Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-10

after higher treasure" From that time
they did not care whether they walked or
rode If Christ walked with them, nor
whether they lived in mansion or hut
II tney dwelt under the shadow of the AL
mighty, nor whether they were roOed in
FIeuch OrOadciOth or in a hOmespun II
they had the robe OF the Saviour's right
eousness; nor whether they were SAN
called with morocco or calf skin II they
were shod with the preparation nf the
Gospel. Now you see peace on their
countenance. Now that man says:
| what fool l was to he enchanted with
this world Why, l have more satsfac-
tlon IN i've minutes in the service Of God
than had in ali the first wears of my life
while l was gain-getting. l like this
evening of my day a great deal better
than did the morning. In the morning
| greedily devoured the prey; but now 1t
Is evening, and l am glorlOusly dividing
the spoil"
My friends, this world is a poor thing
to hunt. tits healthful to go out in the
woods and hunt. 1t rekndles the lustre
OF the eve. II strikes the brown Of the
autumnal leaf into the cheek. IL gives TO
the rheumatic limbs a strength TO leap
like the roe. Christopher NOrth's pet gun,
the muckle-mounted Meg, going of in the
summer in the forests, had its echo in the
winter time in the elOquence that rang
through the University halls of Edin-
burgh. 1t is healthy to go hunting in the
ilelds; but | tell you that it Is belittling
and bedwartng and belaming for a man
to hunt this world. The hammer comes
down on the guncap and the barrel ex-
plodes and kills you instead Of that which
you are pursuing. When you turn
turns out to hunt you; and as
many a sportsman aiming his
gun at panthePs heart has gone down
under the striped claws, so while you
have been attempting to devour this
world, the world has been deyOuring
you. Sol was with Lord Byron. Soft was
with Coleridge. SO twas with Catherine,
Of Russia, Henry ii went out hunting
for this world, and its lances stuck
through his heart. Francis | aimed at
the world, but the assassin's dagger put
an end TO his ambition and his life with
one stroke. Mary, Queen of Scots, wrote
on the window of her castle;
"From the top of all my trust
Mishap hath laid me IN the dust"
The Queen Dowager, OF Navarro, was
offered for her wedding day costly and
beautiful pair OF gloves. and she put
them on, but they were poisoned gloves
and they took her life. Better bare
hand OF cold priYation than a warm and
poisoned glove OF rulnous success. "0h,"
says some young man in the audience, II
believe what you ar3 preaching. / am
going to i0 that very thing. In the MORN
ing of NJ iis / am eOiHg 10 devOur the
prey, AID ia tire evening ? snail divide
the spoil OF Christian character. only
want litJle while 70 sos my wiid GATE,
and than I VIII be good" Young man,
did fou over take the ceseus 81 all tbe old
people! How mauY oid people ors there
in your house2 One, Two or uOnef How
many Ia vast assem- bla e like this?
Only bere and there a era bead, ike the
catches Of snow here az there
IA the fields on q jago April
day. The fact ~ that the
tiles Of the years are 80 strong that men
50 dowo uader therd before they get to be
30, beiort they get q BE so, before they
gsg 20 % ~ DeiJFe sey get 10 be 30; and
u you. NY Ng tr0tner, resolve now
thar you VII Send he morning Of your
GAYS IN aeYourng the prey, the probable
10 20 nat you viii never divide the spoil
ia zee ever pg hour. lie who postpones
NAIL old are the religion of Jesus Christ,
nSstpones &C forever, Where are the men
VINO, so years ago, resolved to become
Christians ~ old age, putting 1t
on certain number of years?
qhsy never got 10 T., be old. The
railroad collision or the steamboat
explosion VI the zip on the ice or the fall
ing ladder or the sudden cold put an end
70 iheir oDDOrgnnities. They have never
had M opportunity since and never will
have q opportunity again. They locked
The door CT heaven against their soul and
they threw away the key; and If they
could now break Jail and come up shrek
| ing n this audience do not think they
y 0uid AXE two minutes 10 persuade us
I aii Is repentance. They chased the world
sad they died in the chase. The wounded
tiger turned on them. They failed to
take the game that they pursued.
Mounted on a swift courser they leaped
| tuo bedge but the courser fell on them aud
/ crushed them. Proposing 10 barter their
I soul for the world they lost both and got
neither.
/ While this is an encouragement to old
| people VINO are yet uhpardoned, 1t is no
encouragement to the young who are put
I ting off the day OF grace. This doctrine
/ that the old may be repentant Is TO be
| taken cautiously. IL Is medicine that
! kills or cures. The same medicine given
| TO different patients in one case saves life
aud in the other destroys 1t. This posi-
bility OF repentance at the close of life
may cure the old man while it kills the
young. Be cautious in taking it.
Again. my subject is descriptive Of
those who come TO sudden and radical
/ change. You have noticed how snort a
time it is from morning 10 night in win
ter--eight or ten hours. You know that a
winter day has a very brief life. The
heart Of the longest day beats twenty-fOur
times and then II Is dead. How quick the
transition in the character of these Ben
laminltesl "ln tue morning they shall
deyOur the prey, and at night they shall
divide the spoil" Is IL possible that
there shall be such a transformation in
any Of our charactersy Yes, a man
may be at 7 O'Clock in the
morning an all-devOurinR wording, and
at O'Clock at night he may be peace.
ful distributiye Christian. Conversion il
instantaneous. A man passes into the
kingdom Of God quicker than down the
SKY runs the Zlg-zag lightning. A man
may be anxious about his soul for a great
many years; that does not make him 4
Christian. A man may pray greal
while; that does not make him Chris
tlan. A man may resolve on the refOrma
ton Of his character aud have that resO
luton going on great while; that dOei
not make him Christian. But the yery
instant when he filings his soul on the
mercy OF Jesus Christ, that instant Is lus
tration, emancipation, resurrection. VI
TO that point he Is going In the wrong d.
recti0n; after that point he 10 going In th'
right direction. Before that moment
be IS child OF sin, after that moment h'
Ia a child of God. Before that mOmen