The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-09-30

out suppose that have persuaded YOU
that the leprosy CT sin is upon you, the
worst OF all siclnesscs. OH then YOU
say: Bring me that balm OF the Cos
pei; bring me that Divine mcdicament;
bring me Jesus Christ"
But, says some one in the audience:
How do YOU prove that we are in a
ruined condition by sin?" Well, can
prove IT I'm two ways, and you may have
your choice. ] can prove Il either by
the statements of men or by the state
mcnt of God. Which shall IL Toe? You
all say: Let MS have the statement Of
God" Well, He says in one place: The
heart is dcccitful above all things and
desperately wicked" lie says in an.
other place: What is man that he
should bc clean. and he which is born of
woman that he should be rightcous?"
He says in another place; There il
none that doeth good; no, not one" lie
says in another place: "As 10y one man
sin entered into the world. and death
10y sin; and so death passed upon all
men, for that all have sinncd."
Well you say, IL am willing TO nc
knowledge that, but why should take
the particular rescue that YOU proposc?'
This is the reason: Except Il man be
born again he can not see the Kingdom
of God" This is the reason: There is
one name given under Heaven among
men whereby they may be saved"
Then there are thousand voices here
ready TO say: well. am ready to ac-
ccpt this help of the Gospel: | would
like TO have this Divine cure: how shall
go to work?" Let me say that a mere
whim, an underlined longing, amounts
To nothing. You must have stout,
tremendous resolution like this young
man of the text when ne said: II will |
arise and go TO my father"
Oh says some man, "how do know /
my father wants mc? How do know. /
If | 20 back, would be reccivcd?" !
oh says some man, you don't knew |
where ! have been: you don't know |
how far | have wandered; You wouldn't |
talk that way TO me if YOU knew all the /
iniquitics | have committed" What is .
that tluttcr among the angels Of God? .
1t is news. il is news Christ has found !,
the lost
Now Angels can their JOY conta,n
Bat kiudlcd with new fire,
Inc SlIUCr lost, i tuUEd they sing,
And strike the sounding Tyre.
When Napoleon talked of going
into Italy, they said: You can't
get there; If YOU knew what the
Alps were You wouldn't talk about
it or think of it, YOU can't get your am.
wagons over the Alps Then
Napoleon rose in his stirrups and way
ing his hand toward the mountains he
said: There shall bc no Alps" That
wonderful pass was laid ont which has
been the wondermcnt of all the wears
sincc-the wondcrmcnt of ali engineers.
And you tell me there are such
mountains of sin between your soul
and God there is no mercy Then
see Christ waving his hand to-
ward the mountains, and | hear him
say, IL will come over the mountains Of
.hy sin and the hills of thine iniquity."
There shall be no Pyrcnces, there shall
be no Alps"
Again, notice that this resolution of
The young man of the text was founded
N sorrow 1T his MISCELLANEOUS. II was
not mere physical plight 1t was grief
hat he had so maltreated his father
Il is sad thing after father has done
for Il child TO have that child
Ingrateful.
How sharper than Scrpent's tooth, II is,
To have n ihauklCss child
That is Shakespeare: a foolish son
: the heavincss of his mother" That
: the Bible. Well, my friends. have
not some Of us been cruel TO prodigals?
lave we not maltreatcd our Father?
And such father. So loving. so kind. ! I
{ he had been stranger, If ne had ! :
orsalScn us, If he had hagellated Us, if
H. had pounded Us and turned MS out of \
doors on the commons, il would not III
nave been SO wonderful--our treatment !
II Him; but lie is n Father 50 loving. !
20 kind, and yet how many of Us for y
,ur wandcrings have never apologized $
We apologize for wrongs done TO our 9
elbows, but some OF Us perhaps have
ten thousand times ten thou !
and wrongs against God and never |
IpologiZcd
remark still further, that this rcso- I
ution of the text was founded in a !
ceiling Of homcsickncsS. lido not know Il
low long this young man, how many q
months, how many years, he had been (
way from his fathers house; but there :
; something about the reading of my u
ext that makes me think he was home "
ick. Some OF you know what that Z
ceiling is Far away from home some
lines, surrounded 10y every thing II
right and pleasant-plentv Of friends
you have said: Il would give the O
World to be al home tonight Well. IL
his Young man MAS hpmpSirx for his "