The Forrest City times., 1891-09-11
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with that hard heart? Canst thou not feel one throb of gratitude to- ward the God who made you, anI the Christ who came to redeem you, and the Holy Ghost who has all these years been importuning you? If you could sit down five minutes under the tree of the Saviour's martydrom, and feel his warm life trickling on your forehead and cheek and hands, me- thinks you would get some apprecia- tion of what you owe to n crucifed Jesus.
 Heart Of stoue relent, refent.
 ou he'd by Jesus cross subdued;
 See his body. mangled, rent
 covered with gore of blood
 Sinful soul, what hast thou donef
 Cruci6ed the eternal Sor.
 Jacob with a good deal of tug and push took the stone from the wells mouth, so that the fiocks might be watered. And l would that to day my word blessed of God, might remove the hindrances to your getting up to the Gospel well. Yea, l take it for granted that the work is done. and now like Oriental shepherds, proceed to water the sheep.
 Come, all ye thirsty! You have an undefined longing in your soul. You tried monev-making; that did not sat isfy you. You tried office under gov ernment; that did not satisfy you. You tired pictures and sculptures, but works of art did not satisfy you. You are as much discontcnted with this life as the celebrated French author who felt that he could not any longer endure the misfortunes of the world, and who sad: At four o'clock this afternoon, l shall put an end to my own existence. Mean while. I must toll on up to that time for the sustenance of my family" And he wrote on his book until the clock struck four, when he folded up his manuscrpit and, by his own hand. concluded his earthly life. There are men here who arc perfectly discon- tented Unhappy in the past. un- happy to-day, to be unhappy forever, unless you come to this Gospel well. This satisfies the soul with high, deep, ala bsorbing and eternal satis- faction. It comes and it offers the most unfortunate man so much of this world as is best for him, and throws all heaven into the bargain. The wealth of Croesus, aud all of the Kothsehtlds Is only or, miseraol shilling compared with the ternal fortunes that Christ offers you to-day. ! In the far East there was king who used once a year to get on scales while on the other side the scales were pla ed gold and silver a d gems; iu- deed, enough were placed there to bal ance the king; then, at the close of the weighing, all those treasures were thrown among the populaee, But Christ to-day steps on one side the scales, and on> the other sile are all the treasures of the uni verse, and he says: "All are yours all height, all depth. all length. all breadth, all eternity; all are yours !" | We dont appreciate the promises of She gospel. When an aged clergyman was : dying-a man very em .nent in the church--a young theological student stood by his side, and the aged man looked up and said to him "tan't you give me some comfort in my dy ing hour ?' No" said the young man :" can't talk to you on this sub eet; : you know all about 1t and have known i 1t so long. Well said the dying man. i just recite to me some promises The ! young man thought moment, and he cauYe 10 this promise. The blood of 1 Jesus thrlst cleanseth from all sin:" and he old man lapped his hands, and in his dying moment said: That $ just the promise l have been wal ing | for. The hood of Jesus Christ clean s- 1 eth from all sin" Oh, the warmth. l the grandeur, the magnificen c of the 1 promises
 1 But some one says. in the audience 1 Notwithstanding all you have said this morning, l find no alleviation for my troubles" We'll an not through yet l have left tho mo t potent con sideration for the last am going to soothe you with the thought of Heaven. However, talka- tive we may be, there will come a time when the stoutest and most em- phatic interrogation will evoke from Us no an wer- As soon as we have closed our lips for the final silence no power on earth can break that tacitur- nity. But where, 0 Christian, will be your spirit? in a scene of infinite gladness- The spring morning of heaven waving its blossoms in the bright air. Nictors fresh from battle showing their scars l he rain of earthly sorrow struck through with the rain bow of eternal joy, In one group, tod and angels and the re. deemc r-paul and Silas, Latimer and kidlcy, Isaiah and Jeremiah, rayson and John Milton, Gabriel and Michael, the ar>hangel Long line of choris- ters reaching across the hills. Seas of Joy dashing to the white beach. Conquerors marching from gate to gate. You among them. 1 Oh, what great flock of sheep God 1 will gas h around the celestial well. No stone on the wells mouth, while the shepherd waters the sheep There Jacob will recognize Ra hel the shep herdess And standing on one side of the well of eternal rapture. yonr children; and $ sanding on the other side of the we'll of etcr- nal rapture. your Christian anoe try. you will be bounded on ail sides iy a JOY so keen and grand that no other r world has ever been permitted to ex- pcrience il. Out of that one deep we'll of heav n, the Shepherd will dip re- union for the bereaved. wealth for the poor, health for the sick. rest for the weary. And hen all the locks of the Lords sheep will lie down in the green pastures, and world withous end we wi l praise the Lord that on this first autumnal Sabbath or lsel we were permitted to study among the bleating locks and lowing herds of this fair ground the ory of Jacob and Rachel the shephcrdess at the wall in Mesopo amia. b plunge your buckets into this great Gospel well and let them come up dripping with that water of which if a man drink he never again , lhall thirst.