The Iola register., 1891-01-30

parks? Has God built this house Of
gospel mercy and will He then refuse
entrance to His children? VIII Gov
ernment at great expense build life
saving stations all along the coast and
boats that can hover unhurt like a
petrol over the widest surge, IN then
when the life-boat has reached the
wreck of ship in the offing not allow
/ the drowning to seize the lifeline or
take the boat for the shore in safety?
Shall God provide at the cost of His
only Sons assassination escape for a
sinking world and then turn deaf ear
to the cry that comes up from the
/ brakers?
"But," you say, ''there are so many
things / have to believe and so many
things in the shape of creed that I
have to adopt that l am kept back"
No; no! You need believe but two
things; namely, that Jesus Christ came
into the world to save sinners, and that
you are one of them. "But," you say,
81 do believe both of those thingsw Do
you really believe them with all your
heart? s'Yes."
Why, then. you have passed from death
into life. Why, then, you are a son or
daughter of the Lord Almighty. Why,
then, you are an heir or an heiress of
an inheritance that will declare divi-
dends from now on until long after the
stars are dead. Hallelujah! Prince of
God, why do you not come and take
your coronet? Princess of the Lord AL
mighty, why do you not mount your
throne? Pass up into the light? Your
boat is anchored, why not go ashore?
Just plant your feet hard down and you
will feel under them the Rock of Ages
/ challenge the universe for one in
stance in which man in the right
spirit appealed for the salvation of
the Gospel and did not get it. Man alive!
are you going tol let all the years of your
life go away with you without your
having this great peace, this bright ex-
pectancy? Are you going to let the
pearl of great price lie in the dust at
your feet because you are too indolent
or too proud to stoop down and pick it
up? VIII you wear the chain OF evil
habit when near by you is the hammer
that could with one stroke snap the
shackle? VIII you stay in the prison of
sin when here is gospel key that could
unlock your incarceration? No; no!
As the one word, Come" has some
times brought many souls to Christ,
l will try the experiment of piling up
into mountain and then sent down
in an avalanche of power many
of these gospel Comes" ''Come
thou and all thy house into the ark"
''Come unto me all We who labor and
are heavy laden and l will give you
rest:" ''Come, for all things are now
ready:" "Come with us and we will do
you good:" ''Come and see;" "The Spirit
and the Bride say Come and let him
that heareth say come and let him
that is athirst come" The stroke of
one bell in a tower may be sweet but a
score of bells well tuned and rightly
lifted and skillfully swung in one great
chime fill the heavens with music al
most celestial. And no one who has
heard the mighty chimes in the towers
of Amsterdam, or Client, or Copen-
hagen, can forget them.
Now it seems to me that in this Sab
bath hour all Heaven is Ginning, and
the voices of departed friends and kim
dred ring down the sky saying, ''Come!"
The angels who never fell, bending
from sapphire thrones, are chanting
Come Yea, all the towers of Heaven,
tower of martyrs, tower of prophets,
tower of apostles, tower of evangelists,
tower of the temple of the Lord God
and the Lamb are chimiHg. Come!
Gomez Pardon for all, and peace for
all. and Heaven for all who will come.
When Russia was in one of her great
wars the suffering of the soldiers had
been long and bitter and they were wait
ing for the end of the strife. One day
messenger in great excitement ran
among the tents of the army shouting:
peace, Peace" The sentinel on guard
asked; "Who says, 'Peace?" And the
sick soldier turned on his hospital mat
tress and asked: "Who says Peace" and
all up and down the encampment of the
Russians went the question: "Who
SAYS Peace?'' Then the messenger re-
sponded: "The Gar says Peace"
That was enough. That meant going
home. That meant the war was over.
No more wounds and no more long
marches. So to-day, as one of the
Lords messengers, j move through
these great encampments of souls and
cry: peace between earth and Heaven!
Peace between God and man! Peace be-
tween your repenting soul and par
doning Lordr' If you ask me, ''who
says Peace?" / answer: Christ, our
King, declares it," MY peace l give
unto you," "Peace of God that pass
eth all understandings Everlasting
Peace