The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-04-01

| ton. lie says: u Lord God, L have
been depending upon my good works
| find | am a sinner, and want
Thy salvation. Lord, for Jesus, sake,
have mercy on me. and God pardons
him. And Immediately one OF the tow
ers of Heaven strikes a silver chime,
for there arc four towers to the heav-
emily temple. Here Is man
who is bad; he knows he is bad,
and every body knows lie is bad, but
/ he is not an outcast; far from being an
outcast He moves in respectable cir
cles But one day, by the power OF the
| Holy Ghost, he rouses up TO see his SIM
| fulness and says; 20 Lord, have mercy.
| am a wanderer and without Thee l
/ perish. Have mercy" God hears him,
and Immediately two of the towers OF
Heaven strike a silvery chime. But
here is an outcast He was picked up
last night out of the gutter and carried
to the police station. He has been in
the pcnitentiary three times. He is
covered and soaked with loathsomeness
and abomnation. Accusing from his
debauch, nc cries out: 20 God, have
mercy on me. Thou who didst pardon
the pcnitent thief, hear me cry for
mercy"
And the Lord listens and pardons,
and no sooner is the wretch pardoned
than three OF the great towers OF
Heaven strike up a silvery chime. But
here is a waif of the street She passes
under the gaslight, and your soul shud-
ders with great horror. No pity for
her. No commiseration for her. As
she passes down the street, she hears
song in the midnight mission, and as
she listens to that song she hears:
All may come whoever will,
This Man receives poor sinners STILL
She puts into that harbor, she kneels
by the rough bench near by the door,
mercy on Mary Magdalen, take my
blistered feet off the red hot pavement
of hell" God says: "My daughter, thy
sins are forgiven thee; go in peace"
Now all the four towers of Heaven
strike silvery chime, and they who
pass through the celestial streets say:
whats that? why, the worst sinner
must have been saved Hear all the
four towers ring, and ring, and
ring" "And there is joy in Heaven
among the angels of God over one sim
ner that repentsth.
My subject impresses you, think,
with the thought that it is possible for
us to augment the happiness OF Heaven
PeoplA think that souls before the
throne are as happy as they can be-
l deny it Look at that mother before
the throne of God When she died she
left her son in this world vagabond
That son repcnted of his iniquities and
came to God. The report of that saliva
ton has reached Heaven. Do you tell
me that mother before the throne of
God has not her Joy richly augmented?
There is many a man in this house to-
day who could go out with torch and
kindle n new bonfire OF victory on the
hills of Heaven. If you would this day
repent and come to God, the news OF
your salvation would reach Heaven,
and then. bark! TO the shout of the ran
somed
Your little child went away from you
into the good land While she was here
you brought her all kinds OF beautiful
presents. Sometimes you came home
at nightfall with your pockets full of
gifts for her, and no sooner did you put
your night.key into the latch than she
began at you, saying, Father, what
have you brought mc?" She Is now
before the throne OF God. Can you
bring her gift to-day? You may
Coming to Christ and repenting Of sin,
the tidings will go up to the throne of
God, and your child will hear OF it O,
what a gift for my soul to-day! She
will skip with new gladness on the
everlasting hills when she hears OF it
was at Sharpsburg during the war
and one day saw sergeant dash past
on a lathercd horse, the blood dripping
from the spurs. said, THAT sergeant
must be going on very important
message, he must be carrying very
important dispatch, or he wouldn't ride
like that" Here are two angels OF God
fitting through the house, fitting to-
ward the throne on quick dispatch.
What is the news? Carry up the story
Of souls repentant and forgiven, carry
ing the news TO the throne OF God. car
rying the news 10 your kindred who arc
forever saved o, there is Joy in
Heaven among the angels Of God over
one sinner that repenteth." And sup
pose this whole audience should turn
10 the Lord? Heaven would be filled
with doxologies o, Heaven, beat with
all thy hammers that the rock may
break. o, Heaven, strike with all thy
cleaning swords that one soul may
be free. was reading of
king who after gaining great victory,
said to his army: mo, no shouting; let
every thing be in quiet; no shouting"