The Penn's Grove record., 1891-02-13

IWuO ID LQe1S NW0 Cltie9 xIo uyluA III Lucl
Mnsi They want light. They want bread
They want Christ Thar want haazsn- Oh
That the Lord wouu r.s.. y0u-s nunrIars
evanreli As for myself, l q sworn bsfors
high heaven that l will preach this gospel a.
well ash can, in all Its ~fullness, until every
fiber OF my body, and every faculty Of my
mine and every expression OF my soul is ex.
hausted. But we all have work to do.
cannot do your work, nor can you do my
work. God points US out the places where
we are to serve, and yet are there no people
In this house who are thirty, forty, fifty and
sixty years of age, and yet have not begun
the great work for which they were created
With every worldly equipment, "One thing
thou lackest."
Again, you lack tho element of personal
safety. Where are those people who asso-
ciated with you twenty years agos Where
are those people that fifteen years ago used
to cross South ferry or Fulton ferry with
you to New York; Walk down the street
where you were in business fifteen years ago
and see how all the signs have changed.
Where are the people gomez How many OF
them are landed in eternity 1 cannot say, but
many, many. I went to the village of my
hoyhood. The houses were all changed. I
passed one house IN which once resided q man
who had lived an earnest, useful life, and he
Is in glory now. In the next house q miser
lived. He devoured widows houses and
spent his whole life In trying to make the
world worse and worse. And he isgone-the
good man and the miser both gone to the
same placs. All, did they go to the same
placer 1t Is an infinite absurdity to suppose
them both in the same place. II the miser
had a harp, what tune did be play on itf
Oh, my friends I commend you to this re-
hgion as the only personal safetyl When
you die, where are you going tor When We
leave all these scenes, upon what scenes will
we enter, When we ware on s~hipboard, and
we all felt that we must all go to the bottom,
was l right in saying to ons next me: II
down to-nightp' Was I wise or unwiss In
asking that question: I tell you that man Is
q fool who never thinks of the great future.
II you pay your money you take a receipt.
II you buy land you record the deed. Whyf
Because everything 10 80 uncertain, you
want it down In black and white, you say.
For a house and lot twenty-five feet front by
one hundred feet deep, all security; but for q
soul vast as eternity nothing, nothingl If
some man or woman standing in some Of
these aisles mould drop down, where would
you go tor Which Is your destinyi Suppose a
man Is prepared for the future world, what
difference does 10 make to him whether he
Only this difPerence-If he dies he ia better
off. Where he had one joy on earth he will
have a million in heaven. When he has a
small sphere here he will lave a grand
sphere there. Perhaps it would cost you
sixty, or one hundred, or one hundred and
fifty dollars to have your physical life in
sured, and yet free Of charge l offer you in
surance on your immortal life, payable not
at your decease, but now n tomorrow and
every day and always.
My hope In Christ Is not 80 bright as many
Christians, l know, but I would not give it
up for the whole universe, in M cash pay
ment, if it were offered me. It has been so
naUah nnuaFart 30 ms fn ksr,a 1f k-1,ktA a.
has bseD SO much strength to me when / have
been assailed, it has bean so much rest to me
when l have been perplexed, and 1t is around
my heart such an incasement of satisfaction
and blessedness that l can stand hare before
God and say: Take away my health, take
away my life, take everything rather than
rob me Of this hope, this plain, simple hope
which l have in Jesus Christ, my Lord. I
must have this robs when the last chill
strikes through me. ! must have this light
whom all other Lights go out In the blast that
comes up from the cold Jordan. ! must
have this sword with which to fight. my way
through all those foes on my way heaven
ward"
When I was In London I saw there the
ward III. And yst fhavc 70 tan you that
there is pothinSaR ohstn mail or brass plate
or gauntlet or haiberd that makes q man 80
safe as the srrnor In which the Lord God
clothes His dear children. Oh, there Is q
safety in ~religioni You viii ride down all
your foes. Look out for that man who has
the strength Of the Lord God with him. In
oldsn times the horsemen used 10 ride into
battle with lifted Lancer. and the anemy fed
the field. The Lord on the white horse Of
victory and with lftsd Iances Of divine
strength rides into the battle and down goes
the spiritual foe while Che victor shouts the
triumph through the Lord Jesus Christ. As
---Alo- ~ orlou %~A- f{r,l,
you must have this religion.
Happily my subject TO several Glasses Of
people before me. First to that great null
titude Of young people In this house. Some
Of these young man are In boarding houses.
They have but few social advantages They
think that no NJ oaree for their souls.
Many Of them are on small salaries, and they
are cramped and bothered psrpetually, and
sometimes their heart fsfs them. Young
man, tonight at your bedroom door on the
third floor you will hear q knock. It will be
the hand OF Jesus Christ the young mans
friend, saying, 'oh, young mar, let Ne come
in; :! Win help shes win comfort thee, I
trunk IL 1t has been hidden away. If you
have not the courage to lay 1t on the shelf
or table, take the Bible that was given to
you by some loved one, take 1t out of the
trunk and lay ID down on the bottom Of the
chair, then kneel down beside H. and resd
and pray and pray and read until all your
disturbance is goas and you feel that psacs
Thy fathers God, thy mothers God, waits
for thee, o young man. Escape for thy
nfer Escape nowl zone thing thou lack
estf'
But I apply this subject to the aged-not
many here-not many In any assemblage,
general rule. Here and there an aged man
In the house. / tell you the truth. You have
lived long enough in this world to know that
1t cannot satisfy an immortal nature. must
talk to you more rev~erentislly than I do to
these other people, whls at the sams time !
speak with great P,ainnsss. Oh, father of
uDas Xs ny si isss U q n R'e ess nv SsG God dove swer
forsaken theef Through all these years who
has been your best friendf Seventy years of
merciesl Seventy Year, Of food and clothing!
Oh. how many bright m~orningsi How many
glorious evening hours you have seen! Oh,
father, mother, God has been very good to
children and grandchildren, the former
cheered your young life, he latter Irvine
your gray locksin their tiny fingers. Has
ali the goodness that God has been making
pass before you produced no change in your
feelings, and must it DO said of you, not
w~ithstanding all this. Zone thing thou
lackestY'
Oh. if you could only feel the hand of
Christ smoothing the cares out Of wrinklei
facesl Oh, if you could only feel the warm
arm of Christ ~stsadying your tottering
stepsl l lift my voice loud enough to break
through the deafness OF the ear while / cry
out, ''One thing t,ou leckest.p IL was an
importunate appeal 4 young man made III a
PRAYER meeting when he rose up and said: |
"Do pray for my old father. He is seveutv |
wears OF aSn, n he don't fove Christ
That father passed a few more steps on il |
life, and then he e down. He never CAV |
any intimation that he had chosen Jesus u
Is . very hard thing for an old man to be
come a Christian. know it is. It Is so har< !
q thing that it cannot be done by any human
work; but God Almighty can do it by Hi
omnipotent grace; He can bring you at the
eleventh hour-at half-past e~leyen-at one |
minute OF twelve he can bring you to thu
peace and the Joys Of the glorious gospel.
must make application OF this subject al
so to those who are prospered. Have YOU
my friends. found that dollars and cents are
no permanent consolation to the soulf Yor
have large worldly ~resourcss, but nave you
90 treasures no heavens Is an embroidered
pillow all that you want to put poor dyin,
head oni You have heard people ali last
week talk about earthly values. Hear q
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