Telegram-herald., 1889-07-22

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iux tAlef Was sayel, al1 s-pposs
tLers Is mercy for yol" lae Yoans
ual. 6lss slslsd. eailsoi, t4ro"s tla--si
t@ez CO his rsulty resolved Le never NJ
enler the hga-e Il God again Perhaps not
oulte fully discouraged about reforn-AElon,
hs l4- up by s1Eae ligIlg reslsocla1ss msn
he Used T. know gong dQ~n tie street al
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srTanl down some otter street Ne-i, tAs
pr0dissl, wishing to Tetlrn, takes solue aaeln-
Der CT Christian 4sSaclatlon by Tie hand,
or tres 70 The Christian young ul-n lcrZs
a. him. looks az the faded apparel and the
marks II dissipation, and instead OF giving
him warm grip of tAe hand, Oilers clu TIE
tip end II the long fingers of the left hand
which Is equal u striking man IN tie face.
Oh how few Christian people understand
how much force and gospel there a. IA
good, honest hGndsh2Elng' Sometimes. when
You have feit the need OF encouragement and
some Christian man has taken you heartily
by the hand. have you not felt that thrilling
through every l0er of yonr bo-y, nlnd al4d
soul. IN encouragement thar was Just what
You nee,lelf Yon 10 not know anything at
all about this unless you know when a mar
tries 10 return from evil courses OF conduct,
he runs against repulsious innuneracle. We
say OF sosne man. lie lives "A block or tive
from the church or half mile from the
church. There are people in our crowded
cities who live thousand miles from III.
church. Vast deserts of indifference between
them and the house Of Cod The fact Is, va
must keep our respectability, though theu.
sands end tens of thousands perish. Christ
sat with r,ublicans and sinners. But il there
comes to the house OF God man with mark.
OF dissipation upon him, people throw az
their hsxlds IN horror, 40 much as 10 say
isn't il -shoek1ngi' How these dainty,
fastidious Caristiaps in al our churches are
going 10 get into heaven / don't know, IN.
less they have an especial train Of cars. cash
ioued and upholstered each one a car to him.
self They cannot 80 without the great herd
Of publicans and sinners. Oh, ye. who cur.
your lip Of scorn at tho fallen. / tell you
plainly, if YOU had been surrounded by the
same influences, instead OF sitting today amid
tho cultured and the refined and the Chris
tian. YOU would have been "a crouchlng wretch
in stable or ditch, covered with filth and
aborninationi 1t is not because YOU are
naturally any better, but because the mercy
OF God has protected you Who are you,
that brought up in Christian circles, and
watched by Christian parentage, you should
be SO hard on the falleni
| think men also are often Eindered from
return by the fact that churches are toe
anxious about their membership and too
anxious about their denomination, and they
rush out when they sec q man about to give
M his sin and return 10 Goi, and ask him
how he is going TO be baptized, whether by
srrinkling or by immersion, and what kind
OF a church he is going To JON. On, my
friends. it is 4 poor time 10 talk about Pres
byterian catecbisns, and Episcopal liturgies
and Methodist love feasts, and baptisteries tc
q man that is coming out of the darkness Of
sin into the glorious light OF the Gospel.
Why. it reminds me of a man drowning in
the sea and lifeboat puts oat for him,
and the nan in the boat says TO the
man out OF the boat: "Now, If | get
you ashore, are you going 70 live in my
streetr First get him ashore. and then tals
about tho non-essentials Of religion. Who
cares what church he joins, II lie only Joini
Christ and starts for heavcnl Oh, you ought
TO have, my brother, an nluinined face, and
hearty grip for every one that tries to turn
from his evil way Take hold Of the same
book with him, though his dissipations shake
the book, remembering that be that convert
eth sinner from the error Of his Ways shall
save soul from death. and hide a multitude
Of sns.
now THE suACELEs NAT BE LocsED.
Now. I hare shown -yS>sI tEess obsta,,les 10
cause want you 70 understand / know al
tbe di.Icrries' In the way; but | am now &c
tell vou how Hannibal may scalo the Alps,
and how the shackles may be unriveted, and
how the paths Of virtue forsaken may be 70
gained. Firzt Of all my brother throw your
self on God. Go 70 him frankly and earnestly,
and tell him t1ese habits you have, and ask
him If there is any help in al the resources Of
onlnipotent love, to give 1t 70 you. Do not
20 with a long rigmarole people call prayer,
made up Of obs and abs and forever
And forever arnensl" Go TO God and cry for
help! help. help, And Il You cannot cry for
helm lust look and live. ] remember in the
war / was at Antietam and / went into
the hospitals after the battle, and / said
70 man, Where are you hurtr
lie rs,aae no answer. but held up bis arm.
swollen and sTlintered. / saw where Ia
was hurt. The simple fact Is, when a man
has a wounded soul, az De- has 70 do is 70 hold
Il up before a sympathetic Lord and get il
healed. Il does not take any long prayer
just hold up the wound o., it is ~ smsl
thinr when q man is nervous and weak an
erha.sto5. coming from his Evil ways, 20 foe
tia. Cod puts two onnipoi .a- arms around
about him and SAYS: Yong man. VII
stand bv goa, Tie mountains may depart
and the hills be removed. but viii never
fail vou.- And tacn. o. tie s,ul thinks tb.
new is too god - 20 t51e. ard cannot be
lisvo 10. and looss Lp IRE Gods ace. God iifs
his rehr hand and take au cath. az AFFIDAVIT
savln.. "As ! i've saith the Lori GO3.
have no 3. asgre IN TIE deatl O. b.n tha'
alefh.n
THANK GOD F0n TTE e0ervr
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