Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-11-07

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Hudson River Railroad at the point
where the engineer of the lightning
express train can't see more than q
hundred rods ahead to the form that
lies acrosa the track. He may whistle
down breaks, but not soon enough to
disappoint the one who seeks her
death. Will not God forgive? Yes,
but man will not; woman will not;
society will not; the church says it
will, but j: will not. Our work must
be prevention rather than cure. 1t
is not so much that may persuade
one that has fallen to crawl up as to
warn those who are going too near
the edge.
THE EFFECTS OF HIS SERMON.
But what is the use of these SER
mons?I say-much, everywhere. am
greatly obliged ts you gentlemen of
the press who haze fairly. reported
what l say on these occasions, to the
press of this city and New York end
other prominent cities. thank you
for the almost universal fairness with
which you have presented what have
had to say. But of course among tte
educated journalists who sit at these
tables and who have been sitting here
for four or Eve years there is a fool
or two that don understand his busi-
ness. [Greatr laughter But that
ought not to discourge the great news
paper press or the great enterprise of
the literature of the day. s.
I thank, also, those who have by
letters cheered me in this work. Let
ters have been coming to me from all
parts of the country, about one out
of hundred condemnatory' One /
got yesterday from man who said he
thought my sermon would do great
damage, they would arouse suspicion
in many families as to where the head
of the family spenthisevenings Twas
sorry the letter was apony nous. If
had known whom it was from 1 would
have written letter to that mans
wife telling her to put detective on
her husbands track, for / know right
we'll he was going to bad places.
Laughter.
THE FINAL BATTLE. .
You say there is nothing TO do
away with these iniquities you can
not resist them. Stupid man, what
does my tex9 say2 The Bible ut1ers
Its denunciation against sin, but the
piety of to-day is such namby-p PAM
by sort of thing you can't even quote
the scripture without making some
body restless. As long as this holy
imbeciIity reigns sin will laugh us to
scorn. Now, aliusion to sin must be
in tone apologeticl 1 put my foot
down on all the conventional rhetoric
on this subject and tell you plainly
that unless you give up your sin your
doom is sealed. In the besiegement
of the gates of hell we want no soft
sentiment lists, but men who are
willing to give and take hard knocks.
The gates of GAIA were carried of,
the gates of Thebes we're battered
Gowa, the gates of Babylon were de-
stroyed and the gates of hell shall be
Frustrated. A christianized printing
press shall be rolled up as the chief
hattering ram, and there will be
long line of aroused puipits which
shall be the assailing fortresses, and
Gods red-hot truth shall be the fly
ing ammunition of the contest. Then
the sappers aud the miners will lay
the train beneath the foundations of
sin, and at just the right time the.
Lord, who leads the fray, will cry
''Down with the gates and the ex-
plosion beneath will be answered by
all the trumpets of God ON high ceie-
brating the universal victory.
GOD WILL FORGIVE. ras
There may be in this house one
wanderer who would like to have q
word calling her back, and can't sit
down till 1 have Grreas'ad that word.
1 know that God will Z short y ~ onI
the wanderer who woul use to come
back to the Lord of infinite love. One
cold Christmas night poor girl left
her fathers house. She was attract
ed by the warmth and light of o church
one night years after and entered.
rheminister was preaching oiHim who
was wounded for her transgressions
and bruised for iniquities. She went
out and returned to her old home. If
her mother was glad to get her back
God was glad to get her back. There
she lay dying, and just before the
moment of her departure she wept and
prayed that the mercy of God would
alight upon her soul. And there she
lay upon the the bosom of her par
doning Jesus. So the Lord took
back one whom the world rejected. q
In Europe they do not seem to
have the delicate consider alton for
rascsily financiers that is shown in
this country. The directors and
officers of the defuct City Of Glasgow
bank, London telegram announces,
have been put in jail to await trial on
charge CT fraud and theft. Tie friends