Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-06-25

Christian, thai amounts to nothing at all.
II resolve afser go home today to yield
my heart to God, that amounts to nothing
at all The only kind OF resolution that
amounts to anything is the resolution that
is Immediately put into execution.
There is man who had he typhoid
fever He said: "Ohl if | could get over
this terrible distressl If this fever should
depart, if could be restored to health,
would all the rest of my life serve God"
The fever departed He got well enough
to walk around the block. H.s got well
enough TO 90 over 10 New Yor, y nd attend
to business He is well today-ss well as
heever was. Where is the broken Vow
There is a man who said long ago, IF
could live TO the year 1891, by that time l
will have my business matters arranged,
and will have time 10 attend to religion,
and will be good. thorough, consecrated
Christian
The year 1891 has come. January, Feb
ruary, March, April, May, June-almost
half of the year gone. Where is your
broken VOW oh" says some man: I'm
attend to that when can get my charac-
ter fixed up. When | can get over my evil
habits am now given tostrong drink. "or,
says the man, 81 am given to uncleanness,"
or, says the man, ~ am given to dishones-
ty When get over my presen. habits,
then I'll be a thorough Christian" My
brother, you will get worse and worse, I'M
til Christ takes you in hand. Not the
righteous sinners, Jesus came to call. F"
DANGER OF PRocRAsTNATIoN.
OH but you say, 81 agree with you on
all that but | must put it off little
longer" Do you know there were many
who came just as near as you are to the
kingdom of God and never entered itS !
was at East Hampton and went into the
cemetery to look around, and in that
cemetery there are twelve graves side by
siGe-the graves of sailors This crew, some
years ago, in ship went into the breakers
at Amagansett, about three miles away.
Ny brother, then preaching at East Hamp-
ton, had been at the burial These men of
the crew came very near being saved.
The people from Amagansett saw the
vessel, and they shot rockets, and they sent
ropes from the shore, and these poor fell
lows got into the boat, and they pulled
nightly for the shore, but just before they
got TO the shore the rope snapped and the
boat capsized and 6hey were lost, their
bodies afterward washed up on the beach.
Oh, what a solemn day it was-l have
been told of it by my brother-when these
twelve men lay at the foot OF the pulpit
and he read over them the funeral seryicel
They came very near shore-within shout
ing distance Of the shore-yet did not ar
rive on solid land There are some men
who come almost TO the shore of Gods
mercy, but not quite, not quite. To be
only almost saved is not TO be saved at all
will tell you of two prodigals, the one
that got back and the other that did not
get back. la Virginia there is very pros
porous and beautiful home in many re-
spects. A Young man wandered oil from
that home. He wandered very far into sin.
They heard of him often, but he was al
ways on the wrong track. He would not
go home. At the door Of that beautiful
home one night there was great cutlery.
The Young man of the house ran down and
opened the door to see what was the mat
ter. 1t was midnight. The rest of the
family were asleep. There were the wife
and the children of this prodigal young
man The fact was he had come home and
driven them out. He said; "Out of this
house Away with these children; ! will
dash their brains out. Out into the
STORM"
The mother gathered them up and fled.
The next morning the brother, the young
man who hal stayed at home, went out to
find this prodigal brother and son. and he
came where he was, and saw the young
man wandering up and down in front OF
the place where he had been staying, and
the young man who had kept his integrity
said to the older brother; Here, what does
all this means What is the matter with
your Why do you act in this way?" The
l.. l. a q. am
II Who do you take me to be?" He said,
"You are my brother" mo, am not;
am a brute Have you seen anything of
my wife and children Are they dead?
drove them out last night in the storm.
am brute. John, do you think there is
any help for me? Do you think will ever
get over this life of dissipation" He said,
brother. there is Just one thing that will
stop this" The prodigal ran his finger
across his throat and said: THAT will stop
il. and III stop it before night. OH my
brain; | can stand it no longer" That
prodigal never got home. But will tell
you OF prodigal that did get home.
TWO RAN AWAY, BUT ONE RETURNED.
/ In England two young men started from
their fathers house and went down to
| Portsmouth The father could not pursue
| his children; for some reason he could not
/ leave home, and so he wrote letter down
/ TO Mr. Griffin, saying: Mr.. Griffin, | wish
you would go and see ny two sons. They
have arrived IN Portsmouth, and they are
| going to take ship and going away from
home | wish you would persuade them
back" Mr.. Griffin went and he tried to
| persuade them back lie persuaded one to
| 60 He went with very easy persuasion
1 because he was very homesick already.
The other young man said: IL will not go.
have had enough of home. I'll never go
home" We'll" said Mr.. Griffin, then if
You won't 20 home I'll get youa respectable
position on respectable ship" No you
WON'T" said the prodigal; mo you won't.
am going as a common sailor; that will
plague my father most, and what will do
most to tantalize and worry him win please
me best
Years passed on, and Mr.. Griffin was
seated in his study one day when mes
sage came to him that there was young
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