Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-19

are going right into the companion ship
OF those who have already got beyond the
toiling and the weeping.
You feel on Saturday night different
from the way You feel any other night Of
the week. You come home from t e
bank, or the store, or the.shop, and you
say: "Weu, now my weeks work is
done, and tomorrow is Sunday" Il is
PLEASANT THOUGHT.
There is refreshment and recorstruc-
ton in the very idea. Ga, how pleasant
1t will be, if, when we get through the
day Of our life, and we go and lie down in
our bed Of dust, we can realize: "Well,
now the work is all done, aud tomorrow
is SundaY-an everlasting Sunday"
Oh, when, thou city of my Col,
Shall thy courts astend,
Where CONGREGATIONS ne'er break up
And Sabbaths have no end.
There are people in this house day
who are very near the eternal world. IL
you are Christians bid you be OF good
cheer. Bear with you our congratulations
to the bright city. Aged men, who will
soon be gone, take with you our love for
our kindred in the better land, and when
you see them tell them We are
soon coming. Only few more
sermons to preach and hear. Only few
more heartscnes. Only few more tolls.
Only few more tears. Aud then, what
81 enhancing spectacle Will open before
usi
Beautiful heaven, where al is light.
Beaut full angels clothed in white,
Beautiful strains that never tire,
RaauIiful harms through all the choir,
There shall join the chorus sweet,
Worshiping at the Saviou1's feet"
Iapproach you now with general in
vitstion, not picking out here and there q
man, or here snd there woman, or here
and there child; but giving you sn I'M
limited invitation, saying: "COme, for
all things are now ready" We invite you
to the warm heart Of Christ, and the in
closure of the Christian church. know
a great many think thst the church doe:
not amount to much, that 1T is obsolete
that it did its work aud is gone now, SO
far as all usefulness is concerned. Ii is
the happiest place l have ever been in
except my own homo.
know there are some people who Say
they are Christians who seem to get along
without any help from others, and who
culture solitary piety. They do not wan,
any ordinances. 1 do not belong to tha
class. can not get along without them
There are so msny things in this worlC
that takes my attention from God, from
Christ, and heaven, that want all tn
helps of ell the symbols and of all tbs
Christian associations; and want srounC
about me
A SOLID PHALANX
oS mr. rubo Ioua HE rom.
meDdments. Are there any here VIII
would like to enter into that association
Then by 8 simple, caiId-like faith, apply
for admission into the visible church, ant
you will be received. No questions askeC
about your past history or present sur
roundings. Oily one test-do you low
Jesus?
Baptism does not amount to anything
say great many people, but the Lore
Jesus declared: "He that believeth ant
is baptized shall be saved" putin!
baptism and faith side by side. And al
apostle declares: "Repent and be bap,
tiZsd, every Que of you" lido not stickl'
for any particular mode of Baptism, but
put great emphasis on the fact that you
ought to be baptized. Yet no more EN-
phasis than the Lord Jesus Christ, th'
Great Head of the Church, puts upon it
The world is goiTg to, after 8 wnile
lose great many Of its voteries. Their
are to be REVEALS of religion that will
shake the earth. We give you warning
There is a great host coming in to stanC
under the banner Of the Lord Jesus
Christ. Will gou be among them? vii
you be among the gathered saeaves?
Some Of you have been thinking on thi
subject year after year. You have fount
out that this world Is poor portion
You want to be Christians. You have
come almost into the kingdom of God
but there you stop, forgetful Of the fac
that to be almost saved is not to be saved
at all. On, my brother, after having come
so near to the door Of mercy, II you turn
back, you will never come at all. Aitel
you have heard of the goodness Of God, il
you turn away and die, it will not be be,
cause you did not have good offer.
Goods spirit will not alwsys strive
With hardened, SELF estrOying man;
Ye VINO persist HI. love to grieve
May never Lear'his voice again"
May God Almighty this hour move upor
your soul and bring you back from the
husks of the wilderness to the Father!
house, and set you at the banquet, anC
Tnut a ring IN VOur hand -