Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-09-03

and then left him. lie had :, 'nS naA,
cent funeral. All the mini,ta rr "snla.
sccrfs, and there were fortv.N''sa Wore
riages in q row; but the dcpar,, te Car.
appreciated not the obsequics Nv naa
1want to persuade my audirro,,
this world is n poor invcs,laont, .aal
it does not pay ninety per cen, ' ~. That
isfaction, nor eighty per ccnt ST.
twenty per cent, nor two per COW, nor
one; that it gives no so.acc WI, hoc
dead babe lies on your lap; T tHg.
gives no peace when conscience way 1t
its alarm; that it gives No 0 .lNss
nation in the day of dire oNps'
md at the time of your ddanoe;
It takes hold of the piilow.c, "''eae
shakes out the feathers, and then "a; ant
down in the place there cot slcbs WV
groans and execrations, and . sa1
makes you put your head down '1 q"
We who have tried this world il w
satisfactory portion? Would va, ~
wise your friends to make the inrs au'
ment? No. "Ye have sold yourSol sst
for nought." Your consc;arss
went. Your hope went ~ yaEe
Bible went. Your heaven went y os
God went. When sheriff under, n,.s
from the courts sells man out ~.
officer generally leaves a few nn, H'
and bed, and few cups and l,ni~o"s'
but in this awful vcndue il which va
have been engaged the auctlones,a
mallet has come down upon bodn
mind, and soul: Going. Goae ~,
have sold yourselves for naurhtr ~
How could you do SO? Did YOU tbin,,
which for few pennies you could hNr
in q toy shop? Did you think ths,
your soul, if once lost, might be founa
again if you went out with torches and
lanterns? Did you think that Won,
soul. was short-lived. and that, rant
ing, it would soon lie down for extnc.
ton? Or had you no idea what Won,
soul was worth? Did you ever m,
your forefingers on its eternal pu}sess
Have you not felt the culver Of it,
peerless wing? Have you no. known
that, after leaving the body, the first
step of your soul reaches to the stars
and the next step to the farthest ont
posts of Gods universe and that twill
not die until the day when the ever.
lasting Jehovah expires? Oh, nv
brother, what possessed you that Won
should part with your soul so chcap,
Eye have sold yourselves for nought'
"Oh," says some one, "the thought
of blood sickens me-" Good. God in.
tended it to sicken you with your sin,
Do not act as though you had nothing
to do with that Calvarian massacre
You had. Your sins were the nipple.
ments of torture. Those implements
were not made of steel, and iron, and
wood SO much as out of your sps
Guilty of this homicide, and this reg.
eide, and the decide, confess your guilt
to-day Ten thousand voices of heaven
bring in the verdict against YOU Of
guilty, guilty. Prepare to die or be.
lieve in the blood. Stretch yourself
out for sacrifice, or accept the
Saviour's sacrifice. Do not fling away
your one chance.
Would you not like to be free Here
is the price of your iberation-not
money. but blood. l trcmble from
head to foot, not because l fear your
presence, but because l fear that you
will miss your chance for immortal
rescue. This is the alternative divine
" put; "He that bclieveth on the Son
shall have everlasting life; ana he that
believeth not on the Son shall not see
life, but the wrath of God abideth on
him." In the last day, if you now re-
ject Christ, every drop of that sacrif.
cial blood, instead of pleading for your
release as it would have pleaded if yon
had repented, will plead against you.
o Lord God of the Judgment day
avert that calamity! Let us see the
quick fash of the cimeter that Stays
the sin but saves the sinner Strike,
Omnipotent God. for the souls deliver
ance! Beat, o eternal sea. with allthr
waves against the barren beach OF that
rocky soul, and make it tremble. Oh,
the oppressiveness of the hour, the
minute, the second, on which the souls
destiny qulvers, and this is that hour,
that minute, that second.
! "Now,' says the captain, 'for the shore
Pull away, now. pull" The people on
the land were afraid the lifebcat had
gone down. They said How long
the boat stays. Why, it must have been
swamped and they have all persisted
together" And there were men and
women on the pier-heads and
hands and while they waited
unu WdUcHcu, tHey suW soii.0Vniuh
looming up through the mist, and 1t
turned out to be the lifc-b boat. As soon
as it came within speaking distance
the people on the shore cried out; ''DiA
you save any of them? Did you save
any of them?' And as the boat swept
through the boiling surf and and came
to the pier-head, the captain waved MS
hand over the exhausted sailors tha'
lay fat on the bottom OF the boat,
and cried: Gan saved! Thank Goa'
All saved" So may it be TO-
day. The waves of your SIN
run high, the storm is on you, but !,
cheer you with this Gospel hope. Goa
grant that within the next ten minutes
we may row with you into the harool
of Gods mercy. And when these
Christian men gather around to see ths
result of this service, and the glorlheu
! gathering of the pier-heads OF heaven ,,a
/ to watch and to listen, may we be aoS
to report all saved! Young and Ola,
good and bad! All saved! Saved io :.
time. Saved Tor eternity. ''And 50 y
came to pass that they all escaped sSi'
to land"
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