Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1888-06-06


not this gospel somewhere, somehow!
this world is ever brought to Christ, it vii
be through the unanimous and long-con
tinued efforts of men who, waiting for M
special endowment, consecrate to God wha
they have. Among the most useless peopl'
in the world are men with ten talents
while many one with only two talents, o.
no talent at all, is doing great work, ant
| SO 'the lame take the prey"
There are thousands administers of whom
you have never heard-in log-cabins at tht
West, in mission chapsls al the East-wht
are warning against the legions of darkness
successfully warning. Tract distributors
month by month undermining the citadeli
of sin. You do not know their going OF
their coming; but the footballs of theil
ministry are heard in the palaces of heaven
Who are the workers in our Sabbath
schools throughout this land to-day? Men
celebrated, men brilliant, men of vast
estate? For the most part, not that at all.
have noticed that the chief characteristic
of the most of those who are successful in
the work is that they know their Bibles,
are earnest in prayer, are anxious for the
salvation of the young, and Sabbath by
Sabbath are willing to sit down unobserved
and tell of Christ and the resurrection.
These are the humble workers who are re-
cruiting the great army of Christian youth
not by might, not by power, not by pro-
found argument, not by brilliant anti
thesis, but by the blessing of God on plain
talk, and humble story, and silent tear, and
anxious look. "The lame take the prey"
Oh! this work of saving the youth of our
country-how few appreciate what it is!
This generation tramping on to the grave
we will soon all be gone. What next?
An engineer on a locomotive going across
the western prairies day after day saw lit.
tle child come out in front of a cabin and
wave to him: so he got in the habit of way
inc hack to the little child. and If was the
davis ioy to him to see this little one come
ont in front of the cabin door and wave to
him, while he answered back.
One dav the train was belated and il came
on to the dusk of the evening. AS the en-.
oineer stood at his post he saw by the head
loht that little pirl on the track. wonder.
inc wbv the train did mot come Ioolring FOR
the tra;n Lnow;no NOTHING of ;ts ner;l A
oreat horror seizea nnon tie engineer He
nreversed tbe engine He cave + in charge
Of the other man on hoard and then 6e
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oa tbo oouoatcbor Aa said tbonrb ba
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"'c CO has ro1aI fao;Iv i, tho world
NJ ;f should ash. s.WIo are the rovaI
F. alias of historv9,, Won wouId saw.
"Honse of Hapsburg. House of Stuarts.
House of Bourbons." They lived in palaces,
and had GREAT eoninaoes. But who are the
Lords roval familvp Some of them NAV
serve Won in the household: some of them
are in unliobted carrots. some of them will
walk this afternoon down the street. on
their arm basket of broken food: some of
them are in the almshouse. despised and
rejected of men. vet in the last great day,
while IL will be found that some of US who
Jared simultaneously every day ARE hurled
back into discontinue, there arc lame that
will take the prey
One stem further: There are a great mapy
naonle discouraged about getting to heaven.
y You are brought up in good families, you
had Christian parentage: but you frankly
fell me that vol, are a thousand miles away
from the right track.
NV brother, YOU are the one 1 want to
nreach to this morning. have been look
inc for you. | will tell you how you got
astrav. If was not righteousness on your
mart r. was perhaps through the gepiality
and sooiality Of YOUR nature that YOU fell
into sin. You wandered away from your
dntv Won unconsciously left the house of
Cod: you admit the gospel to be true. and
vet Won have so grieyously and so prolong.
edlv wandered. you say rescue is impos-
s;hic
II vorld .ake a weak to count I'M the
~. mos of those in heaven who were on
asrth earth worse m than Won tell me Won are. They
won't the whole round of inio1itv. thev dis.
@raced GRACE themselves. thew disgraced their
household. they despaired of return because
Their renutation was gone. their propertv
was ~ cone everything was gone: but in some
ho,,r elike this thew heard the voice of Cod,
and threw themselves on the divine com,
assion and thew rose mn more than con.
p,,croTs And tell Won there Is the same
chance for Won That is one reason wbv 7
1;lra ~ nreach this oosnel so free a oosre,
so At tremendons az oosneI II takes a man ali
o. 11ronn and makes him all r;oht
"-Tn' tn former % settlement wbere nreacbed
n,omber If INV conoreoation unit tba
honso If God emit resnecta6le circlas went
INTO all stvles Of sin and was slain of his
;n;o,;tv in;u i The dav for his burial came and
h;s ho9v was bronobt to the housa of Cod
500 of his conrades wbo had destroved
i,;n, ware a. overbaard along tbe street nm
tha vav n tbe hnr;al SAVING ssCome lat
rno o m"y srd basr Taimaoe 4a mn this Old sin
aor7, Ohi had notbino bnt tears for tbe
dead and he'd nothin9 bnt Invitations
for the I;v;no Yon see could NOT do anv
otberry;se sschr;s+ Jesns ca,,,e n saak and
save ~ tbat hat which wes lost - Christ in His
dv;ng nra1er sold. "Fathar foro;ve
tbor, ,, opd ttat voc . nrover for vo, and
for NO Obi Stsrt On tho yoad ~ haavan
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