Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-11-08
What Time Islt?

These words ought TO come home TO
our oonseieueos like the blast OF trumpet.
They ought 10 rouse our sleeping mlnds
10 a sense Of the eternal realities which
are before Us. They call upon as to lay
aside all irfing, lingering, aud careless
ness, about our Christianity. They sum
mon us TO close walk with God.
/. You have here tle present coaii-
fiOa Of fhe 'rorid-il is night.
.. You have The coaauioa Of The
'ro-id Ir...a,h Is get 10 ooome-il will he day.
3. You have the particular Time ia
trhich our iOi is oad-lhe night is far
spent, aud the day Is at hand.
4. You have the duy Of all Jeiieeers
'eho iaos the time-they ought to east
of the works of darkness aud to put on
the arnor Of light.
Upon each Of these four points | hay,
something to say.
l. First Of all let US consider the pre-
sent condition of the world.
The apostle Paul calls it might" "Th'
night, he says, "is far spent
have no doubt that word seem,
strange to some persons They think i
wonderful that the year 1871 shorll b,
called might" They are living in day
of learning, science, civilization, CON
merce, freedom, aud knowledge, The.
see around them things which their fore
fathers never dreamed of-railways, man
ufactories gas, electricity, steam.engines
education for all. and cheap books.
know il all, and am thankful for it Nev
erthcless 1 say that in the things Of Go
the world is still in state of''night."
believe that God looks down on this glob
of ours as it rolls round the sun, and a
he looks upon it, he pronounces it "ver
dark" believe that the angels 60 t
aud fro, and make report of all they sc
ON our earth, aud their constant rcl ort i,
Very dark. And am sure that be
levers in the Lord Jesus in every Ian
are of Que ninl on this subject. They or
and sigh for the denominations they Sc
aronnd them To them the world AZ
pears ''Yery dark"
1t is not dark iaheatheM lands2 Their
are two.thirds Of he whole world in ope
rebellion against God and his Christ. Tw
out of every three inhabitants otihe glob
have M Bible, no gospel, no knowledge
no faith, no hope. They are cruel, decei
ful, immoral, unciean, earthly, sensna
deyIish, idoIatrous, superslitious. Sur,
ly thai is night i
/ 1t is not dark in many proteSsedl
Christian Countries? There are tw'
thirds of all the protesting Christians G
earth who are unsound iu the faith. The
religion is not simply scriptural. The
have added to it7many things which al
not to be loand in the Bible. They ha,
left out of it MANY things which tho Bib
has plainly commanded. There are mi
lions who give honor to the Virgin MAJ
aud dead saints instead of Christ. Thel
are millions of baptized people who kno
nothing of the BibIq, and have not ii
slightest idea of the salvation contalnC
iu the gospel. Surely that is night.
Ii is not dark in or oacn coamry
this present day? How mach Of sin VheI
is III Protestant Britain and Americ
and how little of God How much ofop,
inidelity, heaihepish ignorance, drupkei
ness, irreligion. swearing, cheating, lyin
coveiouspess, is weekly crying against
before the Lord Of hosts! How MAI
people go to no place Of worship at al
How many go to church merely as IA ma
ter of form How few are really in ear
est about the salvation Of their soul
How few have any evidence to show Of
sa wing faith in Christ, and real work
the Spirit in tteir hearts! Surely ey'
among ourselves it is night.
| Reader. it is useless TO deny the
things. HumbGng as it may be to 7
pride of human nature, the word Of I
apostle is strictly true-the time prese
IS nayM,, An unconverted man may .
perceive it. A graceless man may n
, comprehend it.. The blind eye sees
difference between noon and ridnigl
The deaf ear makes no distinction betwe
, discord and sweet music. The NORTH
limb has no feeling either Of heat or CO.
But | do believe that Gods children c
enter Into the meaning of the exPressi'
The people Of the Lord Jesus Christ Fl
by experience that it is night
II. Let US consider in the seco
r place, the condition Of the world which
f vet to come. The apostle Paul calls
. s.day." saa .,.q
e The world we live in is not to go on
ways as it does now. The darkness