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on the bottom of the sea, or pitched by the
angry wave on the beach-a battered, bruised
and loathsome wreck! Suddenly destruction
came. One-half hour before they could not
have believed it. Destroyed, and without
remedy.
am just setting forth fact, which you
have noticed as well as I. Ananias comes to
the apostle. The apostle says, IBID you
sell the land for so muchT He says, Yes"
It was lie. Deadl as quick as that! ,S Sap, sI
land for so muchs" "Yes" It was lie;
and quick as that she was dead. Gods Judg.:
ments are upon those who despise Him and
defy Him. They come suddenly.
The destroying angel went through Egypt
Do you suppose that any Of the people knew
that be was coming9 Did they hear the flap
of his great wing2 Mol mol Suddenly, un.
expectedly, be came.
Skilled sportsmen do not like to shoot a
bird standing on sprig near by. If they
it on the wing, and they wait till It starts
Death is an old sportsman, and he loves to
take men flying under the very sun. He
loves to take them on the wing.
Are there any here who are unprepared for
the eternal world? Are there any here who
have been living without God and without
hope3 Let me say to you that you had better
accept Of the Lord Jesus Christ, lest sud-
denly your last chance be gone. The lungs
The time will como when you Shall 80 no
more to the office, or to the store, or to the
Shop. Nothing Will be left but Death and
Judgment and Eternity. Ohl fee to God
this hourl If there be one in this presence
who has wandered far away from Christ,
though he may not have heard the call OF
the Gospel for many year, invite him now
to come and be saved. Flee from tiny slnI
Flee to the stronghold Of the Gospel! Now IS
the accepted time, now ls the DAY Oh Sal
walton.
Good night, my young friendsl May you
have rosy Sleep, guarded by Him who never
slumbersl Nav you awake in the morning
STRONG and well! But oh art thou desplser
of God2 Is this thy last night on earthf
Shouldst thou be awakened in the night by
Something. thou knowest not what, and there
be shadows floating in the room, and hand:
writing on the wall, and you feel that your
last hour is come, and there be falntng at
the heart, and tremor in the limb, and 9
Catching of the breath-then thy doom would
be but an echo Of the words of the text IN
that night was Belshazzar, the king OF the
Chaldeans, slain" :,
Hear the invitation Of the Gospel! There
NAV be some one in this house to whom
shall never speak again, and therefore let It
be in the words Of the Gospel, and NOUN my
own, with which close: '.ao, every one
that thirstethl Come ye to the waters. And
and milk without money, and without
price" "Come unto me, all ye VINO are
weary and heavy laden, and will give yon
rest" Obi that my Lord Jesus would nov now
make Himself SO attractive TO your SOULS
that YOU cannot resist Him; and that, II you
have never prayed before, or have n9s W
prayed since those days when you knei5
down at your mothers knee then tnat 10
night you might pray, saying;
Just as I am, without one plea
But that the b.ood was shed FOR me.
Ard that Thou bidst me come to Thee,
o Lamb Of God, I come!
But if you cannot think OF so long prayer
as that, will give you a shorter prayer that
you can say, God, be merciful to me SIN
nerp Or, if you cannot think Of 50 long a
prayer as that, I will give you still shorter
one that you may utter, Lord, save me,orI
perishr' Or If that be too long a prayer,
you need not utter word. Just look and
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