Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-09-09
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NOT SAVED.


"The harvest is past, the summer is ended,
and we are not saved" Jeremiah 8: 20. No
doubt these words will be, in substance, re-
peated by countless multitudes of our race.
In grace as in nature, there is seed time and
harvest. Spring, summer, autumn and win
ter. He that being often reproved hardeneth
his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed and that
without remedy. Prov. 29:1. Such is the
condition of things. God is long-suffering,
slow to wrath and of great pity, but there is
point beyond which the offers of grace do
not extend The Lamb of God is also the
Lion of the tribe of Judah. He who to-day
offers pardon through His peace-speaking
blood, being spurned and desp;sed, may, to-
morrow, hurl the guilty soul into hell. Then,
in accents of woe, the soul will begin to re-
peat the words of the prophet: "The harvest
is past, the summer is ended and I am not
saved" How sad to see an immortal soul
banished to that gloomy abode of sin and
hopeless sorrow. How agonizing to part for
ever from all that is good. =
That such will be the final destiny Of
"many" we are assured by our Saviour. What
proportion of the human family will be saved,
no one can say. Weare warranted, however,
in saying that Jesus will say to many on the
great day of fnal! !assizes, Il never knew you.
Depart from me ye cursed"
Now, every sensible man must admit that
there is something awful in the thought of
going to hell. Men may say they are not
afraid to die, and no doubt there are some so
far from being afraid to die, that they desire
to die; but no sane man can say he does not
fear to 90 to hell. Instinctively the soul
shrinks back from such thought. Devils
dread Gods wrath. He'll is as full of fear as
it is of suffering. Fear will never cease to
exist in the world of woe Hope dies, but
fear-dread, immortal fear-grows and flour
ishes
Why then should any, at last, when too
late, exclam lost? Who will be blamed for
the loss of an immortal soul? 1t is not on
account of any defectiu the plan of salvation.
No one will be able at last to complain that
he is lost because of some defect in the pro.
visions of the gospel Neither are any lost
on account of the inflexible DEGREES of God.
In no place in the word Of God, so far as we
know, is it said or even intmated that men
are lost because of the DEGREES of the Almighty.
This is your condemnation or this is the rea-
son that the sentence of your condemnation
will be executed "Light has come into the
world and ye chose darkness rather than
light" Men are condemned because they are
sinners, and they are driven into the pit Of
perdtion because they reject the Saviour.
THE CoNTRAsr.-A faithful Christian uses
the name of God reverently, spreads his word
before him, calls on him from the heart
praises him, confesses him.
The wicked man does exactly the contary;
treats Gods word as fable, blasphemes him,
curses men
A Christian holds the office of the preacher
dear, hears and learns Gods word with ear
nestness and diligence.
The wicked does the contrary despises the
DTedCucTS OlllCc, uSSllS NOu . Woiu ColOlSooiyj
or notat all.
A true Christian honors and obeys, for Gods
sake, parents, magistrates, ministers, teachers.
The other obeys not parents, serves and
helps them not, nay, dishonors, despises, and
troubles them; despises them when they are
old, infrm, and childish obeys not authority.
A man of true heartenvies not his neigh
Dor, speaks not evil Of him, bears no ill-will
against him, desires no revenge, helps him as
much as he can. ...-..
The other hates, envies, reoices in his
neighbours trouble, is busy with slanderous re-
ports
A God-fearing man lives temperately and
"hastey the other the contrary, in thought,
word. and act.
A gusd man maintains himself by labor,
lends, helps. and gives to the needy.
The other takes every advantage. A good
man speaks evil OF no. man-yea, even if he
knows that his neighbor is guilty, he covers
his sin with love.
The other backbites, detracts, misinterprets