Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-08-22
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and his mother tried to persuade him
not to. go away again She said: Nov
you had better stay at home; don't go
away; we don't want you to go. on
will have it a great deal better here.
But it made him angry. The night be-
fore he went away again to sea he heard
his mother praying III the next room,
and that made him more angry. He
went far out on the sea, and a storm
came up, and he was ordered to very
Ierilous duty, and he ran UP the rat
lines, AID amid the shrouds of the ship
he heard the voice that he had heard
In the l-.,-1t room.
He t al TO whistle it off: he tried to
rally LIS courage; but he could not 81
lence tint voice he had heard in the next
room. and there in the storm and the
darkness he said: 30 Lord, what
wretch I have been, what a wretch
l am! Help me just now, Lord God.
And [ thought in this assem- blage
today there may be some who may
have the memory Of fathers petition
OF mothers prayer pressing nightly
upon the soul. and that this hour they
may make the same resolution find III
my text saying Il viii arise and go to
my father
A lad at Liverpool went cut to battle,
went out into the sea, Went out too far,
got beyond his depth and he foated far
away. A ship bound for Dublin came
along and took him on board. Sailors
are generally very generous fellows, and
one gave him a cap and another gave
him jacket and another gave him
shoes A gentleman passing along on
the beach at Liverpool found the lads
clothes and took them home, and the
father was heartbroken, the mother was
heartbroken at the loss Of their child.
They had heard nothing from him day
after day, and they ordered the usual
mourning for the sad event.
But the lad took ship from Dublin
and arrived in Liverpool the very day
the garments arrived. lie Knocked at
the door and the father was overjoyed
and the mother was overjoyed at the
return of their lost son. Oh. my friends,
have YOU waded out too deep? Have
YOU waded down into sin? Have you
waded from the shore? VIII you come
back? When you come back will you
come in the rags of your sin or will you
come robad in the Saviour's righteous
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your God today. He is waiting for you.
Go home!
But I remark the characteristic OF
this resolution was, it was Immediately
put into execution.
DO NOT DELAY.
The context says she arose and came
to his father The trouble in nine hun
dred and ninety-nine times out OF
thousand is that our resolutions amount
to nothing because we make them for
some distant time. If [ resolve to be-
come a Christian next year, that amounts
to nothing at all. If | resolve to be-
come q Christian tomorrow, that
amounts to nothing at all. If resolve
at the service today To become a Chris
tian. that amounts to nothing at all.
If [ resolve after ] go home today TO
WELD my heart to God, that amounts TO
nothing at ALL The only kind of reso-
luton that amounts to anything IS the
resolution that is Immediately put into
execution.
There is man who had the typhoid
fever. He said, ooh, if | could get over
this terrible distress; if this fever should
depart, if I could be restored 20 health,
I would all the re, Of my life serve
God" The fever departed. He got
well enough to wa * around the block.
He got well enough to attead to bust
ness He is we'll foday-;,s we'll rs h9
ever was. Where is the broken vow?
There is u man who said long ago, If |
could live to the year 1892, by that time
[ will have my business matters ali ar
ranged. AID [ will have time to attend
to religion, and l will be q good,
| thorough. consecrated Christian" The
wear 1892 has come. January, Febru-
airy, March. April, May, June, July
/ fully half of the year gone. Where is
/ your broken vow:
ooh" says some man, III attend to
that when / can get my character liked
up; when I can get over my evil habits;
| am now given to strong drink, or,
saws the man, Il am given to unclean-
ness or, says the man, Il ain given to
dishonesty. When [ get over my pres
ent habits. then I'll be q thorough Chris
tan Ny brother, you will get worse
and worse until Christ takes you III
hand sslJot the righteous, sinners
Jesus came to CALL
Oh, but you say, II agree with you on
all that, but [ must put 1t off a little
longer" Do you know there were many
who came just as near as you are to the
kingdom of God and never entered it? [
was at East Hampton, Long Island, and
went into the cemetery to look around,
and in that cemetery there are twelve
graves side by side-the graves of sail
ors. This crew, some years ago, in a
ship went into the breakers at Amagan-
sett, about three miles away. My broth
er, then preaching at East Hampton,
had been at the burial. These men Of
the crew came very near being saved.
The people from Amagansett saw the
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