The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-02-02

with benefaction, and If we would but hear their
voice all pleading the goodness Of God as an argu-
ment Of repentance and Of obedience And remem-
Der that II Is this God who yet declares that he Will
NJ last by no means clear the guilty. Make your
peace with him now, or abandon all hopes Of peace
BE nOt discouraged because you are sinful. 1t 1
the very Office Of his love 20 heal your sins. Not
then, when you have overcome them yourself, he j.
prepared 20 receive you; IL Is his delight 10 give yOI-
help while wrestling with your sins. H. i you
Pilot 70 lead you out Of trouble. No Pilot would b
be that only then would take my ship when | had
gone through the narrOws, and could see the city.
and was quite free q ell danger. Who would nee,i
a physician If he might not come 10 his beisiie unit
after be was healed : What use Of "a s~choJlmaster ]
one may not 20 20 school till his education be com
plete : What hope Of salvation u God would give Us
no help TIL the whole work " subduing the natural
heart were cOmpleted2 And our Savior i One who
begins and completes in US the work Of grace. He i
the author Of our faith and the hnisher Of it, IL is
his power that works IN US 10 will and 10 do Of al.
good pleasure He comes to you when you are Dead
and by his touch brings yOu 20 life. When you are
weak, he inspires you with strength. When you are
tempted he opens the door Of escape When you are
vanqu1shed he appears to lift you up and bind your
wounds. Yea, bending under all our burdens, and
loaded down with our own sins, behold that Christ
Of whom II Is said, " He was wounded for our trans
gressiOns. he was bruised for our iniquities the
ch-astisement Of our peace was upon him; and with
his stripes We were healed. All we Ike sheep have
gone astray; We have turned every one 10 his own
way: and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity o.
Us all"
LET me make one other point OF Application. n
great many Of you have heard Of the .. terrors Of the
law as i is said you have heard Of the Divine
threatening Of the penalties To be visited upon the
wicked; and as a man in u gale Of wind draws his
garments tight about him, SO you have drawn your
reasonings more closely about you and said, al am
not going TO be Jailed into heaven; l am too much Of
q man for that
Now what are you going to do, When 1 come to
you and preach 2entleness, do you not say, " 1 will
not be cOzened either. You cannot take me on that
side. II Is Of no use for you to try 10 play upon my
feelings" How can persuade you, then /? If all
the motives that touch your conscience, your fear,
your reason, and your affections, will not bring you
to God, what motive can / present to you that will :
Or do you count yourself unworthy Of eternal life ?
and have you made up your mind that in no way
shall Col find you out? If all the motives that have
you to Christ, what is there that can bring you TO
MIN?
Friend, you have not long to live. The nail is
forged and the screw is made, that shall hold down
fr ever the lid Of your coffin. The loom is built, and
the thread is spun, and the shroud is woven, that is
TO wrap some of Jour liieless forms, and you almost
fee the GOODNESS Of the air Of the grave You ought,
without delay, to make your peace with God, and Sc
cure a hope of Immortality You have no time 10
lose Death that is always busy, is no less so now
than it has been at any period in the past.
know what your lives have been, / know what
worm it is that makes those leaves yellow at the sur
face. | know the rock on which you are stumbling,
| know the rod that is being lifted higher to break
you in pieces.
lear Hlehu, must u { lithiul ~ your SOUL lou
and l will meet before long at the Judgment seat of
God , You shall not be left in doubt as to whether
/ think sin is damnable, or whether | think damna-
ton once began is reversible. | stand here to speak
the Word of God to you. | stand here TO declare to
every one of you that, whatever hope there may have
been for men who lived before the Gospel was known
upon earth, and whatever hope there may be for the
heather to whom the Gospel has not been carried,
there is no hope and reversion for you to whom
Christ has been preached, and TO whom all the aven-
ues of salvation have been opened, If having counted
the blood Of the atOncment an unhOly thing and
having trampled it under your feet, you die unbe-
Eeying ,
easy TO stop. l surround you with the generosity OF
God. | take the sheeted robe Of Christ's love, more
glorious than the sun and throw it about you. |
surround you with Divine gentleness, and meekness,
AMI mercy. So stand in the presence of Christ. and
not in your own filthy rags May God help you,
and bring you finally to the land ofeternal truth and
glory Amen