has been no
such perfection Of womanhuod. lOu could
not suggest an attractiyeuess to the body
or suggest any refinement to the manner.
You could add no crarefulness to the gait,
no luster 10 the eve, no sweetness to the
voice. perfect God made her perfect
woman. TO be the companion Of perfect
man in perfect home, and her entire ma
ture yihrated In accord with the beauty and
! song of paradise But she rehelled against
( God government and with the same hand
I with which she pucked the fruit she
! launched upon the world the crimes, the
! wars the tumults that have set the universe
awaiting.
4 terrible offset TO all her attractiveness
! We ar. not surprised when We find men
/ and women naturally vulgar going into
/ truusgression. We expect that people who
/ live in the ditch shall have the manners Of
! the ditch. but how shocking when We Ind
/ sin appended TO superior education and 70
/ the retinements Of social life. The accom-
/ plishmeuts of Mary Queen Of Scots make
| her patronage Of Darnley, the proAigate
! the more appalling. The genius OF Gather
! inc II. OF Russia only sets forth in mora
! powerful contrast her indispensable ambi-
| ton. The TRANSACTIONS from the Greek and
/ the Latin by Elizabeth, and her wonderful
! qualifications for u queen, make the moro
| disgusting her CapriciOusness OF affection
and her holiness oftemper. The greatness
Of Byron mind makes the more alarming
! BvrOn's scnSuRlity,
Let no one think that refinement OF man
ner or exquisiteness of taste or superiority
of education can in any wise apologize for
! i'll temper. for an oppressive spirit for I'M
| kindness, for any kind of sin. Disohedi-
| ence Godward and transgression MAYNARD
| can give no excuse. Accomplishment
heaven high is no apology for vice hell deep
MY subject also Impresses ma with the
| regal influence of woman When | see Eve
| with this powerful influence over Adam
and over the generations that have fol-
| lowed it suggests to me the great power all
women have for good or for evil. | have
no sympathy. nor have you, with the hOl-
| low batteries showered upon women from
the platform and the stage They mean
| nothing; they are accepted as nothing.
Woman's nobility consists in tho exercise
of a Christian influence. and when | SEE
| this powerful influence OF Eve upon hel
| husband and upon the whole human race
make up my mind that the frail arm o.
woman can strike a blow which will rasounC
through all eternity, down among the dun
geons or up among the thrones.
Of course | am not speaking of represeu
tativc womeu--oi Eve, who ruined the rae,
by one fruit picking; of Ja2l who drove
spike through the head OF Sisera, the war
rior: ot Esther, who Oyercame ROYALTY; o
Abigail, who stopped host by her owr
beautiful prowess; of Mary, who nurset
, the worlds Saviour: of Grandmother Lois