The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-02-24
Thev kissed each other. Than

gether They kissed each other. Thank
God tonight they are both in the fold. |
hope many a mother will enter the ark this
afternoon, and will get their children to en-
ter the ark just think again for mo-
ment What would have been Noah 5
feelings, as he rode away on the judgment
waves, if one of those sons had been left
out on the dark mountains, as he thought
Of his loved boy and of those judgment
waves, how they were dashing over the
ifeless corpse Of his loved boy? Oh !!
Mother, viii YOU not come into that ark to,
day, and, rs the eternal ages roll on, be sure
that your children are saved BE sure
that you are not only in the ark yourselves,
but the children that God has given you.
for the promise is not only to us, but to
cur children. You Will not stand in the
way Of your children. I heard Of mother
this last week that took her daughter away
frcm these meetings, because she was afraid
that she would become Il Christian. She!
stood in her way. Is there mother here
to-day that is now hindering her child is
there "a mother that would say to her daugh-
ter: Don't 20 to that inquiry-room to-
n u.
There is time enough for you?" VIII you
not unite with me, dear parents, and pray
10 God that your children will be saved
this afternoon that this last Sabbth OF 1875
they may be brought into the ark You
may have spent d Merry Christmas this
year around your family board but there
must have been thought stealing over you
that some will he gone before another
Christmas. And many III this audience
will be gone before another year has rolled
around. Two years ago we were in Edin- !
b0ygh. We finished our work at about the
close Of the year. The last night OF the !
old year | was pleading with them to come
10 Christ and settle the question then and
there. There was young lady to return
home that week She had finished her
education and she was going back to Aber-
doen. The Spirit Of God touched her heart,
AMI she entered the hingdom Of GOD. The
next day she Went to one Of the ministers,
and SAID: Can you give me something
10 do Z lie gave her some tracts to dis
tribute. She vent to work, and the next
day she came to the meeting for the last
time. She got all her things packed the
next morning and was going back to Aber-
deem. She got into the railway carriage
She had one Of our little hymn-books open
1t her fIvorite hymn-the hymn that Mr.
Sank Y sang this afternoon: There IS
gate aiar for me- At Emanuel junction ,
there was collision, and poor Mary Mag
dalen was crushed. We were ut Dundee
We had just gone there. We heard the
sad news that one Of the young converts OF
Edinburgh had already got home. She was
Jdst dying and when we made inquiries
we found her own blood had marked the
hymn, and that she had died singing that
sweet hymn, The gate ; ajar for lie, for
me" Those were her last words 1t Is
not glorious news? The gates are aiar
this afternoon. You can enter, if YOU will
All cf you can enter now. | do not know
when these gates will be closed. | DO not
known when the day Will end for you But
as for me, thank GUd, believe am in the {
ark. And if there should be IN accident,
and l should be swept away suddenly, I
have glorious hope Of immortality l wish
every one had that hope. Every one oil
yau can have it. You can be saved this
afternoon, if You will accept that invitation
Come now, and all your house. YoungI
jsdy, won't You come? Mother, won't you 2
cana? Won't you lead the way? Come
iu-o the ark now. Accept salvation as
g'fr. Christ stands at the very door Of the
heart Hark ready and willing to come
in and save you. if you will let him That
Inany souls viii come into the ark today Is
my prayer. Let Us pray.