Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-06

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You say, that seems 10 take all troubles
away" Why, that is what / came here
for IA Christ's name. | want TO gather
your troubles in "a great pile and set them
OF FIRE, and ask gales from heaven TO blow
even the ashes away. What ls the use Of
your fretting and stewing about the pres
ent and about the future when GOD has
promised to take all your affairs
IN his hands and manage them for the
very best. DO you think he can do III Or
are you so selt-conceited that you think
1t will be better II you take care OF your
own mattersy Do you want 10 drive and
insist upon God taking a back seatE
"NO," you say, 81 want the Lord 10 be
my leader and guide Then you are
going to be more than cOnquerers. Your
last sickness will come, and the consult
ing physicians IN the next room Will be
talking about what they had better do for
you. What difference VIII it make TO you
what they dor You are going 80 be well
anyhOw-eyerlasun well. After the
breath has gone from the body your
friends in the next room will be consult
Ing as to where they had better bury you.
What difference will it make TO you whore
tney bury YOU? for the Lord of the resur-
recton would as lief pick you out Of
th. dust in one place as in another,
aud all the cemeteries are in Gods acre.
remember in the old country meeting
mousse NY ldLNcf sometimes Itu Lut SILK
ing, and he would take his tuning fork
from his pocket and strike the fork upon
his knees and then put the tuning fork to
his ear and catch the pitch and then start
the sons. Oh that the sons and daughters
of God were now catching the pitch OF
the eternal song Of victory before the
throne. You ought 10 be getting ready
and now come 10 the rehearsal. They
shall hunger no more. neither thirst any
10 hal "a 3 ia ann itrb fhnm
nor any heat, for the Lamb which is in
The midst Of the throne shall lead them TO
living fountains of water and God shall
wipe away all tears from their eyes.
"Cty of Eternity, to thy bridal halls Of glad
ness
From this prison would fee,
Hero glory that shall be for thee and me-
One step further and my text demands
that. in the making Of this gospel arbor
we shall get branches of thick trees. on
know that a booth or arbOr is Of lltsl@
worth unless there be stout poles at the
corners or the wind will upset the BOOTH
and you will be worse of than without
shelter unless you have strong branches
of thick trees. And | want to tell YOU
that a gospel that is all mellOwness and
sweetness will have no strength to with
stand the blast of temptation and trial
and trouble. We want brawny
Christianity. We want a gospel with
warnings as we'll as with invitations.
While olive branches are good in their
places, and the palm branches and the
myrtle branches, we want the stout
branches OF thick trees. The tempest
of temptation VIII come down after a
while; the hurricane OF death viii blow:
the everlasting storm will come up bel
lowing from the lost world, aud alas! for
that man who has not his soul sheltered
under the stout branches Of the thick
trees. So that while we preach the invi-
tatOns Of the gospel, and the love of the
/ gospel we must tell men that unless they
repent and unless they turn they must die.
l like what Mr.. Finney said in the school
house in a village in New York State
which they nicknamed SOdom because
/ Of its wickedness, and there was only
one good man in the village,
and they called him Lot. When Mr.. Fin
ney preached IN the school house, he took
his text from the destruction of SOdOm,
and told the people TO get up out of that
place, as the Lord would rain fire and
birthstone upon them unless they repent
ed and they ground their teeth and they
clincEed their fists while he was speak
ing; but after a while they were melted,
and they fell on their faces and cried for
mercy while mercy was TO be had. We
want Just such gospel as that-a gospel
full OF love and alarm-and while we pre-
sent llt ttWdIuH We must also PRESENT. the
retributiOns: and while we have olive and
palm and myrtle branches, we must have
stout branches of thick trees.
But what am / to do with my text?
When | announced it YOU knew not what
/ was going TO make out of il. Now you
see. There is enough in it for a lifetime
of preaching; but | Will skip the rest. We
fad in it enough Of the olive branch OF
peace aud the pine branch of eVergreens,
a tra. -~fl Ia hrur oh Of no
palm branch OF victory, and the stout
branch Of the thick trees to make an arbOr
for all the people. Oh, come into the
booth. The air is aromatic with heaven.
The branches distil the blossom Of life.
The leaves rustle with the gladness Of
God. Come into the bOOth--Ihe gospel
booth. / went out with an Old hunter be-
fore daybreak, and we got on the noun
tains before the sun arose, and we set our
trap to catch pigeons or doves, and
then we retired into a booth, for it was
very chilly and we must be hidden; and
remember the tapestry of the leaves OF
that booth was richer than the tapestry OF
kings bedchamber. Seated there
in the booth we looked out and watched
for The game, the pigeons or doves, and
after awhile there was flock in the sky
and they dropped into the net or trap and
our excursion was successful. Now, we
are on the mountain. Ii is daybreak. We
sit in this gospel booth and look, watch
ing, waiting for the coming of a great
flock Of souls. Aud see they hover, they
are coming las clouds, and as doves, Ia
their windOWsN
ebay | come ng' says a guilty soul
Il have been through everything and am
SO tired of doing wrong" Yes; rest fol-
the sin-struck ''May | come imp says a
berett soul. 81 have buried everything
that love-" Yes: rest for the widowhoOd
and Orphanage and childlessness and
desolatiOn. "MaV ! come iny' says a
poor man. sit is so hard to get a liveli
hood / am almost frenZied with want
May come in2" Yes; rest for the desti
tute. Then ! hear a great clamor o.
voices, and | cannot distinguish very
well who they are. and so ! answer them
together, crying: "Rest for all-for weep
ing eyes and broken hearts and dying
souls. Calm, sweet, fragrant, over
branching, arborcscent rest! On, CONF
into the boOthW
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