Connecticut western news., 1898-06-09


 those whom he had maltreated seemed to haunt him, so that he kept crying to his attendants, Keep them off, gentle men, for Gods sake, keep them off I' The chickens had come home to roost. The body of Bradshaw, the English judge, who had been ruthless and cruel in his decisions, was taken from his splendid tomb in Westminster abbey, and at Tyburn hung on gallows from morning until night in the presence of jeering multitudes. Haman's gallows came a little late, but it came. Oppor- tunities fly i'll straight line, and just touch us as they pass from eternity to eternity, but the wrongs we do others fly in a circle, and however the circle may widen out, they are sure to come back to the point from which they started. There are guns that kick!
 Fortune Quickly Turns.
 Furthermore, let the story of Haman teach us how quickly turns the wheel of fortune. One day, excepting the king, Haman was the mightiest man i'll Per sia, but the next day lackey. So we go up, and so we come down. You sell dom find any man 20 years i'll the same circumstances. Of those who in polit- ical life 20 years ago were the most prominent how few remain In conspi- cuityl Political parties make certain men do their hard work, and then, after using them as hacks, turn them out on the commons to die. Every four years there is a complete revolution, and about 5000 men who ought certainly to be the next president are shamefully disappointed, while some who this day are obscure and poverty stricken will ride upon the shoulders of the people and take their turn at admiration and the spells of office. Oh, how quickly the wheel turns! Ballot boxes are the steps on which men come down as often as they go up. Of those who were long ago successful ill the accumulation of property how few have not met with reverses, while many of those who then were straitened in circumstances now hold the bonds and the bank keys of the nation. Of all fickle things ill the world fortune is the most tickle. Every day she changes her mind, and woe to the man who puts any confidence ill what she promises or proposes. She cheers when you go up, and she laughs when you come Spwn. Oh, trust not mo- ment your hearts affections to this changeful world! Anchor your soul ill God From Christ's companionship gather your satisfaction. Then, come sor- row or gladness, success or defeat riches or poverty, honor or disgrace, health or sickness, life or death, time or eternity, all is yours, and ye are Christ's, and Christ is Gods.
 Sorrows Under Crowns.
 Again, this Haman's history shows us that outward possessions and circum- stances cannot make man happy. While yet fully vested i'll authority and the chief adviser of the Persian monarch and everything that equipage and pomp and splendor of residence could do was his he is an object lesson of wretched- ness. There are today more aching sor.. rows under crowns of royalty than un- der the ragged caps of the houseless. Much of the worlds affiuence and gay ety is only misery in colors. Many woman seated in the street at her apple stand is happier than the great bankers. The mountains of worldly honor are covered with perpetual snow. Tanner lane conquered half the world, but could not subdue his own fears. Ahab goes to bed sick because Naboth will not sell him his vineyard. Herod is ill agony because little child is born down ill Bethlehem. Great Felix trem- bles because poor minister will preach righteousness, temperance and judgment to come. From the time of Louis XII to Louis XVIII was there a straw bot toned chair in France that did not sit more solidly than the great throne on which the French kings reigned?
 Were called to sketch misery in it's worst form I would not go up to the dark alley of the poor, but up the high way over which prancing Bucephali strike the sparks with their hoofs and between statuary and parks of stalking deer. Wretchedness is more bitter when swallowed from gemmed goblets than from earthen pitcher or pewter mug. If there are young people here who are looking for this position and that cir cumstance, thinking that worldly suc- cess will bring peace of the soul, let them shatter the delusion. It is not what we get; 1t is what we are. Daniel among the lions is happier than King Darius on his throne. And when life is closing brilliancy pf'worldly surroundings will be no solace. Death is blind and sees no difference between a king and his clown, between the Nazarene and the Athenian, between a bookless hut and national library. The frivolities of life cannot, with their giddy laugh echoing from heart to heart, entirely drown the voice of tremendous conscience which says: II am immortal. The stars shall die, but am immortal. One wave of eter- nifty shall drown time in its depths, but I am immortal. The earth shall have a shroud of flame and the heavens flee at the glance of the Lord, but am inn mortal. From all the heights and depths of my nature rings down and rings up and rings out the word immortal. Y" A good conscience and assurance of life eternal through the Lord Jesus Christ are the only securities.
 Happiness For the Soul.
 The souls happiness is too large a craft to sail up the stream of worldly pleasure. AS ship carpenters say, it draws too much water. This earth is bubble, and it will burst. This life is a vision, and it will soon pass away. Time! It is only ripple and,it break eth against the throne of judgment. Our daysl They fly swifter than shut tie, weaving for us robe of triumph or garment of shame. Begin your life with religion and for its greatest trial you will be ready. Every day will be a triumph, and death will he only kings servant calling you to royal banquet. h olden time the man who was to re- ceive the honors of knighthood was re- quired to spend the previous night fully armed and with shield and lance to walk up and down among the tombs of the dead. Through all the hours of that night his steady step was heard, and