Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1891-02-13

high heaven that will preach this gospel as
well as l can in all It's fullness, until every
fiber OF my body, and every faculty Of my
mind, aud every expression OF my soul is ex-
hausted. But we all have work TO do.
cannot do your work, nor can you do my
work. God points us ont the places where
We are 10 serve and vet are there no people
in this house who are thirty, forty, fifty aud
sixty years Of age, and yet have not begun
the great work for which they were creatsdf
With every worldly equipment Zone thing
thou lackest."
Again, you lack the element Of personal
safety Where are those people who asso-
ciated with you twenty years agos Where
are those people that fifteen years ago used
TO cross South ferry or Fulton ferry with
you to New York; Walk down the street
where you were in business fifteen years ago
and see how all the signs have changed.
Where arc the people gomez How many OF
them are landed in eternity cannot say, but
many, many. | went TO the village OF my
boyhood. The houses were all changed. |
passed one house in which once resided a man
who had lived an earnest, useful life, and he
Is in glory now. In the next house a miser
lived he devoured widows houses, and
spent his whole life in trying to make the
world worse and worse. And he isgone-the
good man and the miser both gone to the
same place All, did they go to the same
placer 1t is an infinite absurdity to suppose
them both in the same place II the miser
had harp, what tune did he play on it'
Oh, my friends, I commend you to this TO.
ligion as the only personal safety! When
you die, where are you going tor When we
leave all these scenes upon what scenes Will
we enteri When we were on shipboard, and
we all felt that we must all go to the bottom.
was | right in saying to one next me; II
wonder IL we will reach heaven IL we do go
down tonight" Was l wise or uuwise in
asking that question? tell you that man Is
a fool who never thinks OF the great future.
II you pay your money you take receipt.
II you buy land you record the deed. Why?
Because everything Is SO uncertain, you
want it down in black and white, you say.
For house and lot twenty-five feet front by
one hundred feet deep all security; but for a
soul vast as eternity nothing, nothingi II
some man or woman standing in some OF
these aisles should drop down, where would
YOU go tor Which is your destinyf Suppose
man is prepared for the future world, what
difference does it make to him whether he
goes to his home to-day or goes into gloryr
Only this difference-If he dies he is better
off Where he had one joy on earth rs will
have million in heaven. When he has a
small sphere here he will have a grand
sphere there Perhaps it would cost you
sixty or one hundred, or one hundred and
fifty dollars to have your physical life in
sured, and yet free of charge | offer you in
surance on your immortal life, payable not
at your decease, but now and tomorrow and
every day and always.
My hope in Christ is not so bright as many
Christians, | know, but would not give it
UP for tho whole universe, III one cash pay
ment, IL it we're offered me. 1t has been so
much comfort to me in time OF trouble, 1t
has been SO much strength to me when have
been assailed, it has been so much rest 70 me
when have been perplexed, and IL is around
my heart such an incasement of satisfaction
and blessedness that can stand here before
God aud say: Take away my health, take
away my life, take everything rather than
rob me of this hope. this plain, simple hope
which have in Jesus Christ my Lord. |
must have this robe when the last chill
strikes through me. must have this light
| when all other lights go out in the blast that
| comes up from the cold Jordan. | must
have this sword with which 10 fight me way
through all those foes on my way heaven
ward"
When was in London | saw there the
wonderful armor OF Henry VIII. and Ed
ward Ill And yet l have to tell you that
there is nothing in chain mail or brass plato
or gauntlet or halberd that makes man so
safe as the armor i'll which the Lord God
clothes His dear childrH. Oh, there IS a
safety in religion, You will ride down all
your foes Look out for that man who has
| the strength of the Lord God with him. In
olden times the horsemen used 70 ride into
battle with lifted lances, and the enemy fled
the field The Lord OIL the white horse OF
/ victory and with lifted lances Of divine
strength rides into the battle, and down goes
the spiritual foe, while the victor shouts the
triumph through the Lord Jesus Christ, AS
matter Of personal safety. my dear friends,
you must have this religion.
apply my subject to several classes OF
people before me. First, to that great null
titude Of Young people in this house. Some
of these young men are in boarding houses
They have but few social advantages. They
think that no one cares for their souls
Many OF them are on small salaries, and they
are cramped and bothered perpetually, and
sometimes their heart fails them. Young
man, onight at your bedroom door on tbs
third floor you will hear a knock. 1t will b.
the haud OF Jesus Christ, the young man'
friend, saying, "Oh, young man, let Me CONE
In. will help thee, | will comfort thee,
will deliver thee" Take the Bible out OF tds
trunk il it has been hidden away. IL yot
have not the courage to lay 1t on the shei
or table, take the Bible that was given Il
you by some loved one, take it out OF thu
trunk and lay 1t down on the bottom Of th'
chair then kneel down beside it, and reat
and pray and pray and read until all you
disturbance is gone and YOU feel that peac
which neither earth uor hell can rob you OF
Thy fathers God, thy mothers God, wait
for thee, o young mau. Escape for tn
hfem Escape now Zone thing thou lack
estp
But apply this subject to the agei-no
many here--not many in any assemblhge
People do not live 70 get old. That is til
general rule. Here and there an aged ma
| in the house. tell you the truth. You hav
lived long enough in this world 70 know tina
1t cannot satisfy an immortal nature. mus
talk to you more reverentially than do
these other people, while at the same time
speak with great plainneSs. Oh, father o
the weary step, Oh, mother bent dow
under the ailments Of life, has thy God eve
forsaken thee? Through all these years VIII
has been your best friendy Seventy years q
merciesl Seventy years Of food aud clothing
Oh how many bright mornings! How man
glorious evening hours you have seen! VI
father, mother, God has been very good
YOU. Do you feel it? Soma of you hav
children aud grandchildren; the forme
cheered your young life, the latter twin
, your gray locks in their tiny fingers. Hi
all the goodness that God has been maxim
!; pass before you produced no change In you
feelings and must it be- said OF you, no
withstanding oil this, "Ono thing tho
, lnckest"
! Oh, If you could only feel the hand {
: Christ smoothing the cares out of wrinkle
facesl Oh, if you could only feel the war;
arm of Christ steadying your totterln
stepsl lift my voice loud enough to brea
} through the deafness Of the ear while CT
out. lone thing thou lackest." 1t was a
J importuoate appeal young man made in
J prayer meeting when he rose up and sait
"Do pray for my old father. He is sevent
, years Of age, and hs don't lovo Christ
, That father passed u few plore steps on
, life and then he went down. He never gay
!. any intimation that he had chosen Jesus.
is very hard thing for an old man to b
. come Christian. know it is. 1t is so har