Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-01-23

the first grave was dug, or the nrst tear
started. or the first heart broken, or tho
first accident happened, or the first for
tune vanished Those of US who have
felt the consolatory power of religion have
n right TO speak out OF our own expert
cnces. and say-"Comc!
But" says someone, you CHRISTIAN
people keep telling us to come yet you 90
not tell us how to come That chargc
shall not be true on this occasion Com"
belieyngi Come repenting. Come pray
ing! After all that God has been doinB
for six thousand years, sometimes throags
patriarch and sometimes through
prophets. and at last through the culmina'
ton of all tragedies on Golgotha, can any
one think that God will not welcome your
coming? viii a father ut vast outlay !
| construct mansion for his son, and lay
! out parks white with statues, ana green
with foliage and all a-sparkle win
| fountains. and then not allow his son 10
| live in tho house or walk in the PARKS
| Has God built this house OF Gospel mercy
| and will he then refuse entrance TO MS
! children? VIII government ~ great
expense build life-saving stations all along
the coasts and boats that can hover uhhurt
like petrol over the widest surge, ana
| then when the life boat has reached the
|
drowning TO seize the lifeline or take the
boat for the shore in safety? Shall God
provide at the cost of his only Sons
assassination escape for sinking world,
and then turn deaf ear TO the cry that
comes up from the breakers?
But YOU say, there are so many
things have TO believe and so many thinss
in the shape Of creed that l have to
! adopt. that / am kept back" No; no!
You need believe but two things; namely,
that Jesus Christ came into the world 10
save sinners and that you are one OF theha,
.Rut YOU say. II do believe both OF
those thingsp Do you. really, believe
Them with all your heart? YES" Why,
then Won have passed from death unto life.
1 Why. then. you are son or daughter Oh
: the Lord Almighty. Why, then, you are
I an heir or an heiress OF an inheritance
that will declare dividends from now
5 until long after the stars are
( dead. Hallelujah Prince OF God, why
o do YOU not come and take your coronet'
S Princess of the Lord Almighty, why do
e YOU not mount your throne? Pass up into
Q tho light. Your boat is anchored, why DO
t YOU not go ashore? Just plant your 1eet
Il hard down and you will feel under theni
the Rock of Ages challenge the UNI
IS verse for one instance in which man in
% the right SplrlJ dpItdlOo 'Oi ehS
/. of the gospel and did not get it, Man
10 alive, Are YOU going to let all the years
. of YOUR life go away with you without
:, your having this great peace, this glorious
u hone this bright expectancy? Are YOU
w going TO let the pearl of great price lie III
J." the dust at your feet because you are toC
1t INDECENT or too proud to stoop down anc
re pick it up? VIII you wear the cham o.
e. evil hab when near by you is the hammer
:" that could with one stroke snap th'
is shackle? Will you stay in the prison o
d sin when here is a Gospel key that coul'
tn unlock your incarceration? NO; no. "a
nd the one word, Come" has sometime
re brought many souls to Christ, l will tr'
al the experiment of pling up into mount
err ain and then send down III a
avalanche of power many OF thes
,r- Gosnel Comes" Come thou an
We all thy house into ark" Come unto N
he all We who labor and are heavy laden an
m. 7 will give YOU rest" Come, for all thing
TO are now ready" Come with US and w
1t will do you good,' Come and see;' TN
lat Spirit and the Bride say Come and le
as him that heareth say come and let hil
he that is athirst come" The stroke or on
lst bell in tower may be sweet, but scol
,p- of bells well tuned and rightly lifted an
of slxillfully swung in one great chime III u
led ! heavens WIFI music dlulOSL N'tNSSi"i' ~
RS no one who has heard the mighty chime
ID? in the towers of Amsterdam, or uhent
rch Copenhagen, can forget them Now
md seems to me that in this Sabbath hour =
ian heaven is Ginning, and the voice,
me departed friends and kindred ring dow
er- the sky saying, Come The angels WI
it'll never fell. bending from sapphire thror
ex- are chanting Come Yea all the towe
of heaven, tower Of martyrs. tower
ose prophets, tower OF Apostles, tower
my evanpelists. tower Of the temple Of q
not Lord God and the Lamb, are ch'mi'
1ng come! Come" Pardon for all, and pea
S it for all. and heaven for all who viii com
hey When Russia was in one or her gre
ave wars, the suffering Of the soldiers n
,er- been long and bitter and they were wa
ere ing for the end OF the strife. One day
and messenger in great excitement ran arno
tell the tents OF the army shouting, ''Pea'
d Peacew The sentinel on guard aske
on .\yho saws 'Peace?" And the sick S
Don der turned on his hospital mattress a
the asked. WHO says Peace? And all
and and down the encampment Of the III
mel. slams went the question, "Nho sd
t in .Peacer" Then the messenger rcspond'
tier ..Thc Car saws Peace" That "
N is enough. That meant going home. TT
sons meant the war was over. NO m'
one wounds and no more long marches.
inc today, as one OF the Lords messengers
mes move through these great encamrme'
ages of souls and cry. ''Peacc between cal
you and heaven. Peace between Cod
sun man, Peace between your repcnting S
full and pardoning Lord"' II you ask
Iand who says peace, ! answer, Christ
giles King declares it. My peace l give VI
hood your Peace of God that passelh all
and derstandingn Everlasting Peace!
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