The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-07-26

Sod with earnest prayer. Some of
We been working for years and years
e support of your families. Have
ven one half day to the working out
r salvahp n with fear and trembling!
me here this morning with an earnest
2, L take it, as l have come hither
II earnest purpose, and we meet face
:, and l tell you, first of all, if you
o find the Lord, you must pray, and
nd pray.
mark, again, you must seek the Lord
Il Bible study. The Bible is the
book i'm the world. Oh" you say,
$ made hundreds Of years ago, and
rned meh of King James translated
lreds of years ago" l confute that
Y telling you it is not five minutes
hen Cod by His blessed spirit, re-
ties it into the heart. If you will, in
nking of the way of life through
re study implore Gods light to
OIL the page, you will find that these
IS are not one second old, and that
rOp straight from the throne of God
'ur heart
e are III any people to whom the
does not amount to much. If they
look at the outside beauty, why, it
more lead them to Christ than
lgton'S farewell address or the Koran
lomct or the Shaster of the ElindOos.
he inwar "a light of Gods word you
ct or die l went up to the church
inc in Pa iris, and looked at the doors,
were tn e most wonderfully con-
d / ever saw, and 1 could have
there for a whole week; but ! had
little til me, so, having glanced at
)nderful carving on the doors, l
in and lpoked at the radiant affairs
lie sculptt ,red dome. Alas, that 80
top at the outside door of Gods holy
looking ut the rhetorical beauties,
of going in and looking at the
of sacrifice and the dome of Gods
and salvation that hOyers over every
t and bel ieving soul.
Y friends, il you merely want to
The laws of language, do not go to
DE. 1t W hs not made for that. Take
IS Elcnr ,nts of Criticism" IL would
,er than the Bible for that. If you
to study metaphysics, better than
bic will be the writings of William
on. But if you want to know how
C sin par loncd, and at last to gain
Ssedness OFF heaven, search the scrip
for in them We have eternal life.
1 people are anxious about their
and there are some such here to-
lcre are those who recommend good
That is I'LL right. But | want to
IL that Il Bible is the best book
such circumstances Baxter wrote,
| to the Tnconverted,' but the Bible
best call to the unconverted. Philip
dye wrote "The Rise and Progress
igion in the Soul" but the Bible is
st rise q nd progress. John Angel
wrote, advice to the Anxious In
but the Bible is the best advice
anxious inquirer.
G Bible is the very book you need,
and inq uiring soul! A dying sol
id to his mate: "Comradc, give me
- The c bmrade shook up the can
md said There isn't Il drop of
in the can teen oh" said the dy
der, tina S not what want; feel
knapsack for my Bible" and his
@ found the Bible and read him a
the gracious promises, and the dy-
lier said: "Ah. that's what | want.
isn't anyt hing like tho Bible for
soldier, is there, my comradcW O
book VIII lie we live. Blessed book
We die.
mark, agar we must seek God
4 church ordinances. What" say
ant Il md n be saved without going
rch?' l reply,x there are men, |
!, in glory, who have never seen
; but thd church is the ordained
by which we are to be brought to
nd if truth affects us when we are
it affects us more nightly when
: in the pssembly-the feelings of
emphasizing our own feelings. The
law of sympathy comes into play
truth that would take hold only
Re grasp of a sick man, beats might
inst the sdul with Il thousand heart
n you com into the religious circle,
,nly with one notion, and only for
lrpose-to find the way to Christ
! see pcoI!e critical about sermdls.'
itical about tones of voice. and c'it-
,out serm3 nic delivery, they make
nix of IL IAN in prison. He is con-
| to death, but an officer of the
ment brings a pardon and puts it
/ the wick; t Of the prison, and says:
your pa4don. Come and get it,"
! DO you expect me to take that
offered with such voice as you
With such d n awkard manner as you
| would Father die than so com
E my rhet brical notions" All, the
oes not SAY that; he takes it! 1t is
. He does not care how it is hand
i'm. And if, this morning. that pard-
n the thronb OF God is offered to our
should wei not seize it, regardless
criticism, feeling that it is q matter
ven or hellE
| come now to the last part of my
1t tells us when we are to seek the
while H4 may be found" When
=? Old ageE You may not see old
You may not see TO-
: Tonightf You may not see to-
Now, O if I could only write on
heart III three capital letters, that
W-Ndw.
$ an awful disease. | hear people
tn the toss of the head and with a
manner: "Dh, yes, I'm a sinner"
an awful disease 1t is leprosy. 1t
psy. 1t is consumption. 1t is all
disorders in one. Now you know
is a crisis in disease. Perhaps
I'VE had SOME illustration of it in
lmily. Som etimes the physician has
and he hd $ looked at the patient
id: THAT dase was simple enough;
crisis has passed. If you had call
yesterday. pr this morning. | could
lrcd the patient. 1t is too late now;
sis has passed Just so it is in
ritual treat ment of the soul-thcre
isis. Beford that. life, After that.
O my dear brother, rs You love
)ul do not let the crisis pass ,lnat-
to!
, are some here who can rememb ar
es in life when, if they had bought a
property they would haze bee, me
oh. A few acres tnat would have
IN almost nj thing We're 0ffe:e1 them.
'efused them Afterwards Il large
or city sprd ng up on 'h ase acres of
and they S lee what u mistake hey
in not buying the property. There
opportunity of getting 1t. IL never
ack again. And so 1t is IN regard TO
S spiritual and eternal fortune. There
lance; if you let that 20, perhaps it
comes back. Certainly that one
.omes back.
, is a time which mercy has set for
port If ybu arc on board before
III will get ii passage for hesven. If
not on boaI d you miss your passage
wen. AS in law courts, 4 '6s" is
nes adjourned from term to term,
IN year to lear till the bill of costs
the entire estate, so .here are men