St. Landry democrat., 1888-07-14

MOI hollow laughter, not meaningless
laughter, bus full, round, clear, deep,
| resonant outbreak of eternal gladness,
| o, the glee of that moment when we first
| see Jesus! think we will take first two
or three years in Heaven to look at Jesus:
and if, in ten thousand years, there should
| be moment when the doxology paused,
! uen thousand souls would cry out: "Slng!
| singh" and when the cry was: "What
shall we sing?' the answer would be:
| sJesus! Jesus!" o, you may have all the
crowns in Heaven; do not care so much
| about them You may have all the robes
| in Heaven; do not care so much about
| them. You may have all the scepters in
| Heaven; I do not care SO much about
| them. But give me Jesus-that Is enough
| Heaven for me. o Jesus! l long to see
| thee. Thou t'Chief among ten thousand,
| the one altogether 'avely."
| There may be some here who have come
| hardly knowing why they come. Perhaps
| it was as in Paul's time-you have come
to hear what this babbler sayeth; but
am glad to meet you face to face, and to
strike hands with you in one earnest talk
about your deathless spirit Doyou know,
| my friend, that this world is not good
| enough for you? 1t cheats. 1t fades 1t
dies. You are immortal [ see it in the
deathless spirit lookin out of your eye
1t is mighty spirit. It is an immorta;
spirit. 1t beats against the window OF
the .cage. [ come out to feed it. During
| the past week the world has been trying
to feed it with husks I come out this
morning to feed it with that bread 0,
| which if man eat he will never hunger
What has the world done for you? Has IL
not bruised you? Has it not maltreated
in he nrta al
and tell me if that is not so. And yet.
! will you trust it? 0, wish that you could
forget me, the weak and sinful man
that might vanish from your sight this
morning, and that Jesus might come ir.
Aye, He comes here this morning to
plead for your soul-comes in ell
covered with the wounds Of Calvary.
He says: 80, immortal man! 1 died
for thee. I pity thee. I come to save
thee. With these hands. torn and
crushed, will lift thee " into pleasures
that Lever die" Who will reject. who
will drive him back. When Christ was
slain on the cross, they had cross and
they had nails, aud they mad hammers.
You cruelty by your sin, ., impeniter.
soul! the Lord jesus Christ Here is
cross; but where are the nails? Where
are the hammers! sAh," says some one
rejecting Christ-some one standing
long way off: II will furnish the nails.
don't believe in that Jesus. will furnish
the nails" Now we have the nails; who
will furnish the hammers? "Ah," says
some hard heart II will furnish the ham
mers." Now we have nails and hammers.
We have no spears; who will furnish the
spears? "Ah," says some one long in the
habit of sin and rejection of Christ's
II xrv.1
have all the instruments: The cross, the
nails, the hammers, the spears, and the
crucihxion goes on. o. the darkness! o,
the pangl o, the tears: 0, the death
"Behold the Lamb of God, that takest
away the sin of the world"
Lord Jesus, help that man. He sits far
back to- day. He does not like to come |
forward. He feels strange in religious
assemblage. He thinks perhaps we do
mot want him. o Jesus take that tremling
hand. Put thine ear to that agitated |
heart and hear how it beats. o, lift the |
iron gate of that prison house and let that |
man go free.
Lord Jesus, help this woman. She is
a wanderer. No tears can she weep. See, |
Lord Jesus, that polluted soul, see that |
blistered foot. No church for her. No |
good cheer for her. No hope for her. |
Lord Jesus, go to that soul. Thou wilt |
not stone her. Let the red-hot chain, |
that burns to the bone till the bloody ichor |
Kisses in the heat, snap at Thy touch. O.
have mercy on Mary Magdalene.
Lord Jesus, help that young man. l..
took money out of his employers till. |
Didst Thou see it? The clerks were all |
gone. The lights were down. The shut |
tiers were up, Didst Thou see it? o, let |
him not fall into the pit Rememberest |
Thou not his mothers prayers? She can |
pray for him no more. Lord Jesus, touch |
him on the shoulder. Touch him on the |
heart. Lord, save that young man. |
There are many young men here. l GOT |
letter from one of them who :. |
probably here to-day, and shall have no |
other opportunity of answering that let- |
ter. You say you believe in me. o, o. |
you believe in Jesus? I can not save you, |
my dear brother. Christ can. He wants /
and waits to save you, and he comes to-
day to save you. Will you have him? / |
do not know what our young men do |
without Christ-how they get on amid all |
the temptations and trials to which they |
are subjected 0, young men, come to
Christ to-day and put your soul and |
your interest for this life and for |
the next into His keeping. In
olden times, you know, cup
bearer would bring wine or water to
the King, who would drink it, first tasting
it himself, showing there was no poison |
in it. then passing it to the King, who
would drink it. The highest honor that
ask is that may be cup bearer to-day t.,
your soul bring you this water Of
everlasting life. I have been drinking Of |
it. There is no poison in it. It has never
done me any harm. o, drink it, and live
forever. And let that aged man put his
head down on the staff and let that poor
widowed soul bury her worried face in
her handkerchief, and these little children
fold their hands in prayer while we COM
mend you to Him who was wounded for
our transgressions and bruised for our
for to you which believe he is
precious.
Spread OF Color-BIindness.