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CAPITAL CITY CUUKIISK, SATURDAY, FKURUARY i,h iSy2
ATTHKTAHKKXACliK
DR. 7M.MAQE ON THE BESTIAL PRO
PENSITIES OF A SINFUL NATURE.
Crimen nntl Ai hii-ittiiu) llnin llvn V
.New Light tut the Story of Nrliueliml
mifnr iinl hIimuii It Aureenimit wllli
llllnr) Mini Mttliirid Ijw.
lliM)Kl.VN, I'Vli 7. With it mlKlily no
oIhIiii l ho Iimik meter iloxuloxy nw nt tlio
brijtnnuK of tin "crvlco. 'I'ln Ineatlnmblo
vnlucof Christianity n nit elcvnlluK iiihI
nuuiilluu liillninriMiii thetmliireof mull
formed tin iiliect of l)i TnlnmuVn tr
nioti tlili inornhiK Tliebilllliuil mill orlul
mil prvMchci hoeni hli text tlio hiimilht
thm of tin llnliylonlidi kliiK, who, being,
deMltuloof o'IIkioii, mink to tin level of
tlio brute. Daniel lv. M. "All Dili intiie
Uoii tlio Klim Ncbuchiulnci'..nr."
Colonel l.iiwllnon, tlio oriental traveler,
ays Hint the c.xhumrd brick., not only of
liuiivlon, nut urn iiiinureii lowtmiunn urea ,.r wnnalttluu
MnwnitNin of perwoiml proeiiro. tnflii
once morn Ihnu Imperial My hrr Intolll
Hence, hy her tenderm-, hy nor chnnii ill
nillc Mini milliner, ciipuhle of hooiIiIiiu '
much Morrow, awl refornitiiK to much way
wnnliiiNH, iiiul wielding o much ulevnted
power, yet ul the cull ( worldllnem, com
ing out of tlio throne room of good lultii-cm-n,
where Hod would havo her rolgtt,
coining down over the Ivory Main of moral
power, coming down ami coming down
until she bin no nioro hoiiI than tlio dead
bird transfixed In her millinery orthochln
chllln that watnlaln to alTonl her warintli,
or the kid that furnlihed her the glove,
mid llndlng her only delight In lluttcrlcmif
hralnleni men and midnight nclioltlsolic
nod debauched novelette,
I any "Therv I one who might have
Ikm'U a (iieen unto (Ind forever, yet eat
ing Htraw like an ox ' I look over the
pasture fields of folly and nIu, and Had
many groveling who ought to bo erect. O
men and women go back to your throiicnl
A young mint ran away from homo mid
broke bin widowed mother' heart. Four
teen yearn u--cd and he returned, mid
came to the window at which bin old moth-
of ouo hundred mile In length and thirty In
timnlth, atv lucrllnd with the name of
Neliuehiulnriuutr Hi? wasn great warrior,
and at the Kbmco of hlitword tint lout pro
trilled thenim-lvc. llo wan a great king
ml built a city nwr,volr ninety miles In
circumference and one hundred mid I wen
tjr feet deep, mid coiiitructed a huuglhg
tinnlen four hundred feet wpmre and
event yllvc feet high, Home nay to pleue
Aniuhla, hi wife, who had been born
among tliu bllln, mid other nay to not n
ploAMuru ground free front mosquitoes
which aflllc; the level.
I think, from bin character, tlio lattor
reason may havo Impelled him a much
4M the former. When be conquered KIuk
Zedcklnh, mo an to bavu no more trouble
with him, ho put hi eye out it ntmt bar
barou way of Incapacitating an enemy.
Hut llabylon wan a grout pinto; the Iiounoh
urrouuded by garden mid the hoiiMctopn
were connected with each other by b rid new,
nd one day Ncbuchndner.r.nr walked out
on thOMo niiHK'iiHlon bridge mid nIiowoiI,
perhnp to a royal vNltor, the viwtne of
bin realm an the uu kindle the domes
with itlltoulng nlmoMt InnulTcruhle, mid
the great street thunder tin their pomp
into the car of the monarch, and armed
to wen stand around adorned with spoil
of conuuored emptroH.
Nobuchndm,.xar waves htn hand above
tho muH'udoui HeeiioandexclalniM, "In not
thU ureal llabylon that I have built for
thehoiiHcof Hie Kingdom by tho mlxht of
my power and for the honor of my maj
tyf" In other word "What a Kreat
man I am. llabylon wan not auythluK mi
til I ndoruoil It. See thoo water wurkn
tee tliOKo K'tnlenw. we tluvo form. 1 did
II thin. I nhall never be forgotten. Why
my name U on every brick In all tlune
walln. Jut look at me. I am more than
a man."
Hut In an Instant all that npleudor In
cone from bin vIhIou, for a voice fall Irom
toe heavent. nayluK. " KliiK Nebuchad
aer.r.ar, tothee It Innpoken, the kltiKdom In
dcparteil from thee, and they nhall ilrlve
thee Irom men and thy dwellliiK xhall be
with the tieantn of the Held, they nhall
make thee to eat nraM an oxen, and neven
time nhall pann over 11110, until thou know
thm the Mont IHkIi ruleth In tho klUKdom
of men and ttlvelh It to whomsoever he
will." One lioui from the time he made
tbeboaxt he In on bin way to the lleldia
mnulHa, and riHlilnn Into tho foruntn ho Im
oiiiw an one ot tho U'lixt and In after
awhile covereil with eiiKlen' feathern for
protection from the cold, and bin nalln
grow to look like blrdn' dawn, lu order
that he may iIIk the earth for roouaud
ollmb the tree for uutn.
NKIUICIIAIINKZZAIt A LVCASTIIIIOI'K.
The mental dlmixter that wbtiil him wan
What the (irti'kn called lycmithropy, by
Wlilch h nmii Imagine hlniM-lf a leiut
and prefurn to go out and mingle with
bruten. Ho who bad been eating porno
granaten and aprlcotn off of platen of gold
Inlaid with atnvthynt and diamond, anil
drinking the richest wlnen from tho royal
vatn, now browning on gnuw and struck
by the born of the ox an he contendn for a
better tuft of the nanturage, and Inntead
of au orchentnt on .inMichon of Ivory playing
the national alr, now llnteulng to the
moan and bellow and grunt ol the hcantn.
Thin U not hard for me to believe, for the
fonun of demeutln are Innumerablo,
A few yearn ago. arriving lu a city on n
mtumer afternoon, while waiting for my
ngagemeut In the evening, I nauntered
forth into what neemeil to lie a park In
(rout ol a large public building, the line of
which I knew not. I met a gentleman,
with whom I fell Into delightful convema
tlon, and he neemeil Intelligent on all itib
Jecu. Alter awhile I nald. 'let ua nit
down on thin bench and rent awhile and
ealoy the mono ol verdure and fountain."
"No ' mild he. "You n,lt down. Imt I can
not. I am made of glann, and if I nhould
It down I would break to pleci1."
Then I nnw that he wan lunaue ami le
lougeil to the large building utt U'hlud
a Alter such an Interview an that I can
ily believe thin account of my text.
Here In Nebuclmdue.n'.ar on all fount. He
once prided hlmnelf of living more than a
Bian. and now be turunout lennthau a man.
Thecourtiern look out ot the window upon
blni an he moven among the royal herdn
and cry, "A lieanll" Seven yeam imikh,
when suddenly bin reanou returnn mid be
otuea back to llabylon a bumble womhlp
r ol the (lot! of heaven.
Whut munt have Ikhmi the excitement In
the royal court an thin restored maniac
mtnror walkn Into the palace. What a
time they had In cutting bin nalln mid Mm
hair which bad grown for oveii yeam
without Mug Interfered with by any
lieiim. What a ncruhblug down munt
have taken place in the tuierial bathn.
What a trmrdiirinnllon uecensury lu onler
that he who had in-en herding with camvln
and goatn mid swine may In made lit to
auoviate with princes. What a change
from ty to throne room.
While walking from this Hnbytoulan
palace down to the pasture Held mid from
the pasture Held back to the palace the
flrnt thing that Impresses me In what an
lucongruou thing it in for a king to be
eating grana. It In good for cattle, but not
fit formal). And then for one to prefer It
to a royal table toward whose louuty the
orchards ami paddock mid streams and
Tlneyanln in all the earth might contribute
what an anmxemenit And yet the ncene
U aa common an the daylight.
nOW IIIIMANITV IB riKQItADKt).
When 1 nee a man of regal nature made
to rule In realms of thought, capable of
all moral elevation, lienotting his facul
tie, attempting out of low neunualltlea to
aatlnfy bin Immoral enirglen, coming
down oft nln throne of power Into brutali
ties, aacrlHclug hln higher nature to hi
lower nature, stooping and stooping, com
tag down aud coining down uutll all bin
laauenee for good in gone, I cry out,
"There la a king eating grann llkeanoxl"
And there an tens of thounaudn of nuch
Ntbuchndnexxam.
8o there are sueenn who dedicate thept
aalviM to the name humiliation. What
lower for oed tics! gave thai wnina.
Shu lonkisl up anil Immediately rocog
nlrcd him mid nald, "Oh, Hubert, Hoburtl
Cnmo lul" 'No," nald lie, "mother, I nhall
never come In till I hear you nay you for'
give mo." Her answer wan; "Hubert, I have
forgiven you long ago There In nothing
to forgive now except that you ntald away
no long," My hearer, forgiveness ban been
ready for you a good while. With more
than a mother's tenderness (Jod will take
you back, They are waiting for you up In
the paluco. Ncbuchadiiu.xar wan tho not)
of Nabos)lansar who ruled before him, and
you are the child of a king
CONVICTION 18 NOT CONVKUSION.
The next thought that presses Into my
mind from the contemplation of thin Incl
dent In that conviction In not conversion,
Who In thin monarch that makes the boant
about llabylonf Tho very man who, under
the revelation of ilreaum that Daniel made
from heaven, deeply humbled himself,
while he confessed that God la a Ood of
Uodnnnd I -on I of Ixmls, yot behold that
that humbling and arousing which ho bo
foro felt did not result In a radical change.
There la no mistake more frequent than
of supposing conviction a synonym for con
version. Conviction la merely a night of
aln, convention Is a view of panlon. Con
viction In merely alarm; conversion In cou
fldenco. Conviction la illaaatlnractlon with
depravity! conversion la a turning away
from It. Conviction la a sword wound;
conversion Is the healing. Conviction la
the fever of thirst; conversion Is the slak
ing of that thirst. Conviction In tho pain
conversion Is the medicine that cures it
Thousands have experienced the former
ami never experienced the latter. There
are multitudes wko think that an noon an
a man In nerloun he in lit for profession of
religion.
What if a man should only think seri
ously of being a merchant: would that
make him a merchuutf What If a man
should only think seriously of lielng a law
yer, would that make liim a lawyer
What It a man nhould only think seriously
of being a Christian would that make
him a Christian IVIIx wan convicted
but not converted. Tho Jailer was con
victed In-fore ho got out of tied, but not
converted uutll nt the advice of Paul be
believed In Christ. Are you convicted
but not converted I tell you what you
make mo think of.
You hnvo made up your mind for proper
consideration to deed away a property.
You have drawn tho deed. The seal Is af-
llxisl opHvlte whero you are to write your
name. The commissioner of docda In pres
ent to witness. You have your pen In
hand. Then In Ink In the pen. There In
only one thing for you to do, and that In to
nlgu your name. Suppose you stop now
without signing your namo, what does it
all amount to Nothing. So you havo re
solved to give yourself up to God. You
propose to sign off to him your body, your
mind, your soul. You have all things nec
essary for the transfer. The angels of God
are hen to witness the eternal transfer.
Why do you not now with your will com
plete the work? Halt where you are, and
all goon lor nothing, Sign your name to
thin spiritual transfer.
Professor Arago, the mathematician, got
woefully discouraged lu bin work and waa
about to give up, when ho saw some words
on the paper which bail In-en used to stllTcn
the cover of hln book, and the words lailng
Indistinct he dampened the cover until he
could take it olf and see the words plainly,
ami ho found they were wonln of advice
given by IVAIemU'i-t to a student, mid the
words were. 'Go on, sir. go on!" O ye
who an convicted "Go on!" You must
take one mure step, or all the steps you
havo taken will amount to nothing. Goonl
I'lllPK TDK IMIKUIIItSUIl OP SOIIIKIW
leurii also from my subject that pride
In the pn-cursor of overthrow, Pride is a
commander welt plumed and caparisoned
but It leads forth a dark and frowning
host. "Prido gocth before destruction,
ami a haughty spirit before a fall." The
arrows from the Almighty's ijulvor are
apt to strike a man when on tho wing
Goliath shakes his great spear lu defiant-.',
but tho smooth stones from the brook
make him stagger ami fall like an ox uu
der a butcher's bludgeon He who Is
down cannot lull. Vessels scudding under
ban' olett do not feel the force of the
ntorm.
What are those three sleda that have
Just gone Into the yard of a miserable hotel
In Warsaw, Poland, on the cold night of
Diiemln-r tho tenth, ISISr Who are they,
who from these sleds have entered, and
tho servant is trying to build for them a
II n with some green wood Nnolcon,
with six attendants, on retreat from Mos
cow The tin' amid the green wood haa
gone out, and the emperor is walking the
floor to keep from freezing.
Thou bounding into Ills sled, the ther
mometer twenty six degrees below rcro, he
illsapK'arsin thedarkness. llo whoa little
before hail an army under his command,
together with troops otTcrcd by other na
tions, in all 1.187.000 men, now retreating
through that December night with three
sleds anil those of hln army not dead under
the snow reduced for food tp a handful of
rye dough, seasoned with guupowder for
lack or salt, anil a inoutuiui or norsciiesu.
From what a height to .what a depth!
Xubuchaduez.ar lu the palace; Nebuchad
oezxar forsaken In the fields.
Again learu from the nii8fortu.no of the
king of llabylon what a terrible thing la
the Ions of reason. There is uo calamity
that can possibly befall un In thin world so
great an the derangement of intellect to
have the body of a man and yet to fall even
below the Instinct of a brute. In this
world of sad sights, the saddest is the
idiot's stare. In thin world of awful sounds,
the most awful in the maniac's laugh. A
vessel on the rocks, when hundreds go
down never to rise, ami other hundreds
drag their mangled mil shivering bodies
up the wintry beach. l nothing compared
to the foundering of Intellects full of vast
hopes anil attainments and capacities.
Christ's heart went out to those who
were epileptic falling into the Hre, or
maniacs cutting themselves among the
niulw. We an accustomed to Is mon
t .iteliil for physical health than for the
pmper win king ol our mind Wearoupt
to take It for grunted thai the Intellect
which lias served us so well will always bo
faithful. We forget that au engine with
nuch tremi'iiilniis power, when the wheels
have such vatness of circle and such swift
liens of motion and the least Impediment
might put It out of gear, could only bo kept
in proiicr balance by ailivluo hand
No human power could engineer this
train of Immortal faculties llowstruugu
It Is that our memory, on whose shoulders
all llu' successes ami misfortunes and oc
currences of u lifetime are placed, should
not ofteiierbmik down, mid that the scales
of Itlilglileul, uhlch have been weighing
so inucli and soiling, sliould not lose their
adjustment anil that fancy which holds a
dangerous wand should not sometimes
maliciously wave It, bringing Into the
heart forebodings and hallucinations the
most appalling
In It nut strange that the expectations of
thin intellect should not bedashed to pieces
on Its disappointments? Though so deli
cately attuned, this instrument of untold
harmonies plays on, though fear shocks It,
and vexations rack It, and sorrow and Joy
and loss and gain lu quick succession beat
out of It their tlirge, or draw from It their
anthem. At morning and at night, when
In your prayer you rehearse tlio object n of
your thanksgiving, next to your salvation
by Jesus Christ, praise the lord for the
preservation of your reason
IlKdltAllATIOS IIV lUIUdfl.
How many line Intellects are being do
nt royed by auodyuesandaniesthetlcs, which
were given by Providence for occasional
use in alleviation of pain or Insomnia, but
by being employed continuously after
awhllu capture and destroy. Chloral, co
caine, bmmldc of potassium, opium ami
whole shelves of seductive ctcuturan that
help turn Nebuchaduc..arnluto Imbecility
or miulncss. Do not trllle with opiates that
benumb tho brain. If you cannot live
without tho perpetual and enslaving use
of them, you had better dio. Hotter tlio a
sane man Hum live a fool. What right
have you to kill your brain and put lu wild
Jangle your nervoun system? Hut rum Is
the cause of mon' Insanity than anything
else. There In nothing llkuruiu to put a
man like Nobuchadne..ar down on all
fours.
Again, lenrn how quickly turns the
wheel of fortuno; from how high up to
how far down went Ncbuchaduuz.ar
Those now lu places of position and power,
even though they should live, will lu n
few yearn bo disregarded, while nome who
this (lav an-obscure and poverty stricken
will rhic up on the nhouldorn of tho people
to take their turn at admiration and the
spoils of office. Oh, how quickly tho wheel
turns! Hal lot boxen aro tlio steps on which
man come down as often as they go up.
Of those who were a few yearn ago suc
cessful In the accumulation of property,
how few have not met with reverses of
fortune, while many of those who then
were straitened in circumstances now bold
the imuds and the bank keys of the nation
and win the most bows on tho exchange.
Of all llckle people lu tho world I'ortuue
In the most llckle. Kvery day sho changes
her mind, and woo to that man who puts
any coullileuce In what she promises or
proposes. She cheers when you go up and
she laughs when you come down. Oh,
trust not a moment your heart's alTectlous
to thin changeable world. Anchor your
soul in God. From Christ's love gather
your Joy Then come sorrow or gladness,
success or defeat, riches or poverty, honor
or disgrace, health or sickness, life or
death, time or eternity, all are yours, and
yoare Christ's and Christ in God's.
lA'arn also from my subject the comfort
ing truth that ullllctlous are arrested an
soon as they have accomplished their mis
sion. For seven yearn did Nebuchadnezzar
dwell among the beasts of tho Held, but at
the expiration of that time his reason re
turned, and a-isoon as with proper humility
heackuowletlged the God of heaven he wan
brought back to his palacu and reinstated
In his former aftluencc and power. Now,
it docs seem that when heavy trials come
upon un It In an though they had uo limit.
We exclaim, "All thy waves ami thy bib
lows havo gone over me," but forget that
the depth of that sea and the power of that
billow an definitely determined.
God seen how much our prido la and ho
sondn Just enough adversity to humblj it.
He sees Just how worldly minded we are
and pulls us Just hard enough to detach
un from our follies. Ho sees how uanl our
heart is and smites just hanl enough to
hn'iik It. Hi sees how our eyes havo been
blinded and he cuts only Just enough to
remove the scales from our spiritual vision
An soon an Abraham's faith is suHicicutly
tried tin lamb In provided. Ah noon an
Pharaoh consents to let the children of
Israel denart. the plagues pause. As noon
as the Israelites have Uen sufllclently dis
ciplined by their wanderings, they find
their way into Canaan. Hut to some the
limit Is not set in this life. Their whole
pilgrimage Is through the wilderness and
the world In to them a valley of tears.
Hut perhaps God ban a special throne In
heaven that no ordinary saint can occupy,
ami by extraordinary trials he has prc
pansl that Christian soul foroxtnionlluary
glory God will uot keep you lu the fur
mice one moment too long .hist as soon
as Paul hail met with enough imprison
ment anil scourgitigs ho reached up and
plucked his eternal crown. God will keep
un no longer under tio hammer and on the
stocks than is necessary to lit us for en
trance Into the haven of eternal rent.
Glory Ik to the ill vine grace that, as soon
as our ullllctlous have accomplished their
mission, they an' arrested.
si:m:i:iNi; kxcitks tiiuucht
The defeats and sorrows of life hav
sometimes been the greatest advantage.
It wan because Dante failed aa n states
man that he gave up politics and wrote
his Immortal "Ulvlna Commcdla." It was
a violent thunderstorm that llrst set Mar
tin l.uther seriously thinking, and tho
thunder of this world's disaster has start
ed many a reformation. James Y. Simp
son went from a.surgcon' operating tabic
to experiment and see if he could uot Hud
somethiug that would alleviate human
pain, and he kept on until he had discov
ered chloroform an an amesthetlc, and the
story of dlstiesn has almost always been
followed by the story of rescue.
For many'yeawnfter Shakespeare's death
hln work was so little appreciated that in
1CO0 there wan only one edition of his works,
ami that of only three hundred copies in ex
istence, and that edition wan nearly all
burned lu the great Ixuidon Are. Hut forty
eight copies had been sold out of the city,
and those forty-eight copies saved Shako
speare for all nations and all time. Your
suppression on a smaller scale may last a
good while, but for all you are worth you
will vet nhlne out on earth or In heaven.
Again, learn from my subject that con
uecteil with the most distressing judgmenta
of Gotl there are displays of divine mercy,
God might justly have left Nebuclmduez
gar In the Held, but Infinite compassion
brought him back to the palace. No sooner
wan Kdcn blasted than a blessing followed
on the heels of the curse promising the
coming of one who would destroy sin and
make the whole world a paradise. The
deluge descends, but uot tint!'. Noah had
Invited the people In'.:) Ihi ark The do
Blro)lug angel conies upon Kgypt for tin
smiting of the llrt Isiru, but left unmo
lested every House whoso door was
sprinkled with the blood uf sacrifice.
Fiery tempests bear down Uniii Sodom,
but not until two angels have warned lot
and his family to lice from thodestruetlou.
Jerusalem was utterly destroyed, but not
until Jeremiah had sounded an alarm bid
ding them turn from their abominations.
On the darkest cloud of wrath there in a
rainbow of mercy .echarlah lu his pro
iihetlc vision beheld four chariots, symM
ical of Goil's government.
The llrst chariot was drawn by roil
hores. They Indicated tho wars that were
coming. The second chariot was drawn
by black hoix-s. They Indicated the com
ing of a famine and pestilence. The thlnl
chariot u as drawn by white horses. They
iiiificulcd the spotless purity of his con
quests Hut murk weli that the fourth
chariot was drawn by horses "grMcd and
bay," denoting that mercy wan mixed with
all the desolating Judgments of Gotl,
Slual cannot thunder so loud an to diown
tho Invitations of Calvary The Lord ut
ters the admonition, "The wages of sin It
death," but exhaustless mercy respoudn,
"Deliver him from going down to the pit
for I have found a rmisom."
Hide thee quick lu tho rock, Christ
,Ies us. Let uot this lunlgulllcaut "now"
absorb thee more than the great hero
after, The path leading to this side of the
grave Is only a few furlongs, hut the path
which commences at the other side of It I
without cud. Tin powers of darkncs
gather about your soul ami tho tempta
tions of au evil heart and tho allurements
of tho world I know are trying to drown
the voice of the preacher; but, taking hold
of the silver trumpet of the Gospel which
made Felix tremble, and at the Pentecost
brought three thousand souls out of thelt
Hcpulchcr, I would blow ouo long, loud
blast, crying, "Whosoever will, lot him
come."
FIIUITS OP TIIR BI'IIIIT.
Take thin goodly religion which has done
no much for me that I can commend it to
all. Without it 1 should have gone the
whole downward career. Stolid and phleg
matic natures going astray do not go no
far, but natures like mine, sanguine, In
tense, emotional, optimistic, social to the
last degree, and echoing to all the heights
and depths of mirth, If they get olT track,
they go with one wild leap to hell. As to
tho restraining power of thin religion upon
a mercurial temperament, I testify. This
Is uot abstraction or something gotten
from Isjokn. I spenk of what I know. Go
out and ask all who have tried this re
ligion anil ask them how It works.
Three young men in a factory came out
on the l-ord'aslde, but two of them, over
come by the Jeers of their comrades, went
back mid Joined thoscolTern. The one held
on to his Christian hope, and one day when
they pressed him hanl, and were telling
how much Infidelity had done for the
world, and that Christianity had done
nothing, the persecuted Christian turned
upon them, and pointing to Henry ami
George, who bail for a little while foil vud
Christ and then turned back, he sai 'i
"You have trletl your principles on then.,
and know wdiat they have done for them,
When they tried to serve Christ they were
civil, good tempered, kind husbands and
fathers. They were cheerful, Industrious
ami ready to oblige. What have you made
them? look and see. They are cast
down and cross, their mouths arc full of
cursing mitl Hlthincs-s, they are drunk
every week, their children half clothed,
their wives broken hearted, their homes
wretched That Is what your principle!
have done. Now I hnvo tried Christ and
his religion, and what has it done for mo?
You know well what I used to be. There
wan none of you that could drink so much,
swear so desperately and light so masterly.
I had no money and nobody would trust
mo. My wife wan 111 used, I wan 111
humored, hateful and hating. What has
religion done for mo? Thank Gotl I am
not afraid to put It to you. Am I uot a
happier man than 1 was? Am I uot a let
ter workman and a kinder companion?
Would I once have put up with what I
now boar from you? I could beat any of
you as easily now as ever. Why don't I?
Do you ever hear a foul word from my
mouth? Do you catch me at a public
house? Han anybody a score against mo?
Go and ask my neighbors If lam not al
tered for the better. Go and ask my wife.
Let my housu bear witness. God be praised,
here in what Christianity has done for mo,
there Is what infidelity hasdouu for llourv
nntl George."
Out of this audience 1 could gather a
thousand men and women who could tell
you as thrilling a story as that as to what
religion ban done for them. Yea, If times
of persecution should come as of old, and
they may come, there are a thousand here
who would fur Christ's sake as cheerfully
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weiv an arlnir of thyme anil honeysuckle,
and face the lions as though they were
lambs frisking on. the hillside, and wade
down Into the deep waters which are to
submerge them an happily as over at Nar
rugausett U'lieh they took tho surf at a
summer bathing.
Come up and Join those on the way to a
palace. What mi absurd tiling for a king
to. Ik eating grass. Instead of living on
the poor fodder that the world adonis,
come up mid sit among the princes of Gotl
at the royal banquet and hear the bauds
play "Kilt, O friends! Drink, O beloved!"
Here In a crown, wear It. Here In a scepter,
sway it. Here in a throne, mount it. This
it your hour, Improve It.
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