Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-02-06
s,CoME 10 THE MlssIOS,.
st. naryss CathedraI-Te Begln SAT-
urday Eevenfng, Feb. 6fh. 1875.

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last forever. Good for your soul.
That's all very well, perhaps you say
but a man must live. He has got Il
work hard for his bread; he has no tim
to thing of this sort of thing.
know that, my friend; at least know
it is not easy for you to find time Il
think. And that is Just why WI hav'
this Mission We want to meet yol
halfway. When one week is just lik'
the last, the right time never seems Il
come, to look after your soul. Not jus
nowl Not just now seems the cry, day
by day.
Aad YET, if death were to come. ant
find you Just what you are, what woult
you do2 What would you feel? Arr
you fit to die? Look at your heart; lool
at your life. Has it been made new anC
clean2 Have you ever prayed Thu
prayer: Wash me, and | shall b.
whittier than snow"2 And have you go
what you asked for2
If not, what shall we ssyP What shall
we think? Shall we let you alone
Would it be kind2 Shall we let yor
alone till you fall i'll scme day, and Sc
get time to think of that poor soul O
yours? Would this be Safe2 What if ne
such time ever comes2 What if you
call to die comes at snch an hour as you
do not look for2
We cannot let you alone. We want
to do as we would be done by. And i
we had gone to sleep in a house on fire
we should not think it kind of you to lei
us alone. If you said you let US alone
because we seemed so tired, what should
we feel, when we woke up at last, toe
late? Should we thank you?
No, | said, we want to meet you half
way. Let me tell you what | mean.
II it we're just for a few day, do you
not think you could come, each night
and find it not so hard as to make uI
your mind to come to church on a Sun
day for the first time?
Just for a few days, then, we say
come as you are, when your work is
done; come all OF you; no man need
mind clothes; it will not be a place fol
fine clothes, so who need keep away fol
want Of that2 Fine clothes would loob
quite out of place.
Do you still feel shy2 Think of one
thing more. HE was rich; yet fol
your sakes he became poor" You
know who this is who became poor2'
Did he wear fine clothes2 Only once.
and that was when they were put OF
Him to mock Himl And wher
they put his own clothes upor
Him" again, ana led him out Il
cruelty Him" what sort OF clothes wer,
those2 And even those poor clothes
we're torn off from Him before tbey
nailed Him to the Cross Think Of this
Can you stay away now, for fear you
clothes are too bad to Gomez
Or do you say, Why should | come
I am no worse thar the rest2' VIVA.
then2 What il you are not so bad al
the rest2 What if you are quit,
the best man there2 You do not thinl
that this would save your Each mar
has a soul Of his own. Is your own sou
saved2 If you were out at sea, andyoul
ship we're to sink, would it do you any
good to know you were not such a heavy
man as the rest2 Would this save you
You say, But | go to church." A
good thing, too, if you meet God there
1t is the house of prayer. 1t is God
own house. His saints honor Him there
But God is a Spirit, and they that wor
ship Him must worship Him in spiri
and in truth" IL they do not worship
Him thus, they do not really " worship ;
Him at all. They might as we'll stay a
home. THE Lord is far from the wick
ed; but He heareth the prayer OF tn,
righteous What is the use of you
joining With Gods people if you are no
one of them2 Would it make you rich
TO sit near rich men? Would it help YOU
to see (if you were blind) to have ligh
all around you? Lights not sight. Yol
say, =" | am RICH" but God says, " Tho
art poor" (Rev. iii. IL
Take care, lest you get harm instea,
Of good, each time you 60 to church 70
Gods best gifts will bring a curse,
used the wrong way. A mar might b
blinded with gold DUST ! have read @
one who was really drowned in a cas-.
Of winel Oh, think of this, you that g
to Gods house, but do not yet know Goo
And think Of it, most OF all, any OF 70
that come to the Holy Communion, an
yet have never turned from sin an
found peace through the blood of Hi
cross. Repent you Of your sins, 0
else come not to that hcly tablet"
/ do not ask, then, Do you 20 t
church, But / ask: Are you one {
those who can say, We have peace wit
God through our Lord Jesus Christ y
from. v. ~ Can you say:
=" do believe, / can believe.
That Jesus died for me y"
What is Jour answerP "Yes"2
Then | do not want you to come |
the Mission" Try to get others to come
try hard, and pray hard; be bold an
brave and loving; do all you can to g,
them to 20, and then pray for them.
But is your answer mol | have n,
got peace | do not know God2"
Then come to the mission Con
just az you are, in soul and body. New
mind your clothes, even if you hav
nothing but rsgsl Why, your soul
much worse of, as to thatl Do yc
know that all your best deeds are,
Gods sight, "as filthy rags2" Al
what must your worst bel What mu
your sins be in His sight2 Can "
stand before God, if you have nothir
better than this to put on2
Come to the missionl After that '
will say, Come to other means Of grac
but just now all we say is: Come to Il
mission
You are not safe. You are not happ
and you never will be till you learn
know Jesusl
None but Jesus
:, Can do helpless sinners good"
/. Helpless sinnersl" You cannot sa
yourselves. / cannot save you.
Come TO the mission, that you M
learn how to come to Jesus HIMSELF
He has aaid. tComa unto Ne all