The southern argus., 1891-07-02

stored, my wife sings all aly ions tone
;nq tSorlx NV children come out lois
way to greet me home, ana my - o,,
hold is a little heaven. L Wltl '0l
what did all this for ME- was CO..
truth that this day you proclaim =
Him the Lord hath laid the inlquity u
us ALL,
vondar Is a woman who would say
az wandered off from my fathers houSe'
T hoard the storm that pelts on IoS.
sorl. my feet were blistered on the NO.
rocks went on and on, thinking liia'
ro o,a cared for my soul, when one
nioht tcsus met me and he sald' looi
tbiro ro home. yottr father Is waiting
fnr yon, your mother is waiting for you'
Go home, poor thing, and sir, was 100
weak to pray, and | was too "eaA ~
rppcnt. but just cried out Soooeu
ont nv sins and my sorrows on l',e
shoulders of Him of whom IT is Saloi
.the Lord hath laid on Him the lniqul'y
of us all"
There is young man who would say:
81 had Christian bringing up; J came
from the country to city life; | started
well: | had good position, gooa com
mercial position, but one night at the
theater met some young men who dll,
me no good. They dragged me al
through the sewers of iniquity AMI l
lost nv morals and / lost my position
and was shabby and wret.hed. was
going down the street; thinking that no
one cared for me, when Il young man
tapped me on the shoulder and salo'
George, come with me and l Will 10
YOU good | looked at him to see
whether he was joking or not. saw he
was in earnest and | said: What do you
mean, sir% Well, he replied, i mean II
YOU will come to the meeting to-
night | will be very glad to introduce
you. | will meet you at the door. win
you Gomez said /, i will. | went to
the place where / was tafrying. l fixed
myself UP as well as | could. l but
toned my coat over a ragged vest ana
went to the door Of the church and the
Young man met me and we went III,
and as | went in | heard an old man
prayinr, and he looked SO much like
my father | sobbcd right out and they
were all around so kind and sympa-
thetic that | just there gave my heart
to God, and know this morning that
what YOU say is true: | believe it In my
own experience 'On Him the Lord
hath laid the iniquity of us ALL
O! my brother without stopping to
look as to whether your hand trembies
or not, is bloatcd with sin or not put it
in my hand, let me give you one warm,
brotherly Christian grip, and invite you
right up to the heart to the compass
sion, to the sympathy, to the pardon OF
Him on whom the Lord had lail the
iniquity OF us all. Throw away your
sins Carry them no longer | pro-
claim emancipation this morning to all
who are bound, pardon for all sin, and
eternal life for all the dead.
Some one comes here this morning
and stand aside. lie comes up these
steps. He comes to this place. l must
stand aside. Taking that place he
spreads abroad His hand and they were
nailed. You see his feet, they were
bruised he pulls aside the robe and
shows you his wounded heart. l say,
"Art thou weary" Yes" He says,
weary with the worlds woe" l say,
"Wncnce comest thou?" He says, II
come from Calvary" 1 say, "Who
comes with Thce?" He says. NO one;
l have troddcn the wine press alone!"
/ say, "Why contest Thou here?' "O'
He says, Il came here to carry all the
sins and sorrows of the people" And
He kneels and lie saws: "Put on My
shoulders all the sorrows and all
the sins And conscious of my own sins.
first, take them on the and put them
shoulders of the Son of God. ] say:
"Canst Thou bear any more, o Christ?"
lie says: Yea, more" And | gather
up the sins of all those who serve at
these affairs, the officers of the church
of Jesus Christi gather up all their
sins and put them on Christs shoulders,
and | say: 'Canst Thou bear any
more?" He says: "Yca, more" Then
gather mp the sins of hundred people
in this house and put them on the
shoulders of Christ, and say: "Canst
Thou bear more?" He says: Yea,
more" And gather up all the sins of
this assembly and put them on the
shoulders of the Son of God and say:
"Canst Thou bear mOre?' Yea" he
says, more
! But lie is departing. Clear the way
| for Him, the Son of God Open the
door and let Him pass out He is car
! rying our sins and bearing them away.
| We shall never see them again He
/ throws them down into the abyss and
| you hear the long reverberating echo
| of their fall "On Him the Lord hath
laid the iniquity OF US ALL" win YOU
/ let Him take away your 5 ms to-day or
| do you say: II will take charge of them
myself, / will fight my own battles, I
will risk eternity on my own account"
/ To-day the Saviour calls All NAV
come. God never pushes a man off.
God never destroys any ybody. The man
/ Jumps Of. 1t Is suicide soul suicide
/ if the man perishes, for the invitation
! i: ~ hosocvcr will, let him come. y"
/ Whosoever. whosoeyer. whosocver, In
I this dar of merciful visitation while