Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-05-15

Iney shackle him, and try to push him off
the precipices into the ruin, and they lift
gnffaw of diabolical exultation. But
there is a line of angels, bright and
beautiful and loving angels, mighty an
gels reaching all the wav from earth to
Heaven, and when others gather like
them suppose the air is full of them.
They hover. They fit about. They push
down iniquity from your heart. They
are ready to rejoice.
Look! There is an angel from the
throne OF God. One moment ago it stood
before Christ and heard the doxology of
the redeemed. 1t is here now. Bright
immortal, what news from the golden
city' Speak, spirit blest. The answer
comes melting on the air, ssCome, come,
Tor all things are now ready" Angels
ready to bear the tidings. Angels ready
to drop the benediction. Angels ready
to klndle the joy. All ready. Ready,
cherubim and scraphim. Ready, thrones
and principalities and powers. Ready,
Michael the archangel.
Yes, go further and say that your
gtorlfied kindred are ready. have not
any sympathy with modern spiritualism.
believe it is born in perdition. When I
see the ravages it makes with human in
tellects, when see the homes it has de-
vastated, when I see the bad mortals that
very often follow in its wake, have no
faith in modern spiritualism. I think if
John Milton and George Whitfield have
not anything better to do than to crawl
under Rochester tables and rattle the
leaves, they had better stay home in
glory. But the Bible distinctly teaches
that the glorified in Heaven are in SYM
pathy with our redemption.
''There is joy in Heaven among the an
gels OF God over one sinner that repent
eth;'' and if the angels hear it do not
our departed kindred there hear it?
There are those there who toiled for your
salvation, and when they babe you goodby
, in the last hour, and they said, s'Meet
me in Heaven" there was lowering over
| the pillow the awful possibility that you
might not meet. But, oh, the pathos
, when that hand was thrust out from
the cover and they said goodby. For
, how long goodby vast?
Now, suppose you should pass into the
} kingdom of God this morning, suppose
you should say: ''I'm done with the
: sins of this world. File upon all these
t follies. o Christ! take thee now. 1
, take thy service, respond to thy love,
> thine am forever" Why. before the
t tear of repentance had dried on your
t cheek, before your first prayer had
9 closed, the angel standing with the mes
sage for thy soul would cry upward,
I ''He is coming!' and angels posing mid
> air would cry upward, ''He is coming!''
/ all along the line of light from doorway
!: to doorway, from wing tip to wing tip,
G the news would go upward till it reached
v the gate, and then it would flash to the
. house of many mansions and find your
s kindred out, and those before the throne
1 would say: sRejoice with me, my prayers
t are answered. Give me another harp
5 with which to strike the JOY. Saved,
v saved, saved!"
o Now, my friends, if Christ is ready,
$ and the Holy Ghost is ready, and the
g church is ready, and the angels of God
S are ready, and your glorified kindred arc
: ready. are you ready? / give with the
t emphasis of my soul the question, ''Are
you ready" Ii you do not get into the
J, Kings feast it will be because you dc
: not accept the earnest invitation. Arm
stretched out soaked with blood from
1t elbow to finger tip, lips quivering il
r. mortal anguish, two eyes beaming ever
Is lasting love while He says, ssCome, come
IL come, for all things are now ready"
l. AT Kenilworth CASTLE, told you, the
/. stopped all the clocks when Queen Eliza
d beth arrived. that the hand of tim
q lIllSAC PoiHU W UHaG WOIneuG dS I'LL
70 one most significant and tremendous
It but if this morning the King Should
@ enter the castle of your soul, wei
n might you stop all the clocks and have
s the finger of time pointing to this mo
# ment as the one most stupendous in al
{. your life. Would that l could come al
is through these aisles and all through
II these galleries, not addressing you per
functorily, but taking you by the
h hand as a brother takes a brother by the
/. hand, and saying to one and all to each
O "Come, come; the door is open, enter
is now and sit down at the FEAST
n Old man, God has been waiting fol
d thee long years. Would that some teal
v of repentance might trickle down thy
v wrnkled cheek. Has not Christ done
j. enough in feeding thee and clothing thee
Il all these years to win from thee one wore
Q of gratitude? Come all the young
. Christ is the fairest of the fair. Wait
r not till thy heart gets hard. Come, the
n farthest away from Christ. Drunkard
n He can restore thy broken home. He
j. can break that shackle. Come now, to-
# day, and get His pardon and its strength.
# Libertine, Christ knew where you were
r last night. He knows all the story OF
S thy sin. Come to Him this day. He will
o wash away thy sin, and He will throw
n around thee the robe of His pardon.
e Harlot, thy feet foul with he'll, thy
j laughter the horror of the street-O Mary
Il Magdalene! Christ waits for thee.
$ And the one farther off, farther than
1 have mentioned, a case not SO hopeful
V as any have mentioned, self righteous
t man, feeling myself all right, having nc
a. need of Christ, no need of pardon, nc
!; need of help-O self righteous man
$ dost thou think in those rags thou canst
! enter the feast? Thou canst not. Gods
!. servant at the gate would tear off thy
L robe and leave thee naked at the gate.
;. o self righteous man! the last to come
: Come to the feast. Come, repent of thy
u sin. Come take Christ for thy portion.
d Day of grace going away. Shadows
on the cliff reaching farther and farther
over the plain. The banquet has al
ready begun. Christ has already en-.
tered into that banquet to which you arc
invited. The guests are taking thci,
l. places. The servant of the king has his
S hand on the door of the banqueting
[ room, and he begins to swing it. shut