Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-30
THE EVENING SERVICES.
Gods Last Invitation to the world-whOso.
ever VIII May Come.

Gods Last Invitation to the world-WhOso-
ever VIII May Come.
Rev. Mr.. Jones preached stirring
sermon last night. and stuck close to his
text for the better part of an hour.
The whole services were shorter than
usual, partially because the police force
of the gospel is more active than for
merly, and the aisles we're partially
| clear, so that people who wished to
come forward could expend all their force
! in pushing aside mental objections. A
| good many have been deferred from ac-
| cepting the preacher IS invitation to come
| forward simply on account of the physi-
| cal exertion necessary TO get through the
crowd. A very little thing will turn the
! balance when it is just wavering.
The choir continues to improve, and
the rendering OF some of the hymns has
| a lifting force that one can only appre-
| ciate, who has been in the food of
melody. The music of the Rock of Ages
! which Mr.. Excel composed on a sleeper
going East from Chicago, filed the tab
ernacle full last night. The Hsleeping
carr movement carries the people along
with it almost irresistably.
j. Morgan Wells occupied the plat
form for little while last night. He
significantly clinked couple of dollars
in his hand as he exhorted q generous
| giving. ''This old Gospel tent is not run
by law, but by grace, - he said. eve
! don t compel you TO give, but we hope
| you will give. It takes a good deal of
oil to make the old chariot run smooth.
| Drop in your pocketbook, and let old
nature squirm Religion is a good thing
to warm up with, if you don't let your
self cool off. -
The great evangelist stepped to the
front and opened his Bible on the last
page and read, "And the Spirit and the
Bride say come. And let him that hear
eth say come. And let him that is
athirst come And whosoever will, let
him take the water Of life
freely ''This text is on the last page
of the Bible, - said Mr.. Jones. "Thank
God for that. After all the warnings
and threats that you will find in this
book from Genesis on, God closes with
these words. They are His last message
to man, and, thank God, they are words
of invitation. There are only
few verses following. If any one
shall add to the words of
this book, God shall add the plaques
written therein and if any man shall take
away from the words OF this book God
shall take away his part out of the book
of life. If 1 had been in correspondence
with anyone for q dozen years on any
subject would turn to his last letter for
advice and counsel. No matter what
you may find in Genesis, or in the
Prophets, or in the Epistles, we may all
fall back on these blessed words and find
they hold US up above oil doubts and
fears. They are God IS last words of in
vitation and welcome to a sinful world
And the Spirit and the Bride say,
Come! That was a glo rions day, when
God and the angels shouted over a fam
ished world, when man shouted back be-
fore Him. When the mountains stood
up as His truth, and the valleys spread
out like His mercy and the ocean of His
love, and the dewdrops were His pearls,
and the flowers bloomed for Him. It
was grand day in the garden'0f Eden
when Adam and Eve walked as SOW
ereigns; it was grand day there when
they violated His law and ate of the one
forbidden fruit; and grand day when
they were driven out and the gates were
closed against them and sealed with
flaming sword. It was q grand
day when the announcement of man g
doom was made in the parliament
of heaven, and grand day when Noah
and bis sons and daughters and the kind
of all animals rode above the flood. It
was a grand day when the burning rain
fell and desolated Sodom and Gomorrah.
1t was grand day when Pharoah, with
his hosts of horses and chariots were
swallowed up in the Red sea. 1t was a
grand day when at the blast of the
angels $50, 200 soldiers fell. 1t was
grand day when the old prophet stood
on the hill and threw his voice down
through seven centuries and commanded
that the cradle should he made
ready for the infant Redeemer.
1t was a grander day when the
star stood above Bethlehem and the In
FAINT lay in the manger in swaddling
cloths and only span long. 1t was
grander day when at twelve Jesus con-
founded the teachers IN Israel with his
wisdom. It was a grander day when they
plated crown Of thorns aud Hs wore it