The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-03-24

and after they had run out there was
nothing to touch the depths Of very
bad case. If they were hunting and got
off the track Of the deer, they would look
longer among the brakes and bushes for
the lost game than they have been look.
ing for that lost soul. People tell us that II
a man has the delirium tremens twice he
cannot be reClaime, that after woman
has fallen from her integrity she cannot
be restored. The Bible has distinctly
intimated that the Lord Almighty Is
ready to pardon four hundred and ninety
times; that is seventy times seven.
There are men before the throne OF God
who have wallowed in every kind Of sin,
but saved by the grace of Jesus, and
washed in his blood, they stand there ra
diant now. There are those who plunged
into the very lowest ofhells OF Elm street,
New York, who have for the tenth time
been lifted up, and finally, by the grace
of God, they stand in heaven glorlously
rescued by the grace promised to the
chief of sinners. want to tell you that
God loves to take hold of very bad case.
When the church casts you of; and
when the Club-room casts you OF; and
when society casts you of; and wlen
business associates cast you t;and when
father casts you of; and when mother
casts you off; and when every
body cass you of; your first cry for
help will bend the eternal God clear
down into the ditch of your suffering and
shame, The Good Templars cannot save
you, although they are grand institu
ton; the Sons of Temperance cannotsave
you, although they are mighty for good
Signing the temperance pledge cannot
save you, although | believe in it. Moth,
ing but the grace of the eternal God
can save you, and that will II
you throw yourself on it. For everv
man given to strong drink there
are scores Of traps set. They talk about
the CataCombs of Naples; and the cata,
combs of Rome; and the catacombs OF
Egypt--the burial places under the
city where the dust of great multitude
lies; but tell you Brooklyn has it's cat.
acombs and New York it's CataCombS and
Boston its CatacOmbs and Philadtl
phia it's Catacombs. They IRE the
underground restaurants, full of dead
mems bones and all unCleanliness. Young
man, you know i'll God help youl There
is no need of going into the Art Gal
lery to see in skillful sculpture
that wonderful representation of a
man and his sons wound around with
serpents. There are families repre-.
sented in this house this morning that
are wrapped in the martyrdom of fang
and scale and venom-a living laoCooH
of ghastiness and horror. What are
you to do? am not speaking into the air.
am talking this morning to hundreds
of men who must be saved byChrist's gos
pei or never saved at all. What are you
going to doP Do not put your trust in
bromide Of potassium or Jamaica ginger,
or any hing that apotheCaries can mix
Put your trust only in the Eternal God
and he will see you through. Some ofyou
do not have temptations every day. II
is periodic temptation that comes ev
cry six weeks, or every three months
and it seems as if the powers of dark
ness kinded about your tongue the fires
of the pit. 1t is well enough at such
time to seek medical counsel, but your
most impOrtunate cry must be to God.
While have hope for all prodgals, there
are some people in this house this morn.
ing whom l give up as lost; | mean those
who lave been church goers all their
lives; who have maintained outward mo
rality; but who, Notwithstanding TWEEN
ty, thirty, forty years of Chris ian advaR-
ges, have never yielded their heart to
Christ They are gospel hardened. l
could call their names now, and If they
would rise up, they would rise up in
scores. Gospel-hardenedl A sermon
has no more effect upon them than
the shining Of the moon on the city
pavement. AS Christ says, "Publicsns
and harlots will 60 into the kingdom
of heaven before them" They have re-
sisted all the importantly of divine
mercy, and have gone during these thirty
years through most powerful earthquakes
Of religious feeling, and they are fur
ther away from God than ever. After
awhile they will lie down sick and some
day it will be told that they are dead
No hopeI
But l turn to outsiders with a hope
that thrills through my body and soul.
Other sheep l have which are not
OF this fold" You are not gos
You have not heard |
or read many sermons during tie last
few years, as you came in, all The servi.
ces were suggestive of your early days. |
How sweet the opening hymn sounded |
in your ears; and how blessed it is in
this plaCe-everything suggestive of |
heaven. You do not weep, but the |
shower is not far of. Yor sigh, and you
have noticed that there is always a sigh |
in the wind before the rain falls. There |
are those here who would give anything
if they could find relief in tears. They |
say, "Oh, my wasted lifel Oh, the bitter
past Oh, the graves over which | have |
Whittier shall l hyP Alas, for |
the future! Everything is dark-so dark,
so dark. God help me; God pity mel"
Thank the Lord for that last utteranCe.
You have begun to pray; and when
a man begins to petition, it sets all |
heaven flying this way, and God |
steps in and beats back the hounds
of temptation to their kennel, and |
around about the poor, wounded soul
puts the covert of his pardOning
mercy, Hark, hear something
fall What was thatP 1t is the bars of the
fence around the sheep fold. The Shep-
herd let's them down, and the hunted
sheep of the mountain bound in; some of
them their fleece torn with the BRAN.
bles; some of them their feet lame with
the dogs, but bounding in. Thank Godl
"Other sheep l have which are not of
this fold"
d DONKEYANA AND HORSE NOTES.
From the Mansfield, Ohio, Lberal