The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-07-08

fathers petition or q mothers prayer
pressing upon the soul, and that this
hour they may make the same solution
I find in my text, saying; ~ will arise
and go to my father"
A lad at Liverpool went out to battle.
went out into the sea, went out too far,
got beyond his depth, and he Aoated
far away. A ship bound Tor Dublin
came along and took him on hoard. Sail.
ors are generally very generous fellows
and one gave him cap, and another gave
him jacket, and another gave him
shoes. A gentleman passing along on
the beach at Liverpool found the lads
clothes and took them home, and the
father was heartbroken, and the
mother was heartbroken at the loss Of
their child. They had heard nothing
from him day after day, and they order
ed the usual mourning for the sad
event But the lad took ship from Dub
lin and arrived in Liverpool the very
day the garments arrived. He knocked
at the door, and the father was over.
joyed, and the mother was overjoyed at
the return of their lost son. O.! my
friends, have you waded out too deep?
Have you wsded down into sin? Have
you waded from the shore? Will you
come back? Whau you come back will
you come in the rags of your sin, or will
you come robed in the Saviour's right
eousn sss? believe the latter Go home
to your God to-day. He Is waiting for
you Go home! at..
But remark concerning this resolu-
ton, it was immediately put into exc.
cution. The context says "he arose
and came to his family" The trouble
in nine hundred and ninety-nine times
out of thousand is that our resolutions
amount to nothing because we make
them for some distant time. If I re-.
solve to become Christian next year,
that amounts to nothing at all If
resolve to become a Christian to-mor-
row, that amounts to nothing at all. II
resolve at the service tonight to be.
come Christian, that amounts to moth.
ing at all. If resolve after 60 home
to-day to yield my heart to God, that
amounts to nothing at all. The only
kind OF resolution that amounts to any
thing is the resolution that is imme-
diately put into execution.
There is man who had the typhoid
fever. He said: "Oh, If l could get
over this terrible distress! If this fever
should depart, if l could be restored to
health, I would all the rest Of my life
serve God" The fever departed. He
got we'll enough to walk around the
block. He got well enough to 60 over
to New York and attend to business
He is we'll to-day-as we'll as he evel
was. Where is the broker vow? There
is a man who said, long ago: 1T
could live to the year 1891, by that time
l will have my business matters ar
ranged, and will have time to attend
to religion, and I will be good
thorough, consecrated Christian. TIL,
year 1891 has come. January, Febru
airy. March, April, May, June-almos
half Of the year gone. Where is you
broken vow? 80" says some man
"I'll attend to that when get my char
acter fixed up; when l can get over m!
evil habits; l am now given to strong
drink" Or, says the man, II am givel
to uncleanliness;'' or, says the man, Z"
am given to dishonesty. When &c
over my present habits, then I'll be
thorough Christian"
My brother, you will get worse an
worse until Christ takes you in hand
mot the righteous; sinners, Jesus cam
to call"
o! but you say: 81 agree with you Of
all that, but must put it off littl
longer" Do you know there wer
many who came just as near as you ar
to the kingdom of God and never en-
tered it? was at East Hampton an
went into the cemetery to loo
around, and in that cemeter
there are twelve graves side b
side-the graves of sailors This crew
some years ago, in ship went into tn
breakers at Amagansett, about thre
miles away. My bother, then preach
ing at East Hampton, had been at tn
burial. These men Of the crew cam
very near being saved. The peopl
from Amagansett saw the vessel an
they shot rockets and they sent rope
from the shore, and these poor fellow
got into the boat and they pulle
nightly for the shore, but just befor
they got to the shore the rope snappe
and the boat capsized and they were los
their bodies afterward washed upon IL
, beach.
O! what solemn day it was-I hay
been told of it by my brother--whe
these twelve men lay at the foot Of til
, pulpit and he read over them the fune
al service. They came very near shol
; within shouting distance of the shor
yet did not arrive on solid land Thel
are some men who came almost to Il
, shore of Gods mercy, but not quite, NJ
quite. To be only almost saved is NJ
, to be saved at all
!, Gosslping Women.
Among the ordinances promulgate
= at St. Helena in 1909, we find the fc