Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-28


for the living. You see 1 could not d.
any otherwise. "Cnrist Jesus captS
seek and save that which wss lost. -
Christ in his dying prayersaid: "Fssner,
forgive them," and that was prayer for
you and for me. Oh, start Ca the road to
heaven to-day. You are not happy. The
thirst OF your soul will Dever 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
odds against which you have been con-
tending In life. Do not 60 to him with .
long rigmarole Of o prayer, but Just look
up and ssy, "Helpi Help!"
But you say: "My hand tremoles so
from dissipation 1 can't even take hold Of
shymn-book to sing" Do not worry
about that my brethren; Iwiil give out Q
hymn at the close SO fsmi)isr you can
sing IL without book. But you say: 81
have such terrible habits on me; l can't
get rid OF them.n My answer is,
Almighty grace can bresk up that
hsbit, and will brask it up. But you say:
"The wrong 1 did was to one dead and in
heaven now, and / can't correct that
wrong" You can correct 1t. By the
grace Of God, 60 into the presence Of
tnat one, and the apologies you ought to
have made on earth mike In heaven.
"Oh!" say some mau, "if should try
to do right, II should turn away from
evil doing unto the Lord, would be
jostled, would be driven back, NOBODY
would nave any sympathy for me-"
YOU ARE MISTAKEN.
HPrp- in the nraEGnca Of h. chnrcn
earth snd in heaven. give you to-eey
the right hand Of Christian fellowship.
God sent me here to day to preach this,
and He Sc MT you here to hear this: "Lst
the wicked forsske his way, and the un-
return unto the Lord, who will have mer-
antly pardon" Though you may have
beer the worst sinner, you may become
the best ssint, and in the great day OF
judgment 1t will be found that "where sin
abounded, grace does much more
abound" and while the spoils Of an ever
lasting kingdom are being awarded fer
your pursuit, Is will be found that the
lame took the prey. Blessed be God that
we are, this Sabbath, one week nearer
the obliteration Of all thu inequalities Of
this life and all its disquietudes.
Years ago, on 5 boat on the North
river, the pilot gave very sharp ring to
the bell for the boat to slow up. The en-
gineer attended to the machinery and
then he came up with some slsrm on
deck to see what WAS the matter. He saw
1t was moonlight night aud there were
NO obstacles In the way. He went to the
pilot and said: "Why did you ring the
bell in that way? Why do you want to
stopp There's nothing the matter" And
the pilot said to him: "Thera is mist
gathering on the river; don't you see
that? And there is night gathering darker
and darker, and can't see the way"
Then the engineer, looking around and
seeing it was bright moonlight, looked
into the fsce Of the pilot and saw that he
wss dying, and then that he was dead.
God grant that when our last moment
comes we msy be found at our post do
ing our whole duty; and when the misrs
of the river Of death gather on our eye
lids, may the good Pilot take the wheel
from our hands and guide US into the
calm harbor of eternal rest.
"Drop the anchor, furl the sail.
am safe within the vale"