Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-01-22

house or walk in the parksi Has God
built this house of G~ospefNercy, and will
he then refuse entrance to his children
Will a government at great expense build
life saving stations all along the coast, and
boats that can hover unhurt like a petrol
over the widest surge, and then when the
lifeboat has reached the wreck of a ship
in the ofing not allow the drowning to
seize the lifeline or take the boat for the
shore in safety Shall God provide at the
cost of his only Sons assassination escape
for a sinking world, and then turn a deaf
ear to the cry that comes up from the
breakers:
you NEED BUT BELIEVE TWO THINGS.
But, - YOU say, there are so many things
] have to believe, and so many things in the
shape of a creed that have to adopt, that
| am kept back" No, mol You need be-
lieve but two ~things-namely, that Jesus
Christ came into the world TO save sinners,
and that you are one of them. But" you
say, ~ do believe both of those thingsl'
Do you really believe them with all your
hearth Yes" Why, then, you have
passed from death into life. Why, then.
you are a son or a daughter of the Lord
Almighty. Why, then, you are an heir or
an heiress of an inheritance that will de-
clare dividends from now until long after
the stars are dead. Hallelujahl Prince of
God, why do you not come and take your
coronets Princess of the Lord Almighty,
why do you not Mount YOU thronet Pass
up into the light. Your boat is anchored,
why do you not go ashore? just plant your
feet hard down, and you will feel under
them the Rock of Ages.
1 chnllanUe thp univerSe for one instance
in which a man in the right spirit appealed
for the salvation Of the gospel and did not
get it. Man alivel are you going TO let
all the years OF your life 20 away with you
without your having this great peace, this
glorious hope, this bright expectancy Are
you going to let the pearl Of great price lie
in the dust at your feet because you are
too indolent or too proud TO stoop down
and pick it upf Will you wear the chain
of evil habit when near by you is the ham
mer that could with one stroke snap the
shackles Will you stay in the prison of
sin when here is Il gospel key that could
miloc.s your ncarrprl4ong No, no. Al,
tn. one word Come has sometimes
bloaght many soni. "a Christ, | will try
tle experiment ~ pihns up into a mount
aih and then sending down IN an avalanche
of power many OF these gospel Comes
Come thou ard all thy house into the
ara Come unto me all ye who labor and
are heavy laden aud / will give yon rest;'
Come, for all things are now ready;"
'"The Spirit and the Bride say Come, and
Lot him that hcareth say Come, and let
him that is athirst come
The stroke of one bell in a tower may be
sweet, but a score of bells well tuned. and
rightly lifted, aud skillfully swung in one
great chime fill the heavens with music
almost celestial. And no one who has
heard the mighty chimes in the towers of
Amsterdam or Client or Copenhagen can
forget them. Now, it seems to me that in
this Sabbath hour all heaven is Ginning,
and the voices Of departed friends and
kindred ring down the sky saying "Come"
The angels who never fell. bending from
sapphire thrones, are chanting Gomez
Yea, all the towers of heaven, tower OF
martyrs, tower of prophets, tower OF Apos-
ties, tower Of evangelists, tower of the
temple Of the Lord God and the Lamb are
Ginning, "Comei Comet" Pardon for all,
and peace for all. and heaven for all who
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