The Forrest City times., 1891-02-06

NC llluSb kO tp Jut bCiipul. was tlShN III saying to one next me: II wonder if we will reach Heaven if we do go down to- night" Was I wise or unwise in asking that question? I tell you that man is a fool who never thinks of the great future.
 l apply my subject to several classes oi people before me- First, to that great multitude of young people in this house. Some of these young men are in boarding houSes They have hut fcw social advor- tages. They think that no one cares for their souls. Many of them sSe on small salaries, and they are cramped and bother ed perpetually, and sometimes their heart fails them. Young man, tonight. at your bedroom door ou the third floor you will hear a knocking. It will be the hand of Jesus Christ, the young mans friend, say ing; 70, young man, let me come in; l will comfort thee, I will deliver thee" Take the bible out of the trunk if it has been hidden away. If you have not the courage to lay it on the shelf or table tase that Bible that was given to you by some loved one, take 1t out of the trunk and lay it down on the bottom of the chair, then kneel down beside it, and read and pray. and pray and read, until all your disturb ance is gone, and you feel that peace which neither earth nor hell can rob you of. Thy fathers God. thy mothers God. waits for thee o young man, 'Escape for thy life!" Escape nowl ''One thing thou lackestw
 But I apply this subject to the aged. O father of the weary step, o mother, bent down under the ailments of life. has thy God ever forsaken thee? Through all these years, who has been your best friend? Seventy years of mercies! Seventy years of food and clothing. O, how many bright | mornings! How many glorious evening hours you haye seen, o father, mother, | God has been very good to you. Do you feel it? Some of you have children and grandchildren the former cbeered your young life. the latter twine your gray locks in tltcir fingers. Has all the goodness that God has been making pass before you pro- dnced no change in your feelings, and must it be said of you notwithstanding all this: "One thing thou lackest?'
 must make application of this subject, also, to those who are prospered. Have you, my friends, found that dollars and | cents are no permanent consolation to the soul2 You have largo worldly resources but have you no treasures in heaven? Is an embroidered pillow all that you want to put | yau dy ing head on? You have heard people aS last week talk about earthly values
 
 l Do you not know it will be worse Tor you o prosposed man, if you relect Christ, and reject him finally--that it will be worse for you than those who had it hard in this | world, because the contrast will make the discomfitare so much more appalling? As the hart bounds for the water brooks, as the roc speeds down the hill side, speed thou to Christ Escape for thy life. look not behind thee. neither stay thou Tn all the 1 plain escape to the mountain lest thou be consamed."
 | l must make my application to another class of persons-the poor When you cannot pay your rent when it Is due, have l you nobody but the landlord to talk to? | When the four has gone out of the barrel, and you have not ten cents with which to l go to the bakery and your children arc | turging at your dress for something to eat
 have you nothing but the worl3's chari- ties to appeal to? When wint0t comes. l and there are no coals and the ash-bar- rels have no more cinders. who takes care of you? Have you nobody but the over l seer of the poor. But l preach to you a l poor man Christ If you do not have in | the winter blankets enough to cover you in | the n ght, want to tell you of him who l had not where to lay his head. If you lie l on the bare floor, 1 want to tell you Of him | who had for a pillow hard cross, and ! whose foot bath was the streaming blool of his own heart. 0 you poor man. o you poor womani Jesus understands your i case altogether Talk it right ous to him tonight Get down on your floor and say
 Lord Jesus Christ, Thou vast poor and am poor. Help me. Thou art rich TOW, and bring me up to Thy riches!" Do you think God would cast you offp Wll he? You might as well think that mother would take the child that feeds on her breast and dash it's life out. as to think that God would put aside roughly those who have fled to him for pity and com passion. Yea, the prophet says; "A woman may forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb, but will not forget thee. "
 If you have ever been on the sea, you havo been surprised in the first voyage to find there are so few sails in sight. Some times you go along two, three, four, five. SIX and seven days. and do not see single sail, but when vessel does come in sight, the sea glasses arc lifted to the eye, the vessel is watched. and if it come very near. then the captain, through the trumpet. cries loudly across the water: 'Wh ther bound?' So you and l meet on thi. sea of life. We come and we go. Some of us have never met before, Some of us will never meet again. But hail you across the sea. and with reference to the last great day, and with reference to the two great worlds. I cry across the water
 ''Whither bound? Whither boundPr l know what service that craft was made for. but hast thou thrown over board the compass? Is thero no helm 10 guide itp
 Is the ship ss tue mercy or the tempest? r. there no gun Of dslress booming through the storm? With priceless treasures--- with treasures aboard woith more than all the indies wilt thou never come up out of he trough of that sea? 0 Lord God. lay hold of that man. Son of God, if thou vert ever needed anywhere. Thou ar, needed here There are SO many sns to be pardoned. There arc so many wounds to be healed. There are so mary souls to be saved. Help. Jesus. Hep. Holy Ghost! Help, ministering angels from the throne! Help. all sweet memories oi the pastl Help ali prayers for our future dcliverance! O.that now in this the accept cd time and the day of salvation. you would hear the voice Of mercy and live. Taste and see that the Lord is gracious. In this closing moment of the service, when everything in the house is so favorable, when everything is so stili when God Is so loving, and heaven is so near. drop your sins. and take Jesus. Do not cheat your elf out of heaven. Do not do that God forbid that at the last when t is too late to correct the mistake. a voice should rise from the D How. or drop iron. the throne, utterng just four words--four T .lx .1..&. AL.