Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-07-03

but that something fatal might oyertaL.
him before he got up to the doorsill: ma
30 the father ran. Tho Bible for the mo..
part. speaks Of God a. walking. ..In nv
fourth watch Of tue night" it says. "Je.ns
came unto them walking on the sea" "us
walketh upon tho winss Of the windn Ons
hrst parents heard the voice OF the I,ort
walking In the garden in the cool of ,hs
day: but when q sinner starts for Cod
the father runs to meet him OH IL -
man ever wants help, it is when he tries ~
become a Christian. The world savs ~
him: "Back with you. Have more spir,
Don't be hamper.d with iyion. Tina
enough yet Wait until you get sick. W.T.
until you get old" Satan says: "Bacs
with you; you are so bad that God VIII
have moth ng to do with you; or "You ara
good enough, and need no Redeemer. Take.
thine ease eat, drink, and be merryn
Ten thousand voices say; ''Back with,
you. Cod Is Q hard master. Tha
church Is . collection of hypoc critics. Back
into your sins; back to your evil indul.
eences: back to your prayerles. pillow.
The silliest thing that Young man ever
does is 10 come home after he has been
wandering" oh. how much help u man does
want when he tries to become christian
In Iced, the prodical cannot find his wav
home to his fathers house alone. Unles.
have stayed by the swine-troughs.
l remark upon the fathers kiss "He
fell on his necx," my text says, and
kissed him." 1t is not every father that
would have done that way. Some would
have scolded him, and said: ''Here, Won
went OF with beautiful clothes, but now
you are all In tatters. You went Off
healthy, and come back sick and wasted
with your designations" He did no. saw
that. The son, all haggard and ragged.
and filthy, and wretched, stool be ore hi,
father. The father charged him with none
Of his wanderings. He just received him,
He just kissel him. His wretchednes,
was recommendation to that fathers
love. Oh, that fathers kiss! How shall
describe the love Of od!-the ardor with
which He receives o sinner back agaiua
Give me q plummet with which l NAV
fathom the sea- Give me ladder with
which l can scale this hei ;ht Give me
words with which can describe this love,
The apostle says in one place, ''unsearch-
abe;" in another, 'p'st finding out"
Height overlapping all height; depth
plugging beneath all depth; breadth c1m,
pass ng ali immensely.
Oh, this love Gol so loved the world.
He loves you. Don't you believe it. Has
He not done everything to make you think
| 500 He has given you life, health friends,
| home-the use OF your hand, the sight OF
| your eye, the hearing OF your ear. He has
| strewn your path with mercies. He has
| fed you clothed you, sheltered you. defend.
ed you, loved you, importuned you all your
life long. Don't you believe He loves yous
Why, il now YOU should start up from the
wilderness OF your sin, He woull throw
both arms around you. To make you be-
lieve that he loves you, he stopped to
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all the passions of His holy nature reused,
He stands before you to-day, and would
coax you to happiness, and heaven. Oh,
this Fathers kiss! There is so much
meaning, and love. and comp lssion in it;
| SO much pardon in it: so much heaven in
H. proclaim him the LORI God,
merciful gracious, and long suffer-
ing, abundant in goodness AMI
truth. Lest you would not be-
lieve Him. He goes up Golgo,ha,
and while the rocks are rending, and the
| graves are opening. and the mobs are
bowling, and the sun Is hiding, He dies for
you. Sea Aim! See Him on ths Mount OF
Crucifix on, the sweat on His brow tinged
with the blood exuding from His lacerated
temples! See His eyes swimmi ng in deatht
Hear the loud breathing of the Sufferer as
He pants with q world ON His hearth Hark
to the fall OF the b.ood from brow, and
hand, and foot, on the rocks bsneath-dropt
drop! drop! Look at the nails! How wide
the wounds are! Wider do they cape as
His body comes down upon them. Obi
this cruci6xion agony! Tears melting into
tears. Blood flowiny into blood Darkness
dropping on darkness Hands OF men
joined with hands OF devils to tear apart
the quivering heart of the Son OF God!
Oh! Will he never speak again! Will
hAf nNi tvV&n faNo 1i.pht int
He will speak again while the blool is
snffusing His brow AMI reddeninz His
cheek and gathering on nostril and lip and
you think he 10 exhausted aud cannot
speak, He cries ont until all the ages hear
Him: Father, forgive them, they know
not what they dol" IL there no emphasis
in such thing as that to make your dry
eyes weep and your hard heart breakf
Will you turn your back upon it, and say
by your actions what the jews said by
their words His blood be on US and on cur
childrens" What does 1t all mean, my
broth er, my sisterl Why, 1t means that for
our lost race there was Fathers kiss.
Love brought.him down. Love opened the
gate, Love led TO the sacrifice. Love shatter.
ed the grave. Love lifted Him up in resur-
reetion. Sovereign love! Omnipotcnt
lovel Infinite 'ove! Bleeding Lowell
Everlasting love!
''Oh. for this love let rocks and hills
Their lasting silence break;
And all harmonious human tongues
The Slvlour's praises speak,"
Now. will you accept that Fathers Kiss:
The Holy Spirit comes to you with His
arousing, melting, alarming, inviting, WV
Tying influence. Hearer, what creates IN
thee that unresta 1t Is the Holy Ghost
What influence now tells theo that it II
time to fly, that to morrow may be too late
that there Is one door, one road, one cross
one sacrifice, one Jesusi 1t is the Hoy
Ghost.
} My most urgent word 10 to thoss who
! like the young man Of my text. are grea
way on, and they will start TOR home, an.
they will get home. They will yet preacl
} the Gospel end on communion days carr.
| around the consecrated bread, acceptabl
to ev. ry body, because Of their holy life
, and their consecrated behavior. The Lor
il going to save you. Your home has got 7
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