Connecticut western news., 1905-12-28

and colors, all which signified nothing to my understanding" Then Dr. Full Ter turned the right side of his tapes try to the delighted eyes of his audi ence as he said: But, though the wrong side is all a mystery, how beautiful is the right side. Here are all beauties and all right proportions" To use his exact words. Here is history not wrote with pen, but wrought with q nee dle.' Such are the dealings of God with us. When we look at our trou- bles close at hand we seem to be look ing at piece of tapestry wrong side out, but when we stand with Moses upon Plssah's heights and look at our troubles through the inspired vision of the years we see why those troubles came and how they were the means of fitting us for our lifelong usefulness. Our past troubles fitted us and are fit ting us for the work God has given us to do. Thank God for the east wind as we'll as for the west wind.
 But our Pisgah heights today have their visions ahead, as well as their ex- plained Egyptian mysteries and their pillars of fire and of cloud. The chapter of my text tells us that God took Moses unto the mountain of Neho. to the top of Pisgah. that Is over against Jericho. And the Lord showed him all the land of Gilead and Dan and all Naphtali and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh and all the land of Judah unto the ut most sea-" Do you know what that panorama meant In a nutshell2 God took Moses upon the top of Pisgah and said: See, Moses, wonder Is the prom ised land. Thy work In Egypt Is not to go for naught. Thy wanderlngs in the wilderness seemed to lead thee around and around In a useless circle, but those wanderings have led thy peo- pie to the crystal gates of the Jordan. Now the children of Israel shall pass over to the grapes of Eschol and to the land which Is flowing with milk and honey. Look and see what is to be the result of thy noble workr' So God lets us climb to the Pisgah heights to see the result of our work. The vision Is here for you now to see if you are will ing to open your eyes and look.
 In the first place, we can see in the dim future a noble spiritual work which our children shall do after we are dead. Ah, that family was hard one for you to raise! I am not now al- luding to the mere question of food and clothing. I mean more than that. I mean the spiritual raising of them. Let me see. You have five children. Three of those children were born good They never gave you any trou- ble. But two of them-and especially the youngest son-were always in mis- chief. The neighbors used to say of the youngest, He will be very good man or a very bad one" Yes, and 1t seem- ed as though the evil would win out In his nature. Then he took to drink. Oh, how many, many anxious nights you used to have! Like David, you were continually mourning for your way ward Absalom. But you have changed of late The cloud has left your face. I know the good news. The neighbors have told 1t to me. What" you say, have you heard 1t too? Who told you that all my children are now members of the church and that my youngest boy was converted about year ago and Is going to be Christian mission ary?" Yes, I have heard it. You are standing upon Pisgahs heights, O fa- ther, O mother. Not only are your boys and girls spiritually safe, but, like Moses with tho children of Israel. you can look off upon their promised land. You can picture their future lives You can see them living in Christian homes, rearing Christian children and perhaps preaching in Christian pulpits. You can today be truly thankful that your children are all safe in Christ's love and pardon.
 Success Comes,
 Then In reference to our other lines of work-oh, we can have wonderful visions in reference to theml For years some of us have been working in the temperance cause and in the purity cause and In the church cause. We have been nightly discouraged at times, Sin seemed to be intrenched In Gibraltar fortresses. It seemed to be able to mock us and laugh at us as the enemies of God were able to laugh at the blinded Samson. We kept say ing to ourselves, Docs it payf" But as you grow older and look into the past you find that progress has been made, The tides of blessing each day, each month, each year, are a little high CT. Each makes the world a little bet ter than It's predecessor Then you began to see what is going to be done for Christ within the next two cen turles. My Lord and my God" you cry, T thank thee for this Pisgah vi- sion. I thank thee that am standing upon Pisgah's heights today. I thank thee that I can again descend into tho valleys and work little longer in thy harvest fields for the consummation of thy earthly glory"
 No man ever travelled through for eign lands as disciple of Jesus Christ without realizing how God Is blessing the work of his children in those lands. After the awful Boxer uprising in Chi ma some of the American people began to doubt the efficacy of foreign mission
 
 work, but the Christian men and wo- men upon the field never doubted 1t, Minister Conger, the late representa- tive of the United States government to Picking, gave this as his testimony at that time: For seven years past have been intimately associated with American missionaries in China. They are veritable heroes. They are the fore runners of civilization. It was they who first planted the banner of the Prince of Peace in every place where now floats the flag of commerce and trade, The dim pathways which they traced, sometimes marking them with their llfeblood. are rapidly becoming the highways of travel and trade, lined with schoolhouses and railway stations. During the memorable siege of Pekipg