The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1892-02-26

trihins. 1t must be the death of q
cabinet minister, or the death of a
president, or some matter of very
great moment. When | find all
heaven adjourning its other joys for
this one joy, make up my mind it
is of very great importance if heav
en- can afford to adjourn all other
festivities to celebrate this one tri-
umph
Do you wonder that so MANY of
these Christian people have toiled
night and day in this work of soul
saving, if it is of such vast impor-
tance7 Do you wonder that Nettle-
ton and Finley and Bishop Asbury
and John Wesley and George White
field and Paul and angels and Christ
and God stripped themselves for the
work2 Around that one soul circles
the mist, the fire, the darkness, the
Joy, the anthem, the wailing, the
hallelujah and the woe of Gods uni
verse If the soul is saved, then lip
comes to trumpet and fingers to harp
and hammer to bell and there is
joy among the angels of God over
that one soul forgiven. For such
soul plead.
RELIGION A COMFORT AND A JOY.
Having found in my own expert
ence that this religion is comfort
and joy, | stand here to commend
it to you In the days of my infancy
l was carried by Christian parents to
the house of God, and consecrated in
baptism to the Father, and the Son,
and the Holy Ghost; but that did
not save me. In after time | was
taught to kneel at the Christian
family altar with father and mother
and brothers and sisters, the most of
them now in glory; but that did not
save me.
In after time | read Doddridge's
Rise and Progress and Bakers
Call to the Unconverted, and all
the religious books around my ia
theirs household, but that did not
save me, But one day the voice of
Christ came into my heart saying,
Repent, repent believe believe,
and | accepted the offer of mercy,
and though no doubt there was more
joy in heaven over the conversion of
other souls because of their far reach
ing influence, l verify believe when l
gave my heart to God there were
some spirits in heaven the gladder
for the deed. There is joy in heaven
among the angels of God over one
sinner that repenteth.
Turn this day to the Lord who
bought you. Let this whole audi
ence surrender themselves to Jesus
Christ. If for ten, twenty, fifty |
years you have not prayed, begin
now to pray. "Oh, you say, II can't |
pray" Can you not say, God, be
merciful to me, a sinner" No"
you say, II can't say that" Then
can you not look to the throne of
mercy? No" you say 81 can't |
look up"
Can you not then give some signal
ike that which was given by the lad
n the hospitals He was sick and
and dying, and wanted
speedily to go away from all suffering
md pain, and he said to his comrades
n the hospital: 1T is strange to me
hat Jesus doesn't see me when he
goes through here nights and takes
others to himself. He goes through
lere, and he doesn't see me. | must
)e asleep, and he doesn't know l
want to go,
Now, tell you how I'll arrange
t. I'll go to sleep with my hand up,
nd then when Jesus comes through
he hospital by night he will see my
land lifted, and he will know by that
want to go with him. So it was
one. For that night Jesus went
through the hospital and took the
lad, and the next morning
he nurse passing through the wards
f the hospital saw dead hand lifted
raced on one side against the pillow,
nd the left hand holding the elbow
f the right arm Jesus had seen
he signal and answered it. o sick
oul, wounded soul, dying soul, canst
nou not give some signal1 Wilt thou i
OF lift one hand or one prayer2 God j
rant that this day there may be joy {
1 heaven among the angels of God )
yer your soul forgivenl :
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