Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-10-01


O man, what dost tho M
with that hard heart? cnn's
thou not feel one throb of gratituda ~
ward the God who made you, and thu
Christ who came to redeem you, and
the Holy Ghost who has all thess
years been importuninR you? If Won
could sit down five minutes under tho
tree OF the Saviour's martydrom, and
feel his warm life trickling on vow
forehead and cheek and hands. ma.
thinks you would get some apprcc;a.
ton of what you owe to cruciHed
Jesus.
Heart OF stone. relent, relent,
Touched by Jesus cross subdueu.
See his body, mangled, rent,
Covered with gore OF blood.
Sinful soul. what hnst thou done.
Crucified the eternal Sor.
Jacob with q good deal of tug and
push took the stone from the wells
mouth, SO that the flocks might hs
watered. And would that TODAY INV
word blessed of God, might remove the
hindrances to your getting up to thu
Gospel well. Yea, l take it for granted
that the work is done, and now like
Oriental shepherds, proceed to wafer
the sheep
Come, all We thirsty! You have an
underlined longing in your soul You
tried monev-making; that did not sat.
isfy you. You tried Office under poy.
ernment; that did not satisfy Won.
You tried pictures and sculptures.
but works of art did not satisfy
you. You are as much discontinued
with this life as the celebrated
French author who felt that he could
not any longer endure the misfortunes
OF the world, and who sand: AT four
O'Clock this afternoon, shall put an
end to my own existence. Mean.
while, / must toll on up to that
time for the sustenance of my family
And he wrote ON his book until the
clock struck four, when he folded up
his manuscript and, by his own hand.
concluded his earthly life. There
are men here who are perfectly discon.
tented. Unhappy in the past, un.
happy to-day. to be unhappy forever,
unless you come to this Gospel.well,
This satisfies the soul with a high,
deep, all-absorbing and eternal salts.
faction. 1t comes and it offers the
most unfortunate man so much OF
this world as Is best for him, and
wa Two utA AAC1NCA lhtO VIC DdFEllQ.
The wealth Of Croesus, aud all of the
Rothschllds is only p or, miserable
shilling compared with the eternal
fortunes that Christ offers you to-day.
In the far East there was king who
used once year to get on scales,
while on the other side the scales were
placed gold and silver a, d gems, in
deed, enough were placed there to bal
ance the king: then, at the
close OF the weighing, all those
treasures were thrown among the
populace. But Christ to-day steps on
one side the scales, and on the other
side are all the treasures of the uni.
verse, and he says: "All are yours
all height, all depth. all length. all
breadth. all eternity: all are yours"
We don't appreciate the promises of the
gospel. When an aged Clergyman was
dying-a man very eminent in the
church-a young theological student
stood by his side, and the aged
man looked up and said to him: 'lan't
YOU give me some comfort in my dying
hour?" NO" said the young man:
:" can't talk to you on this subject;
you know all about it and have known
it so long" WELL" said the dying man.
lust recite to me some promises The
young man thought a moment, and he
came to this promise: 1.-The blood Of
Jesus Christ cleanseth from all SIM
and he old man capped his hands, and
IN his dying moment said: That's
just the promise | have been waiting
for. The blood of Jesus Christ cleans.
eth from all SIM" Oh, the warmth
the grandeur, the magnificent; Of the
promises!
But some one says, in the audience:
Notwithstanding all you have said
this morning. find no alienation for
my troubles" Well an not through
yet. / have left the most potent con-
sidcration for the last am
going to soothe you with the
thought Of Heaven. However, talia-
tive we may be, there will come
time when the stoutest and most EN-
phatic interrogation will evoke from
us no answer AS soon as we have
closed our lips for the final silence, no
power on earth can break that tacitur-
nifty. But where, o Christian. will be
your spirit? In a scene of infinite
gladness. The spring morning
of heaven waving its blossoms
in the bright air. Victors fresh
from battle showing their sears The
rain of earthly sorrow struck through
with the rainbow of eternal Joy. In
one group, God and angels and the re.
deemer-Paul and Silas, Latimer ana
Ridley, Isaiah and jeremiah, Payson
and John Milton, Gabriel and Michael,
the archangel Long line of choris-
ters reaching across the hills. seas
OF JOY dashing to the white
beach. Conqmerors marching from
gate to gate. You among them.
Oh, what a great flock Of sheep Goa
will gather around the celestial we'll
No stone on the wells mouth, while
the shepherd waters the sheep. There
Jacob will recognize Rachel the shep
herdess. And standing on one side
of the we'll of eternal rapture
your children: and standing on the
other side of the we'll OF eter'
nal rapture, your Christian ancestry,
You will be bounded on all sides bya
JOY SO keen and grand that no other
world has ever been permitted to eS,
perience 1t. Out OF that one deep wen
OF heaven, the Shepherd will dip re-
union for the bereaved, wealth Tor tno
poor, health for the sick, rest for .he
weary. And then all the focks oil the
Lords sheep will lie down in inc