Milford chronicle., 1891-05-15
MILFORD, DEL, FRIDAY, MAY IS, 1891.

when They Dtlc you EooAuJ ~ sA~ =
hour, and they said, meet me IN heaven
there was lowering over the phlo" the /
awful possibility that you might not meet /
Pnt Oh the pathos when that hand was |
thrust out from the cover and they SAID
Uoodby. For how long goodby was itg
Now. supDose YOU should pass into the
kingdom of God this morning, suppose
YOU should say: "Tm done with the SINS
Of this world. Fie upon all these foliles.
o Christ! l take thee now, take thy
service. 1 respond to thy love, thine am
forever" Why, before the tear of repent
ance had dried on your cheek, before your
first praver had closed, the angel standing
with the message for thy soul would cry
inward. ''TIe is comingr and angels pois-
ing midair would cry upward, He Is conf
ingP' all along the line Of light from door
vrlv to doorway, from wing tip to wing
tin. the news would 60 upward till It
reached the gate, and then it would flash
To the house of many mansions and md
vour kindred out, and those before the
throne would say: "Rejoice with me, my
PRAYERS are answered. Give me another
harp with which to strike the joy. Saved,
saved, savedP'
ARE YOU READY
New. nv friends, if Christ is ready, and
the Holy Ghost is ready, and the church Is
ready. and the angels of God are ready,
and your glorified kindred are ready, are
Won readvP l give with the emphasis OF
nv soul the question, "Are you ready"
If Won do not get into the kings feast 1t
will be because you do not accept the ear
nest invitation Arm stretched out soaked
with blood from elbow to finger tip, lips
ouivering in mortal anguish, two eyes
benming everlasting love while he says,
"Come. come, come, for all things are now
ready"
Al Kenilworth Castle, I told you, they
stOpped the clocks when Queen Elizabeth
arrived, that the hand of time might poiht
to that moment as the one most Significant
and tremendous, but If this morning the
King should enter the castle of your soul,
well might you stop all the clocks ana
have the finger of time pointing to this
moment as the one most stupendous IN an
your life. Would that l could come all
through these aisles and all through these
galleries, not addressing you perfume
torilv. but taking you by the hand as a
brother takes brother by the hand, and
saving to one and all to each, Come, GOMEZ
the door is open; enter now and sit down
at the feast"
Old man, God has been waiting for thee
long wears. Would that some tear of re
pentance might trickle down thy wrinkled
cheek. Has not Christ done enough in
feeding thee and clothing thee all these
wears to win from thee one word Of graft
tude? Come, all the young. Christ Is the
| fairest of the fair. Wait not till thy heart
GETS hard. Come, the farthest away from
! Christ Drunkard, Christ can put out the
! fire of that thirst He can restore thy broken
home. He can break that shackle. Come
now. today, and get his pardon 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 VIII
| throw around thee the robe of his pardon.
/ Harlot. thy feet foul with hell, thy laugh
fer the horror of the street-O Mary Mag
/ dalenl Christ waits for thee.
And the one further of, farther than
have mentioned, a case not so hopeful as any
! I have mentioned, self righteous man, feel
/ ing myself all right, having no need OF
Christ, no need of pardon, no need OF help
% self righteous man! dOst thou think
| in those rags thou canst enter the least
Thou canst not. Gods servant at the gate
would tear off thy robe and leave thee
naked at the gate. o self righteous man!
| the last to come. come 10 the Leelst' ColllS'
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 De-
gun. 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 ban
quoting room, and he begins to swing 1t
shut. Now is your time to go in. Now
is nv time to enter. must 90 in. You
must 60 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 shutl
Why will ye waste on triaing cares
That life which Gods compassion sparesi
While in the endless round of thought
The one thing needful is forgot.