The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-08-04


And yet there has been enough sin in
your heart TO ruin it forever, aud YOU
have never demonstrated or petitioncd
against it. If your physical health
Jailed, AMI you had the means, YOU
would go and spend the summer in Ger
many and the winter in Italy, aud you
would think it very cheap outlay if
you had to 60 all around The earth to
get back you physical health. Have
you made any etlort, any expenditure,
any exertion for your immortal and spir-
ltual health? No, you have not taken
one step.
Oh, that you might now begin to seek
after God with earnest prayer! Some of
you have been working for years and
years for the support OF your families.
Have you given Gne-half day to the work.
ing out Of your salvation with fear and
trembling? You came here this morn
ing with an earnest purpose, | take il,
as l have come hithcr with an earnest
purpose, and we meet face to face, and
tell you, first Of all, if you want to find
the Lord, you must pray and pray and
pray.
| remark again, you must seek the
lord through Bible study. The Bible
IS the newest book in the world "Oh,n
you say, sit was made hundreds of years
ago, and the learned men Of King
james translated il hundreds years
ago" | contutc that idea by telling
you il is not rive minutes old when God
by hls blessed spirit rctranslates it into
the heart. II you will, in the seeking
OF the way Of life through Scripture
study, lmplcro Gods light TO fall upoA
the page you will find that these promise :,
ae not one second old, and that they
drop straight from the TIN one O! God
into you: heart.
When people are anxious ahtu ~ thcir
s0ul3-and there urG some such here to
day --th;rc are those who recommend
goo. btJks. Chat is all right. But
want to tell you that the Bible is the
best book uUdCr such circumSLlncc :.
Baxter WI otc. "A call to the CncOp.
rcrtCd," but the Bible is The best call t.
the ur&onvcrtcd. Philip Doddr;dyr
wrote, 1.-The Rise and progress of Re,
liglon IL the Soul" hus the Bible is the
best llsr and progress. John Angel
James wrote "Advicc D tho Anxious
Inquirer :" but the Blblc IS the best al.
vice 10 The anxious inquirer.
Oh, tie Bible is the very book YOU
need, anxious aud inuuiriny soul! a
dying soldier said to his mate, "Comradc,
9ivc me a DROP" The comradc shook
up the nlccn and said, "rhcru isn't :.
drop OF water III the cautccn." Oh"
SAID the dying soldier, "that's not what
| want; feel in my knapsack for nv
Blble.' And his comradc found the
Bible and read him a few of the graci.
Gus promises, and the dying soldier said:
"Ah, that's what want. There isn't
any thing like the Bible for o dying SOL
diver, is there, my comradr?n Oh.
blessed book while we live. Blessed
book when We dc.
remark again, we must seek God
through church ordinances. "What,n
saw You. 'can'L n man be saved without
going ~ church," | reply there are
men, suppose, in glory who have never
seen II church; but the church is tpo
ordained mcaus by which we are to be
brought to God; and iltrulh affects us
whcll we are alone IT affects us more
nightly when we are in the assembly,
the feelings OF others emphasizing our
own feelings. The great law of SYM
pathy comes into play and truth That
would take hold only with the grasp of il
sick man beats nightly against the soul
with thousand heart lhrobs.
When you come into the rclirlou,
circle come only with one notion, aud
only ior one purrosc--to find the way to
Christ. When | see people critic II
ABOUT sermons, and crticrl about tones
OF voice, and crltica! about scrmonc de-.
livery, they make me think of a man in
prison. He is condemned to death, but
an officer of the government brings a
pardon and puts 1t tnrOu IN the wicket of
The prison and says: 'IIcre is your
pardon. Come and get it," "What!
40 You eXpet me TO take that pardon
offered with such Il voice as YOU have,
with such an awkward manner as yoa
nave? l would rather die than so com.
plomise my rhcLorca, noLions!"
An, The man does not say that; no
takes IL! 1t is his lie. lie does no,
care no" 1t IS handed to him. And il
inns me rnlng that pardon from the
throne "l God Is offered to our souls
snouid we not seize 1t, rCgardlcsss of ali
crltlclSm, lccll' Z that it is matter o..
heaven or hell?
but | come now TO tho last part Of
my text. IT tells us when we arc to sce:>
lhe Lord. "While he may be found"
" hen IS that: Old age? You may no,
see cid age. Tomorrow? Youmav nc.
see tom1 rrow. Tonight? You may no.
c..tonl%ht. Now! On. ifl could onl,
write on every heart III three capital let,
Icrs tha word N-O.W-Now!
Sin Is an awful disease. | hear pee.
PIE say with the toss OF the head an,
WIN il TRIVIAL manner, "Oh, yes, Pm i.
'lnhtr." Sin IS an awful disease. 1t is
erroSy. 1t IS dropsy. 1t Is consump
ion. 1t Is all moral disorders in one.
NO" Noh know there is crisis in n dis
ease. Perhaps you have had some il.
uSIratlci OF 1t in your family. Some
lmes th2 physician has called, and h,
las looHed at the patient and saiC:
mat case was simple enough; but tn.
;rlsis has passed. Ityou had called M
yesterday or this morning | could havc
'urcd tho patient. 1t is too late now;
nc Crisis has passed." just so it is in |
ne spiritual treatment of the soul
here ls crisis. Before that, liie! Al
'er that, death! On, my dear brother,
Is you love your soul do not let the