The Penn's Grove record., 1891-02-06
PENIS GROVE. N. j.. FEBRUARY 6. 1891.

ssan oe destroyer. But the vans begin u
tremble- They rocki They fall The rusi,
ing watersi Tn shrek of drowning men
The swimming of the war horses in vain fol-
the shorei The strewing of the great hos
on the bottom of the sea, or pitched by the
angry wave on the beach-a battered, bruised
and loathsome wreck Suddenly destruction
came. One-half hour before they could no
have believed it. Destroyed, and without
remedy.
/ am just setting forth a fact, which YOU
have noticed as well as l. Ananiss comes to
the apostle. The apostle says, ibid you
sell the land for SO muchT He says, "Yes.n
It was a lie. Deadi as quick as that Sap
phira, his wife, comes in; did you sell TIE
and quick as that she was dead. Gods judg-
ments are upon those who despise Him and
defy Him. They come suddenly.
The destroying angel went through Egypt.
Do you suppose that any OF the people knew
that he was comingf Did they hear the flap
Of his great wingf No! mol Suddenly, un-
expectedly, he came.
Skilled sportsmen do not like to ehoot a
bird standing on a sprig near by. II they
are skilled they pride themselves on taking
1t on the wing, and they wait till ID starts.
Death is an old sportsman, and he loves u
take men flying under the very sun. lie
loves to TAX them on the wing.
Are there any here who are unpreparei for
the eternal worlda Are there any, here who
have been living without God and without
hopes Let me say to you that you had better
accept of the Lord Jesus Christ, lest sud-
denly your last chance be gone. The lungs
will cease to breathe, b heart will stop.
Tho time viii come when you shall go no
more to the Office, or to the store or to the
shop. Nothing viii be left but Death and
Judgment and Eternity. OH fee TO God
this houri II there be one in this presence
who has wandered far away from Christ,
though he may not have heard the call of
the Gospel for many year, invite him now
to come and be saved. Flee from thy sinl
Flee to the stronghold Of the Gospel Now is
tho accepted time, now is the day OF SAL
walton.
have rosy sleep, guarded by Him who never
slumbersi May you awake in the morning
strong and WE'LL But oh art thou a despiser
Of Godf Is this thy last night on earthS
Shouldst thou be awakened in the night by
something, thou knowest not what, and there
be shadows floating in the room, and . hand
writing on the wall and you feel that your
last hour IL come, and there be q fainting at
the heart, and a tremor in the limb, and q
catching Of the breath-then thy doom would
be but an echo of the words of the text. I'm
that night was Belsha2zar, the king OF the
Chaldeans, slain"
Hear the invitation OF the 6ospeit Ihere
be some one in this house to whom I
shall never speak again, and therefore let it
be in the words Of the Gospel and mott In my
own, with which I close: "Ho, every one
that thirstethi Come ye to the waters. And
let him that hath no money come. buy win
and milk without money, and without
price" ssCome unto me, all ye who are
weary and heavy laden, and | will give you
rest.a Obi that my Lord Jesus would now
make Himself SO attractive to your souls
that you cannot resist Him; and that, II you
nave never prayed before or have not
prayed since those days when you knelt
down at your mothers knee, then that To-
night you might pray, saying:
Just as I am, without one pies
Blu that the blood was shed for me,
And that Thou bid'et me COME to Thee.
Lamb Of COD. comet
But il you cannot think Of so long a prayer
as that, 1 will give you a shorter prayer that
you can say, "God, DO merciful to me q sim
nerp' Or, II you cannot think OF 90 long a
prayer as that, ! will give you q still shorter
one riiat you may utter, "Lord, save me, orr
Or il that be too long a prayer,
you need not utter q word. Just look and
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