Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-05-21

upon each other with uplfte y1aght, a. liftY.
ana princes and ambassadors. Their. ems
cleaning to the brlm, drank first tn tba
neaith OF the king OF England, and then to
Ine heaith OF the emperor of France. That
was Ine banquet that Cardinal Wolsey
spread IN Hampton Court
But to-day, my brothers and sisters T in.
vlte You to grander entertainment Nv
Lord, the King, is the banqueter. Angels Of
you are the cupbearers, all the redeemed ara
tne guests, the halls of eternal love frescoad
Win hight and paved with joy and curtained
WIN uniading beauty are the banuuetine
pace tne harmonies of eternity are the
Inusic, tne challces of God are the plate, and
am one OF the servants come out with in
Vltations to all the people, and oh that Won
nlighI break the seal of the invitation and
READ IN lnk of blood, and with the tremuious
hand OF dying Christ, Come. come, for,
ail things are now ready''
Illustrating my text go on, and in the FIRST
place say that the Lord Jesus Christ is ready.
Saiuinai Molsey uid not come into the BAN
quetlng hall until the second course of the
least, and when he entered, booted and
spurred, all the guests arose and cheered him
put nave to tell You that our banuueter. the
Aoru Jesus Chrls', comes in at the beginning
oi Che feast. Ay, he has beea waiting FOR
MS guests, waiting for some of them 1891
years, wlting with mangled feet, waiting with
nau4 On tha< nllnetlt1ad-aid rvHitsntx WI IA
nanu on the liberated temples, waiting. wait.
ing! "
Wonder it is that the banqueter did not get
weary and say, ''Shnt the door. and let the
iaggards stay out" No, he has been waiting.
HOW much he is in earnest! Shall / show
you9 gather up all the tears that flooded
ms cheek in sympathy, all the blood that
channeed his brow and back and hand and
loot to purchase our redemption | gather
up all the groans coming from midnight chill,
and mountain hunger, and desert loneliness
and put them into one bitter cry. l gather
up all the pangs that shot from cross and
spike and spear into one groan. l take one
crop OF sweat on his brow and put il under
the glass of the gospel and it enlarges 10
lakes 81 sorrow, to oceans of agony. That
Christ To-day. emaciated and worn and weary
comes here, and with pathos in which every
word is heartbreak aud every sentence u
martyrdom, he says to you, and lie says to me,
Come, come, for all things are now ready
ALI there is one word of five letters that |
would like to write, but have no sheet fair
enough to write it on. aud no pencil good
enough to inscribe it. Give me a sheet from
the heavenly records, and some pencil used by
angel III describing victory, aud then with
hand struck with supernatural energy and
with pencil dipped in everlasting morning,
VIII write it out in capitals of love- JESUS,
Jesus! 1t is this One that is waiting for Won
AMI for me, for we are on the same platform
before God How long he waited for me!
How long he has waited for youi Waiting as a
banqueter waits for his delayed guests, the
meats smoking, and the beakers trimming.
and the minstrel with his finger on stiff string
ready to strike at the first clash of the hoofs at
tne gateway. Waiting as mother waits for
boy that ten years ago went off dragging her
bleeding heart after him. Waiting Oh, can
you not give me some comparison Intense
enough, importunate enough, ugh as heaven.
deep AZ he'll, aud vast as eternity Not ex-
pecnng that you can help me with such COM
parison, simply say he is waiting as only an
all sympathetic CHRIST knows how to wait for
a wandering soul
DO you know what it was that saved Martin
Lnther1 1t was that one verae, "rhe Just
shall live by faith DO yon know what it was
that brought Augustine from his horrible dis
tipat'onsf 1t was that one verse, PUT ye on
the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no proyIsio,
Tor the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof Do
you know what il was that saved Hedle,
Wears, the celebrated soldier? 1t was tho one
passage, believe in the Lord Jesus Christ
and thou shalt be saved" Do YOU kaow what
~ was that brought Jonathan Edwards Il
Chris! 1t was the one passage, snow unto
nm be glory forever and ever"
one Thanksgiving morning ia church
read my text. "Oh. give thanks unto the Lord.
lor ne Is good and young man stood in the
gallery and said to himself: 81 have never
rendered one acceptable Offering OF gratitude
TO God IN all my life. Here, Lord l am thine
forever. BY that one passage Of Scripture he
WAS brought into the kingdom aud il / might
trii my own experience / might tell how one
sabbath afternoon l was brought to the peace
Of the gospel by reading of the Syro- phAni
cans cry 70 Christ, where he said Even the
ter's table Philosophic sermons never saved
Anybody Motauhysical sern,ons never. =. MA