Connecticut western news., 1900-07-05

w1rn iils whole family. mar mgnt l. knelt with his family and prayed to God. While they were kneeling in prayer there was a tap on the window pane. They opened the window, and there was a raven that the family had fed and trained. and it had in its bill ring all set with precious stones. which was found out to be ring belonging to the royal family. It was taken up to the kings residence, and for the honesty of the man in bringing it back he had house given to him and a gar. den and farm. Who was it that sent the raven tapping on the window? The same God that sent the raven to feed Elijah by the brook Cherith. Christ in the hour of extremity!
 You mourned over your sins. You could not find the way out. You sat down and said: God will not be merci- full. He has cast me off," But in that the darkest hour of your history light broke from the throne, and Jesus said: "Oh, wanderer, come home! 1 have seen all thy sorrows. In this the hour
 
 and everlasting life!'
 Trouble came. You were almost torn to pieces by that trouble. You braced yourself up against it. You said, q will be a stoic and will not care" But before you had got through making the resolution 1t broke down under you. You felt that all your resources were gone, and then Jesus came. Tn the fourth watch of the night" the Bible says, Jesus came walking on the sea-" Why did he not come in the first watch or in the second watch or in the third watch? I do not know. He came In the fourth and gave deliverance to his disciples. Jesus In the last extremity!
 Wedding Triumph.
 I wonder if it will be so in our very last extremity. We shall fall suddenly sick, and doctors will come, but in vain. We will try the anodynes and the stimulants and the bathings. but all in vain. Something will say, You must go." No one to hold us back, but the hands of eternity streached out to pull us on What then? Jesus will come to us, and as we say, Lord Jesus, am afraid of that water; I cannot wade through to the other side" he will say, ''Take hold of my arm," and we will take hold of his arm, and then he will put his foot in the surf of the wave, taking us on down, deeper, deeper, deeper, and our soul will cry, All thy waves and pillows have gone over me" They cover the feet, come to the knee and pass the girdle and come to the head, and our soul cries out, Lord Jesus Christ, I cannot hold thine arm any longer" Then Jesus will turn around, throw both his arms about us and set us on the beach far beyond the tossing of the pillows. Jesus in the last extremity!
 That wedding scene Is gone now. The wedding ring has been lost, the tankards have been broken, the house is down, but Jesus invites us to a grander wedding. You know the Bible says that the church Is the Lambs wife, and the Lord will after awhile come to fetch her home. There will be gleaming of torches in the sky, and the trumpets of God will ravish the air with their music, and Jesus will stretch out his hand, and the church, robed in white, will put aside her veil and look up into the face of her Lord the King, and the Bridegroom will say to the bride: Thou hast been faithful through all these years. The mansion Is ready. Come home. Thou art fair, my lovev' and then he shall put upon her brow the crown of dominion, and the table will be spread, and 1t will reach across the skies, and the mighty ones of heaven will come in garlanded with beauty and striking their cym- bals, and the Bridegroom and bride will stand at the head of the table, and the banQueters, looking up, will won der and admire and say: That Is Je- sus, the Bridegroom. But the scar on his brow Is covered with the coronet, and the stab In his side Is covered with a robe," and, That Is the bride! The weariness of her earthly woe lost in the flush of. this wedding triumphw
 There will be wine enough at that wedding, not coming up from the poi soned vats of earth, but the vineyards of God will press their ripest clusters and the cups and the tankards will blush to the brim with the heavenly vintage, and then all the banqueters will drink standing. Esther, having come up from the bacchanalian revelry of Ahasuerus, where a thousand lords feasted, will be there. And the queen of Sheba, from the banquet of Solo mon, will be there, And the mother ot Jesus, from the wedding in Cana, will be there. And they all will agree that the earthly feasting was poor compar ed with that. Then, lifting their chal ices in that light, they shall cry to the Lord of the feast, "Thou hast kept the good wine until now"
 ICopyright, 1900 by Louis Klopschl