Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-11

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'+TAere Is joy Ia heaven aaaoox The angels
of God over one ssnneT thai reE~atsth.
add II the angels Bear Il DO lot our depart
Ell kiadrca there hear III There are those
there who toiied for your salvation. and
whea they ba6s yoa gsodby Ia The last
hour. aua they said. Meet me In neaseas
there wsS novsriag over the pillow the
asfai possibility that yoa E.Iyat aot meet
But, Oh, tie lsAlaos ~hea that hand Mas
thrsss cas- from the cover aud they said
goodby For low long goodby was it'
Sox, suppose you should pass into the
kinsdora On God this morning. suppose
you should say: I'm done vita the sins
Of this word lie upon ali these follles
d Christi | take thee now, | take thy
service. respond 70 thy love. thine am
ferexer~ Why. before the tear OF repent
anee had dried on your cheek. before your
first prayer had closed, the angel standing
with the message for thy soul would cry
upward. Tile Is coming" aud angels pois-
Jag mitair would cry upward. He Is eoul-
ingr' all along the line Of light from door
way 10 doorway. from wing tip 10 wing
tip, the news would go upward till IL
reached the gate. and then it would fash
10 the house OF many mansions and find
your kindred out. and those before the
throne would say, "Reiosse with me. my
prayers are answered. Give me another
harp with which 20 strike the JOY. Saved.
saved, savcdF'
ARE yoU READY;
Now, my friends. il Christ is ready. and
the Holy Ghost is ready, and the church Is
ready. aud the angels Of God are ready,
aud your glorified kindred are ready. are
you ready, | give with the emphasis OF
my soul the question. Are you ready"
II you do rot get into the kings feas. IL
will be because You do not accept the ear
nest invitation. Arm stretched out soaked
with blood from elbow 10 finger tip, lips
quivering in mortal anguish, two eyes
beaming everlasting love while he says.
Come, come. come, for all things are now
ready"
At Ken;lworth Castle, I 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, bat il 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 a. the one most stupendous in all
your life Would that l could come all
through these aisles and all through these
galleries, not addressing you perfume
torily, but taking you by the hand as
brother takes brother by the hand, and
saying to one aud 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 re-
pentance might trickle down thy wrinklei
cheek. Has not Christ done enough in
feeding thee and clothing thee all these
years to win from thee one word of graft
tude. Come, all the young. Christ is the
fairest of the fair. Wait not till thy heart
gets hard Come, the farthest away from
Christ. Drunkard, Christ can put out the
fire of that thirst. He can restore thy broken
home. He can break that shackle. Come
now, today, and get his pardon and its
strength. Iibertine, Christ knew where
Gou 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 laugh
ter the horror of the street--O Mary Mag
dalen! Christ waits for thee.
And the one farther off. farther than 1
have mentioned, a case not so hopeful as any
have mentioned, self righteous man, feel
ing myself all right, having no need of
Christ. no need of pardon, no need OF help
% self righteous mani dost thou think
in those rags thou canst enter the feast!
Thou canst not. Gods servant at the gate
would tear off thy robe and leave thee
naked ut the gate. o self righteous man!
the last to come. Come to the feast. Come.
repent OF thy sin Come. take Christ for
thy portion.
Day of grace going saway. Shadows on
the cliff reaching farther and farther over
tho plain. The banquet has already be-
gun. Christ has entered into that banquet
to which you are invited. The guests are
taking their places. The servant Of the
king has his hand on the door of the ban
quoting room, and he begins to swing it
shut. Now is your time to go in Now
is my time to enter. / must go in. You
must 60 in. He is swinging the door shut.
Now, it is half shut. Now, it is three
fourths shut. Now, 1t Is just ajar. After
awhile it will be forever shut
Why will ye waste on trifing cares
That life which Gods compassion spares?
While in the endless round Of thought
The one thing necdful is forgot.
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