Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-05

you for high and holy uses, should perish be-
fore you have found Christi A heavy fall. an
accidental stroke on the head, a sudden afllc-
ton for which you are not ready may kill
your intellect, and so your last chance for
heaven pass away, though you should live on
for many q year.
In the great populations that occupv the
asylums OF the country or are carefully
guarded in private dwellings, are hundreds of
men and women who expected some day to be
Christians. They had abundance of time,
they thought; but mental disorders dropped
upon them before they had decided the mat
ter, and although now they are irresponsible
and shall not be brought to account for any
thing they do under this mental eclipse, yet
they shall at last be called into Judgment for
the long years of mental health, when they
neglected the Gospel. What will become of
them leave you to judge. While your reason
acts, put 1t to the grandest use. Look out
how you carry the magnificent torch OF your
intellect, lest God put it out in darkness for
ever. The Kings business requires haste.
would nave you regard the text because
you may nave come near TO the end OF Gods
patience. There can be no doubt that some
men in youth or mid-life or old age, so aggra-
yatlngly reject the gospel that God lets them
alone. They slam the door of their soul in
Gods face and tell him to be gone: then
when they call afler Him to come back, He
will not come. Eternal affront has been
given and In that book where no erasures are
made, the mans name is put down among the
doomed. Cross the line that divides Gods
mercy from His wrath-step but one inch
over and you are as badly of as if you went
ten thousand furl0ngs. Before the iron bolt
fastens the door against you, you had better
go in. Before the last boat sails for heaven
you had better get on board. Haste thee out
OF thy sin into the pardon OF God. The
Kings business requires haste.
Have regard to the suggestion of the text,
because your life may Unexpectedly termi-
nate. We are trading on a borrowed capital
OF years that may in moment be called in.
There is no map OF the great future into
which we are travelling. No explorer has
been ahead and come back to tell us how it is
Each one feels his way along the path, not
come from the jungle. There are so many
ways of getting out of life-by fall, by slip, by
assassination, by malaria, by Over-eXertion,
by insidious disease, by misplaced railroad
switch, by rotten bridge, by fractious horse.
by falling wall. No man goes when
he expected nor as he expected.
Suddenly the pulses stop drumming
the life march. Suddenly the curtain
falls and the lights are put out. We change
worlds quicker than 1 can drop a handker-
chief from one hand into the other. at one
tick OF the watch we are in time, the next we
are In eternity. What if we die before we are
ready? What if, with all our sins unforgiven,
we rush into the presence of the omnpotent
G0d, before whom sin IS utterly lOathSome?
Can you imagine the chill of that moment or
the horror of that undOing? What! Twenty
thirty, forty years to repent in, and yet not
have attended to it.! Beyond the dead line
there is no rectifcatiOn of blunders. In the
grave IneTe lb no place 10 pray. Inc rluer Oh
the pale horse spurs on his steed, and in
moment he may be pounding at the gate for
admittance. What thy hand findeth to do, do
it with all thy might. Do it now. The Kings
business requires haste.
There is a sea flower called the "Opelet"
which spreads abroad its petals beautifully.
but 1t Is very poisonous, and the little fish
that touches 1t struggles but moment and
then dies, and other petals of the same
hover noating in the water wrap around the
fish and pull it down into the deadly bosom
OF the flower. That is what is the matter
with some of you. Sin is an attractive flower,
and 1t glOws and waves beautifully before the
soul, but no sooner do you touch it than you
are poisoned and must be swallowed up, un-
less we may sweep you away and sweep you
up in this net of the Gospel. Don't you see
that the tides of worldliness are setting
against you? Don't you see that there are in
huences at work to destroy you forever?
Haste ye to Jesus. the only refuge. The next
moment may be worth to thee an eternity. The
Kings business requires haste.
Hear this music that drops straight from
heaven: "Come unto me all ye that labor and
are heavy laden and will give you rest"
''Art thou weary Art thou languidP Art
thou sore distressed?
Come to me, saith One-and coming, be at
rest.
If ask him to receive me, will he say me
nay?
Not till earth and not till heaven pass away.
Finding, following, keeping, struggling, is he
sure to bless?
Saints, APOSTLES, prophets, martyrs, answer
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