Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-25

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glory sxs ogsus wa hsossas . east
swsy fpu0 Ga vAss - en- - 1pon
tise thronst Why viii We die misersbly
when stexunl kfs is offered yea. aud Il
viii ooss yos nothing but just Wiling
nsss - secspk iss '-CoAr, iDg al thisgs
are nov ready Come, Christ y ready.
pardon i ready. The ch1reh Is ready.
Heaven y ready. You wsil ssver had
more omvssiras season il yos shouh
hive fifty years more than this very one
Reject this aud yoa may die in your sins.
rH8 rGRIL AND f14x SSHArf.
Why do say thiss l. II 70 brighten
your sonls Oh. 40. IL Is TO persuade
you. show yon the peril. show you
the escape. Would not be coward
beyond ali excuse II, believing that this
great audience must soon be launched
into the eternal world. aud that all who
believe in Christ shall BE- saved, and that
all who reject Christ viii b lostr-would
not be the veriest coward on earth TO
hide that truth or % stand before You
with cold or even = placid manners
Ny dear brethren. now Is the day Of
your redemption
II Is very certain that you and must
sooa appear before God in Judgment.
We cannot escape II. The Bible says.
'sEv~ry eye shall re him, and they also
which pierced him, and all tho kindreds
of tie earth shall wall becsnss Of him.
On that day al oar advantage will
come up for oar glory O. for our dinoon-
6ture-svery prayer, every sermon.
every exhortatory remark. every ~
prof, every call Of grace; and while tho
heavens are rolling away like scroll.
and the world Is being destroyed. year
destiny and my destiny win he an
noupced. Alas! alasi If on that day ii
Ia found that We have neglected thess
matters. We may throw them Oh now.
We cannot then. We will al b in
earnest then. But no pardon then. No
offer Of salvation then. No rescue then.
Driven away In our wickcdnessr- ban
ished, exiled forever!
Have you ever imagined what viii be
the soliloquy Of tho soul ON that Day un-
paraoued, a. It looks back upon it, past
life? "Oh," says the soul, II had glor-
ious Sabbsthsi There was one Sabbath
In autumn when was invited to Christ.
Thsre was Sabbath morning when
Jesus stood and spread out his arms and
invited me to his holy heart. I refused
him. have destroyed myself. have
no one else to blame. Ruin complete.
Darkness Implying, deep. eternsli am
lost: Notwithstanding all the opportuni
ties have had of being saved, ] am lost
Oh. thou long suffering Lord God AL.
mighty. am losN Oh, day Of judg'
ment, arm lost! Oh, father. mother
brother. sister, child in glory, I am lostl
And then Is the tide goes out your soul
goes out with it-farther from God
farther from happiness, and I hear your
voice fainter and fainter and fainter
Lost LOST Lost! Losti Lostw G
20 dying, yet immortal men! Seek The
Lord while he may be found"
But want you to take the hint of the
text that have no time to dwell on
the hint that there il time when h<
cannot be found There was = man in thin
city, eighty years Of age, who said 10 q
clergyman who came In, do you thinl
that man at eighty years Of age car
get pardonedY" "Oh, yes" said the
clergyman. The old man said: II can't
when was twenty years Of sge-I am
now eighty years--the spirit Of God came
to my soul. and felt the Importance Of
attending TO these things, but put Il
of. rejected God, and since then
have had no feeling" "Well," said the
minister, Wouldn't you like to have me
pray with your eyes," replied the old
man. 'but It win do no good. You car
pray with me If you like TO-"
The minister knelt down and prayed
and commended the mans sol,l to God
It seemed to have no effect upon him
After awhile tho last hour Of the mans
life came, and through his delirium q
spark Of intelligence seemed to fash
and with his last breath he said, 81 shall
never be forgiven" 20 seek the Lord
while he may be found"
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