Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-01
house OF God, quit respectable circles.
went into

house of God, quit respectable circles.
went into
ALL STYLES OF SIN
and Was Slain of his inquiry. TIE dsy
for his burial came and his body was
brought 70 the house of God. Some OF
his comrades VINO hsd destroyed him
were overheard along the street on the
way to the burial saying: "Come, Iet US
go ard hear Tslulsge damn this old sim
Det!" Oh! had nothing but tesrs for
the dead aud hsd nothing but inv itations
for the living. You zee 1 could not 10
any otherwise. "Carist Jesus came TO
seek and save that which WAS Loaf"
Christ in his diving prayer said: "Fatler,
forgive them," and that wss a prayer for
you and for me. Oh. start on tho read TO
heaven to-day. You are not happy. The
thirst OF your soul will never be slaked
by the fountsins Of sin. You turn avery
waere but TO GOD for help. R git where
YOU are, call on Hin. He knows you;
He knows all about you; He krows ali the
odds against which you have been con-
tending IN life. Do no. go to MIN with
long rismercle Of prayer, but Just look
up and say, "Helpi Help!"
But you say: "My hand tremoles so
from dissipation can't even take hold of
shYmn book to sing" Do not worry
about that my brethren; will give out
hymn ct the close so familiar you can
sing it without book. But you say: 81
have such terrible habits on me; can't
get rid Of them" My answer is,
Almighty grace can break up that
habit, and will break it up. But you say:
"rne wrong did wss to one dead and In
heaven now, and 1 can't correct that
wfong." 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.
"0l!" say some msu, "if should try
10 do right, II should tura away from
evil doing unto the Lord, l would be
jostled, would be driven back, NOBODY
would nsye any sympsthy for me-"
YOU ARE MISTAKEN.
Here, In the presence Of the church On
earth snd in heaven. l give you To-day
the rigut hand Of Christian fellowship.
God sent me here to day to presoh this,
and He sent you here TO hear this: hLst
The wicked forsske his way, and the IN
righteous man his thought, and let him
return unto the Lori, who will have mer-
cY, aud unto our God, who will abund-
.ntly pardon" Tanugh you may have
beer the worst sinner, you msy become
the best saint, and in the great day OF
judgment 1t will be found that "where sin
soounded, grace does much more
abound" and While the spoils of an ever
lasting kingdom are being awarded for
your pursuit, ic will bs found that the
lame took the prey. Blessed be God that
we are, this Sabbath, one week nearer
the obliteration Of all tn. inequalities OF
this lie and all its disquietudes.
Years ago, on boat on the North
river, the pilot gsve very sharp ring to
the bsll for the boss to SLOW up. The en-
giDeer attended to the machinery and
then he came up with some alarm on
deck to see whist was the matter. He saw
it wss moonlight night and there were
no obstacles in the way. He went to the
pilot and said: "Wny did you ring the
bell in that way? Why do you want to
stop2 There's nothing the matter." And
tue pilot said to him: "There is mist
gathering on the river; don't you see
that? And there is night gathering darker
ana darker, and can't see the way"
Then the engineer, looking around and
seeing it was bright moonlight, looked
into the face OF the pill It and raw that he
Was dying, and then that he was dead.
God grant that when our last moment
comes we may be found at our post do
ing our whole duty; and when the mists
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.
"DYop the anchor, furl the sail,
am safe within the vale,