Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-08-17

AM bfi- LNitF SA7F[N L1ah - q 'Fth. 49,
lnucl. - tpsar: Why, you herr You are
the last man ! ever y;ecte1 to see at church
takethis sat rightdo~n by thcdoorr
Install # saving: Good morning | am glad
yon arc here. CONF. | will give YOU q
i.rs: rate scat. risituphyt the pulpit" Well,
the I~rpiical, not yef discouraged, enters
tie PRAYER lEart3ny. ands some Christian mcn,
aith tt,5r. al tl3n common sanse, saws:
clad to So ypu. The dying th,.f was
-av,-l, ana | -uFiJs- there i mercy for you"
Tie young nll.l. t9>etist@I. c~l4l.ls4l, throws
himself ItarE an E~I>a.rnitv. resolved he never
vii enter TIN house ~ tipd again. Perhaps
not quite fIiIy discouraged about r%eforrna- /.
ton. ic sides up ~ some highly respectable
u1a1 g. used Il know G9InG down Tho street.
and Immediately tuc respectable man has an
'rratd tio"n 5me other street. Well, the
p.otCal. wishing ~ return. takes some mem
-! - a Christ an ASSOCIATION Blythe hand, or
trieste Tie Christian valn1 man looks at
him ipoke ~ tiefui-i apI1ralt'ri the marks
If dissipation and IIs.e"i If giving him a
warm srig i tne A:.n] otfer7 j.! the tip end
pi til. IoF1 finger II the LIT ila:li, which Is
-t4tsi II ~,rIh.u - man IL tho 1are.
81 10" fey Christian l"-ilc understand
-" rla.i force AMI Gospel there IS in u
good. hottest sand <iakfngi Sometimes, when
You have felt the need # encouragement, and
SOM i~sEl-tta!. man has taken Won heartily
lt th. Land have Won not felt that thrilling
through every fibre II your body. mind and
N'ttt4- III - - ii'Ait tLtN 49, l'fA ''A%Ap
yol neg-lel> You do not know anything at
atl about this unless You know when a man
trles u return from eVlI courses II conduct,
II. runs against repals!ons intufnerab'e We
sfty .f some man, lie hives q block or Two
from the church, OF half a mile from tn"
church. There are people IN our rro"fe1 clt-
les who liventhousani miles from the church.
Vast de~ertsof Indifference between them and
the house Of God. The fact is, we must keep
our Responsibility, though thousands and tens
IF thousands perish. Christ sat with publ
cansand siuners. But if there comes to the
house If God a man with marks OF dissipation
upon him, people throw up their hands III
horror, as much as to say: Isn't 1t shock
inc How these dainty, fastidious Chris
tltIls in all our churches are going to get INTO
heaven | dent know, unless they have an
special train Of cars, cushioned and up
lol,terc1, each one a car TO himself They
cannot 20 with til" great herd # puhlicans and
sinners. OH, yc. who curl Your lip Of
corn ~ tins I1lirn, | ten You plainly II yoI
had been surrounded by the same influences,
instead 81 sitting to-day amid the cultured
aud the refined and thc Christian, You would
have boon a crouching wretch in stable or
4 ditch. covered with filth and abolnination!
II Is moi because you are naturally any bet
ter, but bccaus,. the mercy Of God has pro
tpct"i YOU. Who are you, that brought up
in Christian circles, and watched by Chris
ti!lu ptrrntagc, You should be SO hard on the
fallen.
] think men also are elton hinderod from
return by the fact that churches are too anx-
lols about their membership and too anxious
about their denomination, and they rush out
when they see a man about to give up his
sin and return t. tod, and ask him how he is
gong to De baptized, whether by sprinkline
ar ly immersion. anl What kInd Of a churcl,
iln IS going to pom. Oh. my friends, 1t is a
poor time t. talk about Presbyterian cato
cllism>. and Episcopal rturGies, and Mntho-
{ I"t l-,-,f a-At +,I ln, TT rIAc fA n mo
tha; il coming ont Or the darkness df sin into
the glorious lisnt Of the Gospel. Why. it
r0inIu,iS us Of II man drowning in the sea, an
a lifelsat puts out for hun, aud the man II
the boat SAYS to the man out OF the
boat; Now, if | get you ashore
are yon gong To live in my street,
First sct him ashore, and then talk about tn,
EoIi-,5sentiai> of religion. Who cares wha'
church lie JOINS, if be only joins Christ anC
starts for heaven oh, You ought to have
my brother, an illumined face, and /
; hearty grip for every one that tries to turn
book with him, though his designations shake
, the book, remembering that he that con
vnrtath II sinner from the error of his way
: shall save a soul from death, ana hide
: multitude Of sins.
| Vow. | have shown You these III
; stacle; because | want Won to under
stand | know ali the difficulties in TIN
, way, hut | am ROW to t"ll You how
2 tianniha! may saaie fine Alps and how
!, the shackle, may 10 unrlveted an
7 how the path> of virtue forsnkesl may be To
{ gained First Of all. my brother, throw
t yourself on God Go to Him. frankly an,
{ earnestly. ana tell Him these habits vul
4 have. und &,E Him, il there is any help in al
Z, the resources of otnnipottnt love. to give i
t. You Do not 90 with a long rlgIlarol
people cali prayer, made up of ''ohs" aut
@ 'asts and forever ana forever amenst' G.
to cod and cry Tor help, help. help, and
i, YOU cannot cry for help. Just look and liv.
{ | remember III the Aar | was at Antictaul
q AMI | vent INTO the hospitals after tn
Il BATH. aud ! said 10 a man, "Wher
4 IRE You hurt He made ~ answer
hut held u his arm swollen and spl,nterc,
Il | SAW whore he was hart. The simple tac
~ IS, When a man has Il woumlel soul. all !,
10 has To q i t" hold il up before 4 sylnpatlieti
,r Lord and get 1t heated. Il docs not TAX
y any Ions prayer. Just hohl III. the wnuno
T. ti, 1t i no small thln. when 81 man is ncr
III "j:s AMI weak an! exhausted, coming fror
= Its evil way t. feel that God puts two OF
t. nlpattn; arms around about him and sav "
~ "Nonns man, | VIII stand ~ you, III
ac tio&ata!o> max depart and the hills be r.
II lnoNrtl, i1lt VIII never fail You Aud they
- as the soul thinks III. news i loo good to |
N true. AND cannot believe If, and looks up
he Goo pfaee. Gud lifts His right hand and lax
Il au uht!r an affidavit, saving \ | lv
"a saith tie bond God. / have &c pleasure in II
- death Of hll that dicth
Blessed - tipl for such n Gospel as thi
n Cut The ~lrr~ thiu, sand the aile IL ii
- husband, cor tll"rc Will not le enoush to :
81 all around Tor the children, cut tho sic,
- than. blessed l., tiod. there is a full loaf
"A eNsry one that wants II. bread enough ar
= spare No thin slices az the INrd's tahl
N | reWef@her When the Master Street nu
). ritat, III Philadelphia. was opened during Il
4 war. n telegram anne saving. There will
1t tire hundred wounded men tonight.
50 ready 10 take care If them and from M
:. church there Went IN simf twenty
II thirty men anil women l. look aft4
T., these l.,er uulin,ioi follows. As til,
m came, ~#iuH from ne Irlrt Of Il
~ land, earHa from another, no. one ask,
;, Wh1thcr tins taan was from Oregon, or fro
!. Massachusetts, or from Minnesota, Or fro
- Ne" Aork. fh"re Was q wounfsl sol.iit
= aDl tho auIy question Was how u AXE OF ii
ra-S most ,eutly, ami pat on Tho lauia-
:. and administer thu cordial AMI when
~ NpUl comes = Gsi He does not ask who
/. Won am from r what Your ancestry VI
" fios.lns fara all yuur wounds. Pardon Tor
:. Year quit Comfort for all your troubles
Then AIS. | counsel yoa. If YOU WAT.
III ~ !'arh. :" 4ait all Your lal a>4gTa:.at
-. tho aa! 34r intimacy Will IL. yo,r soul vi