Connecticut western news., 1898-11-17

or tHar vniags; said to myself. "-I i have an especial work to do in the world ought to find it out now, and with that determination prayed As had never before prayed. and got the divine direction, and wrote it down in my memorandum book, and saw my life work then as plainly as I see it now. Oh, do not be satisfied with gen. eral directionsi Get specific directions Do not shoot at random. Take aim and fire. Concentrate. Napoleon's success in battle came from his theory of break. ing through the enemy's ranks at one point, not trying to meet the whole line of the enemy's force by similar force One reason why he lost Waterloo was because he did not work his usual the ory. and spread his force out over a wide range O Christian man, O Christian woman. break through somew herei Not general engagement for God, but . particular engagement, and made in an swer to prayer. If there are l,600. 900. 900 people in the world, then there are l,6OO, 900, 900 different missions to fnl fill. different styles of- work to do, diff ferent orbits in which to revolve, and if you do not get the divine direction there are at least l. 599, 900. 900 possi bilities that you will make a mistake On your knees before God get the mat ter settled so that you can firmly say
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 And now 1 come 10 the cliuaASeerio consideration. As near ns rAn tell. you were built for A happy eternity. all the disasters which have happsnsh to your nature to be oyereome by the blood of the Lamb if you will heartily Accept that Christly arrangement We are all rejoiced at the increase in human lon gevity. People live, as near as see ob- serve, about ten years longer than they used to The modern dootors do not bleed their patients on Ill ocuAsions as did the former doctorA h tAose times if man had fever they bfed him, if he had consumption, they bled him, if he had rheumatism, they bled him, and if they could not make out exactly what was the matter they bled him. Olden blIu0 phAODOtOAJ was ACneh O<E10341SA All this has changed From the way see people skipping about at 80 years of age I conclude that life insurance companies will have to change their ta- ble of risks and charge a man no more premium at 70 than they used to do when he was 60, and no more premium at 50 than when he was 40. By the ad- vancement of medical science and the wider acquaintance with the laws of health and the fact that the people know better how to take care of them selves, human life is prolonged But do you realize what, after all. ts the brevity of our earthly statei In the times when people lived 700 and 800 years. the patriarch Jacob said that his years were few. Looking at the life of the youngest person in this assembly and supposing that he will live to be . nonagenarian, how short the time and soon gone, while banked up in front of us is an eternity so vast that arithmetic has not figures enough to express its length or breadth or depth or height
 For happy eternity you were born. unless you run yourself against the divine intentions If, standing in your presence, my eye should fall upon the feeblest soul here as that soul will ap- pear when the world lets 1t np and heav- en entrances it, suppose would be so overpowered that I should drop down as one dead
 You have examined the family Bible and explored the family records, and you may have seen daguerreotypes d some of the kindred of previous genera tions. you have had photographs taken of what you were in boyhood or girl hood, and what you were ten years later, and it is very interesting to any one eo be able to look back upon pictures of what he was 10 or 20 or 80 years ago. But have you ever had picture taken of what you may be and what you will be if you seek after God and feel the spirits regenerating poweri Where shall plant the camera to take the pic tureg I plant 1t on this platform d. reot it toward you. Sit still or stand still while take the picture. It shall be an instantaneous picture. Therel have it. It is done- You can see the picture in its imperfect state and gel some idea of what 1t will be when thor. oughly developed. There is your resur- rooted body, SO brilliant that the noon. day sun is patch of midnight oompar- ed with it. There is your soul, 90 pure that all the forces of diabolism could not spot it with an improvisation There is your being, 30 mighty and So swift that flight from heaven to Mercury O, Mars or Jupiter and back again to heav en would not weary you, and world or each shoulder would not crush you. AT eye that shall never shed 3 tear. Ar energy that shall never feel fatigue A brow that shall never throb with pain. You are young again. though yor died of deorepitude. You are we'll again though you ooughed or shivered your self into the tomb. Your everyday asso plates are the apostles and prophets ant martyrs, and most exalted souls, mas outline and feminine, of all the oentu hea The archangel to you no embar rasament. God himself your present ant | everlasting joy. That is an instantane ous picture of what you may be ant
 what am sure some of you will be,
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 If you realize that 1t is an imperfect picture, my apology is what the apos tie John said, "It doth not yet appea, what we shall be. :" ITO this end was born. !" If did not think so would b. | overwhelmed with melancholy. Tn, world does very well for little while 80 or 100 or 150 years, and Isthink thai human longevity may yet be improved up to that prolongation, for now there is SO little room between our cradle ant our grave we cannot accomplish much
 but who would want to dwell in thii world for all eternity? Some think thiI earth will finally be turned into heav on. Perhaps it may, but 1t would have to undergo radical repaiys and thorough eliminations and evolutions and revolu tions and transformations infinite tt