The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-06-08

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there the old engineer lay, tainted dead
away, the littls child alive and In hi
swsrthy armA -'-s-''
10" you cay, ''that was well doue." But
lwsnt you 70 exercise some kindness and
some appreciation toward those in the com.
muuity who are snatchin4 the little ones
from under the wheels Of temptation and
sin-snatching them from under thunder.
ing rail tysins Of eternal disaster, bringing
them up into responsibility In thiA world
and into glory for the world to come You
appreciate what the engineer did; why car
you not appreciate the grsnder work done
BY every sabbath school teacher this after,
nooul
.. my frieudA want to impress upon
myself and upon yourselves that 1t u not
the number Of talents we possess, but the
use we make OF thorn. God has Q royal
family in the world. Now, II should ask:
''WhO are the royal families OF history n
you would say: House Of HapsburR, house
OF Stuarts. house Of Bourboua." They
lived in palaces and had great equipaee.
But who are the Lord's royal familyi Some
OF them may serve you IN the household,
some OF them arc in unlighsed garrsts,
some OF them will walk this afternoon
down tho street. on their arm basket OF
broken food; some Of them are in the aims
house, despised and rejected Of men, yet In
the last great day. while it will be found
that some OF % who Jared sumptuously
every day are hurled back into discomfit-
ure, there are the lame that will take the
prey.
One step further. There are Q great
many people discouraged about getting 10
Heaven. You are brought up in good fam
lies, you had Christian parentage, but you
frankly tell me that you are . thousand
miles away from the right track
Ny brother, you are the one want to
preach to this morning. have been look
ing for you. ! will tell you how you got
astray. 1t was not maliciousness on your
part 1t was perhaps through the genial
ity and sociality Of your nature that you
fell into sin. You wandered away from
your duty, you unconsciously left the
house OF God; you admit the Gospel to be
true and yet you have 90 grievously and 30
prolongedly wondered you say rescue Il
impossible.
L. would take . week to count up the
names If those In Heaven who were on
earth worse than you tell me you ara. They
went the whole round Of iniquity, they dis
graced themselves, they disgraced their
household, they despaired Of return BE-
cause their reputation was gone, their
property was gone. every thing was gone;
but in some hour like this they heard the
voice OF God and threw themselves on the
Divine compassion and they rose up more
than conquerors.
And I tell you there Is the same chancs
Tor you. That il ono reason why like to
preach this gospel, 30 FREQ y gospel, 20
tremendous gospel It takes . man all
wrong and makes him all right. In q
former settlement where J. preached men,
Der OF my congregation quit the house Of
God, quit respectable circles, went
into oil styles of sin and was slain
Of his in'quiey. The day for his burial
came and his body was brought to the
house Of God. Some Of his comrades who
had destroyed him were overhead along
the street, On the way to the burial, say
ing: "Come, let Us 70 and hear Talmage
damn this old sinner" o! had nothing
but tears for the dead, and had no, hing
but invitations fer the living. You see
could not do any otherwise. ''Chrlst Jesus
came to seek and save that which was
lost" Christ In His diving prayer said:
'.Faiher, forgive Them" and that was q
prayer for you and for me. or on the
road to Heaven to-day. You are not happy
The thirst Of your soul will never be slaked
by the founl aims Of sin. You turn every
where but to Col FOR help. Right where
you are, call ON HIM. He knows you. He
knows all about YOU. He knows ell the
o ids against which you have bean contend
ing in life. Do not 60 to Him with long
rigmarole OF prayer, but just look up
and say: "Help! H-lpw
Blu: You say: My hand trembles so from |
my dissipation emit even take hold Of . |
hymn book to sing" Do not worry about |
that, my brother; will give out hymn |
At the close b familiar you can sing it |
without book. But you say: Il have |
such terrible habits on me l can't get rid |
of them" My ,swer is, Almighty grace |
ian break up that habit, and will break it |
up. But You say: ''The wrong did WAS |
10 one dead and in Heaven now, and l can't |
correct that wrong" You can correct 1t.
By the grace OF GJd, 60 into the presence
u that one, and the apologies you ought to
,ave- made on ear. h make in Heaven.
''Ohw says some man, iii I should try
10 right, il should turn away f,om my
,vil doing unto tho Lord, l would be I
ostled, would be driven back, nobody
would have any sympathy for me-" You
IRE mistaken. Here. in the presence OF
he Church ON earth and IN Heaven. give
'ou to-day the right hand of Christian fei.
owship. God sent mo hcrs to-day to
'reach this, and He sent you here to
lear this: Let the wicket f0rsake
lis way, snd the unrightous man his
bought, and let him return unite
he Lord, who will have mercy. and
INTO our God, who will sbundsntly par.
on" Though you may have been the
rorst sinner, you may become the best
amt, and in the great day Of Judgment It
rill be found that where sin aboun led,
race does much more abound.n and while
be spills Of IN everlasting kingdom are
eng awarded for your pursuit. It will be
ound that the lame took the prey.
Years ago, on boat on the North river,
he pilot gave very sharp ring to the bell
Dr. the boat to slow up. The engineer NJ
ended to the machinery and then he came
p with some alarm on deck to see what
'as the matter. He saw 1t was . moon.
ght night and there were no obstacles
! the way. He went to the pilot and
aid: "Why did you ring the bell IN tina.
'aya Why do you want to stopl There
nothing the matter" And the pilot said
} him: There 10 . mis-. gathering ON the
ver; don't you SEQ thati And thers u
light gathering darker and darker, and I
ant see the way" Then ,he engineer
'oking around and seeing 1t was bright
lo0niight. looked into the face Of the pilot
nd SAW that he was dying. and then that
3 was dead. God grant when our last
oment comes we may be found at our
ost doing our whole duty; aud when the
lists Of the river OF death gather on our
l. - /
ON our hands aud guide Us into tho calm
arbOr Of eternal rest!
drop the anchor, furl the sail,
lam safe within the vail"
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