Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12

orhers who Immediately occur to your mind.
You see 1 do not scott at skepticism:
l never scoffed at skepticism, 1
had good reason for not soothing. l have
the first word was that uttered after entering
this world, but / think it must have been
'whyy' There were times when doubted the
existence of God when doubted the divinity
of Christ when doubted the immortality Of
the SOUL when l doubted everything. nave
been through the whole curriculum OF DOUBT
and you can tell me nothing new about II. l
have come out from great Sahara desert into
the calm, warm sunshiny land OF the gospel L
Know about the other land. have been there
lou can tell me nolhing new about IL; anu
know all about the other condition OF which
you do not know anything-the peace. the COM
fort. the JOY, the triumph of trusting in God.
and In Jesus Christ whom he has sent. so
am not scofting in regard to 1t.
There are some things / believe that you DO
not; hut there are some things that believe
and you do believe. You believe in love-a
fathers love, mothers love. wife's love,
chid's love. Now let me tell you, God loves
you more than ali Of them together; and you
must come in you will come in. Christ looks
IN all tenderness with the INFINITE tenderness OIL
the gospel, into your soul,and He says. This is
your time for heaven;" and.then He waves His
hand to the people of God. and He says, 'Other
sheep have which are not OF this fold"
Swing the Door Wide Open.
There may be IN this house some whose hand
trembles SO with dissipation they could hardly
hold hymn book. say to such, If they are
here, You will preach the gospel yet; you will
yet, some Of you. carry the Holy Communion
Through the aisles, and you will be acceptable
to everybody, because everybody will know you
are saved and purified by the grace of God, and
Your business has got to come up,
your physical health is to be rebuilt.
your family is to be restored. the Church
of God on earth and in heaven is
TO rejoice over your coming. ''Other
sheep have which are not of this fold" If
this is not the gospel, i do not know what the
any depth. 1t can compass any infinity. i think
one reason why there are not more people saved
is we do not swing the door wide enough open.
Now there is only one class of persons in this
house about whom / have any dependency,
and that is those who have been hearing the
gospel for perhaps 20. 80. 40 years. Their out
ward life moral. but they tell you frankly they
do not love the Lord Jesus Christ, have not
trusted Him, have not been born again by the
spirit of God. They are gospel-hardened.
The gospel has no more effect upon them
than the shining of the moon on the city pave
ment The publlcans and the harlots go into
the kingdom of God before they. They went
through, some of them. the revival OF 1857.
when 6G0 600 souls were brought to God. Some
of them went through great reviyals in indi-
vidual churches. Still unpardoned, unblessed,
unsaved. They were merely spectators. Gospel
hardened! After awhile we will hear that they
are sick. an6 then that they are dead, and then
that they died without any hope. Gospel
hardened But turn away from all such with
4 thrill of hope to those who are not gospel
hardened. Some of You have not heard, per-
haps. five sermons in five years. This whole
subject has been a novelty to You for some
time You are not gospel-hardened; you know
you are not gospel-hardened. The whole SUBJ
ject comes freshly to your mind 1 hear some
past the graves stumbled over! Whittier
shall fiy? The future is SO dark, SO dark, SO
very dark God help meT'