Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-19

grave was dug. or the first tear started. or the
first heart broken, OF the first accident hap
pened, or the first fortune vanished Inose OF
who have felt the consolatory power OF re-
lgion have right tn speak out of our own ex-
periences and say-"Come"
What dismal work of coincidence tine world
makes. when it attempts to condoie! Ike
plaster they spread does not stick. Inc proken
bones under their bandage do not KNIT.
farmer was lost in the snow storm on prairie
OF the HARVEST. Night was coming on, anu aIter
he was almost frantic from not knowing Wnicn
way to go. his sleigh struck the rut OF another
sleigh and he said: Il will follow this rut ana
1t will take me out to safety" He hasteneu on
until he heard the bells of the preceding
horses bur. coming up. he found that that man
WAS also lost, and. as is the, tendency OF thoso
who ale thus confused in the lorest: OF
on the mnors they were both moving IN circle
and the runner of the one lost sleigh was foi,
loving the runner of the other lost slelgh rouna
and round. At last it occurred TO them 10 iook
at the north star, which WIS peerlnS tnrouSn
the night and by the direction OF fhat star tney
got home again. Those who follow the adrlce
OF this world in time of perplexity are IN lear
ful round, for it is one bewldered soul 1oliow-
ing another bewildered soul, and only those
who have in such time got their eye on the
morning star OF our Christian faith can nn9
their way out, or be strong enough 10 ieau
others with an all-persuasive invitation
The Manner in Which to Come.
But" says some one. you Christian people
keep telling us to come yet You do not tell us
how to come.n That charge shall not be true
on this occasion. Come believing! Come re-
penting! Come prayingI After. all that God
has been doing for six thousand years. some
times through patrarchs and sometimes
through prophets. and at last through the cul-
mination of all tragedies on Golgotha, can any
one think that God will not welcome your com
ing? Will a father at vast outlay construct
mansion for his son, and lay out parks white
with statues. and green with foliage. and all
a-'parkle with fountains, and then not allow
his son to live in the house, or walk in the
parks? Has God built this house of gospel
tran ;es to His children? Will Government
at great expense build Hfe-sav1ng
hover unhurt like a petrol over the widest
surge, and then when the life-boat has reached
the wreck OF a 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 sinking world, and then turn deaf ear to
the cry that comes up from the breakers?
But" you say. there are so many things l
have to believe and so many things IN the
shape of a creed that have to adopt. that l am
kept back" Nom 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, Il do beneve
botn of those things!' DO you, really, believe
them with all your heart? Yes" Why.
Why, then, you are son or daughter
of the Lord Almighty. Why, then, you
are an heir or an heiress of an in
heritance that will declare dividends
from now until long after the stars are dead.
Hallelujah! Prince of God, whv do you not
come and take your coronet? Princess of the
throne? Pass up into the light. Your boat is
anchored. why do you not go ashore? just
plant your feet hard down and you VIII feel
under them the Rock of Ages. challenge the
nrli far
the right spirit appealed for the salvation OF
the gospel and did not get it. Man alive! Are
you going to let all the years of your life go
away with you without your having this great
peace, this glorious hope, this bright ex-
pectancy.
The Invitation General One.
Now it seems 10 me that in this Sabbath hour
all heaven is Ginning and the voices OF de-
parted friends and kindred ring down the sky
saying, Gomez The angels who never fell,
bending from sapphire thrones are chanting
Conner Yea; all the towers of heaven, tower
of martyrs, tower of prophets, tower of Apos-
ties, tower OF evangelists, tower of the temple
of the Lord God and the Lamb, are Ginning,
Come! Conner Pardon for ali, 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 aud they were waiting for the end of the
strife. One day messenger in great excite
nent ran among the tents of the army shout
ing: Peace Peacer' The sentinel on guard
asked: who says Peace p" And the sick
soldier turne on his hospital mattress and
| asked: Who says peace?" and all up and down
| the encamDmenr of the Russians went the
question. "Who says peace?' Then the mes
| senger re esponded: "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. /
| move through these great encampments of
souls and cry Peace between eartn and
heaven! Peace between God and mani Peace
between your repepting soul and a pardoring
lordr' If you ask me "Nho says peace?"
answer, Chris our King declares It:'' My
peace give unto your Peace of God that
passeth all understanding! Everlasting
| Peace