The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-05-20

under Rochester tables and rattle the
leaves they had better STAY home in glory.
But the bible distinctly teaches that the
RlOrified in heaven are in sympathy with
our redemption. "There is Joy in heaven
among the angels OF God over one sinner
that repenteth," and If the angels hear it,
do not our departed kindred there hear il?
There are those there that toiled for our
salvation, and when they bade you good
by in the last hour. and they said, "Meet
me in heaven" there was lowering over
the pillow the awful possibility that you
might not meet. But Oh the pathos
when that hand was thrust out from the
cover, and they said good-by. For how
long good-by was il?
Now, suppose YOU should pass into the
kingdom of God this morning, suppose
you should say: pm done with the sins
of this world. Fie upon ali these fOllies.
., Christ! | take. Thee now. take Thy
service, / respond to Thy love, Thine am
j forever"-why. before the tear of re-
pentance had dried on your cheek, before
your first prayer had closed, the angel
standing with the message for thy soul
would cry upward: "He is coming!" All
along the line of light from doorway to
doorway, from wing tip 70 wing tip, the
the gate and then it would fash 10 the
house OF many mansions. and find your
kindred out, and those before the throne
would say: Rejoice with me, my prayers
are answered. Give me another harp
with which to strike the Joy. Saved, saved,
savedw
Now, my friends, if Christ is ready, and
the Holy Ghost is ready, and the church
is ready, and the angels OF God are ready,
and your glonGed kindred are ready, are
you ready? / give with all the emphasis
OF my soul the question: "Are you
ready?" If you do not get into the
Kings feast, it Will be because you do not
accept the earnest invitation. Arm
stretched out soaked with blood from ell
DOW TO tinger-tip, lips quivering in mortal
anguish, two eyes beaming everlasting
love, while He says "Come, come. come,
Tor all things are now ready"
At kenilworth castle, | told you, they
stopped the clock when Queen Elizabeth
arrived, that the hand of time might point
to the moment as the one most significant
and tremendous; but if this morning the
King should enter the castle of your soul.
well might you stop all the clocks and
have the finger of time pointing TO this
moment as the one most stupendous in
all your life. Would that could come
all through these aisles and all through
these galleries, not addressing you per-
functorily, but taking YOU bv the hand as
a brother takes brother by the hand,
and saying TO one and all, to each:
Come, come. come, the door is open; en-
ter now and sit down at the feast"
Old man, God has been waiting for thee
long years. Would that some tear of re-
pentance might trickle down thy wrin-
killed. cheek. Has not Christ done enough
in feeding thee and clothing thee all these
years to win from thee one word OF graft
tude? Come, all the young. Christ is the
fairesr of the fair Wait not till thy heart
gets hard. Come, the fartherest away
from Christ. Drunkard, Christ can put
out the fire of that thirst. He can restore
thy broken home He can break that
shackle. Come now, today, and get His
pardon and Its strength. Libertine, Christ
know where you were last night. He
knows ali the story of thy sin. Come TO
Him this day. He will wash away thy
sin and He will throw around thee the
robes of His pardon. Harlot, thy feet
foul with he'll, thy laughter the horror OF
the street-O, Mary Magdalenl Christ
waits for thee. And the one further off.
further than have mentioned, case not
so hopeful as any / have mentioned,
self-righteOus man, feeling thyself all
right. having no need OF Christ, no need
of pardon, no need of help-O seli-right-
eOus man! dost thou think IN those rags
thou caDst enter the feast? Thou canst
not. Gods servant at the gate would tear
off thy robe and leave thee naked at the
gate. Q, sef-righteous man! the last to
come Come to the feast. Come, repent
of thy sin. Come, take Christ for thy
portion.
Day of grace going away. Shadows on
the cliff reaching further and further over
the plain. The banquet has already begun.
Christ has entered into that banquet to
which you are invited. The guests are
taking their places. The servant OF the
king has his hand on the door of the
banqueting room, and he begins to swing
it shut. Now is your time to 90 in. Now
is my time to enter. ! must go in. You
must 90 in He is swinging the door shut.
Now, it is half shut. Now, it is three
fourtbs shut. Now it is just ajar. After
awhile it viii be forever shut!
Why will waste trihing
That LIE which Goa com assiOn spares7
While la the end oss round OF thought