Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-01-19

hOilSt VI Ndlh III tue pdTkSE k1hS NOu
built this house of Gospel mercy, and will
he then refuse entrance to his childreni
VIII 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 offing 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 ayeso many things
| have to believe, and so many things in the
shape of a creed that l 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, 81 do believe both of those thingsr
Do you really believe them with all your
heart? YES" Why, then, you have
passed from death into life, Why, then,
you are 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. Hallelujah! Prince of
God, why do you not come and take your
coronet? Princess of the Lord Almighty,
why do you not mount your throne? Pass
up into the light. Your boat is anchored,
why do you not go ashore9 Just plant your
feet hard down, and you will feel under
them the Rock of Ages.
| challenge the 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 alive are you going to let
all the years of your life go 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 ups Will you wear the chain
of evil habit when near by you is the ham
mer that could with one stroke snap the
shackle? Will you stay in the prison of
sin when here is "A gospel key that could
unlock your incarceration? No, mol As
the one word Come" has sometimes
brought many souls to Christ, will try
the experiment of piling up into a mount
ain and then sending down in an avalanche
of power many Of these gospel Comes"
Come thou and all thy house into the
ark" Come unto me all ye who labor and |
are heavy laden and will give you rest"
Come, for ali things are now ready"
"The Spirit and the Bride say Come, and |
let him that heareth 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, and slillfully 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 Gomez !
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 |
"Comel Comep' Pardon for all |
and peace for all, and heaven for all who |
will come.
THE WAR WAS OVER
When Russia was in one of her great |
wars the suffering of the soldiers had been
long and bitter, and they were waiting for
the end of the strife.
One day a messenger in great excitement |
ran among the tents of the army shouting |
"Peacel Peace" The sentinel on guard |
asked, 'Who says peace" And the sick !
soldier turned on his hospital mattress
and asked, "Who says peaceS" and all up
and down the encampmcnt of the Rus
slams went the question, "Who says
peace" Then the messenger responded, |
'The czar says, peace" That was !
enough. That meant going home. That |
meant the war was over No more wounds |
and no more long marches. So today, as |
one of the Lords messengers, | move |
through these great encampments of souls |
and cry; peace between earth and heaven! |
Peace between God and mani Peace be-
5ween your repenting soul and pardon
ng Lordp If you ask me, "Who says
1eace?" / answer, "Christ our king de-
,lares it.p "My peace | give unto your
Peace Of God that passeth all understand
ng" Everlasting peace