The Penn's Grove record., 1891-01-30
EEV. DIX, TALNiGH,
The Br70kIyn IJ,yIre-s S:'' "a:
ERruuOUs


'unisct Come
+ TEXTS: "Coms."-Geu, vi, 10. GONE,
Rev. xii II.
Imperial, tender and all persuasive ia this
word Come" SIX hundred and SEVENTH
eight times it is found in toe Scriptures, It
stands at the front gate Of TIA Bible asiu my
first text inviting alt.diluvians into Noah's
ark, and it stands at the other gate OF the
Bible as IN my second text inviting the
postdiluvians into the ark Of a Saviour's
mercy. Come Is only q word OF four
letters, but IL Is the queen Of words, and
nearly the entire nation Of English vocaou-
larry bows to its scspter. 1t is an ocean into
which empty ten thousand rivers OF meaning,
Other words drive, but this beckons.
All moods Of feeling hath that word
Come" Sometimes it wesps and sometimes
It laughs. Sometimes it prays, sonlstiuesi t
tempts and sometimes 1t destroys 1t sounds
from the door of church and from the ssrae-
los Of sin, from the gates OF heaven and thu
gates OF hell. II Is c%onfuant and accrescert
Of all power. 1t is the hoiress OF most of ths
past and the almoner Of most OF the future.
Gomez You may pronounce 1t so that all
the heavens will be heard in its cadences. or
pronounce it 50 that sil tbs woes OF time and
eternity shall reverhsrate in its one syllable.
It is the mightiest Of all soiciauts either tor
good or bad,
To-day weigh anchor and h.ul. in this
plank., and set sail on the great word, al
though ! am sure I will not be able TO reach
the further shore. Twill let down the faith
oning Inns into tbs sea n try to measure
its depths and though / tie together all the
cables and cordags | have on board, l will
not be able to touch bottom. All the power
Of the Christian religion Is IN that word
Come Tbs dictatorial and c~ommardatorv
IN religion is Of no avail. The imperative
mood is not the appropriate mood when we
would have people savingiy impressed. They
may be coaIed, but they cannot be driven.
Our hearts are like our homes; at a friend
~ knock the door will be opened, but an at
tempt to force open our door would land the
nssallant in prison, Our theological semin-
aries, which keep young men three years i'll
their curriculum before launching them into
the ministry, will 90 well II in SO short a
holy Office how TO say with right emphasis
and information and power that one word
Gomez That man wnu has such efficiency
IN Christian WORK, n that woman who has
such power to persuade people to quit tina
wrong and begin the right, went through q
series Of losses, -bereavements, prosecutions
and the trials Of twenty or thirty years be.
fore they could make it g triumph Of sracs
every time they uttered the word Come"
You nus re member t1st IN many cases
our Come" has q mighJier Come to
conquer before it has any effect at all, JUST
give me the accurate census, the statistics,
OF how many are down in fraud, in drunken.
ness, in gambling, in impurity, or il vice o.
any sort, and | will give you the accurate
census or statistics Of how many have bean
slain BY the word 'Cone." "Cone and
click wine glasses with me at this ivory barn
''Cone and see what we can win at thls gam
ing table" 'Come, enter with me this
doubtful speculation" Come vita me ana
read those iofiel tracts on Christianity
"Cone with me to a place OF bad anG5s.
mert." 'Come with me in q gay bout
through underground New York" II In this
city there are twenty thousand who are down
in moral character, then twenty thousand
fell under the power Of tbs word Come"
I was reading OF a wife whose husband bad
been overthrow by strong drink, and she
went to the saloon where he was ruinel, and
she said: give me back my husband" And
the bartender, pointing to q maudlin and
battered man browsing in the corner Of tas
barroou1, said: There be is. Jim, wake up;
here's your wife come for you" And tae
woman said; "Do you call that my husband!
What have you been doing with hint Is
that the manly brow, Is that the clear eye2
Is that the noble heart I married. What
vile drug have you given him that mss turned
him into q f1sndY Take your tiger claws or
Of him. Uncol thosa serpent folds OF evil
habit that are crushing hun. Give me back
my husband, the one with whom l stood at
the altar ten years ago. Give him bacs to
mel Victim was he, as millions OF others
have hesn, of the word Gomez
With that word which has done so much
for others ! approach you to-day. Are you
all right with God' mo" you say, II
think not; l am sometimes alarmed wnen I
think of Him: l fear I will not be ready to
meet HIM in the last day; my heart is not
-tl. --s.L II II r--.o 49,. --A Go.. -
made right. Through the Christ who died
to save you, GOMEZ What Is the use in
waidrgf The longer you wait the further
Of YOU are, and the deeper You are down,
Strike out for heaven! You remember that
q few years e q steamer called the Princess
Alice, with a crowd Of excursiorists abosTd,
sark IN the Thames, ami there was an awful
sacriic. Of lite. a hcatnan from the shora
put cut for the rescue and he had a big boa
and he got IL SO ful it would not hold an
ether rersor, and as he laid hold Of the oars
to pull for tns shore, leaving hundreds help.
less sud drowning, he cried out, "Oh, that l
had bigger boat" Thank God, I am not
thus limited, ind that l can promise room
for all ia this Gospel boat. Get in; get in!
And yet there IS room. Room in the heart
Of a gardening Coz, Room IN heaven.
] also epplv the WORT OF my text TO those
who would like practical comfort. 4 any
ever escape the struggle 0. life, | have not
found theni. They are not certainly among
the prosperous classes. In most casa Il was
O struggle all the way up till tdsy rsacbsi
the prosperity. and since they have reached
these heights thers have been perplexiriss
enxeties and cries which were almost
enough TO SKATER the nerves aud turn tue
brain. It would bs hard 70 tell which havs
the biggest fight in the ~world-the Prospsris
ties or the universities, the conspicuitiss or ths
eoscuritiss Just as soon as you have enough
success to attract the ATTENTION OF others the
soviss and jealousies are let loose from the.T
Kennel The greatest crime that you can
commit In the estimation OF others IS 70 ges
on better than they do. They think your
addition Is their subtraction. Five hundred
Parsons start for q csrtain goal OF SUGGEST;
one reaches 10 and tile other four hundred
and ni~nety-nius are mad, 1t would taxa
volumes 70 hold the story OF the wrongs, OUT
RACES and defamations that have coma uooo
you az sresult Of your success, Ihs warm
nun of prosperity brings into life O swamp
full Of annoying insects,
On the other hand the unfortunate classes
have their struggles for maintenance. To
achieve . livelihood by one who had nothing
70 start vita, n after q whiIs Tor a family
as well, and carry this on until children are
reared and educated and fairy started in tbs
world, and to do this amid all tle rivalr.es
Of business end the uncertainty OF crops
and the hckleusSs Of tarlf legislation, VITA
an occasional labor strike, and here and
there a financial panic thrown in, is a mi5hty
thing TO do, and I era are hundreds slI
thousands such heroes and hsroiass who live
pnsung and die unhouorsd. Whist We all
need, whether up or down IN Ike, or ha!t
way between, IS the iaduits solace Of the
Christian religion, Aul 60 we employ the
word Come" 1t will take all eternity to
find out the number OF business men who
have been strengthened by the promises Of
God, and the people WAC Java baen fed by
the ravens when other resources gave OUT
and the men and women who. going into this
battle, armed only withneeile, or saw, or az,
or yardstick, or pen, or type, or snovel, or
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