Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-01-15
NO. 45.

kDlIbl. OF WHO htiCuiSttltC NdAs VI "hAt
about the eternal DEGREES II yo3 are as near
eternity as some of YOU seem to he, there Is
no time for anything but the question,
"What must do to be saVolp The drown
ing man, when plank is thrown HIM, stops
not to ask what sawmill made It, or whether
it is oak or cellar, or who threw IT. The
moment il is thrown, he clutches il. Ii this
year YOU are to die, there is no time for any
thing but Immediately l1ylng hold T. God.
1t is high time TO get out Of volr
sins You say, IL have committed
no great transgresslOns.' But are you
not aware that your lfo has been
sinful? The snow comes down on the Alps
fake by II tSe, aud il is so hight that you
may hold it on tho tip of the finger without
feeling any weight hut the fakes gather;
| they compact, until some day travellers
foot starts the slide. and it goes down IL an
avalanche, crushing 10 ceath the villagers.
| SO the sins of your youth, and ths sins OF
your manhood, and the sins Of your woman
| hood may have seemed only slight in
accuraces or trihlng diSerSences from the
| right-So slight that they are hardly worth
mentioning; but they have been piling up
and piling up, packing together ani pacSinG
together until they make mountain of
| sin, and one more step of your foot in the
wrong direction may slide down upol you
an avalanche of rum AMI condemnation.
man crossing a .solate and lonely
plateau, a hungry wolf took after him. H.
| brought his gun TO bis shoulder aud took
aim, and the wolf howlel with pain, ami the
cry woke up pack Of wolves, and they came
ravening out OF the forest iron all sizes and
| horribly devourei hun. Thou art the man.
Some one sin of your life summOnng on all
the rest they surround thy soul ana make
the night of thy sin terrible with the assault
of their bloody muzzes. Ga, the unpar-
| donei, clamorlng ravening, all devourinS
sins Of thy lifetime
A maniac was found pacing along the
road with torch in one hand ard pail Of
water in the other, ant SON. one as<et him
what he meant 10 do with them. He an
,werel, with this torch | mean to burn
down heaven an with this water | mean to
put out the fires OF hell He was maniac
he could do the one thing just as well as he
could do the other. No time 70 lose il you
want to escape your SINS for This year tnou
shalt die"
Let me announce that Christ. the Lor J.
stands really to save any man who wants u
be saved. He waita for you al last year,
and all tie year before, AMI all your life.
He has waited for you with blooi on His
brow and tears in His eye, aud two OUT
stretched, manSlei haals Of love.
You come home some night aud find the
marx OF muddy ie-t on YOUR front step.
Nou hasten in aul f!nl an excited sroup
around Your child He fell into a poll. an 4
lad it not been for a brave lad, VINO pungel
" ami brought hi II out AMI carried him
rOme to be re>uscitatej, YOU would have
been childeSs. You fe.l that you cannot dc
enough for the rGScuer. on throw youI
arms around him. You offer him any con-
pensatiou You say to him: "Anythal
tlat you want snail be yours | will nevel
cease to be grateful But my LORD Jesu
sees your soul sinking, and attempts to bring
it ashore, and you not only refuS, Hin
thanks, but stand on the beach and say
Drop that SOUL II | want it saved, | vii
save it myself.
| wish YOU might know what Job Jasu
undertook when He carried your casa t
Calvary They crowded Him to the wall
They struck Him. They spat on Him. They
kicked HIM. They cutfe Him. They scoffe,
at Him. They scourged Hin. They mur
dered Him Blood! bloot! As He stoop
down to lift you up the crimson drops uDJt
YOU from His brow, from His side, from Iii
hands DO vou not fee, the warm curren
on vour face? On, for thee tAe hunger, tn
thirst, the thorn sting, the suTocltion, tn
, struggle, the death.
A great plague came in MarseilleS. Th
, doctors held consultation ami decided tina
4 corpse must be dissected or they woul
never know how to stop the plague. A Dr
Guyon said, Tomorrow morning l wi
, nroceei to A dissection He ma 10 his viii
= bfPpATGtl lOl htiLli, "Cbt lHtO Nllc uN'olllt
dissected a body; wrote out the results o: tn
= dissection and dlel in twelve hours. Baaut
! full self sacrifct you say. Our Lord jest
, looked out from heaven and saw a piagr
stricken race. Sin must he dissecte1.
, made His will, giving everything to His pei
ple lie comes down into the reeking no
: ptal OF earth. He lays His hand to tt
, healthy for the sick, the pure for the pc
!, luted, the innocent Tor the guilty. Behol
the love! Behold the sacrifice! Behold Il
reScue
Decide on this first Sabbath OF the ye,
a whether or not you will nave Jesus.
T will not stani forever begging for your low
: With some here His plea ends right speedi!
: This year thou shalt die
/ This great salvation OF the Gospel | no
. offer to every man, woman and child. Y,
cannot buy il. You cannot earn il.
, Scotch writer says that poor woman o
:. cold winter day looked through the wi
+, dow OF kings conservatory and saw
h buncl of grapes hanging against the gla
y She said, "Oh, il only had that bunch
- grapes for my sick child at homer At |
\ spinning wheel she earned few shiNin
ir and went TO buy the grapes, The kin
" gardner thrust her out very roughly, a
a said he had no grapes to sell. She went
n and sold n blanket AMI got soma more s.
ID lings, and came back and tried to buy
N grapes. But the gardener roughly assault
her and tod her to be off.
>, kings daughter was walking in the garc
n at the time, and she heard the eSciteme
NJ and seeing the poor woman, said to b
n. my father Is not q merchant to sell, but
r. is a king and gives" Then she reached
y and plucked the grapes and dropped them
y. the Door womau's apron. SO Christ Is
~ king, and all the fruits OF His pardon
an freely gives. They may not be boug
n Without money AM without price, taks
= sweet cluster from the vineyards of God
IN am coming to the close OF nay sermon.
a. sought for text appropriate for the oc
. sion. | thought of taking one in job: "
~ days hy as a weaver's shuttle;' OF a text
-, Psalms: 80 teach US to number our d.
Ia that we may apply our hearts unto '
/ DOM" Of the prayer of the vine dress
an Lord, let it alone this year also;' but pres
~ upon my attention first OF all, and last OF
Il and above all, were the words; This
nd thou shalt die
he Perhaps it may mean me, Though IN
to feet health now, it does not take COD
at week to bring down the stron sest phys
" constitution. | do not want to die this ye
" We have plans and projects on foot thi
i. want to see completed; but Col knows b
Il, and He has q thousand better men than
nd do the work yet undone. | have
on that, notwithstanding all my sins
VS. wanderings, snail, thfousu the
Iy, 'Rnite mercy of my Saviour, come out at
ntf right place. | have nothing to bra
an by way OF Christian experience but
~. things have learned-;ny utter helpless
I'm before God and the all abounding grac
bat the Lord Jesus II the text means som
zen you, my hearers, DO not want you I
hat caught unprepared. | would like to
nov you, either through money you had lai
,,d. or a ''hfe Insurance." be able to leave
do world feeling that your family need no
low come pauperS puC II you nnSo uUno ,'.,
AMI estate, you may confidently trust the
,5h who hath promised to care for the W
n aS5yi and fatherleSs. / would like to have
and soul fitted out for eternity, so that IL
,sir morning or noon OF evening or nigl
\ is these three hundred and sixty-ive