Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-03-26

MAKE ROOM FOR CHRIST.

Will 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. lie says He 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 moment 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 Jor-
day if you have not Christ You may
have praying friends and brothers, but
they cannot 60 with you. They may
come down to the brink of the Jordan,
but 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 prom
ised to be with us if we only take Him
as our companion. Not only that, but
He says, al 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. Il CO." He
says, Ito prepare mansions in that king
dom 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 Him? You must
answer that yourselves. The question
is. "Have you got room for the Son of
God to-day, and are you willing to let
Him come in there and abide there ?
'~-h--- cana MANY time, knocking and
pleading for admittance, and you nave,
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 aud never left it aud never let it
want for anything, and one day neigh
Dor came in and found her weeping and
asked her what she was weeping for, and
the poor woman replied: 81 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 che 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 follows me,
but she never gave me one look of rec.
ignition for all that have done for her. .
Oh, how can that be said of many who
have known Christ for years, but have
never said, II thank thee for coming int
this world to save me-" He has shower
ed blessings upon you, but still you keel
Him out of your hearts. People talk II
you, but you turn deaf ear. You have
no room for Christ. Oh, may God hell
you to make room in your hearts fo
Christ, and to say, "Lord Jesus, re
ceive thee into my heart now and max,
room for thee" That is what we meal
by personal Saviour. When Chris
comes into our hearts He takes full pos
session and then there is peace and 10.
and gladness. Invite Him and see hoy
quick He Will come. Invite Him to tax
place in your heart. Receive Him nov
and He will never leave you; in tn
hour of calamity and affection and dealt
He will be with you.-Moody.