The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-07-26

ty and English beauty, but care notin
what land man first looks at Christ, he
uronounces him "chief among ten thou
sand, and the one altogether lovely" y
nv blessed Jesus! Light in darkness!
The rock on which build! The cap
tain of salvationl Ny Joy! Ny strength!
! How strange it is that men cannot love
theel
The diamond districts of Brazil are
carefully guarded, and man does not
get In there except by pass from the
government, but the love of Christ Is
diamond district we may all enter and
uick up treasure for eternity. Oh, cry
for nercy1 To-day, if ye viii hear this
voice, harden not your hearts" There
| Is way of opposing the mercy or God
too long, and then there remaineth no
more sacrifice for sin, but fearful look
ing for Judgment and fiery indignation
which shall devour the adversary. My
friends, my neighbCra. what can say
to induce you to attend to this matter
TO attend to ii now? Time Is flying, fly
, ing-the city clock joining my voice this
, moment, seeming 10 say to you: Now
: is the timer Now is the timer Oh, put
p it not off!
WHY should ! stand here and pleed |
{ and you sit there2 It Is your immortal /
: soul II is a soul that shall never die. |
II il a soul that must soon appear before |
God for renewal Why throw away |
! your chance for hea0eu5 Why plunge
D off into darkness when al the gates of
I glory are open? Why become cast
away from God when you can sit upon
: the thronaf Why will ye-die miserably
q when eternal life IL offered you. and It
t will cost YOU nothing bat just willing
a ness to accept it? Come, for all things
t are now ready Come, Christ Is ready
T pardon Is ready! The church is ready
1! Heaven is ready. You will never find
q more convenient season if you should
:. live fifty years more than this very one.
u Reject this and you may die IN your sins.
l. THE PERIL AND THE ESCAPE
|. Why do l say this? Is it to brighten
/! your soul? Oh. no. 1t is TO persuade
il Won. show you the peril l show you
g the escape Would 1 not be a coward
IS beyond all excuse if, believing that this
;e great audience must soon be launched
q into the eternal world, and that all who
believe IN Christ shall be saved, and that
all who reject Christ will be lOst-wOuld
v l not be the veriest coward on earth to
j hide that truth or to stand before you
ot NV dear brethren, now is the day OF
1t your redemption.
II 1t is very certain that you and must
w soon appear before God in Judgment.
+ We cannot escape it The Bible says,
Every eve shall see him, and they also
le which pierced him. and oil the kindreds
"a of t. e earth shall wall lecause Of him. "
=. On that day all our advantages VIII
=. come up for our glory or for our discOm-
is fiture-every prayer, every sermon,
NJ every exhortutory remark, every re-
~ proof, every call Of grace; and while the
of heavens are rolling away like scroll.
81 and the world Is being destroyed, y0uI
he destiny and my destiny will ne AZ
lie nouIlced Alas, alas! if on that day Il
on Is found that we have neglected these
10 matters. We may throw them of now
% We cannot then. We Will all be II
st earnest then. BUt no pardon ESsn. \,
ne offer Of salvation then. No rese'ze sSen
fe, Driven away Il our wlckedness-sat-
q, ishc6. eZiled forever.
he Have vOu ever Imagined what VIII D.
the s.liloGuv If the soal on that day IN
n narlonal. az i looks back upon its pa
.I life "CL, g." scvs the soul, i lad EiCI
an ions egr2-tnz, There va one SahOat
res in autumn y,helI was iuTitci 70 Christ
tl- There was q Sabbath. morning WEe'
81 Jesus stood and spread out Lis arms an
OF. invited me t. MS holy heart. l refuse
MI him. I have destroyed myself. l h2T
lie I'D one else 10 blame, Ruin complete
-aef Darkness uu,r:tvi-Ig. deep, eternal! al
,-.- r..-, >-r---ir.. standing ali the 0ppJctuu
r.- .,.sT have hal Of being saved, / am lost
nal Oh. thou long suffering Lord Gal y
,ar| -.,s-..s,.. a-u lost. Oh. day oL ju5z
* 1.e--,I am LOST. Oh, father. mother
brother. sister child IN glory, Lam lost,
-a. .A.i- then a. the tide goes out your soy
ara -,es OF with tt-farther from 60.
for farther from happiness, and / hear You
-,7 voice fainter and fainter and fmlte
IL Lost. Lost! Lost. Lost! LOST
ned We diving. yet immortal men! Seek Il
, 70 Lord while he may be found
on Bat want you II take the hint OF e
nd text that have no time - dwell On
ON the hint that there Is a time when 7
,o7. cannot be found. There was man IN tn
osts city. eighty years Of age, who said 70
claryvruan who came il, DO you thin
lear that o man at eighty years OF age ca
,v;1I gel 2ardoned:7 ION, yes" said Il
II If CLERGYMAN. The old man said: - can
find when I was twenty years Of aSe-I a
is q now eighty years-the spirit OF God can
sver to my soul, and feIt TIE III L"I VtI-iot
by attending to these thlhS9' ouI pu'
ass off. I rejected God, snd since then
The have had DO feeling" Well SAID L
the minister, 'wouldn I you IKE 10 nav d,
the pray with your eS' repIleu JIG
ask man, but II Will 90 DO gOou' LOU -
Orn- pray with me II you IKE TO-
ears The minister kneIt GOWN ann ~ %y
nent and commented the man SUI - ~
any 1t seemed to have DO erect uPoii III
After awhile the last hour of the maj
life came and through his delirlum
this shark of intelligence seemed to tias
not and with his last breath he said, Il sh
j. in never be forgivenr7 20 seek the Lo
arts. while he may be found