Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-11

the throne would say: ''Reioice with me.
| my prayers are answered. Give me an
| other harp with which to strike the JOY.
| Saved, saved. saved.'
! Now, my friends, if Christ is ready, and
| the Holy Ghost is ready. and the church is
| ready. and the angels OF God are ready, and
| your glorified kindred are ready, are you
| rcadyt l give with all the emphasis of my
soul the question: Are sou ready?" II
you do not get into the Kings feast it viii
be because you do noS accept the earnest in
vitation. Arm stretched out soaked with
blood from elbow to finger tip, lips CULVER
ing IN mortal anguish, two eyes beaming
everlasting love while he says: Come
come, come, for all things are now ready"
AT KESILwoRTH CASTLE,
| told YOU, they stopped the clocks when
Queen Elizabeth arrived, that the hand of
time might point TO that moment as the one
most significant and tremendous; but if this
morning the King should enter the castle Of
your soul, well might you stop all the clocks
and have the finger Of time pointing TO this
moment as the one most stupendous in all
your life. Would that I could come all
through these aisles and all through these
galleries, not addressing you perfunctorily,
but taking you by the hand as brother
takes brother by the hand and saying 10
one and all. to each: Come, come the door
IS open, enter now and sit down at the
FEAST
Old man, God has been waiting for thee
long years. Would that some tear of repent
ance might trickle down thy wrinkled
cheek. Has not Christ done enough in feed
ing thee and clothing thee all these years TO
win from thee one word of gratitude2 Come,
all the young, Christ is the fairest OF the
fair Wait not till thy heart gets hard.
Come, the furthest away from Christ.
Drunkald, Christ can put out the fire Of
that thirst. He can restore thy broken
home. He can break that shackle. Come
now, to-day, and get his pardon and its
strength. Libertine, Christ knew where
you were last night. He knows all the
story of thy sin.
COME TO HIM THIS DAY.
He will wash away thy sin, and he will
throw around thee the robe of his pardon.
Harlot, thy feet foul with hell, thy laughter
the horror of the Street-O Mary Magda-
len. Christ waits for thee. And the one
further off, further than have mentioned,
case not SO hopeful as any l have men
toned, self-righteous man, feeling thyself
all right, having no need of Christ, no need
of pardon, no need of help-O self-rightcous
man doSt thou think in those rags thou
canst enter the feast2 Thou canst not.
Gods servant at the gate would tear off
Thy robe and leave thee naked at the gate.
Q self-rghteous MANI the last to come.
Come to the feast. Come, repent of thy
sin. Come, take Christ for thy portion.
Day of grace going away. Shadows on
the cliff reaching further and further over
the plain. The banquet has already begun.
Christ has entered into that banquet TO
which You are invited. The guests are
taking their places. The servants of the
King has his hand on the door of the BAN
quet room, and he begins 10 swing it shut.
Now is your time to go in. Now is my
time to enter. l must go in. You must go
in. He is swinging the door shut. Now,
it is half shut. Now, it is three-fom'ths
shut. Now, it IS Just ajar. After awhile
it will be forever shutl
Why will ye waste on trifiing cares
That life which God s compassion spares?
While in the endless round OF thought
the one thing needful is forgot