Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-09

the moan.i'Oh, my child. my cnild,'' Then
there are the filial tears Little children
soon get over the loss of parents. They are
easily diverted with i new toy. But where
is the man that has come to thirty or forty.
or fifty years of age, who can think of the
old people without having all the fountains
OF his soul stirred upR You may have had
TO take care Of her a good many years, but
you never can forget how she used TO take
care of you. There have been many sea-
captains converted in our church. and the
popularity Of them was that they were
nearly
ALL PRAYED ASHORE
by their mothers. though the mothers went
into the dust soon after they went to sea.
Have you never heard an old man IN de-
lirium of some sickness. call for his mother?
The fact is we get SO used to calling for her
the first ten years of our life we never get
over it, and when she goes away from us II
makes deep sorrow. You sometimes, pers
haps, in days of trouble and darkness, when
able to take care of yourself'-you wake
up from your dreams finding yourself say
ing: 90 mother. mother" Have these
tears no divine origin2 Why, take all the
warm hearts that ever beat in all lands,
and in ali ages, and put them together, and
compared with the throb OF
Gods eternal sympathy. Yes, God also
is Father Of all that rain of repentance.
Did you ever see u rain of repentance Do
you know what it is that makes a man re-
pent9 | see people going around trying to
repent. They cannot repent Do you
know, no man can repent until God helps
him to repent How do l lzuow2 By this
passage: Him hath God exalted to be a
prince and Saviour to give repentance.
o. il is 4 tremendous hour when one wakes
up and says: Il am bad mai, have not
sinned against the laws of the land, but, l
have wasted my life; God ASKED me for my
services, and haven't given those services.
O. my sins, God forgive me-" When that
tear starts
IT THRILLS ALL HEAVEN.
An angel cannot keep his eye off it, and
the church of God assemblies around, and
there is a cOmmingling of tears, and God is
the Father OF that rain. the Lord, long Suf-
fering, merciful and gracious. In reIg-
ious aSSemblage Il man arose and said: Il
have been very wicked man; l broke my
mothers heart; / became an infidel; but [
have seen my evil way, and | have surrend-
dered my heart to God; but it is a grief |
never can get over that my parents should
never have heard of my salvation; don't
know whether they are living or dead.
While yet he was standing in the audience
q voice from the gallery said: ''Oh. my
son, my SonN' He looked up and he recOg-
nized her. 1t was his old mother. She had
been praying for him 4 great many years,
and when, at the foot of the cross, the
prodigal son and the praying mother EN-
braCed each other, there was a rain, 4
tremendous rain, of tears, and God was the
father of those tears. Oh! that God would
break US down with a sense of our SIM and
then lift US with an appreciation of his
mercy. Tears over our wasted life. Tears
over Ii grieved spirit. Tears over an in
iured father. Oh! that God would move
upon this audience with great wave of re-
igiOuS emotion!
The king of Carthage was dethroned.
His people rebelled against him. He was
driven into Punishment. His wife and
children We're
oUTRAGEoUsLr ABUSED.
Years went by and the king of Carthage
made many friends. He gathered up
great army. He marched again toward
Carthage. Reaching the gates of Carthage,
the best men of the place came out bare
footed and bare-headed and with ropes
around their necks, crying for mercy. They
said: we abused YOU and we abused
your family, but we cry for mercy" The
king of Carthage looked down upon the peo-
pie from his chariot and said: Il came to
bless, | didn't come to destroy. You drove
me out, but this day I pronounce pardon
for all the people. Open the gates and let
the army come in" The king marched in
and took the throne, and the people all
shouted: Long live the king" My friends
you have driven the Lord Jesus Christ. the
king of the church. away from your heart;
you have been maltreating him all these
years; but he comes back to-day. He
stands in front Of the gates of your soul.
If you will only pray for his pardon, he will
meet you with his gracious spirit and he
will say: Thy sins and thine iniquities l
will remember no more. Open wide the
gate; will take the throne My peace |
give unto you.'' And then. all through
this audience, from the Young and from the
Old, there will be rain of tears, and God
will be the father of that rain!