Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-04-08

vesimeut. He takes plunge further
ahead FOR he wants 70 save his wife ana
children: he wants 10 save his home: he
wants 10 save his membership Ia the church
He takes one more plunge and all i lost
In the study % soriety I have come TO
this conclusion, that the most u the people
want TO be- good. hut they do not exa-tly
know how 10 make IL out. They make
enough good resolutions 90 liu them into
anEslhoOd. The vast majority of the p-O-
pie who fall are tie virtiM> of cirsum-
stances. They ar captured by amhusrate.
II tteir temptations should come out In "a
regiment aud Hght them Ia a fair Held they
would 90 out Ia the strength aud triumph
% David and Goliath. But they do no. see
the giants aud th"y 40 not see the rsgi-
ments. Temptation comes aud saws,
Take these bitter. take this nervu",
take this aid To digestion, take tht night
cap The vast majority Ot men and
women who are destroyed hy opium and
10y rum first take them ~ me itctnes. In
making up your dish OF criticism In regard
to them, take from the caster auu the rruet
Of sweet oil and not the rruet 1t cayenne
pepper
Doyou know how that physician. that
lawyer that journalist, became the victim
Of diS~ipations Why. the physician was
kept ur night by night gu professional
duty. Life aud death lowered in the bal
hh'fs Al- hFANalAN system WIS fANtNNAthA
There came a tim2 Of epidemi.- and whole
families were FRUSTRATED aud his nervous
strength was gone. IL was AN worn out
in the service of the public Now ne must
brace himself up. Now he stimulate The
life Of his mother, the life of this child. the
life oi this father, the life of this whole
family, must he saved, AMI he stimulates
and he does IL again and again. You MAJ
rriticisc his judgment. but remember tn,
Kuu NOT Al I4lt Is.
which he went down. II was magnificent
generosity through which he fell.
NV friends, this text will come 10 full
nllment ia some eases In this world. Tue
huntsman in farmsteeu was shot hy
some unknown person. Twenty years
later after the SJu Of TIA" huntsmlu was
in the same forest anl he arci irutally
shot man, and the man in dying said:
God is just; | shot your father Just here
twenty wears ago A bishop said TO
Louis Nl. Of France: Make an iron
cage for all those who do not think H. We
do an iron cage In which the captive can
neither lie down nor stand straight up 1t
was fashioned the awful instrument of
punishment. After while the bishop Of
Tended Louis NJ, and for fourteen years
he was in that cage. aud could neither lie
down nor stand up. 1t is a poor rule that
will not work both ways. with what
measure We mete,.it shall he measured to
you again"
Oh, my friends. let rs be resolved tosrold
less and pray more
What Roadway will we make in the iudg-
ment IL in this world we have been hard on
| those who have gone astray? What head
way will YOU and [ make in the last great
! judgment, when We must have mercy or
/ perish: The Bible says: They shall have
! Judgment without mercy that showed no
mercy
/ 500 the scribes OF heaven looking up in.
/ to he face Of such man, saying What
. You plead Tor mercy, you, who in all your
/ life never had any mercy on your fellows:
/ Don't You remember how hard YOU were in
! your opinions OF those who were astray;
/ Don't you remember when you ought To
have given II helping hand you employed a
/ hard heel? Mercy You must mis-sppaH
Yourself when YOU plead for mercy her"
( Mercy for others, but no mercy for yOU
| Look say the scribes of heaven. look
at that inscription over the throne Of iuds
ment. the throne OF Gods Judgment" See
1t coming out letter by letter, word by
word. sentence by sentence, until your
startled vision reads II and your remorse.
fni spirit appropriates it: with what
measure We mete, 1t shall be measured 20
you again. Depart We cursed