Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-11
nrolled, old Pharaoh lifted nm hi, ..

%unrolled, old Pharaoh lifted up his .r
as II IN lmploration, but his slinnv
bones cannot again clutch his shotteraa
scepter. He is a dead lion. And is not
any man now living, in the fact That he
has opportunity of repentance and sal
vatioE, better off than any of those "a
parted ones who, by authority or DOS.
sessions or influence, were positively
leonlne, and yet wicked?
VIVA. thlng to congratulate you on
rs Sour NE! Why, it is worth more
! n "lltne gems OF The universe kindled
INTO one precious stone. l am aliyei
What does that mean? Whv. it maan.
that l still have all opportunity Of be;ne
saved myself and heiping otberS ~ bbss
saved. 10 be alive! Why. it means
nat L nave yet another chance to cor
rect my past mistakes and make snra
WORK for Heaven. Alive, are we? Come.
let US Geleprate it by new resolutions.
new determination, new conservation.
and a new career. The smallest and
most insignificant O -day is worth to no
more than five hundred YESTERDAYS
Taxing advantage of the present, let us
get pardon for all the past and secnrity
TOR all the future. Where are our for
gwen SINS? don't know. God don't
Know either; He says, Your sins and
ln1aultles Will remember no more,n
what encouragement in the text for
all chrlstlau workers.! Despair of no
ones salvation. While there is life
there is hope. When in Enoland .
young lady asked for a class in a sun
day school, the Superintendent said.
Better go out on the street and get vo7r
own class" She brought in a raegedand
filthy boy. The Superintendent gave
nm good apparel. In a few Sundays he
absented himself. Inquiry discovered
that IN a street fight he had his decent
apparel torn off. He was brought in and
a second time respectfully clad. After a
few sundays he again disappeared and
it was found that he was again ragged
and wretched. Then" said the teacher.
we can do nothing with him." But the
superintendent fitted him up again and
started him again.
After a while the gospel took hold of
MN ana his heart changed. He started
for the ministry and became a foreign
missionary and on heather grounds
lived, and translated the Scriptures, and
preached, until among the most illus
trlous names ofthe church on earth and
in Heaven is the name of glorious Rob-
ert Morrison. Go forth and save the
lost, and remember however depraved,
however ragged, and however filthy and
undone a child is, or a man is, or a wo-
man is, they are worth an effort. I
would rather have their opportunity
than any that will ever be given to those
who lived in magnificent sin and splen-
did unrigEseousness and then wrapped
their gorgeous tapestry around them
and without a prayer expired. Better
is q living dog than a dead lion."
In the great day it will be found that
the last shall be first. There are in the
grog shops and in the hands of ~iniquity
to-day those who will yet be models
of holiness and preach Christ to the
people. In yonder group of young men
who came here with no useful purpose,
there is one who will yet live for Christ
and perhaps die for Him. In q pulpit
stood a stranger preaching, and he said:
The last time | was in this church was
We're peculiar. Three young men had
come expecting to disturb the service,
and they had stones in their pockets
which they expected to hurl at the
preacher. One of the young men re-
ferred to refused to take part in the as
sault. and the others, in disgust at his
cowardice, left the building. One OF
the. three was hanged for forgery. An
other is in prison, condemned to death
for murder. l was the third, but thu
grace OF God saved me-"
My hearers, give no oneup. The cas-.
may seem desperate. but the grace o:
God likes to undertake q dead lift.
proclaim it this day to all the people
Free Grace! Living and dying, be tina,
my t~heme-Free Grace! Sound it across
the continent, sound it across the seas
Free Grace! Spell out those words in
flowers. lift them in arches, build them
in thrones, roll them in oratorios-Free
Grace! That will yet Ebenize the earth
and people Heaven with nations re-
deemed. Free Grace!
Salvation. oh, the joyful sound,
TITS pleasure to our ears.
A sovereign balm for every wound,
A cordial for our fears.
Buried in sorrow and in sin
AT DEATHS dark door we lay,
But we arise by grace divine,
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