The Forrest City times., 1891-05-15

power or tno Holy dn0st strotgut " tuc heart Come. Holy Ghost Ay, bs is here you the Holy Ghost is ready.
 Then go on and tell you tho church ts ready. There are those here who say: 'No one cares for my soul" We do care for it. You see a man lowing his head tn prayer. and you say: "That man is indifferent" That man bows his head in prayer that the truth may go to every heart. The air 10 full of prayers. They are going up thi' morning from this assembly. Hundreds of prayers straight to tue throne of listening God. The air is full Sy D, noSa aoS F.soa fsaans ass% prayer meeting. Friday night by Friday nignt all over this land. going up from praying circles. Yea, there Is not a minute of an hour of any day that there are not sup plications ascending to the throne of mercy. The church is ready. And if you shoulj this morning start for your Fathers house. there would be hundreds and thousands in this assemblage who would say if they knew it: Make room for that man, mahe room for him at the holy sacrament; bring the silver bowl for his baptism; give him full right to all the privileges of the church of Jesus Christ.
 Do not say you have never been invited. invite you now to the Kings feast. One and all. All! All! But 50 further aud tell you that tho angels are ready. Some people think when we speak about nngels we are getting into the region of fancy. They say 1t is very well for . man when he has just cnterei the ministry to preach about the angels of heaven, but after he has gone on further 1t Is hardly worth while. My friends, there is not any moro evidence in the Bible that there is God than that there are angels. Did they not swarm around Jacobs ladder? When Lazarus soul went up iid they not escort ity Did not David say: "The chariots Of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of sngels?" Are they not represented as the chief harvesters of the judgment dayg Did not one angel in one night slsy lS0,000 of Sennacherb's troopsy Oh. yes, our world IS in communication with other worlds! All that communication Is by angels. When n bad man is 10 die, man who has despised God and rejected the Gospel. the bad spri.s come on sulphurous wing and they shackle hlm. and try to push him off the precipice into the ruin, and they lift guffaw of dia- bolical exultation. But there Is a line of angels, bright and beautiful and loving angels. mighty angels, reaching all the way gather like them suppose the ar is full of them. They hover. They fit about. They push down iniquity from your heart. They are ready to rejoice. Look! There Is an angel from the throne of God. One mo- ment ago, 1t stood before Christ and heard JUG uONOiOSy OI tue rCuccIucu. uoFc now. Bright immortal, what news from the golden city? Speak, spirit blest. The answer comes melting on the air: "Come. come, for all things are now ready" Angels ready to hear the tidings. Angels ready to drop the benediction. Angels ready to kindle the joy. All ready. Ready. cherubIm and seraphm. Ready, thrones. and principalities and powers. Ready Michael the arcbangel.
 Old man, God has been waiting for thee long years. Would that some tear of re- pentance might trickle down thy wrinkled cheek. Has not Chris. done enough in feeding thee and clothing thee all these years 10 win from thee one word of grati- Jude? Come, all the young. Christ is the fairest of the fair. Want not till thy heart gets hard. Come, tic furthcst away from Christ. Drunkard, Christ can put out the fire of that thirst. He can restore thy broken home. lie can break that shxckle. Come now, to-day, and get his pardon and it's strength. Libertinc, Christ knew where you were last night He knows all the story of thy sin. Come 10 him this day. He wIl wash away thy sin and will throw around thee the robe Of his pardon. Harlot, thy feet foul With hell, thy laughter the horror of th, s'reet-O Mary Magdalen! Christ waits for tbce. sAnd the one further off, further than have mentioned. case not SO hopeful as any l have mentioned, seli-righteous man, feeling thyself all right, uuNlllp uo Uctu ul 1utlst, Ho h0Nt Vl par don. no need of help-O self-righteous man dost thou think in those rags thou canst enter the feast? Thou canst not. Goi's servant at the gate would tear off thy robe and leave thee naked at the gate, 0 self righteous man! the last to come. Como to the feast. Come, repent of thy sin. Come, take Christ for thy portion.
 Day of grace going away. shadows on the cliff reaching further and further over the plain. The banquet has already begun. Christ has entered into that banquet 10 which you arc invited. Tho guests are talk ing their places, The servant Of the King has his hand on the door of the bsnquetinc. room. and he begins to swing 1t shut. Now is vour time to go In. Now is my time tn enter. l must go in. You must 20 ln. He is swinging the door shut. Now, 1t IS hsil shut. Now, it is three-fourths shut Now, 1t is just jar. After awhile it will be for ever ahuti
 Why will ye waste on trihing cares
 That life which Gods compassion >paresl
 While in tho endless round of thought
 The one thing needful Is forgot