Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-03-14

lost dear ones, perhaps your children, and
when they went you couldn't help feeling
that Christ made room for them yonder in
His fold, and now won't you yourself receive
Him tonight 2 How He has blessed you in
the past, and for all lie has done for you,
won't you tonight say, 81 now surrender
my body, my soul, my heart, my all, for
thee. This night thou shalt be mine and |
will be thine" o make room for Him in
your heart, and there will be shout of
Joy around the throne of heaven over your
salvation.
MAKE ROOM FOR CHRIST
viii you not make room for Him now
There are dark days coming upon you, my
friends. Days when you will need some one
to bind up your broken hearts. He says lie
has come to bind up broken hearts. He
wants you to make room in your hearts for
Him. If you receive Him now He will not
desert you in time of darkness and trouble.
He will save you from sin if you will only
give Him place in your hearts. The mo-
ment you make room for Him He will come
He will be with you when you die. What
will you do when you stand by the swelling
waves of the Jordan if you have not Christ ?
You may have praying friends and brothers,
but they cannot go with you. They may
they cannot pass over with you. You will
have to cross it alone if you do not have
Christ. o, take Him and He will be with
you in your hours of trial and sorrow and
death, for He has promised TO be with us if
wo only teko Hin, our companion. Not
only that, but He says +" will raise you up
at the last day." Make room for Him |
in your heart and you will one day hear
His voice, the voice of the Son OF God |
and come forth as Lazarus did. 81 CO."
lie says, :" to prepare mansions in that
kingdom of bliss for you, if you will only |
make room for me here. If you will only
make room for me in your black, vile hearts,
| will make room for you in the mansions
yonder in the skies" The best thing you
can do, my friends, is to make room for
Christ in your hearts, How quick He will |
come if you will only have Him. Now that
is the question. Have you got room for
lIimP You must answer that yourselves
The question is, " Have you got room in |
your heart for the Son of God to-day, and |
are you willing to let Him come in there
and abide there 2" He has come many a
time, knocking and pleading for admttance,
and you have not admitted Him. You have
not given Him one look of recognition for
all that He has done for you. | once heard
of a mother who had an only child, and the
child was an idiot. The mother watched
over it and never left it and never let it
want for anything, and one day a neighbor
came in and found her weeping, and asked
her what she was weeping for, and the poor
woman replied Z" have been taking care
of that child fourteen years, ever since it
was born. have taken her into my own
room and been up with her nights and done
everything for her. and now she doesn't
know me from you or any other stranger.
Oh, if that child would Just recognize me,
just give me one look to show she knows me
from any one else. She obeys me, she fol-
lows me, but she never gave me one look of
recognition for all that | have done for her."
Oh, how that can be said of many who have
known Christ for years, but have never said,
g" thank thee for coming into this world to
save me-" He has showered blessings upon
you, but still you keep Him out of your
hearts. People talk to you, but you turn a
deaf ear You have no room for Christ.
Oh, may God help you to make room in your
hearts for Christ, and to say, =" Lord Jesus,
receive thee into my heart now and make
room for thee. That is what we mean by
personal Saviour. When Christ comes into
our hearts He takes full possession and then
there is peace and joy and gladness. Invite
Him and see how quick He will come. In
vite Him to take place in your heart. Re
ceive Him now and He will never leave you
in the hour of calamity and aiiliction and
death He will be with you