The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-08-27

| ana the soul Uflgntened up unde
the spiritual restorative. There is ~
fever, no marasmus, no neuralgia, no cou
sumption, no disease of the body that ID
grace of God will not help. I wish tina
over every led OF pain and through ever,
hospital OF distress we might swing thi
"cluster of campfire from the whey n rd
of En-gedi." Christ,s hand Ia the .ofies
pillow, Christ's pardon is the s,r..nges
stimulus, Christ's comfort is the mighti,.s
anodyne, Christ's salvation is the grand
| est restorative. II makes a man mightieJ
than his phys steal distress.
Art thou weary. Art thou Ianguid7 Ar,
| thou sore distressed?
/ "Come to me-" saith one-"and coming. hi
| At rest"
II ask him to receive me, will he say me
nayt
Not till earth and not till heaven pass away.
Finding. following, keeping, struggling. L. Hs
sure to bless?
Saints. apostles, prophets. martyrs. answer
"Yesr'
Nero tarred and put pitch upon the
Christians OF his day, and then set them
on fire, that they might illuminate the
night round about the palace; but " lille
they were burning and the crowd beneat h
were jeerins. louder than all the noise
went up the song Of praise and triumph
from the dying martyrs. John Bradford
came out in the presence of the instrument
Of torture that was to put him to death
and said: 81 am Christian now. / have
never been BEFORE" And so. again aud
again, the Lion Of Judah's tribe has 70. n
to pieces the wild beasts Of martyrdom.
This grace is also q restorative for the
backslider. Who do you mean by that?
you say. l mean you who used to fire..
quent the honse Of God, but seldom 20
there now; you who once used to pray,
but never pray now; you who once So. at
the holy communion, but take not the
Lords cup now; mean you who once re-
joiced in Christian society, hut now sit
amid scoifers. Backsiider! Oh, what a
suggestive word! Backslider! From what
have you slid back? You have slid
hack from your fathers faith, from
your early good habits. You have
been aiding back from Christ, from
the cross-sliding back from Heaven.
When Q man begins to slide his
knows not whore he win go. You have
been sliding back toward darkness. YOU
have been Gliding back toward an un.
blessed grave, toward precipice, the first
10. 100000 miles Of which DOWN. ard ore
only small part Of the eternal plunge.
You were, perhaps, professors in the
country; you have male shipwreck in the
town. It may be that the club blasted
you; 1t may be that fashionable society
you; it may be the kind of wife
whom you married. You have no more
hope for heaven now than IL you had lived
N Central Asia and never heard Of Christ
md the Judgment Oh. where Is that
Bible you use to readf Where is that
DOM where You used to pray? What
lave You done with that Jesus whose
roice you once heard? Oh, muir.
Tered hoursl Oh, massacred privilegesl |
IN, dead opportunitiesi Wake mp now |
md shrek in that mans ear until he shall |
ouse himself from the horrible somnam.
'ulism, walking, a. he does, fast ssleep,
within an inch Of hell. Oh, that he might /
~ out now: "Golden Sabbaths, como /
acki Communion seasons. come backi
oofngs OF the Holy Ghost, come back!n
'ue they viii not come. 0onei eonel
one! Sorrow win come, but not they.
b, that you might save the few remain.
ag years Of your life and consecrats them
Christi have seen sad sights, I have
card sad sounds; but, tell you, hs
hastliest thing outside the gates of the
ahmed Il . backslider's death bod. Do
on not feel like having applied to your
'al this divine prerogatives Do you
ot feel like crying out with David: aRe-
ore unto mo the joys Of Thy salvation?"
or great sin, great pardon. FOR deep
ounds, omnipotent surgery. For deaf
lrs, . divine aurist. For blind eyes, .
savenly ocuiist. For the dead in sin, thu
pheavsl OF great resurrection
But In the heavenly world we shall feel |
70 chief restorative power of religion.
n1s 10 planet Of weeping We are living
/ We enter upon life with . cry ana
ave It with long sigh. II could gath
up the griefs Of this audience and put
en- In one sentence, aud then utter IL. ft
ould make every thing between here and
. throne Of God shudtlsr and
WI The earth II gashed deem
tn graves. Al at the close OF the
n. sometimes We saw . regiment Of one
inbred and ffty men, the fragment Of
Thousand men that went out; 90, n
and before you Lean not but realise the |
Ct that you are the fragments represent.
3 hundreds Of regiments Of joyful aaso.
Aefons that have been broken MP forever. |
this II world Of sorrow! But, blesse.l
uod, shsre viii be NO sorrow in Heaven.
% undertaken VIII have to have soma |
her business there. In tae summer time |
cities have bills Of mortality which are I
ehtfut-sometimes In New York q thou. | ,