The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-02-04

are LnuS cOuIuStu III tlc IorSstoi III oiO
moors, they were both moving in a circle,
and the runner Of the one lost sleigh
was following the runner Of the other
lost sleigh round and round. At last it
occurred to them to look at the north
star, which was peering through the
night, and by the direction of that star,
they got home again, Those who fol-
low the advice of this world in time OF
perplexity are in fearful round, for it
is one bewildered soul following an
other bewildered soul. and only those
who have in such time got their eye on
the morning star of our Christian faith
can find their way out, or be strong
enough to lead others with an all-persua-
sive invitation.
But" says some one. you Christian
people keep telling us to come yet you
do not tell us how to come" That
charge shall not be true on this occa-
sion. Come believing! Come repenting!
Come praying! After all that God has
been doing for six thousand years,
sometimes through patriarchs and
sometimes through prophets. and at
last through the elimination of all
tragedies in Golgotha, can anyone
think that God will not welcome your
coming. Will father at vast outlay
construct mansion for his son and lay
out parks white with statues, and
green with foliage, all a-sparkle 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
mercy and will He then refuse entrance
to His children? Will government az
great expense build life-saving stations
all along the coast and boats that can
hover unhurt like petrol over the wild
est 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 Of 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 I 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,
II do believe both Of those things!' Do
you, really, believe them with all your
heart? "Yes." Why, then, you have
passed from death into life. Why,
then, you are son or daughter Of the
Lord Almighty. Why, then, you are an
heir or an heiress of an inheritance
that will declare dividends from now
until long after the stars are
dead. Hallelujah! Prince Of God. why
do you not come and take your coroneti
Princess of the Lord Almighty, why dc
you not mount your throne? Pass VI
into the light. Your boat is anchored
why do you not go ashore? just plant
your feet hard down and you will fee
under them the Rock of Ages. chal
lenge the universe Cor one instance il
which man in the right spirit ap
pealed for the salvation of the gospe
and did not get it. Man alive! Arr
you going to let all the years of you
life go away with you without you
having this great peace, this glorious
hope, this bright e peetancy? Are yo'
going to let the pearl of great price lii
in the dust at your feet because
you are too indolent or too proud t,
stoop down and pick it up? Will yo1
wear the chain of evil habit whel
near by you is the hammer that coul
with one stroke snap the shackle? vii
you stay in the prison of sin when her
is gospel key that could unlock you
incarceration? No; no! As the on
word Come" has sometimes brough
many souls to Christ will try the eA
pertinent of piling up into mountai
and then send down in an avalanche @
power mary Of these gospel ''comes.
"Come thou and all thy house into tn
ark" "come unto me all We who labo
and are heavy laden and I will give 20
rest;" ''come, for all things are no,
ready" "come with us and we will d
you good;" "Come and see;" eth
Spirit and the Bride say come an
let him that heareth say come an
let him that is athirst come" TIL
stroke of one bell in a tower ma
be sweet, but score of bells we
tuned and rightly lifted and slkillfull
swung in one great chime fill tn
heavens with music almost celestia
And no one who has heard the might
, chimes in the towers of Amsterdam, G
Client, or Copenhagen, can forget then
Now it seems to me that in, this Sal
bath hour all Heaven is Ginning, an
the voices of departed friends and kir
bred ring down the sky saying, Come!
The angels who never fell, bendin
from sapphire thrones, are chantin
r "Come!" Yea; all the towers of HEAVIER
tower of martyrs, tower Of prophets
tower of Apostles, tower of evangelist
tower Of the temple of the Lord Go
} and the Lamb, are Ginning, "Com'
Gomez Pardon for all, and peace fc
r all, and Heaven for all who will com,
When Russia was in one Of her gres
? wars, the suffering Of the soldiers ha
t been long and bitter and they wei
l waiting for the end Of the strife. Or
, day messenger in great excitemel
, ran among the tents of the army shou
: ing, ''Peace! Peace!" The sentinel Q
Q guard asked, "Who says 'Peace|" An
8 the sick soldier turned on his hospit,
h mattress and asked, "Who says Peacei
2 and all up and down the encampmel
E of tbs Russians went the question
g "Who says Peace?" Then the messel