The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-05-19

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heart. They are ready to rejoice.
Lookl There Is an angel from the
throne Of God. One moment ago Il
stood before Christ and heard the dox-
ology OF the redeemed. It IL here now.
Bright immortal, what news from the
golden city? Speak, spirit blest. The
| answer comes melting on the air: 'sCome,
come, for all things are now ready.D An
gels ready to bear the tidings. Angels
ready to drop the benedictlon. Angels
ready to hndle the joy. ALL ready.
Ready, cherubim and seraphim, Ready,
thrones. and principalities and powers /.
Ready, Michael, the arch angel.
Yes, I 90 further and say that your
glorifed kindred are ready. L have not
any sympathy with modern spiritualism.
believe 1t is born in perdition. When
see the ravages In makes with human
intellects, when see the homes it has de-
vastated, wheh see the bad morals that
very often follow in Its wake, 1 nave no
faith In modern spiritualism. L think il
John Milton and George Whitfield have
not anything better to do than to crawl
under ROchester's table and rattle the
leaves they had better stay home in glory.
But tue Bible distinctly teaches that the
| glorified In heaven are In sympathy wit h
our redemption. 'sThere 10 joy in heaven
among the angels of God over one sim
ner that repenteth," and If the angels
hear it do not our departed kindred there
hear it? There are those there who
toiled for your salvation, and when they
bade you good-by in the last hour, and
SAID, 'sMeet me in heaven" there was
lowering over the pillew the awfuljpos-
ability that you might not meet. But oh,
tho pathos when that hand was thrust
out from the cover and they said good
by. For how long good-by was it?
Now, suppose you should pass into the
kingdom OF God this morning, suppose
you should say: "I'm done with the sins
of this world. Fie upon all these follies.
o Chaist! take thee now, I take thy
service, Irespond to thy love, thine / am
forever"-whY, before the tear OF repen-
tance 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!" and
angels poising mid-air would cry up
ward: 'He ia coming!" ell along the
line of light from doorway tU doorway,
from wing tip to wing tip, the news
would go upward till 1t reached the
gate, and then it wonld flash to 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.
savedp'
At Kenilworth Castle, told you, they
stopped the clocks when Queen Eliza
beth arrived, that the h and of time might
point to that moment as the one most
significant and tremendous; but if this
morning, the King should enter the cas-
tie of your soul, we'll might you stop all
the clocks and have the finger of time
pointing TO this moment as the most
stupendous in all your life. Would that
I could come all through these aisles and
all through these gallaries, not simply
addressing yon perfunctorlly, but taking
you by the hand as a brother takes q
brother by the hand. and saying TO one
and all, to each: "Come, come, the door
Is open, enter now and sit down at the
FEAST"
Old man, God has been waiting for
thee long years. Would that some tear
of repentance might trickle down thy
wrinkled cheek. Has not Christ, done
enough in feeding thee and clothing thee
all these years to win from thee one
word Of gratitude? Come, all the young.
Christ is the fairest of the fair. Wait
not till thy heartgets hard. Come, the
furthest away from Christ. Drunkard,
Christ can put out the fire of thy thirst.
He can restore thy broken home. He
can break that shackle. Come now, to-
day, and get his pardon and its strength.
And the one further off, further than 1
have mentioned, case not 80 hopeful
as have mentioned, self-righteous man,
feeling thysclf all right, having no need
of Christ, no need of pardon, no need of
help-O self-righteous man! dost thou
think In those rags thou canst enter the
feast? Thou canst not. Gods servant
at the gate would tear of thy robe and
leave thee naked at the gate. o self
righteous man! the last to come. Come
tn the feast. Come, repent of thy SIN.
Come, take Christ for thy portion.
Day ofgrace going away. Shadows
| on the cliff reaching further and further
over the PLAIN. The banquet has al
ready 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 1t shut. Now is your
time to go in. Now is my time to enter.
I must go In. You must go in. He is
swinging the door shut. Now, it is half
shut. Now, it Is three-fourths shut.
Now, it is just ajar. After awhile it
will be forever shut!
Why will ye waste on trifing cares
That life which Gods compassion spares?
While In the endless round of thought
The one thing needful is forgot.
Tragedy In % Church.
NASHVILLE, May 49, A special from
Birmingham, Ala, says: 81. F. Burgess
shot and fatally wounded Sam G. At
wood at pleasant Valley church, two
miles South Of Alfalfa, yesterday after
noon. They were both members of the
church. About two months ago Burgess
son attempted to rape Atwood's daugh-
ter for which offense young Burgess
fled the country. Hard feelings have
existed between the parties ever since,
and an alteration has been feared.
When the matter was bought for ad-
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