Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-07-02

shall be again living happily together. This
will be my daily prayer. knowing that he has
said. Come unso me all ye that labor and are
heavy laden, and will give you rest From
your loving wife, MARY.
'And so wandered on and wandered
on" says that man, until one night |
passed Methodist meeting house, and /
said TO myself, IN go in and see what they
are doing. aud got to the door, and they
were singing
All may come, whoever will
This man receives poor sinners still
"And dropped right there where was
and said, God have mercy and he had
mercy on Inc. My home is restored, my
wife sings all day long during work, my
children come out long way to greet me
home, and my household is a little heaven.
| will tell you what did all this for me 1t
was the truth that this day you proclaim,
'On him the Lord had laid the iniquity OF
us ALL"
THE DRUNKARD AND THE OUTcAsT.
Yonder is woman who would say: II
wandered off from my fathers house;
heard the storm that pelts on a lost soul;
my feet were blistered on the hot rocks
went on and on, thinking that no one cared
for my SOUL when one night Jesus met me
and he said Poor thing, go home! your
father is waiting for you, your mother is
waiting for you. Go home, poor thingp
And, sir, Twas too weak to pray, and was
too weak to repent, but ! just cried out; l
sobbed out my sins and my sorrows on the
shoulders of him of whom it is said, the
Lord hath laid on him the iniquity Of US
all"
Thera Ia "A vouno man ts1ho troul gav.
81 had Christian bringing up; | came
from the country TO city life. ! started
well; | had a good position, good com
mercial position, but one night at the the
alter met some young men who did me no
good They dragged me all through the
sewers Of iniquity, and ! lost my morals
and | lost my position, and | was shabby
and wretched. was going down the
street, thinking that no one cared for me,
when a young man tapped me on the
shoulder and said, George, come with me
and will do you good looked al him
to see whether he was joking or not. | saw
he was in earnest and said, What do you
mean, sir? Well, he replied, 4 mean if
you will come to the meeting tonight will
be very glad to introduce you. will meet
you at the door. Will you Gomez Said /,
Il will
II went to the place where was tarry-
ing. fixed myself up as well as | could.
| buttoned my coat over a ragged vest and
went to the door of the church, and the
young man met me and we went in; and
AS went in / heard an old man praying
and be looked so much like my father
sobbed right out: and they were all around
so kind and sympathetic that just gave
my heart to God, and know this morning
that what You say is true; | believe it in
my own experience. ON him the Lord
hath laid the iniquity of us all
Oh, my brother, without stopping to look
AS to whether your hand trembles or not,
without stopping to look whether your
hand is bloated with sin or not, put it in
my hand, let me give you one warm,
brotherly, Christian grip, and invite you
right up to the heart, to the compassion,
TO the sympathy, To the pardon Of him on
whom the Lord had laid the iniquity Of US
ALL Throw away your sins. Carry them
no longer. | proclaim emancipation this
morning TO all who are bound, pardon for
all sin, and eternal life for all the dead.
Some one comes here this morning, and
| stand aside. He comes up these steps.
He comes to this place. | must stand
aside Taking that place he spreads abroad
his hands, and they were nailed. You see
his feet, they were bruised. He pulls aside
the robe and shows you his wounded heart
say, Art thou weary" "Yes, he says,
weary with the worlds woe" say,
whence CONTEST thou" He says, Il come
from Calvary" say, "Who comes with
thees" He says, "No one; | have trodden
the winepress alonew | say, why contest
thou heres" oh" he says, 81 came here
to carry all the sins and sorrows of the
people.
And he knees and he says, Put on my
shoulders all the sorrows and all the sins.
And, conscious of my own sins first, take
them and put them on the shoulders OF the
Son of God say, "Canst thou bear any
more, 0 Christi He says, Yea, more.
And gather up the sins Of all those who
serve at these affairs, the officers of the
Church of Jesus Christi gather up all
their sins and put them on Chrst's Shout
ders, and ! say, "Canst thou bear any
mores" He says. Yea, more" Then
gather up all the sins of hundred people
in this house, and put them on the Shout
ders of Christ, and say, "Canst thou bear
mores" He says, YEA, more" And j
gather up all the sins of this assembly, and
| put them on the shoulders of the Son of
God and | say, "Canst thou bear themY
yea" he says, 'morer
HE HATH BORNE OUR TRANsGREssToNs.
But he is departing. Clear the way for
him, the Son of God. Open the door and
let him pass out. He is carrying our sins
and bearing them away. We shall never
see them again. He throws them down
into the abysm. and you hear the long re-
echo of their fall. ION him
the Lord hath laid the iniquity of us all. "
Will you let him take away your sins to-
day. Or do you say, Il will take charge
Of them myself; ! will fight my own bat
ties; | will risk eternity on my own ac-
counts" A Clergyman said in his pulpit
one Sabbath, Before next Saturday night
one of this audience will have passed out
of lfe.n A gentleman said to another
seated next to him: II don't believe it.
mean to watch, and if it doesn't come true
by next Saturday night | shall tell that
clergyman his falsehood. The man seated
next TO him said, Perhaps it will be your
self" "Oh, no. the other replied. Il
shall live to be an old man." That night
he breathed his last.
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