The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-09-02

The avengcr of blood Ia on the traclxl
The throne OF Judgment will soon be
set, and, II you have anything 20 do to-
ward your eternal salvation. you had
better do II now. for the redemption Of
the soul Is precious, and ceaseth forever.
oh, II men could only catch just one
| glimpse of Christ, I know they would
love him. Your heart leaps at the sight
of glorious sunrise or sunset Can
YOU be without emotions as the Son of
righteousness rises behind Calvary and
sets behind JoSeph's scpulchcr? 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 Jesusl Light In
darkness! The rock on which buildi
The Captain of salvationl My Joy! My
strength, How strange IL Is that mon
can not love Thee
The diamond districts OF Brazil arc
carefully guarded, and man does not
get in there except by pass from the
diamond district we may all enter and
pick up treasures for eternity. o, cry
for mercy! To-day, IL we will hear His
voice, harden not your hearts" There
is 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 neighbour, what can
say TO induce you To attend to this mat
ter--to attend to IL now? Time 10 fly
ing, fiying-the city clock joining my
Office this moment seeming to say to |
You, Now is the timel Now Is the |
time" o, put IL not off,
Why should stand here and plead |
and you sit there? 1t is your immortal |
II 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 opens Why become
castaway from God when you can sit
upon the throne? Why will We die
miserably when eternal life Is offered
you, and 1t will cost you nothing but
just willingness to accept it Come,
for all things are now ready" Come,
Christ is ready, pardon is ready! The
church is ready. Heaven is ready
You will never find n more convenient
season, II 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 to persuade
you, show you the peril. show you
the escape. Would / not be a coward
beyond all excuse, II, believing that
this great audience must soon be launch
ed into the eternal world, and that all
who believe In Christ shall be saved,
and that all who reject Christ will be
not be the veriest coward
)n earth 10 hide that truth or TO stand
before you with n cold, or even placid
My dear brethren, now is the
lay of your redemption.
II is very certain that YOU and must
soon appear before God in Judgment.
We can not escape it. The Bible says.
Every eye shall see Him, and they
llso which pierced Him, and all the
of the earth shall wall because
u iilin. On that day all our advan- {
ages will come up for our glory or for |
'ur discomiiture--every prayer. every I
ermon, every cXhortatory remark,
very reproof, every call of grace; and d
While the Heavens are rollhlg away $
ike "A scroll, and the world is being de- II
troyed, your destiny and my destiny v
will be announced. Alas. alas! IL on $
hat day it is found that we have neg b
ccted these matters, We may throw y
hem off now. We can not then. We d
will all bc in earnest then Bnt no
ardon then. No offer of salvation C
hen. No rescue then. Driven away b
4 our Observation-Disclosures, exiled n
Drever d
About as Usual-Public Spirited
itizen (who has made sundry dona- y
ons 10 colleges and hospitals)
lail of Importance this morning, vii. n