The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-01-28

you. lou are unhappy, rum
through with unrest. Now will you
not try this solace, this febrifuge,
this anodyne, this gospel medicine?
49," you say Il haven't any faith in
it." AS matter of accommodation let
rae introduce you to the Lord Jesus
christ, the Physician. "Why," you say,
81 haven't any faith in Him." Well,
now, will you not just let Him come and
try His power on your soul? Just let
me introduce Him to you. l do not ask
you to take my word for IT. do not
ask you to take the advice of clergymen.
Perhaps the clergymen may be preju-
diced; perhaps we may be speaking pro-
fessionally; perhaps we may give you
wrong advice; perhaps we are morbid
on that subject; SO do not ask you to
take the advice of clergymen. l
ask you to take the advice OF
very respectable laymen, such as Will
lam Shakespeare, the dramatist; Will
liam Wilberforce. the statesman; as
Isaac Newton, the astronomer; as
Robert Boyle, the philosopher; as Locke,
the metaphysician; as Morse, the cleo
trician. These men never preached
they never pretended to preach-but
they come out, and putting down, one
his telescope, and another the electri-
clans wire, and another the parliament
airy scroll-they come out and they COM
mend Christ as a comfort to all the peo-
pie, Christ that the world needs. Now
do not ask you to take the advice OF
clergymen. Take the advice OF these
laymen. 1t does not make any diff
ference to me at this juncture what
you have said against the Bible
it does not make any difference
to me at this juncture how you may
have caricatured religion. Take the
advice of men who are prominent in
secular affairs, as these men whom
have mentioned, and others who imme
diately occur to your mind You see
do not scott at skepticism, l never
scoffed at skepticism. I had goot
reason for not SOOTHING. l have been 6
natural skeptic l do not know wha'
the first word was that uttered after
entering this world, but 1 think i
must have been "why?" There were
times when l doubted the existence
of God, when 1 doubted the divinity
of Christ, when doubted the immor
tally of the soul, when l doubted m,
own existence. when | doubted every
thing. | have been through the who'll
curriculum of doubt, and you can tel
me nothing new about it. l have COM
out from great Sahara desert into tn
calm, warm. sunshiny land of the Cos
pei. | know about the other land.
have been there. You can tell me moth
ing new about it; and know all abou
the other condition of which you do no
know any thing-the peace, the com
fort, the joy, the triumph of trusting il
God, and in Jesus Christ whom He ha
sent. So / am not SOOTHING in regar
| to it.
There are some things believe tina
you do not; but there are some thing
that l believe and you do believe. Yo
believe in love-a fathers love,
mothers love, wife's love, child
love. Now let me tell you, God love
you more than all of them together; an
You must come in, you will come in
Christ looks in all tenderness, with til
infinite tenderness of the gospel, int
your soul, and he says, "This is you
time for Heaven" and then He wave
His hand to the people of God, and H
says: "Other sheep have ! which ar
not of this fold"
| Again l remark, the Heavenly SheI
herd is going to get many of His shee
among those who have been flung b
evil habits.
1t outrages me to see how soon Chris
tan people give up the prodigal.
hear Christian people talk as thong
they thought the grace of God were
chain of forty or fifty links, and whe
they had run out then there was notl
ing to touch the depths of a mans il
iquity. If a man were out hunting &c
deer, and got off the track of the dee
he would hunt among the bushes an
the brakes longer for the lost gam
than he will look for lost soul.
They say if man has had the deli
ium tremens twice he can not be curet
They say if woman has fallen frol
integrity she can not be redeemed. A
of which is an infinite SANDER on til
gospel of the Son of God. Men who sa
that know nothing about practical r.
ligion in their own hearts. How man
times will God take back man WI
has fallen? Well, eau not give yo
the exact figures, but 1 can tie
you at what point He certainly wi
take him back. Four hundred ar
ninety times. Why do l say four hui
dred and ninety times7 Because ii
Bible says seventy times seven. Nov
figure that out, you who do not think
man can fall four times, eight time
ten times, twenty times, one hundre
, times, four hundred times, and yet
saved. Four hundred and ninety time
Why. there is a great multitude befol
, the throne of God, who plunged iuto a
the depths Of iniquity. There were I
sins they did not commit; but they we
washed of body, and washed of min
{ and washed Of soul, and they are befo
the throne of God now forever happ
: say that to encourage any man wi
! feels there is no chance for him.
, Good Templars will not save you, a
/, though they are grand institution
, Sons of TEMPERANCE will mott save 20
lalthough there is no better society {
earth, Signing the temperance pledl
: will not save you, although it is graz
thing to do. No one but God can sa'
, you. Do not put your confidence