Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-01-15

these las men. It does not make any differ
ence to me az this juncture what you nave
said against the Bible: it does not make
any difference 20 me at this juncture how
you may have caricatured religion. Take
the advice Of men who are prominent ia
secular affairs, as these men whom have
mentioned aud Others who Immediately
occur 10 your mind. You see J do not
scott at skepticism. | never scoffed at
skepticism. have been a natural skeptic.
do not know what the first word was
that | uttered after entering the world.
but think il must have been ''Whyy"
Theie were times when / doabted the
existence OF God. when | doubted the di-
vinity of Chrisa -hen doubted the inn
mortality of the soul, when doubted my
own existence, when doubted everything
have been through tie whole curriculum
of doubt, and you can tell me nothing new
about it, | have come out from great
Sahara desert into the calm, warm, sun
shiny land Of the gospel. | know about
the other land. | have been there. You
can tell me nothing new about it. And
know all about the other condition of which
You do not know anything-the peace, the
comfort, the JOY, the triumph of trusting
in God and in Jesus Christ whom he has
sent So am not scofiing in regard to it,
BELIEVE N GODS LOVE.
There are some things believe that you
do not. but there are some things that
believe and You do believe. You believe in
love-a fathers love, mothers love, a
wlfe's love, child's love. Now let me tell
you God loves you more than all of them
Il In. Mill
come In. Christ looks in all tenderness,
with the infinite tenderness of the gospel,
into your soul, aud he says, "This is your
time for heaven" and then he waves his
hand 70 the people of God, and he says,
"Other sheep have which are not of this
fold.n
Again | remark, the Heavenly Shepherd
is going TO get many Of his sheep among
those who have been OF evil habit
IL outriges me 70 sec how soon Christian
people give up the proligal l henr Chris
tian people talk ms tioR;h they Thought
the grace of God wera chain OF forty or
flfty links, aad whea they hal run out
thal there vas nothin 10 touch the depth
Of mans niquitg Il II man were out
hunting for deer. az ! cot oG the track Of
the deer lie would hunt amid the bushes
anu hiff Hf0hto 4Oil-fi ibf tHt ibNl EftilS
than lac would look for a lost soul
They say il man has had tie deliriun
trsmcns twice he cannot be cured They
say If woman has fallen from integrity
she cannot be redeemed. All Of which is
an infinite Islander on the gospel Of the son
of God Men who say that know no hing
about practical religion IN their own hearts.
How many times will God take back man
L..
the exact figures, but can tell you at what
point he certainly will take him back.
Four hundred and ninety times. Why dc
Isay four hundred and ninety times? Be
cause the Bible says seventy times seven.
Now figure that out, you who do not think
a man can fall four times, eight times, ten
times, twenty times, one hundred times,
four hundred times, and yet be saved.
Four hundred and ninety times, Why,
there is great multitude before the throne
of God who plunged into all the depths oil
iniquity. There We're no sins they did not
commits but they were washed of body
and washed Of mind and washed Of soul,
and they are before the throne of God now
forever happy. / say that to encourage
any man who feels there is no chance for
him
OOD AlsONL IAN SAVE i0Is
Good Templars win not save you, al.
though they are a grand institution. Sons
of Temperance will not save you, although
there is no better society on earth. Sign.
ing the temperance pledge will not save
you, although it Is a grand thing TODD. Nc
one but God can save You. Do not put you
confidence in bromide Of potassium or any
thing that the apothecary can mix. Put
your trust in Godl After the church has
cast you off, and the bank has cast you off,
and social circles have cast you of, and all
good society has cast you of, and father
has cast you of, and mother has cast you
off, at your first cry for help God will bend
clean down to that ditch of your iniquity
to help you out Oh, what God be is
Long suffering and g-aciousl
There may bein this house some whose
hand tremhles 80 with dissipation they
could hardly hold a hymn book. say &c
such if they are here: You will preach
me gospel yet. You viii yet, some Of you
carry the holy communion through the
aisies, and you will he acceptable to every
body because everybody will know you
are saved and purified by the grace of God,
and n consecrated man, wholly eonse
Grated. Your business has got TO come up,
your physical health is TO be rebuilt, your
family is 10 be restored, the Church OF God
on earth and in heaven is to rejoice over
your coming. "O5her sheep have which
are not OF this fold If this is not the
gospel do not know what The gospel is.
IL can scale any height, it can fatbom any
depth, it can compass any iniinity. think
one reason why there are not more people
saved is We do not swing the door wide
enough open.
Now thnra L. only one class of r,arsnns In