The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-06-01

rail trains OF eternal disaster, bringing
them up into responsibility In this world and
into glory for the world to come. You ap
preciate what the engineer did; why can you
not appreciate the grander work done by
every Sabbath school teacher this afternooni
Obi my friends, 1 want to impress upon
myself and upon yourselves that 1t is not the
humber Of talents we possess, but the use we
make Of them.
God has a royal family I'm the world. Now,
II I should ask: "Who are the royal faml
lies Of history you would say: House of
Hapsburg, house of Stuarts, house of Bour-
bona They lived in palaces, and bad
great equipage. But who are the Lords
royal familyf Some of them may serve
you In the household, some of
them are In unlighted garrets, some
Of them win walk this afternoon down
the street, on their arm a basket of broken
food; some Of them are In the almshouse,
despised and rejected Of men, yet In the last
great day. while It win be found that some
d rs who Jared sumptuously every day are
hurled bach into discontinue, there are the
lame that viii take the prey.
One step further; There are a great many
people discouraged about getting to heaven.
You are brought up In good families, you
had Christian ~parentage; but you frankly
tell me that you are a thousand miles away
from the right track.
My brother, you are the one I want to
preach to this morning. have been looking
for you. will tell you how you got astray.
II was not m~aliciousness on q part IL
was perhaps through the geniality and soci-
atty Of your nature that you fell into sin.
You wandered away from your duty, you
unconsciously left the house Of God; you adj
init the Gospel to be true, and yet you lave
so grievously and ~prolongedly wandered, you
say rescue is impossible.
It would take a week to count ND the
names Of those in heaven who were on earth
worse than you tell me you are. They went
the whole round Of iniquity, they disgraced
themselves, they disgraced their household,
they despaired Of return because their repu-
tation was gone, their property was gone,
everything was gone; but in some hour like
this they heard the voice of God and threw
themselves on the divine compassion, and
they rose up more than conquerers. And |
tell you there is the same chance for you.
That is one reason why l like to preach this
Gospel, so free a Gospel, so tremendous a
Gospel It takes a man all wrong and makes
him all right.
In a former settlement where I preached,
a member of my congregation quit the house
Of God, quit respectable circles, vent into
all styles of sin, and was slain Of his iniauity.
The day for his burial came. and his body
was brought to the house of God. Some Of
his comrades who had destroyed him were
overheard along the street, on the way to
the burial, saying: "Come, let US go and
hear Talmage damn this old ~sinner" OIL l
had nothing but tears for the dead, and I had
You see 1 could not do any other
wise "Christ Jesus came to seek and save
that which was lost" Christ In his dying
prayer said: FEATHER, forgive them" and
that was a prayer for you and for me. Oh,
start on the road to heaven today. You are
not happy. The thirst Of your soul will
never be slaked by the fountains of sin. You
turn everywhere but to God for help. Right
where you are, call on him. He knows you,
he knows all about you, he knows all the
odds against which you ave been contend
ing in life. Do not go to him with a long
rigmarole of a prayer, but just look up and
say: "Helpi helpp
But you say: my land trembles SO from
designations, I cam even take hold of a hymn
book to sing" Do not worry about that, my
brother; win give out a hymn at the close
so familiar you can sing it without a book.
But you a y 81 have such terrible habits on
me, I can't get rid Of them" My answer is,
Almighty grace can break up that habit, and
viii break it VI. But you say: "The wrong
I did was to one dead ans in HEAVIER now,
and l can't correct that wrong" You
can correct it. By the grace of God, go into
the presence of that one, and the apologies
you ought to have made on earth make in
heaven.
"Ohi" says some man, "if I should try to
do right, If I should turn away from my evil
doing unto the Lord, l would be jostled, I
would be driven back; nobody would have
any sympathy for me-" You are mistaken.
Here, in the presence of the church on earth
and in heaven, l give you today the right
hand Of Christian fellowship. God sent me
here today to preach this, and he sent you
here to hear this: LET the wicked forsake
his way and the unrighteous man his
thought, and let him return unto the Lord,
who will have mercy, and unto our God, who
viii abundantly pardon" Though you may
have been the worst sinner, you may become
the best saint, and in the great day of judg-
ment it will be found that "where sin
abounded, grace does much more abound"
and while the spoils Of an everlasting king
doma are being awarded for your pursuit 1t
will be found that the lame took the prey.
Blessed be God that we are, this Sabbath,
a week nearer tho ohliteratinn of an the
inequalities Of this life and all its Dispute
tudesL
Years ago, on a boat on the North river,
the pilot gave a very sharp ring to the bell
for the boat to slow up. The engineer at
tended to the machinery, and then he came
up with some alarm on deck to see what was
the matter. BE saw IL was a moonlight
night and there were no obstacles in the way.
He went to the pilot and said: "Why did you
ring the bell in that wayf Why do you want
to stopi there's nothing the matter" And
the pilot said to him: "There is a
mist gathering on the river; don't you
see that and there is night gather
ing darker INC darker, and l can't see
the way" Then the engineer, looking around
and seeing it was a bright moonlight, looked
into the face Of the pilot, and saw hat he
was dying, and then that he was dead
God grant that when our last moment
pine we may be found at our post doing
our whole duty; and when the mists of the
river Of death gather o. our eyelids, may
tho good Pilot take the wheel from our hands
and guide us into the calm harbor of eternal
resti
Drop the anchor, furl the sail;
am safe within the vale
READ this from Br'er Bowen's Sleepy
Eye Herald. 1t should be borne in mind
that Thos. is favorsbly mentioned for
Congress on the Democratic ticket, and
he knows that the Democratic free trade
platform will not down with Second
district farmers ergo his rebellious oppo-
1t may seem improper for the Herald to crit
icise the platform adopted by the Democratic
State convention last week, but as this paper
has expressed clearly defined views on the
tariff question for nearly ten wears, It may at
this time seem strange to have its editor, as a
member of the committee on resolutions, set
down as al advocate of a platform which de-
mands that salt. coal. wool, lumber, sugar,
iron. steel, drugs and medicines, clothing,
household goods. tools and machinery used by
farmers and mechanics, and all raw materials
be placed on the free list.
Against the adoption of this section the
writer urged before the committee his most
vigorous protests. We are not prepared to
defend that section. and Notwithstanding its
adoption by the Affirmative vote OF every 9TH
er member OF the committee. we still look up
on IT as a grave error IN a platform that is
an excellent one.
Take the free trade plank out of the
resolutions and what is left then of the
platform? Nothing of more importance
than a gnat's eye in a pail of bran.
Their Business Booming.