The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1888-05-09

man out Of the boat "Now, If Iget
you ashore, arc you going to live o.my
street?" First got him ashore, and ihen
talk about the non-essentials OF reliGon.
Who cares what church he Joins. l. ho
only joins Christ and starts for lcaten?
Oh you ought TO have, my brothei All
illumincd face and hearty grin for every
one that tries to turn from his evil yay.
Take hold OF tho same book with lin,
though his dissipation shake the book,
remembering that 'sho that converietll
q sinner from the error OF his ways sail
save II soul from death and hide d null
titudo Of sins
Now, | have shown you those oh,ta-
cles because | want you to understand
| know all tic difficulties III tho way;
but [ am now to tell you how Hannibal
may scale tho Alps, and how
THE SlIACkLEs NAY BE UNRlvETED,
and how tho paths Of virtue forsallcn
may DO regained. First or all, my
brother, throw yourself on God. Go to
him frankly and earnestly, and tell him
these habits you have, and ask Him if
there is amy help in all tho resources Of
omnlpotcnt love, to give it to you. DO
not so with II long rigmarolc people wii
prayer, made up OF ''Ohs, y and "Ahs,n
and "forcyer and ever, amen - Go to
God and cry for help help | help and
if you cannon cry for help, just lopk
and live. | remember, in the late war,
| was at'Antiotam, aud L went into the
hospitals after the battle, and sad to Il
man "Nfllcrc arc you hurt?" lilo
made no answer, but held up his arm,
swollen and splintercd. l saw where
he was hurt. The simple fact is, when
u nan has IL wounded soul, all he has
to do is to hold il up before Il syinpa-
thotic Lord, and get IL healed. 1t does
not take any long prayer. just hold
up Tho wound. Oh, it is no small thing,
when Il man is nervous and weak and
exhausted, coming from his evil ways,
to icol that God puts two o%mnip0tenC
arms around him, and says Young
man, | will stand by you. Tho mohn-
tains may depart, and the hills DO re-.
moved, but [ will never fail you.n
And then as tho soul thinks the news is
too good to be true, ana cannot believe
it, and looks UP in Gods face, God lifts
Ills right hand and takes an oath, an
allidayit, saying /: "AsI live, saith the
Lord God, l have no pleasure i'll tho
death Of him that dieth." Blessed bc
God for such Il disciple us this "Cut
tho slices thin," said the vito to tho
husband, ''or there will not be enough
to so all around for the children cut
tho slices thin" Blessed be God. there
is
4 FULL. LOAF FOR EVERY ONE
that wants it Bread enough and to
spare. No thin slices at the Lords
table. remember when the Master
Street Hospital, i'll Philadelphia. was
opened during the war, a telegram
came, saying "Tlcre will be three
hundred wounded mon tonight be
ready to take arc Of thcm;'' and from
my church there went in soma twenty
or thirty men and women to look after
these poor wounded fellows. AS they
came, some from one part Of the land,
some from another, no one asked
whether this man vas from Oregon,,isor
from Massachusetts, or from Missskjas
sofa, or from New York. There Was
q wounded soldier, and tho only ques-
lion was how to take off the rags tho
most gently, and put OH tho bandage,
and administer tho cordial. And
when Il soul comes to God, lie does not
ask Where you came from or what your
ancestry was. Healing for III your
Wounds. Pardon Tor all your guilt.
Comfort for all your troubles.
Then, also, | counsel you, il you
want 10 get back, to quit all your bad
associations.
ONE UNnOLY INTIMACY
Will fill your soul Will, moral distemper.
In all the ages Of the Church there las
not been I'M inscance where q man knnl
II evil associate and WAS reformed.
4 .nN lnntn tn-11U ntSnr, ,n,,t.s,1o,1, t.l...
out letter paper, stamp and GnVeloua.
and then write Il letter something like
this
"My old companions: | star, Ills dag for
heaven. Until | am persuaded uu sill join mo
IN this, FAREWELL
Then sign your name, and send The
letter by the first post. Give up your
bai! companions or give III heaven. 1t
is not ten bad companions that destroy
u man, nor five bad companions, nor
three bad companions, but one. What
chance is thcro for that young mani
saw along the street, four or live young
mcn With him, hating i'll front Of i
grog shop, urging him to go IN, he re-
sisting, violently resisting, until after u
while they forced him to 60 inr 1t VAS
Il summer night and the door was left
open, and L saw the process. They
held him fast, and they put the cur to
his lips, and they forced down the strong
drink. What chance is there for such
q young man?
I counsel you also. seek Christian
advice. Every Christian mar Is bound
to help you. Ii you find no, other
human ear willing to listen TO your
story Of struggle, come to mo and |
will Ivy every sympathy Of my heart,