Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-26

ana he slept the sleep of the righteous
de was snatched from the very verge of
rum, and would have been in perdition to-
night If Brother Holbrook had not listened
10 the still, small voice of the spirit of God
My Christian friends, YOU all have a dutv
TO perform if you obey the spirit of God
mat is continually beseeching YOU to assist
IN the salvation of your fellow-man. Go
speak TO those who are wandering away
rom Christ. You often meet those whom
you desire to speak to, but you have al
lo"eu satan TO deter you from obeying the
pronptlnss of the spirit, and some of them
nave gone down to the grave whom you
ana might have saved God have mercy
on the church of this city, for we
HAVE NOT HALF DONE OUR DUTY.
Now wish to say few words in con-
cluslon to the unconverted. Have YOU
ever grieved the Spirit of God? From your
earliest recollection, from the day when
you llrst kneit at your mothers knee and
learned to repeat, g Now lay me down to
steep; l pray the Lord my soul to keep, !"
you have grieyed the Holy Spirit of God.
lie came to you with pity and love. and
you have turned Him away. You said.
60 thy way for this time He has plead
with you, warned you, shown YOU evil
dences of his pity and love, but YOU have
neglected Him, you have 'g1eved His
Spirit.
What does the term grief, mean? There
is but one analogy, and that is a mothers
love. A mothers love; who can measure
its width, its depth, its hight The moth
ers love for her babe, her child, the young
man. her offspring in every age of life
Is THE STRONGEST, PUREsT, DEEPEST;
a love that no matter what deeds may be
done, how disgraced she may be by their
acts, her spirit may be bowed down with
grief, but the mothers love still remains.
while others may shun, condemn. despise.
DO you see that prematurely old woman
kneeling there-she with the silver hair
the pinched face, the wrinkled brow? She
{ IS praying, "Oh God my heart is broken,
my life is crushed; but Lord God, have
| mercy on my poor boy, for | love him
still. He has disgraced his family, brought
sorrow to his poor old mothers heart, but
| love him for himself" How many
| broken-hearted mothers there are in our
| land? | went far enough in that way, so
| far that
| HAD No GENUINE FRIENDS.
| My mother was always nv friend. In
i've short years | brought her raven locks
| to color gray, and from heart Joyous to
a heart broken. She waited long and pa
! tiently with mothers love, never getting
! out of spirit. This is the only illustration
there is of the grief of the spirit Young
man, this Spirit that has waited
SO long and patiently for you
| will follow you to the grave; it never de-
| serts living soul. The Spirit will say to
/ Christ, " ! tried to save him until he went
to the grave; | could not go farther
Jesus have mercy on this congregation
He p them to be 1econc;led to the Spirit
Yield to the Holy Spirit of God; grieye il
no longer
| At the close of the sermon a short ex-
| hortation followed, and many who had
! been moved by his persuasive eloquence
arose and announced their determination
| of becoming Christians.
Services in the same church tonight and
each evening throughout the week.