Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-13

sends Has servants, to you my brother,
to you my sister, God says "Go ye III
to all the world and teach all nations, -
tell them what God has done to make
them happy. Our fathers and moth
ers told us, we must tell it to our
children, lift up your voices ye saved
ones and tell the world that salvation
is free.
3rd. It teaches the natural and
universal tendency of sin to oppose
the souls interests, ''They all with one
consent began to make excuse" and
the unwillingness of these men in the
parable to yield, has been duplicated
wherever sin has had dominion. God
has been offering your starving souls
the bread of life, and Satan has told
you to ask to be excused, he could do
better for you, aye and you have ac-
cepted his dry husks and have thought
there was nothing any better.
God has been saying here my child
take these wings which | give thee,
use them, rise at once, in the dignity
of thy manhood, fly up, and out, and
on, and bathe thy soul in the celestial
ocean of infnity, rise, stand in the
halo of heavens silvery light. face to
face with thy father, and you have
said, please excuse me God, [ would
rather crawl like snake, and eat dust
all my life, and clothe me with slime
and scum. Oh how we have thwarted
Gods plans, and we suffer in conse-
quence.
A minister was praying for the re-
covery of sick child, elf it be thy
will spare" the poor mothers soul
yearning for her beloved exclaimed
! 1T must be His will, cannot bear ifs !"
The minister stopped. Contrary to
expectation the child recovered. But
the mother after suffering almost mar
tyrdom by him while stripping of a
youth, lived to see him hanged before
he was twenty-five years old.
l beseech you accept Gods will, do
HIS bidding.
4th. 1t teaches the effectiveness Of
sin, what poor plea. Because man
is fortunate enough to have piece OF
land, few cattle, or wife, he must
worship them instead of God. The
Devil is hard up when he has to make
plea like this, and yet he does, or
rather persuades men and women to Sc
plead.
The Lumberman says my business is
such that [ cannot observe the Sab
bath. The merchant SAYS people want
to buy goods on the Sabbath, if l
don't sell [ shall lose my customers
and after this manner men of nearly
all classes are pleading for extenuation.
Between you and me, there is no con-
troversy, the controversy is between
your own hearts and your God, [ would
say to you, as a friend, as lover Of
your redeemed souls, if your present
business will not permit of discipleship
with Christ, get out of it, leave the
sinking ship, step into the old Gospel
life boat now while it waits to take
you in.
5th. It teaches the crime of sin in
converting Gods gifts to men, lands,
cattle, ,oiues, or any other good thing,
into the means Of the possessers de-
strnction, and such scenes are enacted
the world over.
The blessings of God, that might, il
rightly used, be SAVIOR of life unto
life are being made, in altogether toe
many instances, a SAVIOR Of death unto
death.
9th. It teaches us that there are
degrees of opposition to christian life,
and an ever increasing danger in delay
Il have bought oxen and I go, having
taken this step, he proceeds to another
more difficult, yet more firmly taken
I have bought land and must needs go
and finally we hear him saying
have married and cannot come.
My unconverted here don't you see
your own picture in this parable, ah
YOU we'll remember when you had al
you could possibly do, to say | thihl
not. now &c. After time, more bold
ly than at first, you said [ must need
put off the day of Salvation. To-da.
some Of you are saying cannot come
to the Savior now.
Our Free Lunch.
Tur ORJGIN OF SCANDAL.