The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-11

spond TO thy love, thine am forever
why. before the tear of repentance had dried
on your cheek, before your first prayer had
/ closed, the angel standing with the me sage
for thy soul. would cry upward: HE is
comingm and angels posing mid-air would
cry upward: HE is coming!' al along
| the line of light from doorway to doorway,
from wing tip TO wing tip, the news would
go upward till it reached the gate, and
then it would fash to the house If many
mansions, and find your kindred out and
those before the thro-e would say: Re
Jolce with me. my prayers are answered.
Give me another harp with which TO strike
the joyi Saved, saved, savedI'
Now, my friends, if Christ is ready, and
the Holy Ghost is ready. and the church is
ready, and the angels of God are ready, aud
your glorious kindred are ready, are you
ready give with all the emphasis Of my
soul the question: "Are you ready7" II you
do not get into the kings feast it will be be-
cause you do not accept the earnest invita-
ton. Arm stretched out, soaked with blood
from elbow to flnger-tip, lips quivering
in mortal anguish, two eyes beaming ever
lasting love while he says: Come, come,
for all things are now ready"
At Kenilworth castle, l told you, they
stopped the clocks when Queen Elizabeth
arrived, that the hand Of time might point
to that moment as the one most significant
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King should enter the castle Of your soul,
well might you stop all the clocks and have
the finger Of time pointing to this moment
as the ore most stupendous in all your life.
Would that could come all through these
aisles and all throughi these galleries, not
addressing you perfunctorily, but taking
you by the hand as a brother takes a
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 feed
ing thee and clothing thee all these years to
win from thee one word of gratitude? Come,
ali the young, Cnrist is the fairest of the
fair. Wait not till thy heart gets hard.
Come, the furthest away from Christ.
Drunkard, Christ can put out the fire of
that thirst. He can restore thy broken
home. He can break that shackle. Come
now. to-day, and get his pardon and its
strength. Libertine, Christ knew where
you were last night. He knows all the story
of thy sin. Come to him this day He
will wash away thy sin, and he will throw
around thee the robe Of his pardon. Har-
lot, thy feet foul with heel, thy laughter
the horror of the street-O Mary Magada-
len! Christ waits for thee Aud the one
further off. further than have mentioned
a case not so hopeful as any L have men,
toned, self-righteous man, feeling thyself
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 feast9 Thou
canst not. Gods servant at the gate would
tear off thy robe and leave thee naked at
the gate. o self-righteous man! the last to
come. Come to the feast. Come, repent of
thy sin. Come, take Christ for thy por-
ton.
Day of grace going away. Shadows on
the cliff reaching farther and farther over
the plain. The banquet has already begun.
Christ has entered into that banquet to
which you are invited. The guests are tax
ing their places The servant of the king
has his hand on the door of the banqueting
room, and ne begins to swing it shut. Now
is your time to 60 in. Now is my time to
enter. must go in. You must 60 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 for
ever shut
Why will ye waste on trihng cares
That life which Gods compassion spares?
While In the endless round of thought
The one thing needful is forgot.