Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-05-11
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ARE YOU READY
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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 glorifed kindred are ready, are
YOU ready? ] give with the emphasis of
my soul the question, "Are you ready?"
If you do not get into the kings feast it
will be because you do not accept the ear
nest invitation. Arm stretched out soaked
with blood from elbow to 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 Kenilworth 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 / could come all
through these aises and all through these
galleries, not addressing you perfume
torily, but taking you by the hand as a
brother takes a brother by the hand, and
saying to one and alk to each, Come, come
the door is open; enter now and sit down
Mt the feast"
Old man, God has been waiting for thee
long years. Would that some tear of re
pentance might trickle down thy wrinkled
cheek. Has not Christ done enough in
feeding thee and clothing thee all these
wears to win from thee one word Of graft
| tudep 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 broker
home. He can break that shackle. Come
now, today, and get his pardon and its
strength. Libertine, Christ knew wher'
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 vii
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
dalenl Christ waits for thee,
And the one farther off, farther than
have mentioned, case not so hopeful as anS
have mentioned, self righteous man, feel
ing thyself all right, having no need o
Christ, no need of pardon, no need of helE
% self righteous mani dost thou thinl
in those rags thou canst enter the feast
Thou canst not. Gods servant at the gat'
would tear off thy robe and leave the
naked at the gate. o self righteous man
the last TO come Come to the feast, Come
repent Of thy sin, Come, take Christ 70
thy portion,
Day of grace going away. Shadows Of
the cliff reaching farther and farther owe
the plain. The banquet has already bt
gun. Christ has entered into that banque
to which you are invited. The guests ar
taking their places The servant of tn
king has his hand on the door of the bar
quoting room, and he begins 10 swing
shut Now is your time TO go in. Nov
is my time TO enter. l must 20 in. Yo
must 70 In. lie is swinging the door shut
Now, it Is half shut. Now, IL is three
fourths shut. Now, II is just aiar Afte
awhile il will be forever shut
Why win ye waste ON triling cares
That life which Gods compassion spare.
While In the endless round of thought
The one thing neodfll Is forgot.