, 1876-10-16

he pronounced the benctiietIon. ulitl The alt!}-
cnce we're going out. But. @way Ink In tho
gallery was thai r'y, Tho fatiier I'LL rat fGr
kaw him eu,.lTng fnwnrs tic pulpit, AMI .shcn
Tint father saw. u was hs hoy lie ran t"
hItn and threw ltiA loving nr'na around lf,n,
md md to'k s, him , to T.. , lo,oi il y. terc.,a !tl
s .vsryar 5ay 's and % s"" lii lin ei si q M . irsvs sns,
Oh, backslder, th!s Is faint illustration NJ
what tisul will 10 for yo,i.. Only acknowledge
r, y3'Ir inlqnlty aud lie VIII forgive you fFrtly.
Is1e L. "ne popularity ahont kaekflitlers Thny
lett yoM. ] never heanl o rnan say tlnt: Cod
llmi left and deserted him. II there Is back
slider here tell lltm lie llas turned awny from
uoa, n. turned his back towards tioi. Go,l
viii he Joy II, Heaven thls afternoon
II one paorr !asktlhl.r rcturns. II YOU will
nnly treat Gotl' nr ch'i>t, rs personal friend,
won't be ono l'aeisltl,r where there are hun.
t1rcti nov. wifi tell. YOU of a rule hayc lsad
f"r nurnher nf ycars, Just ns II lie waa nc'i,-
lcr u my nwn talni's,-a rial personal friend.
one. "Aa many as receive n,c,'.-,hat moment
rot 1EC0ME CHRISTIANS.
Wc receive Christ M 't,,. anl @ trcat iIlsr like
away, BID my vile md children som!:hy. ard
tnk, my friends BY tic lla,,'.. and lid them
E,xni-by. Dill you crsr hear uf tie poor lack-
alder 'bi!i,ilng The Lord Jesus go.nl.hyl did
tn. "n Ills snccs, and saying to the Lord Jesus
~ have roMc 10 bid ynu good.by hive becn
fu.yonr company ten years, and hare loved your
Heryire, hut now It llns become tedious, and
yolr sci ycr, and have rome to lid yo,, fare
well. nm going back 10 the worli. Good
by, Lord Jesus.'' Did you cyer hear
Of any unc doing tl'at9 ! never ,l!a. They
saying q VOID, turning thr'r, bas|;s on God:
Oll, hackseldcrt come hot!cl ''Whcre art
thoal" Are you happyt Just think Of yo,lr
| present condition Look oytr the past ten
years Of your wandering ir1'M tiotli llnve they
Tcn % ,tonsand tites hu not A }oi.' III 'ow @ they i've
nut, every ono Of you. Every barkfltlcr
knows what fay Is true. lie has had M
Lo1d Jesus, lic wIll e!yc Nm loy, and peace,
HIS ellrattun.
But must hasten OH. The next class arc The
unsnyrti, ~ the rightcous are scarrely saved,
] Will admit that protesting Christians have
| falltn. We arc fur from Ltt,lg wAat We ought
to be. We urc go iar frun' Christ. WcwEli twn
r., my friends. Is that nl,y reason why
va yca ,''.'1 s,Gnld not vo come to .n. Him!
ourselves. ii VIC ifd. sou would then lave u u
reason for not coming. We preach Christ unil
ns|; you 10 como to Hin. There Is NO reusun In
! the world
WHY rot SHOULD NOT.
You must te born ot the Spirit. # t;ou have
not Christ you have not been borr If tAe Spirit.
I Jesus asks you today, my trtends, "Whcsc nfe
yoi'" nm " this hull today, surrounded
v vaas9r Fayhns hsfe 'ss r. y "y fS ess 'as tn S5
seems 10 me that liz w"r,ls lin, fail
from my ltpss fall right down on
Of The people at all. ii other @ times there re Il il
Splrit OF prayer in the meeting, and feel IT'S
power. There arc nluny people here to-tlny who
nre praying. You can tell II 1T the atmosphere.
Tie spirit, Of God II here. toslny., rrayer Is
beside YOU IL praying, for yuur salvation this
your salvation. All thu timc l have bccn
preaching lie has been ptaying that The sert,oi
saved. Jesus asks. this day, t.Whcrc a.n
III Rejecting a,lt1 resisting the prayers uf ,uy
loving. trlc1NlH; fraInrling the prayers of il
saintcd mother under my feet; trasnp1iug tho
&c Ienest. An ] not .aikng u d hundreds II
/ people in this audience tliat matc II pronliEr,
perfiaps tive, ter, fifteen, twenty years asui
Ditlu't you mike pro1nisc to tiofl thut yuu
would bcconse II Chrlstiani Are there nut niany
they would give themselves to Go1; tint t!lcy
would serve Hint rerllaps they were slcIi
md Thought they i.o wese ,,, tlyins, and
ay well 1 tey would @ 1@s n%q avs e, o 1ss tsps
that vowl Have You kept that prolnisei Ol,,
sinner, where nrt thouf'' Are you trnvelin.;
with God towards Heaven; arc you making
light Of all Ills offers VI mesey; a'',l are YOU
turning your buck upuh your friends, unl zcul-
n1pIcuLlxa, AND 1ArGulSo
nt serious thingst Ui! muy the iusl Of Heaven
have mercy upon you ,s+'ay, aud ,n'ay. your
Heaven that He nlay have merry upon your soul
! and cave youi
| The past two nr three years seem Il, nc to be
!l.e most solemn Xsars IT my liic., iolI know
the middle of lilc. ,may live The nlIostctl lfc
| Of tllrce-scorc-aml-tcn. A,orc. tim luif OF my
lie IL iouc, and mn on tho decline Ut life,
a asstabs, b who, presume laSr pa"sed % tSe h 'p top
Of tic hill, who a1e thirty or forty years nll, anil
are MT set saved. suppose you halt now,
iu,s,tt i,,t, for fey y, moments, al, a;M , as!! Jesus
the hiIl from whence yoq came,
Look back towards the cradle. Don't you re-
member ten years ago tic sermons that yo,t
used TO hear moved you thent They DO not
move yon now. What Is ths troublet Don't
inEnowl Don't you bcl,cye It: Thu trouble Ii
not Will, the minister's Hrr1nons It Ia with your
lard heart. The 9sospel preaehes ll!c unto life,
allu uCAln nlIlo uCNkN. 1Du nAfG licnf4 tllG
Gospel and rejected It. The sermons YOU lltur.l
ten years ngo make ~ impression upon
tiol,'t you sec there Ia Il tombstone
tI,ut marks the rcsting-l1acc Of loved mother.
Ten years uEo you bud !. praying mother upon
went into l,er closet to pray for yor. ller pray
cru Oh earth are ended. oh, sinner, where urt
thoui That nsotllcr las gone down to her grave
praying for you, and yvt you arc unsavctl. 1t
may bv os you look along down thu stream of
time, down the httl Of lfu you SEQ short grave
that marks the rcsting-plucu ot little child.
When tl.at litt!c child WIS taken away from
you, II may he sl.t called upon you TO
| HER BEDSIDE,
and took you by thu hand, mil aall. "Father,
won't you meet me III heayens" AMI didn't
yul promise that child that yo,, would NEE. her
III tho glory land; m! dill you promise Gud
When TINT great ullictfon calle, wien you stood
bcsldu the open grave nl!tl looked down into it
mud saw the little form fer tho lust time, didn't
you promise tod that you would serve lin, /
Five, trn,. fifteen, twenty years may-hu
have rolled awny, ana yoa have not kert
| that promise. Oil stlner wllGre ure y0,it Ain
/ yuu going to rcreiye: Judgment Witlmut tilal