Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-31

SJb GNy DIG thN Wins Al0 III
weeping.
SATURDAY LIGHT.
You feel on Saturday night differen
from the way you feel any other night o
the week. You come home from Tia.
bank, or your store. or the shop, and y0i
say: wv Ill, now my weeks work j
done, and tomorrow is Sunday 1t is
pleasant thought. There is refreshmcn
and reconstruction in the very idea. Oh
how pleasant it viii be, if. when We &c
through the day OF our life. ana We gC
and lie down in our bed of dust, we cal
realize: "Wcll. now the work is all don,
and tomorrow is Sunday al everlasting
Sunday
ooh, when thou city q my God,
Shall | thy courts asccndt
Whore congregations ne'er break w,
And Sabbaths haze noeId."
There are people IN this house today
who are very near the eternal world. II
You are Christians | bid YOU be Of good
cheer. Bear wish YOU cur congratula
tons to the bright city. Aged men, who
will . be gone, take with YOU our love
for our kindred in the better land and
when you see them tell them that we are
coming. Only a few more that knows nc
wakingy Would you not ike TO exchange
this awful uncertainty about the future
for a glorious assurance Of heaven? Ac-
cert OF The Lord Jesus today and all is
well. IF on your way home some peril
should cross the street and dash your life
out it would not hurt you. You would
rise up Immediately. You would stand
in the celestial streets. You would be
amid the great throug that forever wor-
ship and are forever happy. If this day
some sudden disease should come upon
you, II would not brighten you. If YOU
knew YOU were going you could give a
calm farewell to your beautiful home on
earth, and know that you are going right
into the companionship OF those whohave
already beyond the toilipg and the weep
ing.
beautiful heaven, where all is light.
Beautiful angels clothed In white,
Beautiful strains that never tire,
Beautiful harps through ali the choir:
There shall | join the chorus sweet,
Worshirping at the Saviour's feet.
! approach you now with a general in
vitation, not picking out here and there a
man, or here and there a woman, or here
and there a child; but giving you an un-
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 that the church does
not amount to much, that il is obsolete;
that it did its work and is gone now, go
far as all usefulness is concerned. II is
the happiCst place ] have ever been in,
except my W home.
CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
] know there are some people who say
they are Christians who seem to Cetalong
without any help from others, and who
culture solitary piety. They do not wan,
any ordinances. | do not belong to t. al
class. ! can not get along without them
There are so many things in this world
that take my attention from God, and
Christ, and heaven, that | want all the
helps of all the symbols and OF all the
Christian associations; and | want around
ahou' Inc a solid phalanX Of men who
love God and keep His commandments.
Are Their any here who would like TO
enter into that association? Then by q
simple, child-like faith, apply for admis-
sion into the visible Church, and YOU will
be received. No questions asked about
your past histo~r or present surroundings.
Ony one test-do you love Jesusy
Baptism does not amount to anything,
say a great many people, but the Lord
Jesus declared: He that believeth and
is baptized shall be saved" putting hap.
tism and faith side by side. And an
apostle declares: Repent and be bap-
tized. every one Of YOU ] do not sickle
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, the
Great Head of the church puts upon it.
The world is going TO, after a while,
lose a great many of its votaries. There
are TO be revivals OF religion that will
shake the earth. We give you warning.
There is a great host coming in to stand
under the banner of the Lord Jesus Christ
Will you be among them? Will you be
among the gathered sheaves.
EXPLOITATION.
Some Of YOU have been thinking on
this subject year after year. You have
found out that this world is Il poor por-
ton. You want to be Christians. You
have come almost into the kingdom of
Sod, but there you stop, fOrgetful OF the
fact that 10 be almost saved is not TO be
saved at all. Oh, my brother, after hav-
ing come so near to the door OF mercy, If
YOU turn back you viii never come at
all. After you have heard of the good
ness Of God, if you turn away and die,
il will not be because you did not have u
good ofe".
Gods spirit will not always -. >.
With hardened self-destroying H.;
Ye who persist His love 10 grieve
May never hear His voice again.
May God Almighty thishour move upon
your soul and bring you back from the
husks Of the wilderness TO the fathers
house, and set you at the banquet, and
put a ring On your hand"
Wonder III 1t T. going 10 stay winter all