The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-01-20

has through his own carelessness, AFTER
ward been divided between the admin
istrators, the surrogate, the lawyers
and the sheriffs. charge you. before
many days are gone, as far as possible,
have all your worldly matters made
straight for this year thou shalt die"
| advise also that you be busy in
Christian work. How many Sabbaths
in the year? Fifty-two. If the text be
true of you, it does not say at what
time you may go, and therefore it is I'M
safe to count on all the ifty-two Sun
days AS you are as likely to go in the
first half of the year as in the last half,
! think we had better divide the fifty
two into halves and calculate only
twenty-six Sabbaths Come, Christian
men, Christian women, what can you
do in twenty-six Sabbaths? Divide the
three hundred and sixty-five days into
two parts; what can you do in one hun
dred and eighty-two days? What, by
the way of saving your family, the
church and the world? You will not,
through all the ages of eternity in
Heaven, get over the dishonor and the
outrage of going into glory, and having
helped none up to the same place. 1t
will be found that many a Sabbath
school teacher has taken into Heaven
her whole class; that Daniel Baker. the
evangelist, took thousands into Heaven;
that Doddridge has taken in hundreds
of thousands; that Paul took in hum
bred million. How many will you take
in? If you get into Heaven, and lind
none there that you sent, and that there
are none TO come through your instru-
mentality, beg or you to crawl under
some seat in the back corner, and never
come out, lest the redeemed get their
eyes on you, and some one cry out:
"That is the man who never lifted hand
or voice for the redemption of his fel-
lows! Look at him, all Heaven" Bet
ter be busy. Better put the pillow in
deep Better say what you have to say
quickly. Better cry the alarm. Bet
ter fall on your knees. Better lay hold
with both hands. What you now leave
undone for Christ will forever be un-
done. "This year thou shalt die"
In view of the probabilities men
toned, / advise all the men and women
not ready for eternity to get ready. 1.-THE
text be true, you have no time to talk
about non-essentials, asking why God let
sin come into the world; or whether the
book of Jonah is inspired; or who Mel
chisedec was, or what about the eternal
DEGREES. If you are as near eternity as
some of you seem to be, there is no
time for anything but the question:
what must do to be saved?" The
drowning man. when plank is thrown
him, stops not to ask what sawmill
made it. or whether it is oak or cedar,
or who threw it. The moment it is
thrown he clutches it. If this year you
are to die, there is no time for anything
but imm ediately laying hold of COL II
is high time to get out of yourfSi2> -
You say: II have committed mol Eat
transgressions. But are you not aware
that your life has been sinful? The
snow comes down on the Alps flake by
flake, and it is so light that you may
hold it on the tip of your finger without
feeling any weight; but the fakes
gather; they compact, until some day a
travellers foot starts the slide, and il
goes down in an avalanche, crushing to
death the villagers. So the sins OF
youth, and the sins OF your manhood,
and the sins of your womanhood may
have seemed only slight inaccuracies or
trifling Emergencies from the right-so
slight that they are hardly worth men
tioning, but they have been piling UP
and piling up, packing together and
packing together, until they make a
mountain of sin, and one more step OF
your foot in the wrong direction may
slide down upon you an avalanche OF
ruin and condemnation.
A man crossing desolate and lonely
plateau, hungry wolf took after him.
He brought his gun to his shoulder and
took aim, and the wolf howled with
pain, and the cry woke up pack OF
wolves, and they came ravening out OF
the forest from all sides, and horribly
devoured him. Thou art the man.
Some one sin of your life summoning
on all the rest, they surround thy soul
and make the night Of thy sin terrible
with the assault of their bloody muz
zles o the unpardoned, clamoring
ravening, all.devouring sins of thy life
time!
A maniac was found pacing along the
road with torch in one hand and a
pail of water in the other, and some one
asked him what he meant to do with
them. With this torch I mean to burr
down heaven, and with this water
mean to put out the fires of hell" He
waS maniac. He could do the on,
thing just as well as he could do tn,
other No time to lose if you want t.
escape your sins, for this year tho,
shalt die"
Let me announce that Christ tn,
Lord, stands ready to save any maj
who wants to be saved. He waited TO
YOU all last year, and all the year be
fore, and all your life. He has waited
for you with blood on His brow, anC
tears in His eye, and two outstretched
mangled hands of love.
You come home some night and ln'
the mark of muddy feet on your from
steps. You hasten in, and find an ex
cited group around your child. He fel
into the pond, and had it not been for
brave lad, who plunged in and brough
him out, and carried him bone to be re
suscitated, you would have been child
less You feel that you cannot d
enough for the rescuer. You throw