The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-08

men of intelligence, ardent strivers after
the will-o' the wisp, fortune, and of one Of
these | would speak. Ilo was a young
Englshman OF twenty-three or four years.
who came to New York. where he had
acquaintances, with barely sufficient TO keep
him couple of weeks. lie had been ten
DERBY reared perhaps | should say too ten
derly, and was not used to earning his liv-
ing, and found II extremely difficult TO get
any position that he was capable OF filling.
After many vain efforts in this direction he
found himself ON Sunday evening in Brook
lyn, near your church, with about 50 left
OF his small capital. Providence seemed
TO lead him to your door, and he deter
mined to go in and hear you,
"lic told me his going TO hear you that
night was undoubtedly the turning point
in his life, for when he went into your
church he felt desperate, but while listen.
ing to your discourse his better nature got
the mastery. | truly believe from what
this young man told me that your sound
ing the depths OF his heart that night
alone brought him back 10 his God whom
he WAS 80 near leaving"
TAKE THE RIGHT ROAD. AND KEEP TO IT.
The echo, that is, of multitudes in the
house. am not preaching an abstraction,
but great reality. OH lriendless young
man, OH prodigal young OH broken
hearted young man. discouraged young
man, wounded young man, | commend
you to Christ this day, tho best friend u
man ever had. lie meets YOU this morn
ing. You have come here for this bless.
ing Despise not that emotion rising in
your soul; II IL divincly lifted Look into
the face Of Christ. Lift one prayer to your
fathers God, TO your mothers God, and
yet the pardoning blessing. Now, while
speak, you are ut the forks OF the road,
and this is the right road, and that is the
wrong road, and l see you start on tho
right road
One Sabbath morning, at tho close Of
my service, ! saw gold watch OF the
world renowned and deeply lamenied yio-
linist Ole Bull. You remember he died
In his island homo of the coast OF Nor
way. That gold watch be had wound up
day after day through his illness, and then
he said 10 his companion Now l want to
wind this watch ~ long as | can, and then
when ! am gone ! want You 10 keep II
wound up until Il gets TO my friend DR..
Doremus, in New York, aud then he will
keep Il wound up until his lie is done,
and then want the watch TO 90 TO his
young son, my especial fayorite."
The great musician, who more than any
other artist hal made the violin speak aud
sing aud weep aud laugh and triumph
for IL seemed when he drew the bow
across the strings ~ II all earth aud
heaven trembled In delighted sympathy
the great musician, In room looking oil
upon the sea, aud surrounded by his
layorite Instruments OF music. closed his
eyes in death. While all the world was
mourning at hls departure, sixteen
crowded steamers fell into line Of funeral
procession To carry his body to the main
land. There were $4,000 OF his country
men gathered in an amphtheater OF the
hills waiting to hear the eulogium, and II
was said when the great orator of the day
with slentorian voice began to speak, the
$4,000 people on tho hillsides burst into
| tears.
OH that was the close Of life that had
done 80 much 10 make the world happy
hut have 10 tell YOU, young man, II yuJ
live right aud die righ, that was tam,
scene compared with tnat which will gree
YOU when from the galleries Of heaven thu
one hundred and forty and four thousand
shall accord with Christ In crying, well
dono, thou good aud faithful servant
And the influences that ON earth you
put In motion will go down from genera.
ton TO generation, the influences you
wound up handed 10 your children, aud
their influences wound up aud handed TO
their children until watch and clock are
no more needed 10 mark the progress, be-
cause time itself shall be no longer