The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-08-20
ook has saved my life and now will con-

book has saved my life and now will con-
secrate my life to God
God Is KNOCKING by the gospel" said the
evangelist. my brother, did no one ever
try 10 lead you to Christ? If / thought
there was any one mere tonight who never
had personal Invitation to come TO Christ
l would like to go to him and ask him to
give his heart unto God.
Have you listened to the pleading OF
your wife, the pleading of your child. the
voice Of your pastor. to give your heart to
God Is knocking by the voice of tribula-
tion. Many man, II by no other way, has
been brought unto God by the touch of
sorrow. Earth has no sorrow that God cam
not heal.
God is knocking by the direct influence
OF the Holy Spirit You have felt the touch
at midnight; you have felt the touch when
walking ON the street; you have felt the
touch when In the midst OF the congrega-
ton.
"a commercial traveller once came to me
at one of my meetings and said he never
felt so strange before. He asked me did L
know what il meant. / told him 1t was the
Holy Ghost, and asked him, viii you yield
TO it?' he said he would, and that man went
out of the church rejoicing. If there is any
way to reach your heart God will find 1t:
"0h, for men and women to make signs
of the living God knocking at your heart
tonight Remember that this most solemn
into your heart while he is pleading with
you he will turn away from you"
To illustrate this he told a pathetic story
OF personal friend, physician. at the
time he was missionary In the Rocky
Mountains. He was anoble. generous man.
and only lacked one thing, the touch OF the
spirit. At last the doctor sent for him and
asked to be told how to be saved.
lie acted like mailman, and threw him.
self down on his face utteriDg dreadful
4 70 hot hnn in ll prrlh l a
condition he became calmer. and | put my
arm around him and pleaded with him to
submit TO God, and he said he would. l
asked him to bow down with me, but he
put it off and said he would come to the
meeting next night and do Ii publicly. But
he did not come. / saw him the next
morning and he said he had settled that he
would be with me before the winter was
done and offered me his hand on it. This
was in November. / went East in January,
aud on my return in March l noticed evil
dence that my friend had been drinking too
much liquor, and that man, after l left
again in June, threw off all restraint till he
finally became drunken sOt and poisoned
himself With al overdose of morphine.
when first | knew that man there was
no more prospect of him lying in the grave
Of drunkard and suicide than any one
here.
Il suppose there are some people here to-
night who are near TO the kingdom of God,
tut blOOdDil uOA do ncdi ds my lIlcIiu WAS
that day when he said mo" to the knocking
of the spirit
''lf God is knocking al your heart, let him
in now. Don't wait till tomorrow, but do
it now.
II will only ask you one question. If
there Is any impulse or desire IN your soul
that might lead you to become a Christian.
will you act on il? Win you encourage il
Il will ask every one who has not been a
faithful Christian or who has never been a
Christian, but who desires to feel the touch
OF the spirit and to ask God to encourage
that desire 10 stand up.
Bow your heads in one minute silent
prayer; If they are Christians pray for
them; If they are not Christians pray that
God may come into their hearts,"
Several stood mp In different parts of the
building. Mr.. Mills then offered fervent
prayer.
After the usual distribution OF cards the
benedlctlon was pronounced. More than
one-haif remained to the after service.