Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-01-19

the drowning to seize the lifeline or
take the boat for the shore in safety .
Shall God provide at the cost of his
only sons assassination escape for a
sinking world, and then turn a deaf
a to the cry that comes up from the
breakers?
THEN YOU HAVE PASSED FROM DEATn
TO LIFE.
s'But," you say, there are so many
things I have to believe, and so many
things in the shape of a creed that l
have to adopt, that 1 am kept back"
No. mol You need not believe but
two things-namely, that Jesus Christ
came into the world to save sinners,
and that you are of them. "But,"
YOU ay, 'I do believe both of these
things!" Do you really believe them
with all your heart? yes" Why,
then you have passed from death into
life. Why, then you are a son or
daughter of the Lord Almighty. Why,
then you are an heir or an heiress of
an Inheritance that will declare divi-
dends from now until long after the
stars are deadl Hallelujahl Prince
of God, why do you not come and take
your coronet? Princess of the Lord
Almighty, why do you no. mount your
throne? Pass up into the light. Your
boat is anchored, why do you not go
ashore? Just plant your feet hard
down, and you will feel under them the
Rock of Ages.
[ challenge the universe for one in
stance in which a man in the right
spirit appealed for the salvation of the
gospel and did not get it. Man
alive! are you going to let all the
years of your life go away with you
without your having this great peace,
this glorious hope, this bright expect
ancy? Are you going to let the pearl
of great price lie in the dust at your
feet because you are too indolent or too
proud to stoop down and pick it uD2
VIII you wear the chain of evil habit
when near by you is the hammer that
could with one stroke snap the shackle?
VIII you stay in the prison of sin when
here is a gospel key hat could unlock
your incarceration? No; no! AS the
one word Come" has sometimes
brought many souls to Christ, [ will
try the experiment of piling up into a
mountain and then sending down in an
avalanche of power many of these Cos
pei "Comes." Come thou and all thy
house into the ark" Come unto me
all We who labor and are heavy laden
and [ will give you rest" "Come, for
all things are now ready" '"The Spirit
and the Bride say Gomez and let him
that heareth say Come and let him
that is athirst come"
The stroke of one bell in a tower may
be sweet, but a o of bells well tuned,
and rightly lifted, and skillfully swung
in one great chime fill the heavens with
music almost celestial. And no one
who has heard the mighty chimes in
the towers of Amsterdam or Client or
Copenhagen can forget them. Now it
seems to me that in this Sabbath hour
all heaven is Ginning, and the voices of
departed friends and kindred ring down
the sky saying Gomez" The angels
who fell, bending from sapphire
thrones, are chanting "COme!" Yea,
all the towers of heaven, tower of mar
GyIS, GOWSI I'll D1ODlICtS, wv VI dDoo
ties, tower of evangelists, tower of the
temple of the Lord God and the Lamb,
are Ginning Come, comet" Pardon
for all, and peace for all, and heaven
for all who will come.
PEACE!
When Russia wa in one of her great
wars the suffering of the soldiers had
baan 1Onp and hitter and they were
waiting for the end of the strife. One
day a messenger in great excitement
ran among the tents of the army shout
ing Peace! PeaceI" The sentinel on
guard asked, who says peace?"
And the sick soldier turned on his hos
pital mattress and asked, "NVhO says
peace?' and all up and down the en-
campment of the Russians went the
question, "VVho says peace?' Then
the messenger responded, 1.-The car
says peace" That was enough. That
meant going home. That meant the
war was over. No more wounds and
40 more long marches.
SO today, as one of the Lords mes
sengers. [ move through these great en-
campments of souls and cry: Peace
between earth and heaven! Peace be-
tween God and man! Peace between
your ~repenting soul and a pardoning
Lord" If o ask me, "NVhO says
peace" l answer, "Christ our King
declares it," My peace 1 give unto
you!" Peace of God that passeth all
understandings Everlasting peace!