The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-07

| DOur II IS love IiHLt III. |; G!iHiC -
woman in this audience that goe
down to har grave without this love
it will be because she Spurns God:
love. 70 matter how far you have
strayed from home; 20 matter LoY
blackened your life may be. if you'I
only come home to-day. c;. how glat
God will be. DO YOU woadcr;.. Coz
will forgive you? Why, NY friends
that $ Just what lie is waiting ait
longing 70 do. lie w&nts 70 :f~~~ive
wont you cone and >-Fen:
i Tic father Of that wandering chile
! did not wait TO 5c told al that x
had done; all the wicLedness lie lac
been guilty Of. That son only said
Father have sinmed against NeaTer
and in thy sight, and that father
stopped him anG forgavc him before
he got into the house. Fiat fathers
heart only wanted to forgive his boy
And if that earthly father could be
so glad. Oh. what joy there will be in
Heaven when the last wandering
children come home?
| pity the rathericss, but more the
motherless. God help the orphans
Ny friends, if YOU want to make a
great stir in heaven and give JOY to
the angels. come home to-day. 1t
took more love for God to send
Christ into the world to die for Us
than It did for Christ to die. You
would rather suffer yourself than TO
see your child suffer. Abraham offer.
ing up Isaac was just a background
for Calvary; just an advance picture
Of the great sacrifice. Abraham
didn't know what prophetic words lie
was uttering when lie said. God Will
provide Himself Q lamb for the offer
ing and how any one can 60 to
Calvary and witness that scene anG
doubt Gods love is q mystery to nc.
What mere could God do to show
His love than lie did? lie gave
His own dear Son to die Cor us
Won't yoa let the love Of God come
into your heart? He loves the un
lovely. He died for the ungodly
for the impure, not The pure; for sin
rers, not the righteous. Ny friends,
this is 4 wonderful love; let US gel
the benefit Of it. There IS 10 fact
that will bring more comfort 10 youl
heart than the fact that God loves
the unloyely. lie loves me in spite
of my sins. in spite of my failings
and / would sooner doubt my OWL
existence than doubt the fact tina
| God loves me.
I want to add another text tt
that one. It is this: Come unto m(
all ye that labor and are heavy laden
and I will give you rest" Goo
knows the sorrows and sins Of eaci
one Of US, and, my friends, lie know:
that we want rest. You could no
make q greater mistake than to shu
Him out Of your hearts, and yol
could not do q wiser thing than tx
open your hearts today, and jus
take him in.
May the Spirit Of God unite thes'
texts upon the heart of each one o
us.
At the close Of the services grea
many stood for prayer, and after
short and earnest prayer meeting tn
congregation was dismissed.
Night Service.
TIE LAST WORDS.
The closing meeting Of the serle
Of reviyals inauguratcd lasr Wednes
day was held last night, and was
fitting end to the work which ha
progressed with such increase Of fel
vor and earnest enthusiasm. Th
end crowned the work. The vas
concourse Of citizens which Assem-
| bicd in Agricultural Hall on this las
occasion shows beyond e doubt tha
at least two-lhir,is Of tie people @
the city have. from time to time
hcari TIC famous preachers who hav
worked sucn wonders il. the midst 0
US. Certainty rot less than Dctwee,
30.OUD &md 10000 OF our citizen
have attended the whole series O
meetings. livery audience was q
immense one. and up to the last hou
it was evident that Il interest in til
treat cause for which Messrs Mood
and SaDlcy have endeavcred to cr
list the sympathy Of the people her
vas pcrcepti5ly gathering slrengt
; from day to Gay. It was expected
of course. that the fact Of the meet
ing being the last to be hcldin Char
lesion would attract to the Hall
; tremendous crowd. No ones eXpe(
tation was disappointed.
The exercises last night wcr