Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-05-21

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kindred are ready. have not any sympathy
with modern spiritualism. Ibelieve it is borr
n perdition. When / see the raya ges
makes with human intelects, when l see the
homes 1T has devastated, when | see the bad
morals that very often follow in its wake. l
nave no faith IN modern spritualism l
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 stay home in glory But the
Bible distinctly teaches that the glorified in
heaven are in sympathy with our redemption
Now, suppose you should pass into the king
dom Oh God this morning, suppose you should
say, Il am done with the sins OF this world
lie upon all these foilies. o Christi l take
thee now, take thy service, respond to thy
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 coming!" and angels
poising in midair would cry upward, sHe il
coming!'' all along the line 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 fash to the house OF
many mansions and find your Kindred out,
and those before the throne wonid say. "Re-
lolce with me, my prayer, are answered. Give
me another harp with which to strike the joy.
Saved, saved, snvedi''
Now, my friends, if CHRIST 10 ready, and
y The Holy GHOST is ready, aud the church is
ready, aud the angels OF God are ready, and
your glori6ed kladred are ready are YOU
ready? | give with the emphasis of my soul
the question, Are you ready" Ii you do not
get 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 beamiog everlasting love while he
says, Come, come, come, for all things are
now ready"
Old man, God has been waiting for thee
long years. Would that some tear of repen-
lance might triclle down thy wrinkled cheek
Has not Christ done enough in feeding thee
and clothing thee all THESE years to win from
thee one word of gratitude? Come all the
young. Christ is the fairest of the fair. Wait
not till thy heart gets hard. Come, the far
thest away from Christ. Druukard, Christ
can put out the fire of that thirst He can re-
store thy broken home. He can break that
shsckle. Como now, to-day, and get his par
don and its strength. Libertine, Christ knew
where You were last night He knows all the
story of thy sin. Come to him this day He
Will wash away thy sin, and he will throw
around thee the robe of his pardon. Harlot.
thy feet foul with hell, thy laughter the hor-
ror of the street-O Mary Magdalen! Christ
waits for thee
And the one farther off. farther off than
have mentioned, a case not SO hopeful as any
have mentioned, self-righteous man, feeling
myself all right, having no need OF Christ,
no need of pardon, no need of help--O
self-righteous man! dost thou think in those
rags thou canst enter the feast? Thou canst
not. Gods servants at the gate would tear
off thy robe and leave thee naked at the gate.
self-righteons man! the last to come.
Come to the feast. Come. repent Of thy sin.
Come, take Christ for thy portion
Day of grace going away. Shadows on the
cliff reaching farther and farther over the
plain The banquet has already begun. Christ
has entered into that banquet to which you
are invited. The guests are taking their
places. The servant of the king has his hand
on the door Of the banqueting room, and he
begins to swing it shut. Now is your time to
go in. Now il my time TO enter. | must go
in. You must go in. He is swinging the
door shut Now, it is half shut. Now it is
three-fourths shut. Now, it is just ajar.
After awhile it will be forever shut
Why will We waste on trifing cares
That life which Gods compassion spares7
While in the endless round Of thought
The one thing needful is forgot