The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-07-08

they never laugh in heaven. / do not
know where he got his authority for that.
l think they do laugh in heaven. When
victors come home do we not laughP
When fortunes are won in a day, do we
not laugh? After we have been ten Or
fifteen years away from our friends, and
we greet them again, do we not laugh?
Not hollow, meaningless laughter, but a
full, round, clear, deep, resonant out
break Of eternal gladness. Oh, the glee
of tn moment when we first see Jesus!
/ think we will take the first two or
three years in heaven to look at Jesus;
and if, in ten thousand years, there sho'd
be o moment when the ~doxology paused
then ten thousand souls would cry out:
"Sing, singl" And when the cry was:
"What shall we singP" the answer would
be: "Jesusl" Oh, you may have all the
crowns in heaven; l do not care so much
about them. You may have all the
robes in heaven; l do not care SO much
about them; you may have all the scep-
ters in heaven, and all the thrones, but
give me Jesus, that is enough heaven for
me. o, Jesusl | long to see Jesus. Thou
chief among ten thousand, the one alto
gether lovely"
There may be some in this house who
have come in this morning, hardly
knowing why they have come. Perhaps
it was as in Paul's time-you have come
in to hear what this babbler sayeth; but
| am glad to meet you face to face, and
to strike hands with you in an earnest
| talk about your deathless spirit. Do you
know, my friend, this world is not good
enough for you? 1t cheats, it fades, and
dies. You are immortal. l see it in the
deathless spirit looking out from your
eve 1t beats against the window of the
cage; I come out to feed it. During the
past week the world has been trying to
feed it on husks. | come out this morn.
ing to feed it with that bread of which,
if a man eat, he will never hunger.
What has the world done for your Has
it not bruised you, betrayed you, NAL.
treated you? Look me in the eye, i'm
mortal man, and tell me if that is not so?
l wish you could forget me, the weak
and sinful man-that | might vanish out
of your sight this morning, that Jesus
might come in. He comes covered with
the wounds of Calvary, pleading for your
soul. He says: "Oh, immortal man; l
died for you; l pity you; | come to save
you; l will lift you up into pleasures that
never die" Who will reject-who will
drive Him back? You cruelty by your
sin, %impenltent man, the Lord Jesus
Christ. Here is a cross; but where are
the nails, and hammersP "0h, l will
furnish the nails, l don't believe in that
Jesus" says some one, rejecting Jesus,
Now we have nails, who will furnish the
hammer 10, l will furnish the ham,
mers," says some hard heart. We have
no spears; who will furnish themP "0h,
1 will furnish then" says some one long
in the habit of sin and rejection of Gods
mercy. Now we have all the instru-
ments-the cross, the nails. the ham.
mers, the spears-and the C%ruciixion
goes on. Oh, the darknessl Oh, the
pangl Oh, the tearsl Oh, the death.
"Behold the Lamb of God that taketh
away the sins of the world"
Lord Jesus, help that man. He sits
far back to-day. He does not like to
come forward, He feels strange in a re-
ligious assemblage. He thinks, perhaps,
we do not want him. 0 Jesus, take that
trembling hand. Put thine ear to that
agitated heart and hear it beat. Oh, lift
the iron gate of that prison house and
let that man 60 free.
Lord Jesus, help that woman. She is
a wanderer. No tears can she weep. See
Lord Jesus, that polluted soul-see that
blistered foot. No church for her; no
D1cd ohaar fop bar, No hnnn for bar Ia.
sus, go to that soul. Thou will not stone
her. Let the red hot chain that burns
to the bone till the bloody ichor Kisses
in the heat, snap at Thy touch. Oh, nav
mercy on Mary Magdalen!
Lord Jesus, help that young man. He
took money out of his employers till.
Didst thou see it2 The clerks all gone.
The lights we're down; the shutters were
up. Didst Thou see it? Oh, let him not
fall into the pit. Remembered thou not
his mothers prayers? She can pray for
him no more, Lord Jesus, touch him on
the shoulder. Touch him on the heart.
Lord, save that young man; there are
many young men here. l got a letter
from one of them who is probably here
to-day, and | shall have no other oppor-
tunity Of answering that letter, You
say you believe in me; do you believe in
Jesus2 | cannot save you; ] esus can. He
wants and waits to save you; and He
comes to-day to save you, Will you not
have himP | do not know what our
young men do without Christ; how they
get on amid all the temptations and tri-
ais to which they are subjected, Oh,
young man, come to Christ to 'day, and
put your soul and your interest for this
life and the next into His keeping, In
olden times, you know, a Cup.bearer
would bring wine or water to the King,
first tasting it himself, showing there
was no poison in tt, then passing it to the
King, who would drink it. The highest
honor l ask is that | may be %cup.bearer
to-day to your soul, l bring you this
water of everlasting life. l have been
drinking it. There is no poison i. it; it
will do you no harm; it has never done
me any harm. Oh, drink of the water
that Jesus gives, and live forever Come
to the living fountain, without money
and without price. That fountain shall
be to you a we'll of water ~springing up
unto everlasting life. And now let that
aged man bow his head, and that poo.
widowed soul bury her face in her hand
kerChief, and these children fold their
hands in prayer, while we commend you
to Him who was wounded for our trans
gres ions, and bruised for our iniquities;
for to you which believe, he is precious"