The Grenada sentinel., 1889-05-25

| pity us as they look over and down anC
see us. and say: "Poor things away
down in that world" And when some
Christian is hurled into fatal acci'
dent, they cry: "Good! he is com.
ingw And when we stand around the
couch of some loved one, whose strength
is going away, and we shake our heads
forebodingly, they cry: ~ am glad he is
worse; he has been down there long
enough. There, he is dead! Come home!
Come home" Oh, if we could only gel
our ideas about that future world un.
twisted, our thought of transfer from
here to there would be as pleasant to us
as it was to little child that was dying.
She said: Papa, when will go homc"'
And he said: "To-day, Florence "To'
dayy So soon? / am so glad"
Iwish could stimulate you with these
thoughts, oh Christian man, to the high.
est possible exhilaration. The day OF
your deliverance is coming is coming.
1t is rolling on with the shining wheels OF
the day, and the jet wheels of the night
Every thump of the heart is only ham,
mer- stroke striking off another chain OF
clay. Better scour the deck and coil the
rope, the harbor is only six miles away.
Jesus will come down in the "Narrows"
to meet you. Now is your salvation near
er than when you believed. Unforgiven
man, unpardoned man, will you not to.
day make choice between these two por-
tions, the "south land" of this world,
which slopes to the desert, and this
glorious land which thy Father offers
thee, running with eternal water courses:
Why let your tongue be consumed with
thirst when there are the neither springs
and the upper springs, comfort here and
glory hereafter?
Let me tell you, my dear brother, that
the silliest and wickedest thing a man
ever does is TO reject Jesus Christ. The
loss of the soul is mistake that can not
be corrected. II is adownfall that knows
no alleviation; it is aruin that is remedi-
less; it is sickness that has no medica-
ment it is grave into which man
goes, but never comes out. Therefore,
putting my hand on your shoulder as one
brother puts his hand on the shoulder of
a brother, say this day, be manly and
surrender your heart to Christ. You have
been long enough serving the world; now
begin serving the Lord who bought you.
You have tried long enough to carry
these burdens: let Jesus Christ put His
shoulder under your burden.
Do hear any one in the audience say:
81 mean to attend to that after awhile; it
is not just the time" 1t is the time, for
the simple reason that you are sure of nc
other; and God sends you here this morn
ing, and He sent me here to confront you
with this message; and you must hear
now that Christ died to save your soul,
and that if you want to be saved
YOU may be saved. "Whosoever
will, let him come" You will
never find any more convenient season
than this. Some of you have been wait
ing ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty and
sixty years. On some of you the snow
has fallen. see it on your brow, and yet
you have not attended to those duties
which belong to the very springtime OF
life. 1t is September with you now, it is
October with you, it is December with
;ou.
am no alarmist. l simply know this: :
Ii man does not repent in this world he
never repents at ALL and that now is the |
time, and now is the day of sal
yation. Oh, put off this matter no longer
Do not turn your back on Jesus Christ.
who comes to save You, lest you should |
ose your soul. On Monday morning
friend Of mine started from New York to
celebrate her birthday with her daughter
IN Virginia O~ ouuui uuy &c the same |
week, Just after sunrise, | stood at the
gate Of Greenwood waiting 60" l"- ei'Ant
-of'fn 10 come in. 1t is a long journey to |
lake in one week-from New York to |
from Philadelphia to Balti-
more, from Baltimore to Washington,
rom Washington to Virginia, from Vir.
5inia into the great eternity. what thy
land findeth TO do, do it."