Connecticut western news., 1901-11-14

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 WARRINGTON, Nov. 10.-In this dis course Dr. Talmage depicts the strug- gle of . man who desires liberation from the enthrallment of evil and shows how he may be set free; text, Proverbs xiii, 35: When shall awake? will seek 1t yet again"
 With an insight into human nature such as no other man ever had, Solo, mon in these words is sketching the mental processes of a man who has stepped aside from the path of recti- tude and would like to return. Wish ing for something better he says: "When shall I awake7 When shall I get over this horrible nightmare of in- iQuityT But seized upon by uneradi- cated appetite and pushed down hill by his passions he cries out: T will seek 1t yet again. will try 1t once more"
 About . mile from Princeton, N. J., there is q skating pond. One winter day, when the ice was very thin, farmer living near by warned the young men of the danger of skating at that time. They all took the warning except one young man. He, in the spirit of bravado, said, Boys. one round more." He struck out on hia skates, the ice broke, and his lifeless body was brought up. And in all mat ters of temptation and allurement 1t Is not a prolongation that Is proposed, but only just one more indulgence, just one more sin. Then comes the fatality. Alas for the one round morel "I will seek it yet again"
 Our libraries are adorned with ele- Rant literature addressed to young men, pointing out to them all the dan gers and perils of life. Complete maps of the voyage of life-the shoals, the rocks, the quicksands. But suppose a young man Is already shipwrecked. suppose he Is already off the track. suppose he has already gone astray- how can he get back2 That Is Ques- ton that remains unanswered, and amid all the books of the libraries find not one word on that subject. To that class of persons this day address myself.
 You compare what you are now with what you were three or four years ago, and you are greatly disheartened. You are ready with every passion of your soul to listen to a discussion like this. Be of good cheer! Your best days are yet to come. offer you the hand of welcome and rescue. put the silver trumpet of the gospel to my lips and blow one long. loud blast, saying, "Whosoever will, let him come, and let him come now" The church of God is ready to spread a banquet upon your return. and all the hierarchs of heaven fall into line of hammered pro- ceGsion over your redemption.
 Moral Gravitation Overcome.
 Years ago, and while yet Albert Barnes was living, preached in his pulpit one night to the young men of Philadelphia. In the opening of my discourse said. 70 Lord, give me one soul tonightl" At the close of tho serv- ice MT. Barnes introduced a young man. saying. '-This is the young man you prayed for" But I see now 1t was . too limited prayer. I offer no such prayer today. It must take in wider sweep. Lord. give us all these souls today for happiness and heaven"
 So far as God may help me propose to show what are the obstacles to your return and then how you are to sur mount those obstacles. The first difh- culty in the way of your return Is the force of moral gravitation. Just as there is a natural law which brings down to earth anything you throw into the air, 90 there Is corresponding moral gravitation. l never shall forget a prayer l heard young man make in the Young Mems Christian association of New York. With trembling voice and streaming eyes he said: 70 God, thou knowest how easy 1t Is for me to do wrong and how hard 1t Is for me to do righti God help mew That man knows not his own heart who has new CT felt the power of moral gravitation.
 In your boyhood you had good asso- ciates and bad associates. Which most impressed you? During the last few years you have heard pure anecdotes and Impure anecdotes. Which the cas- lest stuck to your memory? You have had good habits and bad habits. To which did your soul more easily yield7 But that moral gravitation may be re- sisted. Just as you may pick up any thing from the earth and hold 1t in your hand toward heaven. just 50. by the power of Gods grace. a fallen soul may be lifted toward peace, toward pardon, toward salvation. The force of moral gravitation Is In every one of us. but also power in Gods grace to overcome that force.
 The next thing in the way of your return Is the power of evil habit. know there are those who say 1t is very easy for them to give up evil hab- it's. l cannot believe them. Here is . man given to intoxication, who knows St Is disgracing his family. destroying his property and ruining him body, mind and soul. If that man. being an Intelligent man and loving his family, could easily give up that habit. would he not do sof The fact that he does not give 1t up proves thnt 1t Is hard to give 1t up. It Is very easy thing to sail down stream, the tide carrying you with great force. but suppose you turn the boat up stream-is 1t SO easy then to row It? As long as we yield to the evil incllnatlons in our heart and to our bad habits we are sailing down stream, but the moment we try to turn we put our boat in the raplos just above Niagara and try to row up stream.
 Force of Habit.
 A physician tells his patient that he must quit the use of tobacco, as 1t Is destroying his health. The man re- plies, "I can stop that habit easy enou0h" He utlIts the use of the weed