The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-05

as 1t il for Is to in. !" They never die
there You might 60 through all the out
skirts Of the great city and find not one
place where the ground was broken for .
grave The eyesight Of the redeemed 10
never blurred with tears. There Il health
in every cheek. There is spring in every
foot There is majesty on every brow.
There is joy in every heart. There is no.
san,a on every lip. How they must pity
rs - they look oyer and down and see W,
and say: Poor things. away down in
that world" And when some Christian
Il hurled into fatal accident they cry:
Good : he IL scemingv't And when We
stand around tho couch Of some loved one
(whose strength is going away and we
shake our heads forbodingly, they cry;
Il am glad he is worse, he has been down
there long enough. There. he is dead!
Come home Come homsw Oh, il we could
only get our ideas about that future world
UNFINISHED our thought Of transfer from
here to there would be as pleasant to US as 1t
was to little child that was dying. She
said: Papa, when will I 60 home" And
he said: "ro-day, Florence" "To.day!
So soonl lam so gladW Iwish could
stimulate you with these thoughts, oh,
Christian man, to the highest possible ex.
hilaration. The day Of your delivsrance
is coming. It Is rolling on with the shin
ing wheels of the day, aud the jst wheels
Of the night Every thump Of the heart Is
only a hammer stroke striking OF 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 "Nar'
rows" to meet you Now is your salvation
nearer than when You believed.
Unforgiven man, unpardonei man, will
you not to-day make q choice between
these two portions, between tho south
land" Of this world, which slopes 70 the
desert and this glorious land which my
Father offers thee, running with eternal
water courses? Why let your tongue DO
consumed with thirst when there are the
neither springs and the upper springs
comfort here, and glory hereafter? ~ t.ff
Let me tell you, my dear brother, that
the silliest and wickedest thing q man
ever does Is TO reject Jesus Christ. The
loss Of the soul 10 mistake that can not
be corrected. It is downfall that knows
no alienation; 1t is a ruin that il remedi'
less; 1t Is sickness that has no medicant;
II is q grave into which man goes but
never comes out Therefore, putting my
hand on your shoulder az one brother puts
his hand upon the. shoulder Of . brother, !
say this day, be manly and surrender
your heart to Christ You have been long
enough serving the world; now begin to
serve the Lord who Doughty 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. Il mean to attend to that after
awhile; 1t Is not just the time" 1t Is the
time for the simple reason that you ara
sure of no other and God sends you here
this morning, and He sent me here to co.,
front you with this message; and you
must hear now that Christ died to save
your soul, and that II you want to be saw.
ed you can be saved. 'Whcsoever will,
let him come" You will never find any
more convenient sea son than this. Sons
of you have been waiting ten, twenty,
thirty, forty fifty and sixty years. On
some Of you the snow has fallen. I see 1t
on your brow, and yet you have not at.
tended to those duties which belong to the
very springtime of hfe 1t is September
with you now, 1t is October with you,
it is December with you. l am no alarm.
ist simply know this; II
q man DOES not repent In this
world he never repents at all, and that
now is the accepted time, and now is the
day Of salvation. Oh, put of this matter
no longer. Do not turn your backs on Jesus
Christ who comes to save you, lest you
should lose your soul.
On Monday morning friend Of mine
started from New York to celebrate her
birthday with her daughter in Virginia.
On Saturday Of the same week, just after
sunrise, stood at the gate Of Greenwood
waiting for her silent form to come in. 1t
is a long journey to take in one week
from New York to Philadelphia, from
Philadelphia to Baltimore, from Baltimore
to Washington, from Washington to vir.
ginia, from Virginia into the great eter.
nifty. ''Wnat thy hand findeth to do, DO
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