Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-05-14

plications ascending to the throne OF mercy .
| The church Is ready. And u you should
this morning start for your Fathers house,
there would be hundreds and thousands in
this asscmblago who would say II they
| knew 1t: make room for that man, make
room for hIm ut the holy sacrament; bring
the silver bowl for his BAPTISM; give him
full right to all the privileges OF the church
Of Jesus Christ.
DO not say you have never been invited.
ipvito you now TO the Kings feast. One
md all. All! All! But | 90 further and
tell you that the angc,s are rendy. some
people think when we speak about angels
we arc getting into tho region OF fancy.
They say it is very well for man when
lie has lust cntelel tho ministry to
preach about the angels OF heaven, but
after he has gone on further 1t is hardly
worth while. My friends, there Is not any
more evidence in the Bible that there is
G cd than that there are angels. Did they
not swarm around Jacobs LADDER When
Lazarus soul went up lid they not escort
IN Did not Dagid say: "lhc chariots OF
God are twenty thousand, even thousands
OF ugel,f" Arc they not represented rs
the chief harycstcrs OF the judgment dayI
Did not one ANGEL in one night Stay 10000
OF Sennacherib's troops! Oh, yes, our
world is IN communication with
other worlds! All that communication
is by angels. When bad
man is to die, Il man who has desplsed God
and rejected the Gospel, the bad spirits
come on sulphurous wing and they shackle
him. aud try TO push him off the precipice
into the rum, and they lift n guffaw OF dia-
bolical cNultation. But there IS line OF
angels, bright aud beautiful and loving
angels, mighty angels, reaching all the way
from earth to heaven, and when others
gather like them | suppose the air Is full OF
them. They hover. They fit about. They
push down lniquity from your heart. They
are ready to rejoice. Look! There Is an
angel from the throne OF God. One mo-
ment ago, II stood before Christ and heard
the doXology Of the redeemed. 1t is here
now. Bright immortal, what news from
the golden city? Speak, spirit 6lest. The
answer comes melting on the air: Come,
come, Tor all things are now ready"
Angels ready to hear the tidings. Angels
ready to drop the henedictIOn. Angels
ready to kindle the Joy. All ready.
Ready. cherubm and scraphim. Ready,
thrones, and prlncipaiittes and powers.
Ready, Michael the archanGel.
Now. suppose you should pass into the
kingdom OF Col this morning, suppose you
should say, "pm done with the slns Of III
world. Fie upon ali these follies. .
Christ! | take thee now, | accept thy sery-
vice. respond 10 thy love, thine am | loi-
eyeT"-wny. before the tear of repentance
had dried on your cheek, before your first
prayer had closed the angel standing with
the message for thy soul, would cry up
ward, He is coming" nud angels polishing
mid-ar would cry upward: "He IS COM
mg" all along the line OF light from door
way to doorway, from wing tip to wing tip,
the news would go upward TIL II reached
the gate, and then 1t would flash to the
house Of many mansions, and find
your kin lreu out and those before the
throne would say: "R"joics with me, my
prayers are answered. Give me another
harp with which 10 strike the JOY. Saved,
saved, saved
Now, nv friends, II Christ is ready, and
the Holy Ghost is ready, and the Cnurch 10
ready, and the angels OF God are ready, and
your gloriieu kindred are ready, are you
ready | give with all the emphasis OF my
soul the question: Are you ready2' IL
You do not get into the Kings feast 1t viii
be because you do not accept the earnest in.
yitaton. Arm stretched out soaked with
blood from elbow to iinGer-Ltp, lips CULVER
Ing i'm mortal anguish, two eyes beaminS
everlasting love while lie says: Come,
come, come, for all things are now ready
Old man God has been waiting for thee
long years. Woull that some tear Of re-
pentancr might trickle down thy wrinkled
check Has not Christ done enough i'll
feeding thee and clothing thee all these
wears TO win from thee one word OF graft
Iude? Come, all the Young. Christ Is the
fIire,t OF the fair. WAIT not till thy heart
gets hard. Come, tie furthest away from
tNrlSt. DElnhaTu, IhllsL ENu pun Jul lho
Hrc OF that thirst. lie can restore thy
broken home. lie can break that shackle.
Come now, to-day, and get his pardon and
| its strength. L!bertirs, Christ knew where
YOU were last night He knows all the
story Of thy sin. Come 10 him this day. lie
| will wash away thy sin and will throw
around thee the robe of his pardon. HarlOt,
| thy feet foul with hell, thy laughter the
| horror OF tho sirpet-O Mary Magdalen
| Christ waits for thee. sAnd the one further
| off, further than have mentioned, case
| not so hopeful rs any | have mentioned.
| seIf-rIghteous man. tCeIlug myself all right
| having no need of Christ, no need OF par
! don, no need OF help-O selt-righteous man
| dost thou think in those rags thou cans'
enter the feast? thou Canst not. Goh 1
servant at the gate would tear off thy robe
| and leave thee naked at The gate. q self
righteous man! tho last to come. Come
| to the feast. Come, repent OF thy
! sin. Come. take Christ for thy portion
Day OF grace going away. Sh: dows on
the cliff reaching further and further oyCr
tue plan. The banquet has already begun.
| Christ has cptcred into that banquet tC
which YOU are invited. The guests are TAX
| ing their places The servant OF the kinG
has his hand on the door Of the banquetiae'
| rOom and he begins to swing 1t shut. Now
YOUR time to 90 in. Now is my time Il
enter | must 90 in. You must 90 IN. II
| il swinging the door shut. Now, 1t Is hal
shut. Now, it is three-fourths shut. Now
it is Just aiar. After awhile it Will be for
ever shut!
| Why will We waste on trilling cares
| That life which Gods compassion splresf
| While in the endless round of thought
The one thing neeliul is forgot.