Connecticut western news., 1900-12-06

The sanhedrin misunderstood him, and
 he was guilty or not of treason he got
 but one vote, while all the others voted
 Aye, aye" They misunderstood his
 cross and concluded that If he had di-
 vine power he would effect his own res cue. They misunderstood his grave and declared that his body had been stolen by infamous resurrectionists. He so fully consented to be misunder- stood that, harried and slapped and submerged with scorn, he answered not word. You cannot come up to that, but you can initiate in some small de- gree the patience of Christ.
 Need of Grace.
 Again, this grace Is needed to help in time of physical ailpents. What vast
 multitudes are in perpetual pain while others are subject to occasional parox- ysm. Almost every one has some dis order to which he Is occasionally sub jected. It Is rheumatism or neuralgia or sick headache or indigestion. A draft from an open window or nasty
 mastication or oyerwork brings on that old spell. and you think you would
 rather have almost anything else, but that Is because you have not tried the other. Asthma would like to trade of for erysipelas and erysipelas for asth-
 ma. Almost every one has something
 which he wishes he had not. There are scores of diseases ever ready to attack the human frame. They have been in
 pursuit of our race ever since Adam
 and Eve resigned their innocence as
 well as the worlds health. 1t Is amaz- ing how persistent and methodic those disorders are in their attack on the world and how regular Is the harvest
 which with the sharp scythe of pain they now down for the grave. No such disciplined and courageous army ever marched as the army of physical suffering They do their work in the order I name, and you may depend upon their keeping on in that same order for a good while yet. First of all ease next pneumonia, next In number of its victims is apoplexy, next Brights disease. next cancer, next typhoid fe- yer, next paralysis Those eight dis eases are the worst despoilers of hu- man life The doctors with solutions
 and lancets and anodynes and cata- plasms are In a brave fight against these physiological devils that try to possess the human race. But after all the scientists can do there Is demand for patience. Nothing can take the place o< that. It Is needed this mo- ment In every sickroom and along the n1 iv hrS nlu shops where breadwinners are com pelled to toll when physically incom- petent to move a pen or calculate col | umn of figures or control shovel.
 This grace was well demonstrated | by a prominent Christian man who was laid aside by a severe Illness dur | ing a revival when his services were most needed and when some one de- | plored this he said cheerfully, My part | is to lie here and cough" My friend, do not give up useful activities be- l cause you are In pain. Some of the | worlds best work has been done while | in physical distress. Walter Scott was In agony of pain while writing "Ivan-
 hoe" Oh, beautiful grace of patience! | It takes discords and turns them into hatmony; 1t smooths the chopped sea;
 It kindles gloom into glow; 1t turns requiem into grand march; 1t trusts when 1t cannot understand; 1t forgives before forgiveness is asked. Gracious l God. give 1t to us now; give it to us In | abundance!
 Turn Over . New Leaf.
 Now let us this hour turn over new leaf and banish worriment and care | out of all our lives. Just see how these peryersities have multiplied wrinkles | in your face and calculated your dis position and torn your nerves. You are ten years older than you ought to be- Do two things-one for the betterment | of your spiritual condition and the oth-
 CT for the safety of your worldly inter | ests. First get your heart right with | God by being pardoned through the | atonement of Jesus Christ. That will l give security for your souls welfare. Then get your life insured in some well | established life insurance company.
 That will take from you all anxiety
 about the welfare of your household
 In the case of your sudden demise. | Supposing that these two duties are
 attended to, the one for the safety of your soul in this world and the next
 and the other for the safety of your
 family if you pass out of this life,
 make a new start. If possible, have your family sitting room where you
 can let in the sunlight. Have a music
 al instrument If you can afford It.
 harp or plano or bass viol or parlor or
 gan. Learn how to play on 1t yourself
 or have your children learn how to
 play on it. Let bright colors dominate
 In your room. If there are pictures on
 the wall, let them not be suggestive of
 battlefelds which are always cruel, of
 deathbeds which are always sad or
 partings which are always heartbreak-
 ing. There are enough present woes
 In the world without the perpetual
 commemoration of past miseries. If
 you sing in your home or your church,
 do not always choose tunes In long me
 ter. Far better to have your patience
 augmented by the consideration that
 the misfortunes of this life must soon | terminate.
 March of Gods Hosts.
 This last summer stood on Sparrow
 hill, four miles from Moscow. 1t was
 the place where Napoleon stood and
 looked upon the city which he was
 about to capture. His army had been
 in long marches and awful fights and
 fearful exhaustions, and when they
 came to Sparrow hill the shout went
 up from tens of thousands of voices,
 Moscow. Moscowr' I do not wonder
 at the transport A ridge of hills sweeps
 round the city. A river semicircles 1t
 with brilliance. It Is a spectacle that
 you place in your memory as one of
 three or four most beautiful scenes in
 all the earth. Napoleon's army march
 ed on 1t in four divisions, four over
 whelming torrents of valor and pomp,
 down Sparrow hill and through the
 beautiful valley and across the bridges
 and into the palaces, which surrender
 ed without one shot of resistance be- etx IL.