Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-03

cnces we should hear on all sides. There
is man in the gallery who
| would say: II had brilliant surround
ings, had the best education that one
of the best collegiate institutions of
this country could give, and observed
all the moralities of life, and was self
righteous, and thought was all right
before God as / am all right before
men; but the Holy Spirit came to me
one day and said, You are a sinner
the Holy Spirit persuaded me of
the fact. While | had cclped
the sins against the law of the land,
had really committed the worst sin a
man ever commits-the driving back OF
the Son of God from my hearts affec-
tions. And / saw that my hands were
red with the blood of the Son of God,
and | began to pray and peace came to
my heart, and | know by experience
that what you say this morning is true.
'On him the Lord hath laid the iniquity
of us all. >"
Yonder is man who would say: II
was the worst drunkard in New York;
/ went from bad to worse; | destroyed
myself, l destroyed my home; my chill
dren covered when | entered the house;
when they put up their lips to be kissed
| struck them; when my wife protested
against the maltreatment, / kicked her
into the street | know all the bruises
and all the terrors of n drunkard's
Woe"
Yonder is a woman who would say:
81 wandered off from my fathers
house; l heard the storm that pelts on
lost soul; my feet were blistered on
the hot rocks. / went on and on,
thinking that no one cared for my
soul, when one night Jesus met me and
he said, Poor thing, go home. your
father is waiting for you, your moth er
is waiting for you. Go home, poor
thing?' and. sir, | was too weak to
pray, and | was too weak to repent,
but | just cried out, / sobbcl out my
sins and my sorrows on the shoulders
o. him of whom il is said: the Lord
hath laid on him the iniquity of Us
all"
There is young man who would say:
81 had a Christian bringing up; | came
from the country To city life; | started
we'll; had good position, good
commercial position, but one night at
the theater | met some yo ung men who
did me no good. They dragged me all
through the sewers of iniquity, and
/ lost my morals and / lost
my position, and / was shabby
aad wrctched. | was going down the
street, thinking that no one cared for
me, when young man tapped me on
the shoulder and said: George, come
with me and ! will do you good
looked at him 20 see whether he was
joking or not saw he was in earnest,
and 1 said: What do you mean, sir?'
Well he replied, Il mean If you will
come to the meeting tonight l will be
very glad to introduce you.
will meet you at the door. VIII you
come p Said /, Il will l went to the
place where | was tarrying. AS | went
in heard an old man praying, and he
locked so much like my father, sobbed
right out and they were all around 50
kind and sympathetic that just there
gave my heart to God, and l know this
morning that what you say is true; |
believe it in my own experience.
'On him the Lord hath laid
the iniQuity of us all. "
Oh! my brother, without stopping TO
look as to whether your hand trem blcs
or not, without stopping to look
whether your hand is bloated with sin
or not, put it in my hand, let me give
you one warm, brotherly Christian
grip and invite you right up to the
heart, TO the compassion, to the sym
patty, to the pardon of him on whom
the Lord had laid the iniquity Of us all.
Throw away your sins. Carry them no
longer. ] proclaim emancipation this
morning to all who are bound, pardon
for all sin, and eternal life for al the
dead.
To-day the Savior calls. All may
come. God never pushes a man off.
God never destroys anybody. Tae
man jumps off. 1t is suicide-soul sui
cide-if the man perishes, for the invi-
tation is: "Whosoever will, may come. "
Whosoever, whatsoever, whatsoever! In
this day of merciful visitation, while
many are coming into the kingdom OF
God. join the procession heavcnward.
Seated among us during n service was
man who came in and said: Il don't
know that there is any God" That
was on Friday night. | said: 1--WE will
/ lneel down and find out whether there
is any God" And in the second seat of
the pulpit we knelt. He said: Il have
! found him. There is God, n p9rdon-
ing God. feel him here" He lnelt in
! the darkness of sin. lie arose two min
utes afterward in the liberty of the
Gospel; while another sitting under the
! gallery on Friday night and said: my
opportunity is gone; last week l might
have been saved, but now the door is
shut" And another from the very
midst of the meeting during the week,
rushed out of the front door of the
/ Tabernacle, saying: ~ am lost man. v
behold! the Lamb of God who taketh
away the sins of the world" ''Now is
the accepted time Now is the day OF
salvation" at is appointed unto all
men once TO die, and after that-the
/ judgment"