Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-09-11

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tude? Where Is your morning and
evening prayer? Where are your
consecrated lives? i say To you, az
! Daniel said to Belshazzar: "1he God
i'm whose hand thy breath is, and all
, thy way, thou hast not gloritied." If
/ you treated anybody as badly as you
have treated God, you would have
made live hundred apoligo as-yea,
your whole life would have been an
' apology. Three times day you have
! been seated at Gods table. Spring,
/ summer, autumn, and winter, he has
appropriately apparelled you. Your
health from him, your companion from
! him, your children from him, vour
| nome from HIM. All the bright sur
roundings of your lie from him.
! O man, what dost thou
with that hard heart? Canst
/ thou not feel one throb of gratitude to-
ward the God who made You, and the
! Christ who came to redeem you, and
the Holy Ghost who has all these
| years been importuning you? If you
] could sit down five minutes under the
tree of the Saviour's martyGrom, and
| feel his warm life trickling on your
! forehead and cheek and hands, me-
thinks you would get some apprecia-
ton of what you owe to q crucificd
! Jesus,
! Jacob with a good deal of tug and
| push took the stone from the wells
mouth, so that the hocks might be
watered. And ] would that to-day my
word blessed of God, might remove the
| hindrances to your getting up to the
! Gospel well. Yea, | take it for granted
that the work is done, and now like
Oriental shepherds, 1 proceed TO water
! the sheep.
Come, all we thirsty! You have an
underlined longing in your soul. You
tried monev-making; that did not sat
isfy YOU. You tried Office under gov
| ernment; that did not satisfy you
You tried pictures and sculptures,
but works of art did not satisfy
you. You are as much disconnected
with this = life as the celebrated
French author who felt that he could
not any longer endure the misfortunes
| OF the world, and who sand: AT four
O'Clock this afternoon, | shall put an
end to my own existence. Mean
while, / must toll on up to that
| time for the sustenance of my family
| And he wrote on his book until the
| clock struck four, when he folded up
his manuscript and, by his own hand,
| concluded his earthly life. There
are men here who are perfectly discon-
tented. Unhappy in the past, un-
! happy to-day, to be unhappy forever,
unless you come to this Gospel
| This satisfies the soul with high,
deep, ll-absorbing and eternal salts.
| faction. 1t comes and it offers the
most unfortunate man so much of
| this world as is best for him, and
al ;vtA hn -
| The wealth of Croesus, aud all of the
| Rothschllds is only p or, misera ole
| shilling compared with the eternal
fortunes that Christ offers you to-day
In the far East there was a king who
used once year TO get on a scales,
while on the other side the scales were
placed gold and silver AID gems; iu-
deed, enough were placed there TO bal
ance the king; then, at the
| close of the weighing, all those
treasures were thrown among the
populace. But Christ to-day steps on
one side the scales, and on the other
side are all the treasures of the uni
verse, and he says: "All are yours
! all height, all depth. all length, all
| breadth, all eternity; all are yours
! We don't appreciate the promises of the
| gospel. When an aged clergyman was
| dying-a man very eminent in the
church, young theological student
! stood by his side, and the aged
man looked up and said to him: cant
! you give me some comfort in my dying
hour?" NO" said the young man;
u can't talk TO you on this subject;
you know all about it and have known
it SO long" well, said the dying man.
''just recite 10 me some promises The
| young man thought a moment, and he
came 10 this promise The blood of
| Jesus Christ cleanseth from all SIM"
and he old man Capped his hands, and
! in his dying moment said: That's
| just the promise | have been waiting
| for. The blood of Jesus Christ cleans
eth from all sim" Oh, the warmth,
the grandeur, the magniticence of the
| promises
But some one says, in the audience:
Notwithstanding all you have said
this morning, l find no alienation for
my troubles" Well | an not through
yet. ! have left the most potent CON
sideration for the last. 1 am
going to soothe you with the
thought of Heaven. However, talka-
tive we may be, there will come a
| time when the stoutest and most en-
|
us no answer AS soon as we have
closed our lips for the final silence, no
/ power on earth can break that tacitur-
nifty. But where, o Christian, will be
your spirit? In scene of infinite
| gladness. The spring morning
of heaven waving its blossoms
IN the bright air. Nictors fresh
frosn battle showing their scars. The
rain of earthly sorrow struck through
with the rainbow of eternal Joy. In
one group, God and angels and the re-
deemer-Paul and Silas, Latimer and
Ridley, Isaiah and jeremiah, Payson
and John Milton, Gabriel and Michael,
the archangel LONE line of choris-
ters reaching across the hills. Seas
of Joy dashing TO the white
beach. Conquerors marching from
gate to gate. You among them.
Oh, what a great flock of sheep God
will gather around the celestial well.
No stone on the wells mouth, while
the shepherd waters the sheep. There
Jacob will recognize Rachel the shep
herdess. And standing on one side
OF the we'll of eternal rapture,