Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-06-07

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TO-" You say, ''that was well done" Blu
l want you to exercise some kindness anC
some appreciation toward those in he com
munlty who are snatching the little one.
from under the wheels Of temptation ani
sin-snatching them from under thunder
| ing rail tr aims Of eternal disaster, bringing
them up into responsibility in this world
and into glory for tho world TO come You
appreciate what the engineer did; why car
you not appreciate the grsnder work done
by every Sabbath school teacher this after
noOnl
o, my friends, / want to impress upon
myself and upon yourselves that it is not
the number of talents we possess, but the
use We make Of them. God has a royal
family in the world. Now, if l should ask
who are the royal families OF history !''
you would say: House of Hapsburg, house
of Stuarts. house of Bourbons." They
lived in palaces and had great eqnipage.
But who are the Lords royal familyi Some
Of them may serve you in the household,
some OF them are in unlighted garrets,
some Of them will walk this afternoon
down the street on their arm basket OF
broken food; some Of them are in the aims
house, despised aud rejected OF men, yet in
the last great day. while it will be found
that some Of US who Jared sumptuously
every day are hurled back Into discomit-
ure, there are the lame that will take the
prey.
One step further. There are q great
many people discouraged about getting to
Heaven. You are brought up in good fam.
flies, you had Christian parentage, but you
frankly tell me that you are thousand
miles away from the right track.
My brother, you are the one want to
preach to this morning. l have been look
ing for you. ! will tell you how you got
astray. 1t was not righteousness on you-
part. 1t was perhaps through the genial
ity and sociality Of your nature that you
fell into sin. You wandered away from
your duty, you uncOnsclOusly left the
house Of God; you admit the Gospel to be
true ard yet you have so grievously and SO
prolongedly wandered YOU say rescue Is
impossible.
Il would take a week to count up 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 dis
graced themselves, they disgraced their
household, they Gespaircd of return be-
cause their reputation was gone, their
property was gone. every thing 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 conGuerors.
And l tell you there is the same cbancs
for you. That is one reason why like to
preach this gospel, so free gospel, so
tremendous gospel. 1t takes man all
wrong and makes him all right. In q
former settlement where J preached a men,
Der Of my congregation quit the house of
God, quit respectable circles, went
into all styles OF sin and was slain
of his in,quity. 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 overhea. d along
the street, On the way to the burial, say
ing: "Come, let US go and hear Talmage
damn this old sinner!" o! had nothing
but tears for the dead, and had nothing
but invitations for the living. You see l
could not do any otherwise. ''Chrlst Jesus
came to seek and save that which was
lost" Christ in His diving prayer said:
Father, forgive them" and that was a
prayer for you and for me- o! start on the
road to Heaven to-day. You are not happy.
The thirst Of your soul will never be slaked
by the fountains of sin. You turn every
where but to God FOR help. Right where
you are, call on Him. He knows you. He
knows all about YOU. He knows all the
o Ids against which you have been contend
ing in life. Do not go to Him with long
rigmarole Of a prayer, but Just look up
and say: "Help! Help"'
But you say: My hand trembles so from
my dissipation can't even take hold of a
hymn book to sing" Do not worry about
that, my brother: l will give out hymn
at the close so familiar you can sing it
without book. But you sly: II have
such terrible habits on me can't get rid
OF them" Ely answer is. Almighty grace
can break up that habit, and will break it
up. But you say: ''The wrong did was
to one dead and in Heaven now, and can't
correct that wrong" You can correct 1t.
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.
''Oh" saws some man. ''if should try
do right, if should turn away from my
evil doing unto the Lord, would be
jostled, would he driven back, nobody
would have any sympathy for me-" You
are mistaken. Here in the presence Of
the Church on earth and IN Heaven, give
you to-day the right hand Of Christian fel-
lowship. God sent me- here to-day to
preach this. and &c sent you here to
hear this: Let the wicket fOrsake
his way, and the unrightous man his
thought, and let him return unto
the Lord, who will have mercy, and
unto our God, who will abundantly par
con." Though you may have been the
worst sinner, you may become the best
saint, and in tho great day OF judgment It
will be found that ''where sin aboLnded,
grace does much more abound" and while
The spoils Of an everlasting kingdom are
beng awarded for your pursuit, 1t will be
found that the lame took the prey.
Years ago, on boat Oh the North river,
the pilot gave a very sharp ring to the bell
FOR the toat to slow Up. The engineer at
Tended to the machinery ard then he came
up with some alarm On deck to see what
was the matter. He saw it was a moon
light night and there were no obstacles
IN the way. He went to the pilot and
said: "Why did you ring the bell IN thu,
way! Why do you want to stopa There
IS nothing the matter" And the pilot said
70 him: There is a mist gathering on the
river; don't you see thatl And there Is
night gathering darker and darker, and
can't see the way" Then the engineer
cooking around and seeing 1t was bright /!
looked into the face of the pilot |
md saw that he was dying, and then that !
10 was dead. God grant when our last
comes we may be found at our
post doing our whole duty; and when the
n:sts Of the river Of death gather on our |
,yelids. may the good Pilot take the wheel |
rom our hands and guide Us into the calm
larbor of eternal rest!
drop the anchor, full the SAIL
am safe within tho vail |
The life-Saving Service.
The life-sayinv service Was created |