Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-02-27


four towers to the heavenly temple.
Here Is man who Is bad; he knows he
Is bad, and every body else knows he
Is bad, but he Is not an outcast; Tar
from being an outcast He moves In
respectable circles. But one day, by
the power OF the Holy Ghost he rouses
mp to see his sinfulness and he says:
20 Lord. have mercy, nm wanderer.
and without Thee I perish. Have
mercy" God hears him and imme-
diately two of the towers Of Heaven
strike silvery chime.
But here Is an outcnst He was
picked up last night out Of the gutter
and carried to the police station. He
has been in the penitentiary three
times. He is covered and soaked with
loathesomeness and abomination.
Arousing from his debauch, he cries
out: 20 God, have mercy on me. Thou
who didst pardon The penitent thief,
hear me cry for mercy" And the Lord
listens and pardons, and no sooner is
the poor wretch pardoned than three
OF the great towers OF Heaven strike up
a silvery chime. But here is the waif
OF the street She passes under the
gaslight, and your soul shudders with
q great horror No pity for her. No
commiseration for her. As she passes
down the street she hears a song in n
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 the door, she
says: 20, Lord! Thou who didst have
mercy on Mary Magdalene, take my
blstercd feet off the red hot pavement
of hell" God says: my daughter.
thy sins are forgiven thee; go in peace.
Now, all tho four towers OF Heaven
strike a silver chime, and they who
pass through the celestial streets say:
~ hats 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 sinner that re-
penteth."
My subject impresses you, think,
with the thought that it Is possible for
us to augment the happiness Of Heaven.
People think that souls before the
throne are as happy az they can be. l
deny 1t. Look Mt that mother before
the throne OF God. When she died
she left her son in this world a vaga-
bond. That son repented of his iniqui-
ties and came to God. The report OF
that salvation has reached Heaven.
Do you tell me that mother before the
throne of God has not her joy richly aug
mented? There is many man in this
house to-day who could go out with n
torch and kindle q new bonfire OF vic
tory on the hills of Heaven. II 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 ransomed.
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. say
ing: Father, what have you brought
me?" She is now before the throne of
God. Can you bring her gift to-day?
You may. Coming TO Christ and re-
penting of sin, the tidings will go up
to the throne of God, and your child
will hear of it. o, what gift for her
soul to-day! She will skip with new
gladness on the everlasting hills when
she hears Of it.
Twas at Sharpsburg during the war,
and one day i saw a sergeant dash
past on a lathered horse, the blood
dripping from the spurs. I.said: THAT
sergeant must be going on very i'm
portant message; he must be carrying
q very important dispatch, or he
wouldn't ride like that Here are two
angels of God fitting through the
house, fitting toward the throne on
quick dispatch. What is the news?
Carrying up the story of souls repent
ant and forgiven, carrying the news to
your kindred who are forever
baVeu. ", LuCEO 10 JOy ~ ASo'S'A
among the angels Of God over
one sinner that repenteth." And
suppose this whole audience should
turn to the Lord? Heaven would be
filed with doxologies.
In some families they keep Q vacant
chair and q vacant plate for the de-
parted; but If in some Of your house
holds you keep q vacant chair and a
vacant plate for those who have gone
away from you into the next world,
the vacant chairs and the vacant plates
would outnumber those which are oc-
cupied. once said to you there IRE no
vacant chairs In Heaven; but l recall
that. Right beside your loved one In
that good land there is a vacant chair,
not made vacant by death, for death
never enters there; 1t Is vacant chair
for vou Will Won take IL?