The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-07-03

church. and the young man met me,
and we went in; and as | went In
heard an old man praying, and ne
looked 80 much like my father sobbed
right out. and they we're all around so
kind and sympathetic that just there
gave my heart to God, and ! know this
morning that what you say is true; !
believe 1t In my own experience. On
him the Lord hath laid the iniquity OF
US ALL"
Obi MI brother. without stopping to
look as to whether your hand treinbIes
or not, without stopping to look whether
your hand is bloated with sin or not.
put it in my hand. let me give you one
warm, brotherly. Christian grip, and
invite you right up to the heart, to the
compassion, to the sympathy. to the
pardon of him on whom the Lord had
laid the iniquity of us all. Throw away
your sins. Garry them no longer. !
proclaim emancipation this morning to
all who are bound, pardon for all sin
and eternal life for all the dead.
nv 10 MiunlI ~ Oh H'
Some one comes here this morning,
and stand aside He comes up these
steps. He comes to this place Imust
stand aside. Taking that place he
spreads abroad his hands and they were
nailed. You see his feet, they were
bruised. He pulls aside the robe and
shows you his wounded heart. | say.
art thou weary" YES" he says.
weary with the worlds VICE." l say,
''Whence contest thou" He says, II
come from Calvary" say, "Who
comes with thee?" He says, "No one.
I have trodden the winepress aloneW l
say, "Why contest thou here?' "Oh"
he says, II came here to carry all the
sins and sorrows of the people"
And he kneels and he says, 'tPut on
my shoulders all the sorrows and all
the SINS" And conscious of my own
sins, first, take them and put them on
the shoulders of the Son of God. l
say, "Canst thou bear any more, 0
Christi He says, Yea, more" And
I gather up the sins of all those who
serve at these affairs, the officers of the
church of Jesus Christi gather up all
their sins and put them on Christ's
shoulders and say. "Canst thou bear
any more?' He says, Yea, more"
Then l gather up all the sins of hun
dred people in this house and I put
them on the shoulders of Christ and
say, "Canst thou bear more" He says,
"Yea, more" And gather up all the
sins of this assembly and put them on
the shoulders of the Son of God and l
say, "Canst thou bear theme" YEA"
he says, ''more!"
But he is departing. Clear the way
for him, the Son of God. Open the
door and let him pass out. He is car
rying our sins and bearing them away.
We shall never see them again. He
throws them down into the abysm, and
you hear the long reverberating echo
OF their fall. ION him the Lord hath
laid the iniquity of US all" Will you
let him take away your sins today, or
do you say, 81 will take charge of them
myself, l will fight my own battles, l
will risk eternity on my own accountr'
A clergyman said in his pulpit one Sab
bath, Before next Saturday night one
of this audience will have passed out
of life." A gentleman said to another
seated next to him, II don't believe it;
I mean to watch, and if it doesn't come
true by next Saturday night shall tell
that clergyman his falsehood The
man seated next to him said. perhaps
it will be yourself. "Oh, no." the
other replied, II shall live to be an old
man." That night he breathed his
last.
Today the Saviour calls All may
come. God never pushes man off
God never destroys anybody. The man
jumps off. 1t is suicide-soul suicide =
if the man perishes, for the invitation
is, whatsoever will. let him come"
Whosoever, whosoever, whatsoever. In
this day of merciful visitation, while
many are coming into the kingdom of
God, join the procession heavenward.
Seated among us during a service
was a man who came in and said, II
don't know that there is any God"
That was on Friday night said,
eve will kneel down and find out
there is any God" And in
the second seat from the pulpit we
knelt. He said: 81 have found him.
There is a God, pardoning God.
feel him here" He knelt in the dark
ness of sin. He arose two minutes at
terward in the liberty of the Gospel;
while another sitting under the gallery
On Friday night said, MY opportunity
S gone; last week might have been
saved, not now; the door is shut"
And another from the very midst OF
,he meeting, during the week, rushed
out of the front door of the Tabernacle,
,aying, Il am lost man." Behold!
he Lamb of God who taketh away
he sins of the world" Now is the
accepted time. Now is the day of sal
yation." 1T is appointed unto all men ;
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