Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-04-25

| hearted, and II men VIII only take tnelr
broken hearts TO him he can heal them.
There isn't solitary soul, that has burden
to bear, but can carry it to Christ and find
relief. There are great many daughters
of anlction and sons of sorrow here. If all
of them in this city were to march in here
and through the other door, they would not
all pass in a day. And how many of them,
If we had time for them to testify, would
tell how he has healed their hearts, how he
has come TO them in their hours of darknessl
He walked upon the waters and called TO his
disciples, ." 1t is / be not afraid Right
in the storm and in the midst of your afilic
ton he will come to you and give peace to
! your soul and cause you to rest in his love
Let me call your attention to this one truth
There was not a man or a woman that came
to Christ when upon earth, in person, with
any aiiliction or any sorrow, but he received
them aud healed them. If mother prays
for her boy that is going astray, she can get
her prayer answered. III there is son in
possession of the devil, a petition TO God for
him will be answered He heals every broken
heart if we will only draw near him. He
could do this while he was upon earth with
us. He has Just as much power now as he
had then If they will only come to him.
he will take them and he will bear their
burdens. He says, Cast your burdens upon
me-" He will heal every crushed, bruised
aud bleeding heart. How many are willing
to pour the sins of their heart out upon him
How many are praying to have the thorn re-
moved from their hearts; but o, how few
are praying for the grace to bear those thcrns.
Many mother is
STUMBLING OVER SOME LITTLE GRAVE.
was talking to lady in the inquiry
room recently-and hope she is here now
and she said she had "never sinned." Never
committed one sin in thought, word or deed
That was the first lady that ever met that
thought she was perfectly free from sin. !
was trying to get at her, and said, Have
you any children Z" She said, Yes, |
have boy, and | Just worship that boy"
You say you keep all the commandments
Why, you have broken the first one. You
are making an idol of that boy. That boy
is coming in between you and Christ"
Well, she said she couldn't help it. She Just
adored that boy. There is many father
and mother that are idolaters. We condemn
the poor heather for worshipping idols, and
yet here in cultivated, enlightened Boston,
there are many who are worshipping idols.
When parent is thus making a god of
child, isn't it a mercy that God takes that
child away2 If God permitted you to go
on in that way, wouldn't it be the ruin of
your soul ? have met great many moth
ers that have been obliged to say that it was
blessing that God had taken their children
away from them. There is no danger in
loving your children if you love Christ more.
Christ is to have the first place in our love
and affection, and he will then never leave
us in our hour of trouble and sorrow. If
you have been guilty of that sin today, O, |
will you just ask God to forgive you Jesus
Christ will come into you and be more to
you than that loved child. He can be more
to you than all you have lost. lie will be
your counsellor, your friend, your shepherd |
your comforter, if you will let him | once
knew mother who had seven children she |
worshipped them and she thought more OF |
them than she did of God and God took |
one of her children and she was only moved |
to hate him and he took another and still |
she did not bow to him or go to him for re-
lief and So he went on taking them unit |
there was but one left, and then God took |
that one. She said al never gave my heart
to God until the seventh one was taken |
And now | want to say that have come to |
him. and that he has made up that loss t.
me. | would rather be as | am, without |
children, and know that they are safe III |
Christ, than to be as was with them" God |
comes this day to you. just ask him to |
forgive you. Bring your heart TO him and |
he will bind it up and heal it; he will TAX
your burden upon him, and YOU can go on
rejoicing in new found Saviour. You
want to
GET CHRIST INTO YOUR HOMES.
There is woman have met within TWEEN
To-
and five children. She is not Christian
but if she will only take Christ into that
home and Just live for Christ, it won't be-
long before that husband is won to the
Saviour heard the story of father who
was an infidel and drunkard, and he had
little son who became a convert to Christ.
But his father forbade him to pray, and he
logged him for praying. But this didn't
stop it, and finally he said to the boy, " If
you continue to pray you must leave the
house" And the boy went and did up a
little bundle of clothes and went TO his
mother and said Goodbye, mother :" and
she said, "Why, where are you going ?" al
don't know" "Why, what do you mean ?"
Well father says he won't have me in the
house if am Christian, and must pray
to God" Well, the mother hated TO part
with him, but saw it would be no use to OPP
pose him; so she kissed him, and with tears
running down her cheeks she said " fare
we'll" And then the boy kissed his little
sister and held out his hand to his father
and said "Good-bye, father shall pray
for YOU" And as he went down street his
father couldn't stand it, aud he came running
down after him. and said, " Come back; if
that is religion, want it," The boy prayed
with him that night, and that drunkard and
that infidel was converted. This story Wis
IDLY affected many in the audience.] Ii
there is mother here that has dark home,
let her take Christ into it. If she has a
husband that hates her and hates the church,
God has the power to break that heart and
then heal it. o, may God help us to real
ize this TRUTH that God sent Christ into the
world to heal the heart. lie can heal every
broken heart in this assembly, every broken
heart in all Boston, If you will only bring
your crushed and wounded and bleeding
hearts TO him.