The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-22

uaiism. I think II John Milton snd
George White6eld have not anything
better TO do than "a crawl under
Rochester tables and rattle the leaves
they had better stay home In glory.
But the Bible distinctly teaches that
the giori6ed in Heaven are In sym
patty with our redemption There
is Joy in Heaven among the angels
Of God over one sinner that repent
eth" and il the angels hear IL. do
not departed kindred there
hear IL? There are tbose there who
toiled for your salvation, ard when they
babe you good by in the last hour, and
they said, meet me in Heaven" there
vas lowering over the pillow the awful
possibility that you might not meet
But o. the pathos when that hand was
thrust out from the cover and they said
good-by. For how long Rood-by was il?
Now suppose you should pass into the
Kingdom of God this morning. suppose
you should say: Il am done with the
sins of this world. Fie upon all Of
these follies- o Christ I take Thee
now, I take Thy service, ! respond 70
Thy love, Thine am I forever"-why, be-
fore the tear Of repentance had died on
your cheek. before your FIRST prayer had
closed. the angel standing with the mes
sage for thy soul, would cry upward:
"He is coming," And angels posing
midair would cry upward: HE Is COM
ing!" All along the line Of light from
doorway to doorway. from wing-tip to
wing-tip. the new would go upward
till il reached the gate, and then it
would fash to the house of many man.
sions, and find your kindred out, and
those before the throne would say:
Rejoice with me. my prayers are IN.
swerd. Give me another harp with
which TO strike the JOY. Saved, saved.
saved"
Now, my friends, IL Christ is ready,
and the Holy Ghost is ready. and the
church is ready, and the angels Of God
are ready, and your gloriied kindred
are ready, are you ready? give with
all the emphasis of my soul the ques'
ton: "Are You ready?' II you do not
get into the Kings feast it will be be-
cause you do not accept the earnest in
vitation. Arm stretched ont soaked
with blood from elbow to finger-tip,
lips ~quivering In mortal anguish, two
eyes beaming everlasting love while he
says: Come, come, come, for all
things are now ready"
AtKenilworth castle, I told you, they
stopped the clocks when Queen Eliza
beth arrived, that the hand Of time
might point TO that moment as the one
most significant and tremendous; but II
this morning the King should enter the
castle of your soul, well might you
stop all the clocks and have the finger
Of time pointing TO this moment as the
most ~stupendous in all your life. Would
that / could come all through these
aisles and all through these galleries,
not addressing you perfunctorily, but
taking you by the hand, a. q brother
takes a brother by the hand, and say
ing TO one and all. to each, Come.
come. the door is open, enter now and
sit down at the feast"
Old a God has been waiting for
thee long years. Would that some tear
of repentance might trickle down thy
wrinkled cheek. Has not Christ done
enough in feeding thee all these years
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 furthest
away from Christ Drunkard, Christ
can put out the fire of that thirst. He
car restore thy broken home. He can
break that shackle. Come now, to-day,
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 will throw around
thee the robe of Hm
pardon. Harlot thy feet foul with hell,
thy laughter the horror of the street
o, Mary Magdalen! Christ waits for
thee. And the one further OF, further
than ! have mentioned, u case not 50
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 servant ut the
gate would tear of thy robe and leave
thee naked at the gate. O, self-righteous
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 further and further
over the plain The banquet has al
ready 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 ne begins to swing it shut Now
is nv time % enter. i must go in You
must go in. He is swinging the door
shut Now. it is half shut Now, II il
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 sparcsf
While in the endless round OF thought
The one thing necdful 10 forgot