Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-05-15
push down iniquity from your heart They

are ready to rejoice.
Look! There is an angel from the
throne of God. One moment ago it stood
before Christ and heard the doxology
of the redeemed. 1t is here now. Bright
immortal what news from the golden. city?
Soeak. spirit blest. The answer comes melt
ing on the air, "Come, come, for all things are
now ready" Angels ready to bear the tidings.
Angels ready 10 drop the benediction. Angels
ready to kindle the Joy. All really. Ready.
chernbim an gerAphim. Ready, thrones and
principalitles aud powers. Ready, Mi,hasl
the archangel.
Yes. 90 further and say that your glorfed
kindred are ready. have not any sympathy
with modern spiritualism. Ibelieve it IS born
n perdition. When l see the ravages il
makes with human intellccts, when see the
homes il has devastated, when l see the bad
morals that very often follow in its wake. |
have no faith in modern spirtualsm. |
think if John Milton and George Whitfield
have not anything better TO do than to crawl
under Rochester tables and rattle the leaves,
they had better say home in glo-y. But the
Bible distinctly teaches that the gloriied in
heaven are in sympathy with our redemU:ion
Now, suppose you should pass into the king
dom of God this morning, suppose you should
say, 81 am done with the sins OF this world
lie upon all these folles. Christ | take
thee now, take thy service, l respond to tiny
love, thine am l forever" Why, before the
tear of repentance had dried on your cheek,
before your first prayer had closed, the angel
standing with the message for thy soul would
cry upward "He is comingW and angels
posing in midair would cry upward, "He is
coming" ali along tee limo of light from door,
way to doorway, from wing tip to wing tip,
The news would go upward till it reached the
gate and then it would flash to the house OF
many mansions aud fad your kindred ont.
and those before the tn 'ols would say Gre
joice with me, my prayers are an swere1. Give
me another harp with which to strike the Joy.
Saved saved. saved"
Now my friends, il Chris. is ready AMI
the Holy Ghost is ready, ant the church is
ready, and the angels OF God are ready. and
your glorifei kindred are ready. are you
ready? | give with the emphasis of my soul
the question, "Are you readyY' II you do not
&c: into the kings feast it will BE- because You
do not accept the earnest invitation. Arm
stretched out soaked with blood from elbow
to finger tip, lips quivering in mortal anguish,
two eyes beaming everlasting love while he
says, 'T)me, come, come for all things are
now ready"
Old man, God has been waiting for thee
long years. Would that some tear Of repsn-
lance might tricke down thy wrinked cheek.
Has not Christ done enough in feeding thee
and clothing thee all tn 81 years to win from
thee one word OF gratitude? Come, all the
young. Christ is the fa;rest Of tho fair. Wait
not till thy heart gets hard. Come, the far
thest away from Christ. Drunkard. Christ
can put out the fire Of that thirst. He can re-
store thy broken home. He can break that
shackla. Come now, to-day, and set his par
don and its strength. Libertine, Christ knew
where you we're last night. He knows al the
story OF thy sin. Come to him this day He
will wash away thy sin, and he will thro y
around thee the robe Of his pardon Harot,
thy feet foul with hell, thy laughter the hor-
70. Of thu street--O Mary Ma gdaleD Christ
wait, for thee.
And the one farther Of, farther of than
have mentioned. case not 90 hopeful as any
l have mentioned, self-righteous man, feeling
thvsef all right. having no need o. Chris.
no need Of pa-dou, no need OF help-O
self-iightsons man, dost thou think in those
rags thou csnst enter the feast Thou canst
not Gods servants at tue gate would tear
of thy robe and leave thee naked al the gate.
q self-righteous man. the lat to come
Come to the feast Come repent OF thy sin
Come, take Christ for thy pcr.ion
Day Of grace goiag aaay. Shadows on the
cllf aching farther aud farther over the
plain. The banquet has already begun. Christ
has entered into that banque: to which YOU
arc invited. HE guests are taking their
places. 1hs scrYin. OF the King has his hand
on the door Of tue banlue,in- Groom. and he
begins t. swing it shut. Now IS your tim to
90 ID. Nov IS my time to enter 1 must 30
in. You must go in. He is Swinging the
door shut. Now, il j. half shat. New it IS
thres-fourths shut Now. u Il just ajar'
After swhie j. will he forever shut,
Why vii ye waste on tr.fing care,
That life which God's compassion spare;
While in the eudle.s round OF thought
The one thing n9cdfu i forgot