Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-01-23
REV. DR.. 4ALMAGH.
The Eminent Brooklyn Divine's Sun
day Sermon.
Subject. Come"

TEXTS: "Come. Gen. vi, IS. "Come."
Rev. xii, IL.
Imperial, ten1er and all persuasive is this
word Tome" Six hundred and seventy
eight times it is found in the Scriptures It
stands at the front gate of the Bible as in my
first text, inviting auteliuvians into Noah's
ark, and it stands at the other gate Of the
Bible as in my second text in, iting the
postdiluvians into the ark - Saviour's
mercy. "Coms" is only a word of four
letters, but il is the queen of words, and
nearly the entire nation of English vocabu-
larry bows to its sceptsr. tits an ocean into
which empty ten thousand rivers of meaning.
Other words drive, but this beckOns.
All moods of feeling hath that word
Come Sometimes it weepS and sometimes
it laughs Sometimes it prays, sometimes it
tempts and someti mes it destroys. 1t sounds
from the door of church and from toe serag-
los of sin, from the gates Of heaven and the
gates of he'll. 1t is confuant and accrescent
of all power 1t is tho helresS o. most OF the
past and the almoner of most of the future.
"Comep You may pronounce it 80 that all
the heavens will be heard in its cadenceS. or
pronounce it so that all the woes of time and
eternity shall reverberate in its one syllable.
1t is the mightieSt of all solicitants either for
good or bad.
To-day weigh anchor and haul in the
planks, and set sail on the great word, al
though am sure will not be able to reach
the further shore. will let down the faith
oming line into the sea and try to measure
its depths, and though tie together all the
cables and cordage have on board, will
not be able to touch bottom. All the power
Of the Christian religion is in that word
Come" The dictstorial and commaEdatory
in religion is of no avail. The imperative
mood is not the appropriate mood when we
would have people saviugly impressed Ihey
may be coaxed but they cannot be driven.
Our hearts are like our homes; at a friend
ly knock the door will be opened, but an at
tempt 10 force open our door would land the
assallant in prison. Our theological senln-
aries which keep young men three years IN
their curriculum before launching them into
the ministry, will do well if in so short
time they can teach the candidates for the
holy Office how TO say with right emphasis
and information and power that one word
Come That man whU has such efficiency
in Christian work, and that woman who has
such power to persuade people to quit the
wrong and begin the right, went through
series Of losses, bereavements, prosecutions
and the trials of twenty or thirty years be-
fore they could make it q triumph of gracs
every time they uttered the word Come"
You must remember that in many cases
our Come has a mightier Come to
conquer before it has any effect at all. Just
give me the accurate census, the statistics,
of how many are down in fraud, in drunken
ness in gambling, in lmpurity, or in vice OF
any sort, and l will give you the accurate
census OF statistics of how many have been
slain by the word "Come" Come and
click wine glasses with me at this ivory bar"
Come and see what we can win at this gam
<ohf IL
doubtful speculation" Come with me and
read those infide tracts on Christianity"
Come with me to q place OF bad amuse-
ment" Come with me in gay bout
through underground New York" If in this
CITY there are twenty thousand who are down
in moral character, then twenty thousand
fell under the power OF the word Come"
Twas reading Of a wife whose husband had
been overthrown by strong drink. and she
went 10 the saloon where he was ruinei, and
she said "Give me back my husband" And
the bartender, pointing to a maudhn aud
battered man browsing in the corner OF tue
barroom said: There he is Jim, wake up;
here's your wife come for you" And the
woman said: "Oo you call that my husbandg
What have you been doing with him? Is
that the manly brown Is that the clear eyer
Is that the noble heart l married. What
vile drug have you given him that has turned
him into fiendY fake your tiger claws OH
of him. Uncoil those serpent folds OF evil
habit that are crushing him. Give me back
nv husband, the one with whom l stood at
the altar ten years ago Give him back to
me- Victim was he, as millions OF Others
have been, of the word Conner
With thar word which has done so much
for others l approach you to-day. Are you
all right with GodS "No," you say, u
think not; | am sometimes alarmed when
think OF Him: l fear will not be ready to
meet HIM in the last day; my heart is not
right with Cod Come then and have it
made right. Through the Christ who died
to save YOU, comet What is the use in
waitinsS The longer you wait the further
eff YOU are, and the deeper you are down.
Strike out for heavenl You remember that
a few years ago 8 steamer called the Princess
Alice, with a crowd of excursionists aboard,
sank in the Thames, and there was an awful
sacrifice of lite. A boatman from the shore
put out for the rescue and he had big boat
and be goo it so fGli It would not hold an
other person, and as he laid hold Of the oars
to pull for the shore, leaving hundreds help
less and drowning, he cried out "Oh. that |
had bigger boate Thank God, am not
thus limited, and that l can promise room
for all in this Gospel boat. Get in; get inl
And vet there is room. Room in the heart
Of a pardoning God. Room in heaven.
also apply the word OF my text to those
who would like practical comfort. If any
ever escape the struggle of life, have not
found them. They are not certainly among
the pros~sous classes. In most cases it was
struggle all the way up till they reached
the prosperity. and since they have reached
these heights there have been perplexities,
anxietes and cries which were almost
enough TO shatter the nerves and turn the
brain. It ould be hard to tell whicd have
the biggest fight in the world-the prospsri-
ties or the adversities the conspicuities or the
obscurities. Just as soon as you have enough
success to attract the attention OF others the
envies and jeaiouSies are let loose from their
kennel. The greatest crime that you can
commit in the estimation Of others is to get
on better than they do. They think Your
addition is their subtraction. Five hundred
persons start for a certain goal of success;
one reaches it and the other four hundred
and ninety-nine are mad, tor io0ld take
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