Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1892-02-27


salvation. He says: 20 Lord God
| have been depending upon my
good works. find am sinner and
| want thy salvation. Lord, foi
Jesus sake, have mercy ON me-
And God parlons him. and immedi
ately one of the towers of heaven
strikes silvery chime, for there are
four towers to the heavenly temple
Here is man who is bad: he knows
he is bad, and everybody else knows
he is bad. but he is not an outcast
far from being an outcast. He moves
i'll respectable circles.
But one day. by the power of the
Holy Ghost, he rouses up to see his
sinfulness and he says: 20 Lord
have mercy. am a wanderer. and
without thee perish. Have mercy
God hears him. and Immediately two
of the towers of heaven strike q
siivery chime. But here is an out
cast He was picked up last night
out of the gutter and carried to the
police station. He has been in tn,
penitentiary three times. He is coy
cred and soaked with loathesomenes>
and abomination. Arousing from his
debauch he cries out. 20 God, have
mercy on me. Thou who didst par
don the penitent thief. hear me cry
for mercy"
THE LORD LISTENS AND PARDoSS.
And the Lord listens and pardons,
and no sooner is the poor wretch
pardoned than three of the great
towers of heaven strike up a silvery
chime But here is waif of the
street She passes under the gas
light and your soul shudders with a
great horror No pity for her. No
commiseration for her.
AS she passes down the street she
hears a song in a midnight mission,
and as she listens to that song she
hears:
All may come. whoever will.
This Man receives poor sinners STILL
She puts into that harbor. she
kneels by the rough bench near the
door. she says: 20 Lord. Thou who
didst have mercy on Mary Mag,lalcn.
take my blistered feet off the red hot
pavement of hell God says, My
daughter, thy sins are forgiven thee;
go in peace" Now. all the four
towers of heaven strike a silvery
chime. and they who pass through
the celestial streets say: What 5
thatl why. the worst sinner must
have been saved Hear all the four
towers ring and ring and ring
And there is joy i'll heaven among
the angels of God over one sinner
that repenteth.
My subject impresses you, think
with the thought that it is possible
for us to augment the happiness of
heaven People think that souls be
fore the throne are rs happy us they
can be ! deny it. Look at that
mother before the throne of Go l.
When she died she left her son in
thus world Il vagabond That son re-
pented Of his iniquities and camc To
God. The report of that salvation
has reached heaven Do you tell me
that mother before the throne Of
God has not her joy richly aug
mentedl
There is many man III this house
today who could go out with a torch
and kindlc new bonfire OF victory
on the hills of heaven If YOU would
this day repent and come to God
the news Of your salvation would
reach heaven. and then hark TO
the shout of the ransomel. Your
little child went away from you into
the good land. While she was here
YOU brought her all kinds of beauti
ful presents
/ Sometimes you came home ut night
/ fall with your pockets full of gifts for
her. and no sooner did YOU put your
night key into the latch than she be-
gan at you, saying, Father. what
have you brought meE' She is now
before the throne of God Can YOU
bring her gift today You may.
Coming to Christ and repeating of
sin. the tidings will go up to the
throne of God. and your child will
hear of it. Oh, what gift for her
soul today! She will skip with new
gladness on the everlasting hills when
she hears of it.
ANGELS or GOD.
was at Sharpsburg during the
war, and one day saw sergeant
dash past on Il lathered horse, the
blood dripping from the spurs !
said, That sergeant must be going
on very important message; he
must be carrying very important
dispatch, or he wouldn't ride like
that Here n two angels of Col
fitting through the house. fitting
toward the throne on quick dispatch.
What is the news: Carrying up the
story of souls repentant and forgiven.
carrying the news to the throne of
God, carrying the news to your kin
dred who are forever saved Oh,
there is jog in heaven among the
angels of God over one sinner that
epenteth.
Ana suppose tins whole audience
should turn to the Lord? Heaven
would be filled with doxologies. o
heaven, beat with all thy hammers
that the rock may break o Oheavcn,
strike with all thy cleaning swords
that our souls may he free.
was reading of king who, after
gaining great victory, said to his
army, No, no shouting; let every
thing be in quiet; no shouting But
if this hour your soul should come to
God nothing could stop the shouting
of the armies of God before the
throne; for there is joy in heaven
among the angels of God over one
sinner that repenteth
In some families they keepa vacant
chair and n vacant plate for the de
parted. but If in some of your house.