Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1891-02-13

When winter comes and there ars no coaiS
and the ash barrels have no more cinderS
who takes care Of YOU Have YOU nobody
bot the over ser Of the poory But preach
20 YOU a poor mans Christ IL you do not
have in the winter blankets enough 10 cover
you in the night, | want % tell you OF Him
who had not where 70 lay His head. IL you
lie on the bare floor, want TO tell you OF
Him who had for pillow hard cross, and
whose foot bath was the streaming blood Of
His own heart.
oh, you poor man! Oh, your poor womanl
Jesus understands your case altogether.
Talk It right out TO Hin tonight. Get down
on your floor and say: Lord Jesus Christ
Thou vast poor and am poor. Help me.
Thou art rich now, and bring me up 10 Thy
richesr Do you think God would east YOU
Off VIII He! You might as well think that
a mother would take the child that feeds on
her breast and dash its life out, as To think
that God would put aside roughly those who
have fed to Him for pity and compassion.
Yea, the prophet says, "A woman may for
get her sucking child, that she would not
have compassion ON the son OF her womb, but
| will not forget thee
II you have ever been on the sea you have
been surprised in the first voyage to find
there are so few sails in sight Sometimes
you go along two, three, four, five, six and
seven DAYS, and do not see a single sail, but
when a vessel does come in sight the sea
glasses are lifted to the eye, the vessel is
watched, and IL it come very near then the
captain, through the trumpet, Ct les loudly
across the water. whittier boundT' SO
you and / meet on the SEA OF life. We
come and we 60 Some OF us have never
met before. Some of US will never mest
again. But | hail you across the SEA, and
with reference to the last great day, and with
reference to the two great worlds, | cry
across the water: whittier bound; whittier
boundY'
know what service that craft was made
for, but hast thou thrown overheard the COM
passf Is there no helm TO GuidS it, Is the
ship at the mercy OF the tempest? Is there
no gun of distress booming through the
storm! With priceless treasures with treas
ures aboard worth more than all the Indies
wilt thou never come up out OF the trough
Of the scar o Lord God, lay hold OF that
mani Son of God, il thou vert ever needed
anywhere, thou art needed here. There are
80 many SINS TO be pardoned. There are 50
many wounds TO be healed. There arc 81
many souls to be saved. Help, Jesus! Help,
Holy Ghost Help, ministeriuE angels from
the throne Help, all sweet memories Of the
past Help, all prayers for our future de
liyerancel Oh. that now, in this tho ac-
cepted time and the day OF salvation, you
would hear the voice Of mercy AMI live!
Taste and So that the Lord Is gracious.
In this closing moment OF the service
when everything in the house is 80 favorable,
when everything is 50 still, when God Is 50
loving and heaven is so near, drop your fins
and take Jesus Do not cheat yourself out
of heaven. Do not do that. God torbll that
at the last, when it is too late to correct the
mistake, a voice should rise from thu pillow
or drop from the throne uttering just four
words-four sad, aunihilatiug words, Zone
thing thou lackest."