Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-22

very great Importance II heaven caIr rrrUru
to adjourn all other festivities to celebrate
this one triumph.
DO you wonder that so many of these
Christian people have toiled night and day
in this work OF soul saving, ii it is of such
vast imp0rtauce2 DO sou wonder that
Nettlcton AMI Finley aud Bishop Asbury
and John Wesley and George Whitelield
and Paul and angels and Christ and God
stripped themselves for the work? Arourl
that one soul circles the mist, the fire, Il =
darkness the joy, the anthem, the wailiLg
the hallelujth and the woe of Gods UNI;
verse. If the soul is saved, then lip cones
to trumpet and fingers to harp and haIu-
mer to bell and there is JOY among TIE
angels of Goa over that one soul forgiven"
For such IA soul plead.
COMMENCING RELIGION.
Having found in my own experience that
this religion is IA comfort and Il joy stand
here to commend it to You. In the days of
my infancy was carried by Christian pal
ents to the house of God, and consecrated
in baptism to the Father, and the Son, and
the Holy Ghost; but that did not save me.
In after time was taught to kneel at the
Christian family altar with father and
mother and Jrothers and sisters, the most
of them now in glory; but that did not save
me.
In after time read Doddridges Rise
and Progress" and Baxter's Call to the
Unconverted," and all the religious books
around my fathers household, but that
did not save me But one day the voice of
Christ CAM into my heart saying "Re-
pent, repent; believe, believe" and | &C
cepted the offer of mercy, and though no
doubt there was more joy in heaven over
the conversion of other souls because Of
their farreaching influence, verify believe
when | gave my heart to God there were
some spirits in heaven the gladder for the
deed. "TheIe is joy in heaven among the
angels of God over one sinner that repent
eth" Turn this day to the Lord who
bought you. Let this whole audience sur
render themselves to Jesus Christ. If for
ten, twenty, fifty years you have not
prayed, begin now to pray
"Oh," you say, 81 can't pray" Can you
not say, God be merciful to me- a sinner?"
NO." you say, 81 can't say that" Then
can you not look to the throne of mercyP
NO." you say, 81 can't look up" Can you
not then give some signal like that which
was given by the lad%in the hospitalS He
was sick and suffering and dying, and
wanted speedily TO go away from all suffer
ing and pail. and he said to his comrades
in the hospital, ut is strange to me that
Jesus doesn't see me when he goes through
here nights and takes others to himself.
He goes through here and he dosen't see
me. must be asleep and he doesn't know
want to go,
Nov, tel you how Pll arrange it. I'll
go to sleep with my hand up, and then
when Jesus comes through the hospital by
night he will see my hand lifted, and he
will know by that want to go with him."
So it was done. Forthat night Jesus went
through the hospital and took the suffer
ing lad, and the next morning the nurse
passing through the wards of the hospital
saw dead Land lifted braced on one side
against the pillow, and the left hand hold
ing the elbow of the right arm. Jesus had
seen the sigh..l and answered it. Oh, sick
soul, wounded soul, dying soul, canst thou
not give some signalS Wilt thou not lift
one hand or one prayer? God grant that
this day there may be joy in heaven among
the angels of God over your soul forgivenl