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mimi THE MIDNIGHT BEVEL. CTrctoheil at Monom, Wli.] e- T * xt i ','*» that night warBel«be27aiVt»» King of tho Chaldoens, stain,\ DanisS v., Fcarting Im« beon known in all age* It wasone of thp moat exciting timet in Shut- Jlsb history ^whea jjueou Elissabotnvuiihxi J*rd jileoster at KouUwortu Ca»tle. Th» moinont of her arrival wasooiiHldurod ao im- ppi;tant that all tho clook* of tho cattle wore stopped, go tliat tha hands .might point to that one moment OH being tho m<y' tilgnlU- «antof nil. Sho was greeted to, ,e goto with floating islands ond torches and tho *hundor of cannon and llroworlmthat not tlio night ablaze, and a groat burnt of miwlo that JHtod the whole scone into porfoot enchant- moiifc Then alio wan introduced in a dining boll, tho luxuries of which astonished the >yorld; -lOusorvaats waited upon tho guostsi the cntortaiumout cost |5,(J00 ouch duy. Lpra Loieontor made that groat supnor in Konilwortb Caitlo. Cardinal Wolsoy ontortalnod tho Froncb ambassadors at Hampton Court, The boat cooks in nil tho. land prepared for tho ban- ? ustj ^urveyow Wchc out find' tfuveiod all he kingdom over to find spoils for the tablo. The time came, flfho guests woro kopt during -the day hunting in tho King's park, so that their appetites might pe koon; ,and then, In tho evening, to tho Bound of tho trumpeters, -they wore introduced into a Ml! hung with silk and' cloth of gold, and there were tobloB a-glitter with.lmperial plato and ladon with tho.rarest of meats arida-blush with the cost- liest of wines; and when tbe second course of the feast came it was found that the arti- cles of food: had booh fashioned into tho fibapeof mon, birds and boast9, ; and.groups' dancing and lousting parties ridlnar against fash other with lances; Lords and Princes •arid Ambassadors, out Of cups filled to the brim, drank the health, first at the King of England and next to the King of France; Cardinal Wolsoy pro- - pared that great supper in Hampton Court; But my text takes lis to a more ejecitihg banquet; Night' was about to come down upon Babylon. The shadows of her 260 tow- •erij.began tolengthea, The Euphrates rolled' -_ ^--•--\-tg e fl 8r y splendors of \the set- ting sun; and gates of brass, burnished and flittering, opened and shut like doors of flame, The banging gardens of Babylon, wot with heavy dew, began to pour from starlit flowers and dripping leaf a fiagrahce for many miles around. The streets and squares wore-lightedfordanceand frolic and prom- enade. Tbe theatres and galleries of tap in- vited th? tveolth, and pomp, and grandeur of ,thjei city to rare entertainments; . Scene? of riot and, wassail wore mingled in evesy or Miotic laughter bursting .tram the 2tes at IWnce*, iluiSed, m\lttx, Trtoodebot; JM» mingling with Jtall'ZbwVt \Huss* hurt*, •ear.great BsIsSaizarl\ What is thfttonthe plastering ofth* wall? frit a spirit? Is it a phantom? Is it God? Th»,mu*io rtep*. The goblets fall from the ~-XF*to: 5fborel»»thrill, Thar* I* There Is a moimniifet^si.shrliA of •darkness, A royal feast to-night ,*iti-iluVi King's palace I Hushing up to the gates -are chariots upholstered with pre- •clous cloths from Dedan end drawn •• by fire-eyed horses from Togarmahi ; -that rear and neigh in tho grasp of the, ohariOteers.whlle a ttiousand-Lords dismount, and women dressed in all the splendor of Syrian emerald. «nd the color blending of agate, and the chastened of coral, and the sombre glory of Tyrian purple, and princely •embroideries brought from afar by camels acrosa.the desert and by ships of Tarsbish across theses. Open wide the gates and let the guests comein I The chamberlains and cup-bearers ore all ready. Hark to the rustle of the silks and to the carol of tha- music I Seethe blaze of the jewels! Lift the ban- ners I Fill the cups! Clap tho cymbals 1 Blow tbe trumpets! Let tho night go by with song and dance and ovation, awl let that Babylonish tongue be palsied, that will ' notsay: \OKingBelshazzarj live.forever.l\ An, myfr.'onds! itwos not any 'common banjiuet to which these great, people came. ' All parte of tbe earth had sent their richest viands to that table. Brackets and chande- liers flashed their light upon tankards of bur- nished gold. Fruits, ripe and luscious, in baskets of silver, entwined with leaves, plucked' from} royal conservatories. - Vases inlaid with emerald' and ridged with exquis- ite traceries, filled with, nuts that were threshed from forests of distant lands. 'Wine brought.f rom.the royal vats, foaming in the, decanters srid'ibubbliBg inthe chalices. .Tuf is of cassia and frankincense wafting their dweetness from wall and table. Gorgeous banners unfolding in „the breeze that came throughthe opened window, bewitched with the .perfume' of. hanging, gardens. Fountains risihglup from iriclos'ures of ivory in jets of crystal, to foil in clattering rain of diamonds and pearl?. Statues of mighty men looking down from niches in the wall upon; crowns and shields brought from subdued ^empires. Idols of wonderful, work., standing on pedestals of- precious stones. Embroid- eries drooping about the windows and wrapping pillars, of cedar, and' drift- ing on tioefs inlaid with ivory and, agate. ; Music, minglingthethrumof hatps^and the, clash of cymba v B, and the blast or trumpets (none wave of transport that went rippling: along the wall and breathing among the gar- lands, and pouring down the: corridors, and thrilling the sou's of a thousand banqueter^ The signal is jjiven, and the lords arid Iftdios, the mighty meriahd \women of the landjcoirie aroundthe table. JPour out the Wine! Let foam and bubble kiss tbe rim! Hoist evjery onehiiicup, arid drinkto the sentiment: \Gh King Belshazzar,JUVo for ever!\ Eestarred headband and' carcanet of royal beauty 'gleam to the uplifted chalices, as,again osd again and again they iiro emptied; Away With care from the palasel' Tear royal dig- nity to tatters! Pourout more wiriel .Give us more light;wilder music, sweeterjperfuinel Lord shouts to loid, captain ogles to cap- tain, goblets clash, decanters rattle. There comes in the obscene song and tho drunken hiccough and the slavering lip and the guffaw norvolcM a start, '' _ horror, Let Daniel be brpugn'tTn io'mA that wrltfag. Ho oomoi in. «« r«ad« lit '•Weighed R tho balances, and art founa wantiiig.\ Hesnwhlle the Assyrians, who for two yoftn had bwn laying a ulege to that clty^topk advantsga s t that csrsuw!, sad cama in, J hear tho feet of the conqueror* on the palace stairs, Mourner* rutbes in with a thousand gloaming knlvoi, Dteth buijfcs upon tho'sconei and I shut tho (floor of that bmiquotlng hall, for Idoiwt waiitt? look. There tanothingtboro but torn banner* »«il broken, wri;i»thy, and the uluoh of tipwit tankards, and tboblood of niurdored women, mid the kiokodandtumblodcarcas* of a dead King, For In Mai night was Bolshazzar aiain, I. I learn from this, that, when Qoa write* nnytbing on tho wall; q man had,]p>tter road It as It l», Daniel did not misinterpret or modify tha bandwriting on tho wall, It is all fooliihnoss to oxpocta iniulsterof the gos- pel to proaoh olwy* thing* that the people llko or tho poopio choose. What shall I proaob to you to-dayl Sliull I tell you of tho algiilty of bainaa nature/ Shall I tell you of tho wonders that our race bos accomplished! \Ob no!\ youfay, \tellmo thomesssgothat camo from God. « I will, If thoro 3s any handwritinB on tho wall, it Is this lessoni \Bopent aoeopt of Christ and bo saved,\ I might talk of a great many other thing*, but tlmt is tho messago, and so I declare it. Josus Hovor Ilatterod those to whom ho preached. He paid to those who did wrong and who wero oifenslve in his sight: \Yo generation of vipers! ye whited sepulohresl how can yo escape the damnation of boll ?\ Paul tbe Apostlo preaohed before a man who was not ready to hear him preach; Whatsubjoctdid ho take) Did ho *ay; \Ob you are a good man, & very fine man, a very noble man)\ No: he preaohed of rightoousaess, to a man who was unrighteous: of tomperance. to a man who was tho yiotmrjof bad appetites; of ' the Judgment'to come, to a man who wa* unfit for it. So we must always declare the message that happens to come to us, Daniel, must read it as it is. A minister preaohod before James L of England, who was James VI, of Sootlsnd, WhatJubjectdidb* takOI Tbe King was noted nil over tbe world for being unsettled and wavering in his ideas. What did the minister preach about to this man who was Jarae* I. Of England and < Jainoj VI, of.Scotland? He took tor his text, James i,, 0: \He that wavereth is like a wave of thosea driven with the wind and. tossed.\ 'Hugh Latimer offended the King by a sermon fie preaohed, and the King said: \Hugh Latimer, come and apologize.\ \I Will,\ said Hugh Latimer. So the day was appointodj , and; th» King's cnap*l was mighty /men and women of theoouhtry, for'. Hugh'Latimer wastb apologiz*. He began bisiermdh* brsayiBg: \Hugu Latimer, be- think,thee! Uhou art in theipreseace of thine Oartbly .King, who'ean\destroy;th'y body! But bethinJi thee,' Hugh Latimer, that thou art in the presence of, tho 1 iiing .of Heaven and earth, who can destroy both body and soul in heU fire,. Ob, Kiug,,[,cursed be thy crime*!\ , .-. . . a.'Aijotber lesson that comesi-to u»: There' is a great difference between trio opening of the banauet of sin and its close. Young man, if you bad looked in upon the bauquet in the first few hours, you would have wished you had been invited there-and-could sit at thejfeast. \Oh tho grandeur of Belshazzar'* feast,!' you would have'said'; but you look in, at the close of the 'banquet and your blood curdles with' horror. The King- of Terrors has tUe.ca-ghastlier banquet j buniou blood is the wine and dying groaus-ara the music. - Sin has maUa itself a Ki'n'g\ in. the eartb. Itias orowned itself. It has spread a banquet, It invites all the ' world to come to it!; It has hung in its ban- quoting ball the spoils of all kingdoms and' the banners of all nations. It has strewn from its wealth, the tables and floors and arches; And yet how of ten is thatbonquet. ! broken up and how horrible is its endi Ever' and anonithereisahandwriting on the wall, A King falls. A g^eat culprit is arrested.' The-knees of' wickedness knock together. God's judgment, like an armed host, breaks in upon the banquet, and that night isBel- sha'zziir, the King of the Chaldeans, slain. Here is a young man who says.';; \I can- not see why they make sucba fuss about the intoxicating cup. • Why, it Is exhilarating. It makes me feel well, I can talk bettor, think better, feel better. I cannot see why people have such a prejudice agaihst'it,\ A few years pass on and ho wakes up and .finds himself in the clutches of an evil habit which' he tries to break, but cannot; iand ho cries but:; \Oh.Lord Gfod, help ihol\ Xtseemsa* IbougH Gtod would not hear hiis prayer, and In an agony of body and soot ht> crioeouU \Itbitethflko a serpent and it stingeth like an.adde?.\ How bright it was at the start! How black it was at the last I Hera i» a man who begins to read French novels. \They are so charming,\ he says; \I will go out and see for myself whether all these things are so.\ He opens thegatoof a sinful life. He goes in. A sinful sprite meets Kim with^her: wand;. :Sho wavesJher wand; and it is all enchantment. Why, it seems as if the angels of Gtod 'had poured out phials of perfume m>tbe atmosphere.. As be walks oh be fmds the Bills Ibeeoming more radi- ant with foliage* and the ravines more resonant ivith the falling water. Oh, what a charming landscape ho sees! But that Sinful' isprito \with' her ..wand' meets; ;bim again; ahd now she -reverses, the 1 wand' and all the enchantment is gone. The cup is;full'of,.jjois6ri. 'The friiit turns to ashes. All the leaves of the bower are forked, tongues of : his'sing; serpehte. The flo.wing fountains fallback in a dead pool stenchf ul with corruption. The luring songs become curses and screams of demoniac laughter. 2~5t spirits gather about him and feel for bis ljeart, and beckon h|in oh with: \Hall brolhwl' Hsl!, bte^l »plrlt, hall)\ ^He tri»* to get out. Ho comes to the front door where be entered ond trie* to push it beok, but 'he door turn* agalnrthfin; judintho jar of that abutting door bo heirs tboio word*! \pui night fi Mfbafw, ffi Kipg of tbe Chaldean*, clafui 1 ' Sin mar open bright a; the morning; it close* dark as tbe niallfc 8,1 loam further from this subject that death spmotlmes-broaks In upon a banquet, Why did ho not go down to tho orl*oii« (n Jlabylca? 'i'iioro woro peoplo there that would like to bavo died, I suppose thoro wore mon and women in torture in that city who would have welcom'od denth; Bur he oomo* to tho.palace, and'jupt at tbetlmp when tbe mmb it danhirig to the tiptop pitch, death breaks in at tbe banquet* Wo bavo oftou *soh tbe *ome thing iuustratod, Hor* is a young man\iiirt com* from col- logo, He is kind,' Ho J* loving. Ho is en- thusiastic He ia oloquonb Br ono spring ht may bound to height* toward which many men bavo been struggling for years. A pro- fcaeloh open* beforo hlra, Ho Is establlibod in tho law. Hi* f riondv eheor him. Eminent men oncpuiag* blm, After awhile you may ago him standing In tho American Senate, or moving a popular assomblago by bis elo- quence, oi trees are moved in a whirlwind. Somo night ho rotircs oarlv, A f«v«r is on him, Bolfrlum, like a roeklois charioteer, solzoa the rolns of hi* intellect.. Father and mothor stand by and *oe the tiilei of life going out to the great ocean, The banquet is coming toan end, The lights of thoiieht and mirth and eloquoncp aro being dxtln- guisbod, The garland* aro snatched from the brow, The vision is gone. We *aw the cams thing on a larger scale illustrated at the last war in thlrcouutry. Our wbolo nation had been sitting at a na- tional banquot—North, Sooth,' East and West, What grain was there but we grow it on our Klllsf What invention was there, but our river* must' torn the new wheel and rattle the strange shuttle!:, What warm furs but our trader* must bring them from the' Arctic? What fish but that our net* must sweep,them for tbe markets! What mutio but it must sing in our' hall*? What eloquence but It must (peak In our Senates? Hoi tojthe national, banquet, reaching from mountain to moun- tain and from «ea to seal To propare that banquet the aheepfolds and the-aviarie* of the country »erit their bott treasures. The orchards piled up on tho table their, sweetest fruit* The presses burst out with now win**; Te sit at that table came the yeomanry of Jfow Hfunpsbira, and .the liimbermcn of Maine, and the tannijd Carolinian from, the rlce'swainps, and tho harvesters of Wisconsin;. and tbe Wewei'n emigrant from the pines of Oregon;' sndw* were all brothres—brotberi at * banquet, Suddenly the fesst ended What meant tho»» mounds thrown up at ChickahomlcV, Sblloh, Atlanta, Gettysburg, SouthHountijn?\. What meant those golden for ff»v«hry hor»»*? What'meant- the earn: supply train f Why those rivers of tear*,, tho» lakes of blood? Q^waiangiw. Jui-- tiee must come. A handwriting on the walli The .nation bad been weighed arid 'found wanting, Darkhessi' DarkhatsI•' Wpo. to the North! Woe to the South! Woe to tbe East!' Woo to tho West! Death at the ban- quet! ',•''' 4. I have also to learn from thesubjoct that the destruction Of the vicious and of those who despise God wiil be very sudden. The wave of mirth had dashed to the highest point when that Assyrian army broke through. It was unexpected. Suddenly, al- ter accept of the Lord Jem* Chriat,leii;*ud- dvoly your la*fc chance begone. The lung* will teflio to brettbt', tbe Tjearfc will itop, Tbe time will come when you shall go no more to the office, or to Urn store, or to tha shop, Nothing will be left but death, and judgment, and eternity. Oh, flee to God this lioiirt it tbes-a be one In this prfieenfl* who lias wondered far away from Chrlit, though ho may not have heard th* fall of tho go«p»I for many a year, I invite bim now l» oomo and be saved. Flco from thy *ln I Floe to tbei*rorighold of tbe go*p*ll - Ts?d*j!-I : is-.'to you to a gvoiiuor iwipti than any I bav* mentioned. My Lord, tho King, T* tho banqueter. Angel* are (bo cup- beare'r*. All tbe r<HJ#e(n»d ar» tbe gue*W The balk of eternal lovo, frowofldVlth light, and paved'with'Joy, and curtained with un- fading beauty, are tbe banqueting placo, Th* harmonies of eternity aro tho music. Tho chalices of h*av«n aro tho plate: and I am ono of tha (ervaht* coining out with both band* filled with invitation*, scattering thehr ovory whore; and of that, for youraelve*, yon might break the ieul of the invitation and read the words written in rod ink of blood by the tremulou* hand of a dying Christ! \Come now, for all thine* are ready-\ After this day ho« rolled by and th* night bai coin*, may you have rosy *l«ep. gtiavaM by Bim who never slumbers! Msyjrou awake in tho morning strong and well) But, oh, nf i i'nou a despiMr of 6od? I* th* com- ing night tbe last night on earth! Shouldott tbou be awakened m tho night by *oma- thing, thouknowest not what, and there bo ehadowB f.ositlng in tho room, jsnd a band- writing on the wall, and you feel that your last.hour is come, and there be fainting at the heart, and a tremor in tho limb, and * catching of the breath—then thy doom would'b* but an echo of the word* of my text: \In that night was Bel»h*2xar, iho Kmg of the Chaldean*..lain, \^ oint when that Assyrian army broke : .hrough. It was unexpected. Suddenly, al- most, always, comes the doom of those, who despise'God.auddefrthefew*'o<Men, How was it at the Deluge\. Do you suppose it camo through along northwestern storm, *o that, people for days before war* euro it was com- ing? No; I Suppose the morning was bright; that calmness brooded on the waters; that beauty *at enthroned on the hills, when sud- denly the heavens burst and the mountains sank like anchor* Into the sea, that dashed clear over the. And** and th* Himalayas. The Red Sea was divided. Tho Egyptian* tried to cross it. There could be no danger. where i! Oil, „ . .._. JSPlscel' A pavement Of tinged shells and pearls, and oh either iside, a great; wall, of waior, solid. There can, be no danger. Forward, great host of tbe Egyptians! Clap the cymbal* arid, blow the trumpets of victory! After tbeint We will catch themyet'and they shall be destroyed. .But the walls of solidified water begin to tremble; They rock. They fall; Tho rushing waters! The shriek of drowning men 1 The swimming of the war hdrses-ih va'nl forthe shorel Tbest'rewihg of the great,host oq the bottom of the sea, or pitched by the ; angjy wavebii thebi-aih^a battered, bruised arid ldathsbriio wreck! Sud- denly destruction catne.~ J Ono half hour be- foi-ethey couid not have believed it. Iain .just letting forth afaot which you have noticed as well as I. Ananias comes to the apostlo. . Hie.apostle says:, ''Did you BeUtneflandifdrsO.muohj;' Hesoys: \Ttes.\ It./was- a:lie; -Dead! As quick as that! Sapphifa, his;wife, cpmes.Jhi \Bid yoiisoll ,tbelaniforBO much}\ \Yes.\ Itwasalie, .^ndquickasthatMboWaSdoadl God'sjudg^ nients are upon those who' despise'and defy Him; Theycbm'osuddeiily.' ' ; Tha destroyin^arigefcwenttbrdugh.Egypt. Doyousupposetbat.-any of tbppeOpl&knew : thaihe wasebmirig? Did'-tbeY hear '\Ma flap of his; great-wings! No! No! Suddenly;, uriejroeetedly;became. '' \• ' \* ; Skilled sportsmon do not like to shoot a bii'd'staridins: oh'laspKg, nearby; If they are.iskilled, thsyyrlde themselves pri taking it on the' wihgjaijd; they wait tillitistarte. .Death is ari old ^brtsmariiandheJovesito take men flying uiide'rr .the very sun. He: 16veS:to-i»ke,th'em6tt the wins'.' , .Are there'any .here' who- are. unprepared! fortheeterual world? Are there any. here wbobaveibeeri.'livMg-without 'God arid^^ With- out hope? Let'ineiay to you that,ydu'hrid>bet- A YOUj;a lady and gontlemnn living near tie;,Bed. Sulphur ['8ptfttg»,.Sit' ginia,.-'eloped' 'fconi' tueJaouB^ \of the married. Tlie flying; !paifc wor^'in a •ingle bpfgyj'attd Jtiade good tiaje ut- ,t|l Ttfoy^'' , #eek''.'w#'¥e*ffM.'' The creek wa* very high, Mt an attempt wa» made id ford'it) when midday of tlie stream' the vehicle was washed over and the occupants thrown into tho' water; They lodged against a broken tree in the middle of the creek. The young man caught the lady as the rushing waters were carrying her down and held her. Fortunately, just .at* i|ie Vpot ',o£4nfr'-;tirej*.' 'the*# was auf- : iSiotoat,' \isjJtTSojiji'; fyp ihi-.ijcai^g'Mi^ *« Btpad, eo that the - water only camo np to his armnsts; but on either side oj him it was 'ido; deep and the current top strong to venture to \roaoh the shore. Ho held/ithe young lady in his arms for two hours before thoy were discovered. The pcBition was made more unpleasant by the sun pouring its rays upon them, Fortunately, when the buggy was overturned, ah umbrella was thrown in reach of the young man, and he managed to open it and hold i t over the young lady, They ; were discovered, and a young man, al- though the risk was great; swam a strong horse to the place, and the im- periled couple hung to the animal's tail and were* .brought back safely. The father caught up with the pair at the creek, and the wedding, did hot take ,A WASHINGTON letter says: \Gen Hahone .had on his summer suit. It was composed of a finely woven, broad brimmed iranams hat, pieached iii a perfect--'whiteness, and so delicate that it was in no shape, being 'cooked up high on one side and pulled'down loir on the other. His shirt, 'was linen throughout, and his collar two-ply and a portion of the'garment. It stood up in\ limp folds. His tie tvas black and loosely put together. His eoSt^asOf the lightest weightibrpadiBlpth, cut re?y low in front; veisi, black gros griiih sitt, three buttons; pantalpobSj fine black and white stripes, pubkered at the waist like a lady^s bonnet, large and baggy at the knees, arid coining.to a point so small at tha feSt that they would not slip over the heelS.'of his shoes. Gen; Mahione's' liair. is longer than 1 it ever haS'beepV hanging in'great folds almost white, aoross his shoul- ders, while his beord has whitened in the last few years-of tioublous excite- ment.\ ,,
