Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1892-08-03

Sin is an awful disease. hear No.
pie say with tho toss of the head a.,
with trivial manner: 20, YES Tn,
sinner" Sin is an awful disease. II y
leprosy. 1t is consumption. 1t Is an
moral disorders in one. Now Won l,no,,,
there is crisis in disease. Perbans
You have had some illustration of II -
your family.
Sometimes the physician has ca,l.a
and he has looked at the patient ana
said: That case was simple enopgb
but the crisis has passed. II Won "a
called on me yesterday, or this morn.
ing. could have cured the patient. 7,
Is is too late now, the crisis has passed ;,
Just SO it is in the spiritual treatmen,
of the soul-therc is a crisis. Befors
that, life! After that, life! O. my dea-
brother. as you love your soul do NO,
let the crisis pass unattended to.
There are some here who can remer,.
Der instances in life, when, IL they had
bought certain property, they would
have become very rich. A few acras
that would have cost them almost moth
ing were offered to them. They refused
them Afterward a large village or city
sprang up on those acres of ground and
they see what a mistake they made in
not buying the property. There was
an opportunity of getting it, 1t never
came back again. And so it is in regard
to a mans spiritual and eternal fortune
There is n chance; if you let that 90
perhaps ii never comes back. Certainly.
that one never comes back.
There is time which mercy has So,
for leaving port If you are on board
before that you will get passage for
Heaven. If you are not on board You
miss your passage for Heaven AS in
law courts case is sometimes adj
Journed from term to term, and from
year to year. till the bill of costs eats uu
the entire estate, SO there are men
who are adjourning the matter of re-
igion from time to time, and from year
to year until Heavenly bliss is the bill
OF costs the men would have TO paw
for it.
Why defer the matter, my dear
nearer? Have you any idea that sin
will wear out? that it will eyaporate9
that it will relax its grasp? that Won
may find religion as n man accidentally
finds pocllet-bool<? All, no! No man
ever became n Christian by accident, or
by the relaxing of sin. The embarrass-
ments are all the time increasing The
hosts of darkness are recruiting, and
tho longer you postpone this matter
the sleeper the path will become. l
ask those men who are before me this
morning, whether, in the ten or fifteen
years they have passed in the postpone
ment OF these matters, they have come
any nearer God or Heaven?
l would not be afraid to challenpe
this whole audience, so far as they NAV
not have found the peace of the Gospel.
in regard to that matter Your hearts.
you are willing frankly to tell me, are
becoming harder and harder, and that
If you come to Christ it will be more of
an Undertaking now than it ever would
have been before. Oh, fly for refuge!
The avenger of blood is on the trackl
The throne of Judgment will soon be
set, and, if you have anything to do to-
ward your eternal salvation. you had
better do il now, for the redemption of
the soul Is precious, and ceaseth forever
Oh, if men could only catch just one
glimpse of Christ, L know they would
love him. Your heart leaps at the sight
oil glorious sunrise or sunset. Can
You be without emotions as the Son of
righteousness rises behind Calvary and
sets behind Joseph's sepulcher? lie is
blessed Saviour! Every nation has
its type of beauty. There is German
beauty, and Swiss beauty, and Italian
beauty, and English beauty. but care
not in what land a man first looks at
Christ he pronounces him 'chief among
ten thousand, and the one altogether
lovely" o my blessed Jesus! Lightin
darkness! The rock on which / buildl
The Captain of salvationl NY joyl NV
strength How strange it is that men
can not love Thee!
The diamond districts of Brazil are
carefully guarded, and a man does not
get in there except by pass from the
government. But the love of Christ is
n diamond district we may all enter and
pick up treasures for eternity. o, cry
for mercy! To-day, If ye will hear His
voice, harden not your hearts" There
is n way of opposing the mercy of God
too long, and then there remaineth no
more sacrifice for sin, but n fearful
looking for judgment and fry indigna-
ton which shall devour the adversary
My friends, my neighbors, what can
say to induce you TO attend to this mat
tcr-to attend to it now? Time is fly
ing, flying-the city clock joining my
Office this moment seeming to say to
you, Now is the time! Now is the
time!" o, put it not off
Why should / stand here and plead
and you sit there? 1t is your immortal
soul. 1t is n soul that shall never die
1t is soul that must soon appear be-
fore God for RENEWAL. Why throw
away your chance for Heaven? Why
plunge off into darkness when all the
gates OF glory are open? Why become
a castaway from God when you can sit
upon the throne? Why will we die
miserably when eternal life is offered
you, and IL will cost you nothing but
just willingness TO accept il. Come
for all things arc now ready" Come.
Christ is ready, pardon is ready! The
church Is ready. Heaven is ready.
You will never find u more convenient
season, IL you should live fifty years
more. than this very one. Reject this
and you may die in your sins
Why do | say this? is it to brighten
your soul? Oh, no. 1t is 10 persuade
yOu, ] show you the peril. / show You
the escape. Would ! not be a coward
beyond all excuse, If. believing that
this great audience must soon be launch.