The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-06

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the thrasher OF the human Judgment;
chaf shall be burned with fire un.
quenchabie.' Are you q merchant?
Every time you measure off a yard of
goods God says: Man, am measuring
your days now Are you grocer?
When you take pound Of sugar and
weigh it God says: Meme teke uphar.
sin: thou are weighed in the balance
and found wanting. Are you saloon
keeper? Every time you sell man
drink, with the bar and the glasses be-
tween you and him, God says: Man, you
nave got to meet your customer when
no bottles and glasses are between you,
and you have to stand all drenched and
doomed and damned before him.
Are you lawyer? Every time a
client goes to you and asks YOU to ad-
wise him and represent him, God saws,
Have you an advocate at tho final bar
OF God to represent you?' Arc you
shoemaker? Every time your hammer
comes down on the shoe, God SAYS Il
have been hammering on your heart for
many year. Arc you q teacher. teach.
ing little children? God says Come and
learn with me, and will teach YOU
things Plato and Socrates never THOUGHT
Of
mo matter what your calling is, God
calls You and me to u better life. Not
only that, but every sign of the year,
every object on which we look as we
drive up these streets and sec these
beautiful trees, God says, will YOU sit
under the Tree Of Life and eniov tho
blessing of everlasting life?' Every
mansion says to you, Man: have you a
mansion in the skies, house not made
with hands. eternal in the heavens AS
the river flows through your town, 1t
says. Man: will you forever stand on
tho banks of the River of Life and not
plunge imp Every burning ire in your
CRATE says Man: will you make your
homo at last where tho fire will never
80 out, and the worm shall gnaw at
your heart forever?
eli. we had but eyes to see and ears to
hear these multiplied calls that God
makes upon us. Not only does God call
us by every object and vocation, hut He
comes closer still and calls us by Ills
Spirit. Jesus Christ it was who said,
1T is oxpedient for you that should 90
away fro you. go to tho Father, then
tho Spirit will come who will reprove
tho world for its unrighteousness and
call 1t to the life to come Jesus camo
to die upon tho cross for man. but that
cross beyond on which Jesus hung was
Il stumbling block TO the Jew and to tho
Greek. Just as you may walk out on
tho porch OF some country home in this
beautiful valley of Virginia two hours
before sunrise, it presents picture
dim and uncertain to the eye, but if YOU
wait until the morning sun arises and
bathes tho valley in sea of light, then
you may look on objects you have never
seen before.
$50 on that cross was q sacrifice the
world could not understand. But that
morning the Holy Ghost came on tho
scene and bathcd the cross in q sea OF
light. Thank God for the grace that
takes away the mystery of tho cross and
gave the world chance to look at God.
believe the Spirit is the power of the
Divine Agency in the awakening OF
man. We may preach here from week
to week for a hundred weeks, and wo
are utterly powcrlcss to save single
soul. or to awaken sinners and draw re-
luctant hearts to God, unless we have
the Holy Spirit with us. honor His
presence tonight and give dim the
glory OF my salvation and that Of every
good man that lives on this earth. This
Spirit comes to your heart to-nigut.
Open your heart and bid the Heavenly
Guest come in. / warn you, grive NOT the
Holy Spirit of God. lie who sinncth
against tho Holy Ghost Shall never be
forgiven in this world or in the world
to come And honor the Holy Ghost
tonight, and say that whatever good we
may have done, it has been done bv
Hin. And the more we honor his pres.
ence, the more powerful he works with
the children OF man. And say TO you:
bid this Heavenly Guest como in and he
will give grace and salvation to your
home.
Not only does God calls us by Ills
Holy Spirit, but he comes closer still
and calls us by His precious word.
Take this Book and on every page there
is call to q better life, Come unto Me
all We that are heavy laden and | will
give YOU rest Him that cometh to
Me Will in no wise cast out Come
thou with me and we will do thee good
for tho Lord has promised good to us
Tho spirit and the bride say come; and
whosoever will let him como and drink
of the water OF life freely Thank the
Lord for this precious divine Book to
show us the way TO God. love this
Book and if the fourteen hundred mil.
lions of men that are living were here
in sound of my voice, would say, this
precious book | would rather own than
all the chosen gems
Thank God for the precious book
divinely given to the son OF man. Bnt
God calls not only by His Holy Spirit
and His precious word, but lie comes
closer still and calls us by loving min
istry. Thank God for tho faithful
preachers on earth tonight And I
want TO say to you that you can never
over-estimate the goodness OF these
pastors. Thoy visit your sick and bury
your dead. They visit you in the shad-
ows OF life and rejoice with you when
the sun breaks through the clouds.
ihey stay with you and by you all the
time and ara vOur frianda