Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-02-26

4 'A'eShH " hAob oNhN SUI hCulSs
All may como, whoever will,
This Man receives poor sinners still.
| She puts into that harbor, she 'Kneels
by the rough bench inear the door, she
says. 20, Lord Thou who didst have
mercy on May Magdalen. take my bis
tered feet of the red hot pavement of
hell" God says, MY daughter, thy sins
are forgiven thee; go in peace.p Now,
all the four towers OF heaven strike sill
yer chime, ana they who pass through the
celestial streets say, WHATS thatl why,
the worst sinner must have been saved.
Hear all the four towers, ring and ring,
and ring" And there is Joy in heaven
among the angels Of God over one sinner
that reIenteth"
My subject also impresses me with tho
idea that heaven and earth are in close
sympathy. People talk of heaven as
though it were great way OF They say
IL is hundreds Of thousands OF miles before
You reach the first star and then you 20
hundreds OF thousands of miles before
you get TO the second star, and then it is
millions Of miles before you reach heaven.
They say heaven is the center Of the uni
verse and we are on the rim OF the uni
verse. That is not the idea of my text.
] think tie heart of heaven boats very
close to our world. We measure distances
by tho time taken 10 traverse those
distances. 1t used TO DO long
distance to San Franciso Many weeks
and months were passed before you could
reach that city. Now it is six or seven
days. II used to be six weeks before YOU
could voyage from here to Liverpool.
Now you can go that distance in six or
seven days. And so l measure the
distance between earth and heaven, and
/ lind IL is only fash. Ii is one instant
here and another instant there II is
very near to-day. DO you not feel the
breath of heaven on youc facet Christ
said in one place it is not twenty four
hours distance. when he says TO the
penitent thief, 9Th day, this day, shalt
thou be with rue in Paradise" 1t is not a
day, il is not an hour. il is not a minute, it
is not a second. o. how near heaven is TO
earth. BY oceanic cable you send a mes
sage. As IL is expensive TO send message,
you compress great dcll of meaning in a
few words. Sometimes in two words you
can put vast meaning. And it seems to
me that the angels of God who carry news
from earth to heaven. need to take up this
hour, in regard TO your soul, only two
words in order TO kindle with gladnes5 all
the'redeemed before the throne, only two
words: Father saved" mother saved"
"son saved" daughter saved" Aud
There is Joy in heaven among the angels
OF God over one sinner that repenteth."
My subject also impresses me VITA the
fact that the salvation Of the soul is of
vast Importance. II you should mako
10000 this year, do you suppose that
news would be carried TO heavenl 1t
would not be OF enough Importance or
significance to be carried heavenward. II
at the next quadrennial election you are
made president OF the United States. do
you suppose that news would be carried
TO heaveni Do you suppose that the news
or revolution in France or Spain would
DO carried to heavenl These things
are not Of enough importance, but
there is one item tnat is sure 10 be car
ried. 1t is the salvation of your
soul, 1t is your repentance before God.
The flying hoofs Of Gods couriers clash
through the gates and tGe news goes from
gate TO mansion, and from mansion to
temple, and from temple TO throne, and
there is Joy in heaven" among the angels
OF God over one sinner forgiven. 1t must
be of vast Importance to DO of any mo-
ment in heaven, your salvation, in that
land here gladncsSes are the everyday
occurrence, in that land where the com.
mon stones of the fields are Jasper and
emerald, and chrysoprasus, and carbun.
Gle, and sardsnyx. And yet, the news OF
youe salvation makes 10y before the
throne of God.
You remember years ago q stage driver
In the White mountains became very reclx- |
less. He had large number of pas |
sengers on the stage, and the stage was |
drawn by six horses, wild and ungoyerna-
bic and he drove near the precipice, and J
he drove of, the stage with its precious /
freight rolling down the embankment.
and many were slain but q few were |
saved. suppose when they wrote home |
they wrote with congratulatiOn at their
rescue The angels OF God look down and /
they see men driving on the edge of great j
precipices of ruin and danger, drawn by /
wild, leaping, foaming and ungovernable |
perlls In this life, and if any shall escape
before they capsize, do you not suppose
the angels OF God rejoice, crying: Good,
good Saved from sin, saved from death,
saved from hell, saved foreverlp
Having found in my own experience that
this religion Is comfort and Joy, / stand
here TO commend it to you. In the DAYS of
my infancy was carried By christian pa-
rents to the house of God, and conseerated
In baptism to the Father, and the Son and
the Holy Ghost; but that did not save mo
In after time was taught to kneel at the
family altar with father and
mother and brothers and sisters, the most
of them now in glory: but that did not save
me. In after time / read Doddridge's Rise
md Progress, and Baxter's Cdu to the Uncon-
'erted and all the religious books around
ny fathers household; but that did not
save me- But one day the voice of Christ
zane into my heart, saying: Repent re-
'ent; believe, believe" and accepted the
'ffer of mercy, and though no doubt there
) as more Joy in heaven over the CONVEX
lion OF other souls because of their far
'eaching influence, verify believe when
rave my heart to God there were some
pirits in heaven the gladden. for the decd.
There is Joy in heaven among the angels
II God over one sinner that repent
'th." Turn this day to the Lord who
Fought you. Let this whole audience
themselves to Jesus Christ. III
or ten, twenty, fifty years you have not
prayed, begin now 10 pray, "Op' you
ay. II can't pray" Can you not say,
God be merciful 10 me, a sinnerf'i
No." you say, 81 can't say that" ThcL
an you not look TO the throne OF mercyl
No " Won saw ranff Ioolr % | ,