The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-07-03


as they look forward to it, is black as
midnight. They writhe under the stings
of a conscience which proposes to give
no rest here and no rest hereafter; and
yet they do not repent, they do not
pray, they do not weep. They do not
realize that just the position they occu-
py is the position occupied by scores,
hundreds and thousands OF men who
never found any hope.
If this meeting should be thrown
open and the people who are here could
give their testimony, what thrilling ex-
periences we should hear on all sides!
There is man in the gallery who would
say: 81 had brilliant surroundings, l
had the best education that one OF the
best collegiate institutions of this coun-
try could give, and | observed all the
;roralities of life, and | was self-rightr
eous, and | thought was all right be-
fore God as l am all right before men;
but the Holy Spirit came to me one day
and said: You are sinner, the Holy
Spirit persuaded me of the fact While
had escaped the sins against the law
of the land. | had really committed
the worst sin man ever commits-the
driving back of the Son of God from my
hearts affections And l saw that my
hands were red with the blood of the
Son of God, and I began to pray and
peace came to my heart. and know by
experience that what you say this
morning is true. On Him the Lord
hath laid the iniquity OF US ALL"
Yonder is man who would say: Il
was the worst drunkard in New York:
| went from bad to worse: l destroyed
myself, destroyed my home; my chill
dren covered when entered the house:
when they put up their lips to be kissed /
struck them; my wife protested against
the maltreatment. and l kicked her
into the street. | know all the bruises
and ali the terrors ola drundard's woe.
went on further and further from God
until one day got letter saying:
MY dear husband: have tried ev-
cry way, done everything. and prayed
earnestly ana fervently for your pefor-
nation, but it seems of no avail. Since
our little Henry died. with the excep-
ton of those few happy weeks when you
remained sober, my life has been one of
sorrow. Many of the nights l have sat
by the window with my face bathed in
tears, watching for your coming. l am
broken hearted, am sick, Mother and
father have been here frequently and
begged me to come home. but my love
for you and my hope for brighter days
have always made me refuse them.
That hope seems now beyond realiZa-
ton. and | have returned to them. 1t
is hard. and ! battled long before doing
it, May God bless and preserve you,
and hasten the day when we shall be
again living happily together. This
will be my daily prayer, knowing that
he has said: Come unto me all We that
labor and are heavy laden, and / will
give you rest" From your loving wife.
MARY
And so l wandered on and wandered
on" says that man, until one night |
passed Methodist meeting house. and
said to myself. I'll go in and see what
they are doing and J got to the door,
and they were singing:
AL may come, whoever will,
This Man receives poor sinners still
and l dropped right there where l
was and said. God have mercy and He
had mercy on me. My home is restor
ed, my wife sings all day long doing
work, my children come out long way
to greet me home, and my household lie
a little heaven. l will tell you what
did ala this for me. 1t was the truth
that this day you proclaim: ION Him
the Lord had laie the iuiquity of US ALL"
Yonder is a woman who would say:
81 wandered off from my iather's house:
l heard the storm that pelts on a lost
soul: nv feet weae blistered on the hot
rocks. went on and on, thinking that
no one cared for my soul, when one
night Jesus met me and He said:
Poor thing, go home yonr Father Is
waiting for you, your mother is waiting
for you. Go home, poor thing and,
sir, was too weak to pray, and | was
too weak to repent, but l just cried out,
| sobbed out my sins and my sorrows on
the shoulders of Him of whom it is said,
The Lord hath laid On Him the in
iquity of US all"
There is young man who would say:
Il had a Christian bringing up: came
from the country to city life; started
well: had good position, good COM
mercial position, but one night at the
theaterI met some young men who did
me no good. They dragged me all
through the sewers OF iniquity and l
lost my morals and lost my position
and was shabby an wretched. was 60
ing down the street. thinking that no
one cared for me. when a young man
tapped me on the shoulder and said:
George, come with me and will do
you good l looked at him to see
he was joking or not. l saw
he was in earnest and | said. What do
YOU mean. sir?:' Well, he replied. l
mean if you will come to the meeting to-
night l will be very glad to introduce
you. 1 will meet you at the door:
Will you Gomez Said l, 4 will l
went to the place where l was tarrying.
| fixed myself up as well as l could. l
buttoned my coat over ragged vest
and went to the door OF the church and
the young man met me and we vent in.
and as went in heard an old man pray
ing. an he looed so much like my father l
sobbed right out andt they were all
around so kind and sympathetic that l
Just there gave my heart to God, and
know this morning that what you say is
true: l believe it in my own experience.
On Him the Lord hast laid the iniquity
Of us all
o! my brother, without stopping to
look as to whether your hand trembles
or not, without stopping to look wheth-
er 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
to the sympathy, to the
pardon of Him on whom the Lord had
laid the iniquity of Us all. Throw away
your sins. Carry them no longer. l
proclaim emauc: patton this morning to
all who are hound, pardon for all sin,
and eternal life for all the dead.
To-day the Savior calls. All may
come. Cod never pushes a man off.
The man jumps off. 1t is suicide-soul
the man perishes, for the in