Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-06-22

| got well enough TO walk around the
block He got well enough to go over
to New York and attend to business.
/ He is well today. ;ls well as he ever
was Where is the broken vow2 There
is a man who said long ago, IF I could
! live to the year 1891, by that time |
will have my business matters arranged,
and | will have time to attend to reli-
gion. and l will be a good, thorough,
consecrated Christian"
The year 1891 has come. January,
/ February, March, April, May, June
! almost half of the year gone. Where
| is vour broken vowa oh" says some
nan. III attend to that when | can
get my character fixed up; when l can
get over my evil habits; am now given
70 strong drink. or says the man, Il
am given to uncleanness," or says the
man. Il am given to dishonesty When
get over my present habits, then I'll
be a thorough Christian Ny brother,
Won will get worse and worse until
| Christ takes you in hand mot the
righteous; sinners, Jesus came to call. >
OH but you say, Il agree with you
on all that, but | must put it off
little longer Do you know there were
many who came just as near as you are
to the kingdom Of God and never en-
tered it? was at East Hampton and
| went into the cemetery to look around,
and in that cemetery there are twelve
graves side by side-the graves of sail
ors. This crew, some years ago, in a
ship went into the breakers at Amag-
ansett, about three miles away. My
brother, then preaching at East Hamp-
ton, had been at the burial These
men of the crew came very near being
saved
The people from Amagansett saw tho
+ vessel. and they shot rockets and they
Gent ropes from the shore, and these
poor fellows got into the boat and they
pulled nightly for the shore, but just
before they gOs to the shore the rope
snapped and the boat capsized and
they were lost, their bodies afterward
washed up on the beach OH what
solemn day it was-I have been told of
it by my brother-when these twelve
men lay at the foot of the pulpit and
he read over them the funeral service.
They came very near shore within
shouting distance of the shore, yet did
not arrive on solid land. There are
some men who come almost to the
shore of Gods mercy, but not quite,
not quite To be only almost saved is
not to be saved at all.
ONE WHO WAS NOT SAVED.
| will tell you of two prodigals, the
one that got back and the one that did
not get back In Virginia, there is a
very prosperous and beautiful home in
many respects a young man wan
dered off from that home. He wan
dered very far into sin, They heard of
him often, but he was always on the
wrong track He would not go home.
At the door of that beautiful home one
night there was a great cutlery The
young man of the house ran down and
opened the door to see what was the
matter 1t was midnight. The rest of
the family were asleep. There were
the wife and the children of this prodi-
gal young man. The fact was he had
come home and driven them out. He
said: "Out of this house. Away with
these children. | will dash their brains
out. Out into the stOrmr"
The mother gathered them up and
fed. The next morning the brother,
the young man who had stayed at
home, went out to find this prodigal
brother and son, and he came where he
was, and saw the young man wander
ing up and down in front of the place
where he had been staying, and the
young man who had kept his integrity
said to the older brother; Here, what
does all this mean? What is the matter
with you? Why do you act in this
way?" The prodigal looked at him and
said: who am Who do you take
me to be-" He said, You are my
brother. No, / am not; am brute
Have you seen anything of my wife and
children? Are they dead3 | drove
them out last night in the storm. am
a brute, John; do you think there is
any help for me? Do you think will
ever get over this life of dissipation?" He
said, Brother, there is just one thing
that will stop this. The prodigal ran
his finger across his throat and said:
That will stop it, and I'll stop it before
night. Oh, my BRAIN l can stand it no
longer" That prodigal nevergot home.
But | will tell you of a prOdigal that
did get home
TIE CRIMINAL PARDONED.
In England two young men started
from their fathers house and went
down to Portsmouth. The father could
not pursue his children; for some rea-
son he could not leave home, and so he
wrote a letter down to Mr. Griffin, say
ing: Mr. Griffin wish you would go
and see my two sons, They have ar
rived in Portsmouth, and they are
going to take ship and going away
from home. | wish you would persuade
them back" Mr. Griffin went and he
tried to persuade them back He per
suaded one to go He went with very
easy persuasion because he was very
homesick already. The other young
man said: I will not 60 I have had
enough of home. I'll never go home"
''Well," said Mr. Griffin, then if you
won't go home I'll get you a respecta-
bic position on a respectable ship"
mo, you WON'T said the prodigaL
No, you won't | am going as a com
mon sailor. That will plague my father
most, and what will do most to tanta-
lie and worry him will please me best"
Years passed on and Mr.. Griffin was
seated in his study one day when mes
sage came to him that there was a
young man in irons on q ship at the
dock--a young man condemned to
death-who wished to see this clergy
man Mr. Griffin went down to the
dock and went on shipboard. The
young man said to him, ''you don't
know me- do you" No" he said, 81
don't know you" why, don't you
remember that young man you tried to
persuade to go home and he wouldn't
goa" "Oh, yes" said Mr.. Griffin, ARE
you that MANI Yes, l am that man."
said the other Il would like to have
you pray for me- I have committed
murder and l must die, but I don't
want to go out of this world until some
one prays for me. You are my fathers |
friend, and I would like to have you
pray for me"
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