Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-03-07

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TEE soKLs ceID wlraosT KkIIsseS
On. it = LArd 10 BE ed without rslzisa
Ito feel tAis world going away. and ao<h-
izz better eoaa1lg. II there * Any here
vho have esas tar on without chriss.
x1drsss yea a-lkFennxliy fcu have founa.
tAls teagk woEla fos Old peoSls. Alasl
70 have aches and pains. and 10 Christ TO
sooshe them want to give ye1 cane
better than that yoa lean GA Is Is the
cane thai the Bible spea<s Ct wksE it says,
Thy rod and tsy staff they comfort me. -
want to give yea better sPectaeles than
tsass you aew look faroogk. Il - the
spiritual eyesight Of divine grace. Christ
viii ast think tAst you are in the way.
Does your head trsnbls wiki tie palsy
Of cid age Lay IL on Christ's bosom. Do
yea fsel lonely now thas your companions
and eAiidren are gomez Ithink Christ has
them They are safe in his keeping. Very
sooa he will take you where they are. l
take held u yosr arm and try 20 lead you
To place where you can put down al your
burden. Go with ne. only little while
longer and your sight will come again. and
your hearing will come again, and with
the strength OF an immortal athlete you
will step on the pavement OF heaven. No
erutchss IN heaven. NO sieeplsss nights In
heaven. no cross looks for Old people
Dwelling there for ages. no enc will say,
Father, you know nothing about this;
step back; you are in the wayi"
Oh. how many dear old folks Jesus has
put to sleep! How sweetly he has closed
their eyel How gently folded their armsl
How he has put his hand On their silent
hearts and said; REST DOW, tired pilgriln
Il b ell over. The tears win never start
again. Hush, hushf' So he gives his be-
loved sleep. l think the most beautiful
object on earth Is IN old Christian-tLe
hair white, not with the frosts Of winter,
but the blossoms Of the tree OF life never
feel sorry for Christian old man WY
feel ssrry Tor these upon whom the glories
OF the eternal world are about TO bursti
They are going 70 the goodly cedar
Though their wings are heavy with age.
God shall rsaew their strength like the
eagle. aad they shall make their nest in the
cedar. "All fewl II every wing"
COD CAN SAVE ANYBODY.
Again. the very bad, the outrageously
sinful, may come Men talk Of the grace
Of God as though il were SO many yards
long and 20 many yards deep People pc.nt
TO the dying thief a. an encouragement to
the sinner. How much better it would
be to point to our own case and say, IF
God saved us he can save anybody"
There may be those here who never had
one earnest word said to them about
their souls. Consider me as putting my
hand on your shoulder and looking in
yopr eye. God has been good to you.
You ask, How do you know that?
He has been very hard ON me-"
where did yeu come from!" Home"
''Theu you have home. Have you ever
thanked Ged for your home! Have you
childrens" Eyes" Have you ever
thanked God for jour children, Who
keeps them safe! Were you ever sick."
"Ye." WHO made you wells Have you
bsen fed every day, Who feeds your Put
your hand on your pulse. Who makes it
throbt Listen to the respiration of your
lungs. Who helps you to breathe. Have
You . Bible in the hcuse, spreading before
you the future lifes Who gave you that
Bibles"
Oh. it has been story Of goodness and
mercy all tho way through. You have
been one Of Gods pet children. Who fon-
died you and caressed you and loved your
And when you went astray and wanted to
come back, did be ever rsfuse' l know of
. father who. after his son came back the
fourth time, said. mo; forgave you three
times, but I will never forgive you again. !"
And the sou went c4 and died But Cd
takes back his children the thousandth
time as cheerfully - the first. AS easily
as with my handkerchief strike the dust
"a book, God viii wipe out all your sins.
There are hospitals for 'ipcurabies. !"
When men are hspelessly sick, they are
sent there, Thank Godl there. u no hos
pital fer spivstual incaSables. Though you
had the worst leprssy that ever struck a
soul, your dcsh shall oosne again Like tho
flesh OF q little child. Oh, this mercy Of
Godi lam cold il Is an ocean Then place
On it four swift sailing craft, with compass
and charts and choice rigging and skillful
navigators, and / tell them TO launch away
and discover for me tho extent of this ocean.
That craft puts out ia one direction, and
sails to the north; this craft to the south;
this to the east; this to the west. Thsy
crowd on all their canvas and sail ten
thousand years, and one day come up toe
harbor Of heaven. and ! shout to them
from the beach. Have you found the
shore," and they answer, mo shore to
Gods mercyP Swift angels, dispatched
from the throne. attempt to go across it.
For million years they 1y and fly. but
then come back and fold their wings 1t the
foot Of the throne and cry. mo shorel no
shore to Gods mercy"
NElsCrl MKRcYi MERCYi
Mcrcyi Mercy, Mercy l sing IT, I
preach 10. pray it. Here l nnd q man
bound hand and foot to the devil, but with
one stroke Of the hammer Of Gods truth
the chains fall Oft and be is free forever.
Mercy! Mercyi Mcrcyl There is nodepth
It cannot fatbon; there In no height il can
not scale; there 10 no infinity it cannot
compass. I take my stand under this
goosily cedar and see the focks flying
thither. They are torn with the shot Of
temptation and wounded and sick and
SCARED. Some fought with iron beak;
some once Toasted On carcasses; some were
fierce Of eye and cruel Of talon, but they
came, nock after fiock-"All fowl of every
wing"
Again, all the dying will ind their nest
in this aoodly cedar. It is cruel to destroy
. birds nest. but death does not hesitate
TO destroy one. There was beautiful nest
in the next street. Lovingly the parents
brooded over il. There were two or three
little robins in the nest. The scarlet fever
thrust It's hands into the nest. and the
birds are gone. Only those are safe who
have their neets in the goodly cedar. They
have over them the feathers Of the Al
mighty" Oh. to have those soft, warm. eter-
nal wings stretched over usl Let the storms
beat and the branches Of the cedar toss on
the wind-no danger When . storm
comes. you can see the birds Tying to the