Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-04-11

t1ll the HOOD came ana UOOK tntIn All away
Judgment came suddenly. You Will find
when God has risen to judge the world he
will come suddenly. Bear in mind, some in
this vast assembly are spending their last
year on earth, and some their last month.
But the last star had come to these ante
dluvians, the last month had come, the last
week had come, the last day had come, and
now the last hour had come. The sun has
gone down and they have seen it for the last
time. When it shall rise the next morning
the clouds shall obscure ii from their faces
! don't know what time the storm set in,
but can imagine it was midnight. They
heard the rolling thunder, and perhaps the
women at first were alarmed, and then the
children began to grow frightened. IL kept
on raining, and not only did it rain, but the
fountains of the deep were broken up, and
the great ocean burst its chains and flowed
over its banks and the rivers began to SWELL
The people who lived on the low lands now
began to climb up the mountain side. But
the storm didn't abate. And. my friends,
that storm was not twenty hours, no, it was
not ten hours, before that ark of Noah was
worth more than all the world put together.
So, time is coming that Christ will be
worth more to each one of us than the
NuOlt NOilu lOl tit It9NtIo blu NhN Noi WI
are to be destroyed, they shall roll together
like scroll. If we have an interest in
Christ, and if we are hid in his ark, it will
be worth more than ten thousand worlds
like this. But the storm RACES. have no
doubt but that a crowd gathered around the
ark and cried to Noah, Let us ill.," But
there came a voice from within "God has
shut the door, cannot open it. The Lord
has shut me in." The people began to build
boats, but the storm did not abate. Busi-
ness was all suspended the first day.
GOD NO REsPEcTER OF PERSONS.
Bear in mind there was no distinction be-
tween their great men and their little men
their mighty men and their wise men; their
learned and unlearned, they all perished
alike. Every man outside the ark was
swept away. The ark was the only safe
place of refuge, and they had Knocked and
made light and ridiculed Noah and his en-
treaties. and now they must perish. | have
no doubt they cried for mercy, but it was
too late. People now cavil at religion. They
scoff at the God of Noah they cavil at peo-
Pile; they make light of these tabernacle
services; but oh my friends, the time is
coming when these scoffers will pray; and
they will cry out to God for mercy; but we
are told in Scripture that the time is com
ing when it will be too late. Then prayers
Will not be heard; then prayers will not be
answered. You to-day are on praying
ground; to-day you can iptercede with God
if you will. Everything may be very pros
porous, but oh how suddenly judgment
may come. 1t may come to some of us here
to-day it may be that some of us here to-
day are hearing our last invitation to come
into the ark. Let me extend it to you again ;
4" Come thou and all thy house into the ark. ="
Mother, is your child in the ark ? Are all
the children God has given you in the ark
| like the text because it takes in the whole
family. God didn't want Noah to leave out
one OF his family. What would have been
Noah's feelings if one of his children had
been in the deluge. Ah my friends, think
of it, if your son or daughter should die out
side OF the ark ; isn't it something you will
carry down to your grave with you? 1t
seems TO me it is a harvest time in Boston
at the present hour and every mother,
every wife, that has got an unconverted son
or unconverted husband, ought to be aux-
ious to get them into the ark. To-day is
the day of mercy. God wants to deal with
us in mercy, and he is here to seek aud to
save, aud you can come iuto the ark if you
will.
THE VICTIMS OF uNBELIEF'
But look at the victims in the deluge
You can see that mother with her little boy
climbing to the mountain top These scot
fers all must perish. Their cry for mercy i,
too late. They can see the loved ones swept
away. One wave comes up and takes on,
little child. and another takes another. anc
the father is washed away and then tn,
mother What a cry pierces heaven Oh
INV friends, Judgment has set ill., and whel
Judgment does come it is too late to cry fol
mercy. That fearful night is coming on.
is only question of time. A little more,
few years, and this whole assembly will b,
gone You or NAV be summoned to-da,
by God where would you be if you were t,
die by an accident to-day 7 would you be in
side the ark or outside of it You canno
die both inside and out at the same .lme
You must be either inside or out, The ques
tlon is. "Where be yeF If Gcd should
summon any one OF you now, have you
hope beyond the grave aud ii we are cale'
should we lind ourselves III the ark |
Mary In the ark! Is Julia IN the arkf Jane,
are you N the ark Mothers how Is 1t VIII
the children that God has gwen you, ar
they III the ark and II God should call 20
can you say that your children have all bee
won to the Saviour can you say, hav
won them all to the Masterf We must nc
only get into the ark ourselves, but we mus
win our children into it. God does not wal
the children in hell while you are singing /
glory. MIR. Moody then related the story
two brothers who enlisted IN the army, an
one was shot, aud when he was dying h
said, An, this is glorious And his brotht
said, What is glorious st is gloriol
to die looking up Aud he sent back wor
to his mother that he died Christian. lilo
that message must have cheered that mother
heart. II you are not III yourself, mother
don't go out OF this hall T.; don't go away tro
the inquiry room till you have accepted jest
Christ till you know that you have passe