The Forrest City times., 1890-06-21

have noth ng to do with you; or, "You aro good enough, and need no Redeeuer. Take thine case. eat drink, and bs nsrry.' Ten thousand voisAs say; "l3ack with you. God is . hard mastsr. Tho church is collection of hypocritos. Back into your sins; back to your evil indul- eeuces; back to your prayerless pillow. ! The siiliest thing that Q young man ever does is to come home after hc has boon wandering" Oh. how much help . man docs want when he tries to become . christian 1! | Indeed, tho prodical cannot find his way l home to his fathers house alone. Unless somo one comes to meet him he had potter have stayed by the ine-troughs.
 l remark upon the fathers kiss "He fell on his necs,r my text says, "and kissed himv It is not every father that would have done that way. Some would have scoldei him, and said; Here, you 1 went off with beautifal clothes but now you are al in tatters. You went on healthy, anu come back sick and wasted with your dissipations.r He did not say that The son, all haggard, and ragged, and filthy and wretched, stood be ore his father. The father charged him with mono of his wandcrings. He just received him. He just kssei him. His wrctchedness was recommendation to that fathers love. On that fathers kissl How shall describe the love of tiodi~-the ardor with which He receives a sinner back again! Give me plummet with which l may fathom the sea. Give mo ladder with which l can scale this hei,ht Give mo words with which can describe this lova The apostle says in one place, ''unsearch. abo;n in another, ''p,st finding out" Height overlapping all height; depth plugging beneath all depth; breadth com. pass.ng ali immcnsity.
 Oh, this lovol Gol 80 loved the world. He loves you Don't you believe iti Has He not done everything to make you think sol 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 Hc has fed you, clothed you, sheltered you, defend cd you, loved you, importuned you ali your life long. Don't you believe He loves youi Why, if now you should start up from tho wilderness of your sin. He woul throw both arms around you To mako you be- lieve that he loves you, lie stopped to manager, and cross, and sepulchre. With all the passions of His holy nature reused, He stands before you today, and would coax you to happiness, and heaven. Oh, this Fathers kiss There is so much meaning, and love, and compassion in it, so much pardon in it.; so much heaven in il. l proclaim him the Lord God. merciful, gracious anl long. suffer ing, abundant in goodness and lieve Him, He goes up Golgotha, and while tho rocks arc rendng. and tho graves arc opening. and the mobs are bowling, and the sun IS hiding, He dies for you. Seq Mimi See Him on the Mount Of Cruciiix.on, the sweat on His brow tinged with the blood exuding from His iacerated temples See His eyes swimm ng in death! Hear the loud breathing Of the Sufferer as He pants with world on His heartl Hark to the fall Of the hood from brow, and hand, and foot, on the rocks beneath drop. dropl drop Look at the nails, How wide tho wounds arel Wider do they gape as His body comes down upon them Ohi this crncifxion agonyl Tears melting in to tears. Blood flowing into blood Darkness dropping on darkness Hands or men joined with hands Of devils to tear apart the quivering heart of the Son of God
 Ohl Will he never speak ayaint Will that crimson face never light up againt He will speak again, while the blool is suffusing His brow anl reddeniny His cheek and gathering on nostril and lip. and you think he is exhausted and cannot speak, He cries out until all the ages hear Him: Father, forgive them. they know not what they doln Is there 10 emphasis in such thing as that to make your dry eyes weep and your hard heart breakl Will you turn your back upon It. and say by your actions what tho jews said by their words siiis blood be on Us and on our chiidrenn What does it all mean, my brother, my sister, Why, 1t means that for our lost race there was Fathers kiss. Love brought hm down. Love opened the gate. Love led 10 tho sacrifice, Love sha,,er, cd tho grave. Love lifted Him up in rcsur. reetion Sovereign love, Omnipotcnt lovel infnite lovc Bleeding love, Everlasting love,
 Oh for this love let rocks and hills
 Their lasting silence break;
 Aud all harmonious human tongues
 The Ssviour's praises speak
 Now, will you accept that Fathers kissl The Holy Spirit comes to you with His arousing, melting, alarming. inviting. vivi. lying influence. Hearcr, what creates in thee that unresti IL is the Holy GhosL What influence now tells thec that It is time to fly, that to morrow may bo too late; that there is one door, one road. one cross. one sacrifice, one Jesus. 1t is the Hoy Ghost
 My most urgent word is to thos, who, like the young man of my text are a great way of, and they will start for homo, and they will get homo. They will yet preach the Gospel and on communion days carry around the consecratei bread, acceptable to every body, because of their holy life, and their consecratcd behavior. Tho Lord is going to savo you. Your home has got to ho rebuilt. Your physical health nas got to be restored. Your worldly business has got to be reconstructed. Tho chursa of God Is going to rejoice over your disciple. ship You arc not gospel h h,rdoned You have not card or read many sermons dur ing the last few years. You do not weep. but tho shower Is not far of You sigh, and you have noticed that there Is always sigh in the wind before tho rain falls There are those who would giva anything if they could flnd relief in tears They say; ''Oh, my wasted life Oh, the bitter pastl Oh, the graves over which have stumb,edl N hither shall fyi Alas for the futurel Everything Is dark-so dark, so dark. God help met God pity mol Thank the I.ors for that last utterance You have begun to pray, and when n man begins t, petition, that sets all heaven nylng ths way. and God steps in. and beats back ths hounds Of temptation to their kennel, and around about tho poor wounded soul puts tho covert Of His pardontnx mercy Harkl l hear something fall What was tha,l It is the bars of the fenca around tho shcep-fold Tn, shepherd lets them down, and ths hunted sheep of the mountain bound in, some Of tacm their fleece torn with the bramhles, somc of them their feet Iamo with the dogs; but bound. ing iu. Thank God Saved for t,mc, and saved for eternity.
 
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