Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-02-08
MURRAY.
Published by request.

Published by request.
Thy time on earth is short. Each
closing year, each setting sun, each tick
of yonder clock, is shortening thy days
on earth, and swiftly. silently, but sure
ly carrying thee on-on to eternity and
to God. The year, the day, the hour,
the moment. will soon arrive that will
close thy life on earth, and begin thy
song in heaven, or thy wall in hell. No
future hour shall come to bring thee
back on earth again; thou art there for
ever-for eternity.
To-day thy feet stand on times sink
ing sand. Tomorrow the footprints re-
main, but thou art gone-where? Into
eternity.
To-day thy hands are busy at work
thine eyes are beholding, thy mind is
thinking, thou art planning for the fu.
ture. Tomorrow all is stll-the folded
arm, the closed eye remain, but thou
art gone-gone to eternity. Others
were once busy as thou art, healthy as
thou art, thoughtless as thou art, they
are gone gone to eternity. The merry
voice. the painted clown, the talented
artist, whose presence made the theatre
and the pantomine an attraction for
thee. are gone; they are removed far
from the region of fiction to that Of re-
ality--the reality of eternity. The
shrewd merchant, whose voice was
once so familiar to thee on the crowded
exchange is gone; he buys and sells no
more; he has entered eternity.
And, reader, thine own turn to enter
eternity will shortly come. Ask thy
self honestly, "Am l prepared for eter-
nity" Give thy conscience time to an
swer; listen; it speaks to thee to-day;
drown not its voice, lest it speak to thee
no more. Let the heaven ssand hell of
the future stand before thee in all their
| reality; one of these must be thine eter-
nal dwelling place, and to-day is the
time to make thy choice. Tomorrow
may be too late-one day behind time.
Which art thou living for? Which art
tHou travelling 10!
To go from the haunts of sin. de-
bauchery, and vice, to the presence of
God and the Lamb-impossble from
the crowd Of the condemned, and the
race for gold and gain, to the song of
the redeemed and the crown of glory
no, never. God says Except man be
born again he cannot see the kingdom
of God" John iii. 80 Reader. has
this ever happened unto thee? Hast
thou been born again for an eternal
heaven? If SO, we'll; but if not, the
horrors of an eternal hell are awaiting
thee, and to day thou art nearer its un-
quenchable flame than thou hast ever
been before.
Halt! Why will you meet God with
an unsaved soul? He wills it not. To-
day he pleads-turn we, turn We, why
will ye die?
To-day he points you to yon Cross,
with the Son Of God uplifted, grooming.
bleeding, dying, and all for you. Yes.
reader, for you the crown of thorns en-
circled His brow-for you the soldiers
spear brought the blood from His side
foryou He cried in triumph, 1T is fin
ished"-for you there is salvation free
to-day, and if you accept it uncondition-
ally as sinner you will be saved for
eternity.
Tonight may be thy latest breath.
Thy little moment here be done,
Eternal woe, the second DEATH,
Awaits the Christ rejecting one.
Thine awful destiny foresee
Time ends, and then-ETERNIrY."