The Dickinson press., 1892-06-18

HOW MANY TIMES YOU GOT DRUNK,
or to wnit bad places you went, or
how many free rides you had i'll the
prison van before you We're converted.
Lump it, brother; give it to us i'll
bulk. IL you have any scars got in
warfare, show them; but ii
you hava scars got in ignohlc warfare,
do not display them. Sometimes |
have felt in Christian meetings diseon'-
fitted and unfit for Christian service be.
cause had done none OF those thin.
which seemed to be in the estimation
OF many necessary Tor Christian Use
fulness, for never swore Il word or
ever got drunk or went ttocompromis
ing places, or was guilty OF assault and
battery, or ever uttered Il sl;tnder-
Gus word, or ever did any one Il hurt,
although knew my heart was sinful
enough; and said to myself: "'ihere
is no use OF my trying to do any good
for never went through those de-
PRAYED experiences, but afterward |
saw consolation in the thought that
no one gained any ordination by the
laying on OF the hands OF disoluteness
and iniamy. And though AMI
ordinary mortal lie. ending i'll
q Christian life, may not be
as dramatic story to tell about, let
us be thankful to God rather than
worry about it. five pluns
ed into outward ahominations. 1t
may be appropriate in Il meeting oi
reformed drunkards or reformed de
bauchees to quote for those not re-
formed how desperate and nasty you
once We're, but do not drive Il scaven-
gers cart into assemblages of people
the most OF whom have always been
decent and respectable.
But what most want in the light
OF this text to impress upon my hear
ers and readers is hat we have n sin
forgetting God. Suppose that on the
last day-called the last day because
the sun will never again rise upon our
earth, the earth itself being flung into
fiery demolition-supposing tnat on
that last day q group OF internal
spirits should somehow get near
enough The gate OF Heaven and chal-
canst Thou, the Just Lord, let those
souls into the realm OF supernal glad
ness? Why they said great many
things they never ought to have said,
and they dld q great many things
they never ought to have done. Sin
ners are they; sinners ALL" And sup
pose God should design to answer he
might say: "Yes, but did not my
only son die for their ransom? Did
he not pay the price? Not one drop
OF blood was retained in his arteries,
not one nerve OF his that was not
wRuNG IN THE TORTURE.
He took in his own body and soul
all the sutferings that those sinners
deserve. They pleaded that sacrifice.
They took the full pardon that !
promised to all who, through my son,
earnestly applied for it, and it passed
out OF mind that they were offenders.
i forgot all about it. Yes, forgot all
about it. Their sins and their iniqui-
ties do l remember no more" A sim
forgetting God! That is clear beyond
and far above a sin-parloning God.
Many years ago n family, consisting
of the husband and wife and little girl
OF two years, lived far out i'll q cabin
i on Western prairie. The husband
took Il few cattle to market. Before
he started his little child asked him to
buy for her doll, and he promised
He could, after the sale OF the cattle
purchase household necessities, and
certainly would not forget the doll he
had promised. In the village o whicl
he went he sold the cattle and obtain
ed the groceries for his household ant
the doll for his darling. lie started
home along the dismal road at night
fall. AS he went along on horse
back, thunderstorm broke, ant
in the heaviest part OF th'
storm, he heard child cry. Robber
had been known to do some bat
work along that road, and it wa
known that thisherdsman had none,
with him, the price OF the cattle sold
The hcrdsman first thought it was ;
stratagem to have him halt and b
despoiled of his treasures, but TIL
chilu's cry became more keen and rend
ing, and so he dismountel and tel
around in the darkness and aE in vain
: until he thought OF Il hollow that he I,
mcmbered nenrthe road where the chill
might he, and for that he started and
sure enough, found a little one fagge
out and drenched OF the storm and a
,, most dead. He wrapped it up as we
as he could and mounted his hors
and resumed his Journey home. Con
ing in sight OF his cabin he saw it a
/, lighted up and supposed his wife ha
kindled all these lights so us to guild
!, her husband through the darknes:
But no. The house was full OF excite
D ment and the neiehbors were gathere
! and stood around the wife OF til
!. house, who was insansible as frol
some great calamity. On enquiry til
! returned husband found that the lit
: child of that cabin was gone. Sheha
II wandered out to l"oat her father an
i, get the present lie had promised, an
J. THE CHILD WAS LOST.
Then the father unrolled from tt
n blanket the child he had found in IL
0 fields, and 10! it was his own chil'
c and the lost one OF the prairie hom
e and the cabin quaked with the shol
q over the lost one found. Howsugges
II i've OF the fact that once we were To-
in the open fields, or among tt
of mountain crags, God s wandering CHI
m drcn and he found US dying in tt
,e tempest and wrapped MS in the ma
~ tel OF his love and fetched us HON
1T gladness and congratulation biddil
It us welcome. The fact is that tt
W world does not know God, or the
| would all flock to him.
fl. After your repentance and your 10
It. giveness, you cannot find in all Il
a memory OF God a fragment OF all yo'
fl. pardoned sins so large as a needle
ne point. "Their sins and their iniql
!" ties will remember no more" Al
v: none OF that will surprise yon if W
IN will climb to the top OF Il bluff back
ed Jerusalem-it took us five or t
no minutes to climb it,-and see VIII
ii. went on when the plateau oflimesto
,is was shaken by u paroxysm that s
nd the rocks, which had been uprigl
40 aslant, and on the trembling GRO:
at pieces OF the split lumber hung t
We quivering form OF him whose life W
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