The Globe-republican., 1892-01-21

all of the fifty-two Sundays. 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 ffty-two into halves and calcu-
late only twenty-siY SabbathS. Come,
Christian men, Christian women, what
can you do in twenty-six Sabbaths?
| Divide the three hundred and sixty-fve
DAYS into two parts, what can you do in
| one hundred and eighty-days? What, by
the way Of saving your family, the
| church. and the world? You will not.
| through all 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. It will be found
that many Sabbath-school teacher has
taken into Heaven her whole class; that
Daniel Baker. the evangelist, took thou
sands into Heaven; that Doddridge has
taken in hundreds Of thousands; that
Paul took in hundred millions. How
many will you take in? II you get into
Heaven and find none there that you
sent and that there were none to come
through your instrumentality, l beg OF
you TO crawl under some seat in the back
corner and never come ou. lest the re-
deemed 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 fellows. Look at him, all Heaven
Better be busy. Better put the plow in
deep. Better say what you have to say
quickly. Better fall on your knees.
Better lay hold with both hands. What
you now leave undone for Christ will
forever be uudone. This year thou
shalt die.''
II -, oI,h
l advise all the MEN and women not
ready for eternity 10 get ready. II 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
Melchisedec was; or what about the
eternal DEGREES. II you are as near
eternity as some OF you seem to be,
there is no time for anything
but the question. What must l
do TO be saved?" The drowning
man, when plank is thrown him, stops
not to ask what saw-milI made it, or
whether it is oak or cedar, or who threw
IL. The moment it is thrown, he clutches
it II this year YOU are to die, there is
no time for anything but Immediately
laying hold on God. 1t is high time to
get out OF your sins You say, Il have
committed no great transgressions."
But are you not aware that your life
has been sinful? The snow comes
down on the Alps fake by fake, and
it is so light that you may hold it on
the tip of your finger without
feeling any weight; but the flakes
gather; they compact, until some day
travellers foot starts the slide, and it
goes down in an avalanche crushing TO
death the villagers. So the sins Of your
youth, and the sins OF your manhood.
aud the sins of your womanhooj may
have seemed only slight inaccuI Lcies or
triiing diyergences from the risht-so
slight that they are hardly worth men
tioning, but they have been piling up,
packing together and packing together.
until they make 8 mountain Of sin, and
one more step OF your foot in the wrong
direction may slide down upon you 40
avalanche Of ruin and condemnation.
Let ME announce that Christ, the
Lord, stands ready to save any man who
wants to be saved. He waited for you
all last year, and all the year before,
and all your life. He has waited for you
with blood on His brow and tears in His
eye, and two outstretched, mangied
hands OF love.
Decide on this first Sabbath of the
year whether or not YOU will have Jesus.
He will not stand forever begging fox
your love. With some here his plea
ends right speedily. This year thou
shalt die
This great salvation Of the Gospel
now offer 10 every man, woman, and
child. You cannot buy it. You cannot
earn it. a Scotch writer SAYS that a poor
woman one cold winters day looked
the window of Kings conserva-
tory and saw bunch OF grapes hanging
against the glass. She said, ''Oh. if I
only had that bunch OF grapes for my
sick child 81 home," At her spinning
wheel she earned a few shilliugs and
went to buy the grapes. The Kings
gardener thrust her out very roughly,
and said he had no grapes to sell. She
went of and sold blanket and got some
more Shillings, aud came back and tried
to buy the grapes But the gardener
roughly assaulted her and told her to be
of. The Kings daughter was walking
in the garden at the time, and she heard
the excitement. and seeing the poor wo-
man. said to her, MY father is not
20 sell, but he is a King and
gives" Then she reached up and piucked
the grapes and dropped them into the
apron. So Christ is q King,
anu all the fruits Of His pardon He freely
gives. They may not be bought. With /
out money and without price. take this
sweet cluster from the vineyards OF God.
| am coming TO the close OF my sermon. !
l sought for text appropriate for the |
occasion. l thought of taking one in |
Job. My DAYS tiy as weaver's shuttle"
Of 3 text in Psalms, 80 teach US To
mum Der our days that We may apply our 4
hearts unto wi>dom;" OF the prayer OF /
the vine dresser, Lord. let it alone this 4
year alSo:" but pressed upon my atten-
ton first OF all, and last of all. and above /
all, were the words, "ThI, year thou /
shalt die
Perhaps it may mean me. Though n 4
perfect health now, ii does not take God
one week TO bring down the strongest
physical constitution. do not wan, to
lie this wear. We have plans and pro-
ects on foot that l want to see COM
pleted; but God knows best, and he has
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