Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-02-25

vast importance to be of any moment in
heaven, your salvation. in that land where
gladnesses are the everyday occurrence, in
that land where the common stones OF the
Geld are Jasper and emerald and chrys
oprasus and carbuncle and sardonyx. And
vet the news of your salvation makes Joy
before the throne Of God.
You remember years ago, a stage driver
In the White mountains became very reck-
less. He had large number Of passengers
on the stage, and the stage was drawn by
six horses, wild and ungovernable, and he
drove near the precipice, and he drove off,
the stage with its precious freight rolling
down the embankment, and many were
slain, but few were saved. Isuppose when
they wrote home they wrote with con
graduation at their rescue The angels Of
God look down and they see men driving
on the edge of great precipices of ruin and
danger, drawn by wild, leaping, foaming
and ungoverrab perils in this life, and if
any shall escape before they capsize, do you
not suppose the angels of God rejoice, cry
ing: Good, good Saved from sin, saved
from death, saved from hell, saved for
everl"
The supreme court of the United States
does not ad iourn for anything trifling. 1t
or the death of a president, or some mat
ter 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 heaven can afford
to adjourn all other festivities to celebrate
this one triumph.
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 Importance Do you wonder that
| Nettleton and Finley and Bishop Asbury
and John Wesley and George Whitefield
and Paul and angels and Christ and God
| stripped themselves for the work. Around
| that one soul circles the mist, the fire, the
darkness the joy, the anthem, the wailine
| the hallelu ah and the woe Of Gods uni
verse II the soul is saved, then lip come:
to trumpet and fingers to harp and ham
mer to bell and there is JOY among the
angels of God over that one soul forgiven
For such a soul plead.
COMMENCING RELIGION
| Having found in my own experience tina
this religion is comfort and a joy, stant
here to commend it to you. In the days o
my infancy | was carried by Christian par
ents to the house of God, and consecratet
in baptism to the Father, and the Son, anC
the Holy Ghost; but that did not save me
In after time was taught to kneel at tn
Christian family altar with father ant
mother and brothers and sisters, the mos
Of them now in glory; but that did not saw
me.
In after time read Doddridges "Ris
| and Progress" and Baxter's Call to tn
Uncovered" and all the religious book
around my fathers household, but tina
did not save me- But one day the voice c
Christ came into my heart saying, Re
pent, repent believe, believe" and ! nc
cepted the offer of mercy, and though II
doubt there was more JOY in heaven owe
the conversion of other souls because c
their farreaching influence, verify believ
when gave my heart to God there wer
some spirits in heaven the gladder for tn
deed There is joy in heaven among tn
angels of God over one sinner that repen
: eth" Turn this day to the Lord VIII
bought you. Let this whole audience SUI
render themselves TO Jesus Christ. If fc
ten, twenty, fifty years you have Mt
prayed, begin now to pray.
"Oh," you say, Il can't pray" Can 20
} not say, God be merciful to me, sinner,
, NO" you say, 81 can't say that" The
can you not look to the throne of mercy
not then give some signal like that whic
was given by the lad in the hospital? II
, was sick and suffering and dying, al
wanted speedily to 90 away from all sulfe
Ing and pain, and he said to his comrad
in the hospital, 1T is strange to me tn;
Jesus doesn't sec me when he goes throuG
! here nights and takes others to himsel
e He goes through here and he dosen't S,
me. ! must be asleep and he doesn't kno
| want to 90.
e Now, tell you how I'll arrange it. I
60 to sleep with my hand up, and the
i when Jesus comes through the hospital
night lie will see my hand lifted, and
will know by that | want TO go with him
So it was done For that night Jesus wei
9 through the hospital and took TIE SUITE
ing lad, and the next morning the nur
passing through the wards of the hospit
saw a dead hand lifted braced on one sit
0 against the pillow, and the left hand hol
1 ing the elbow of the right arm. Jesus h;
seen the signal and answered it. Oh, sic
= soul, wounded soul, dying soul, canst tho
: not give some signal? Wilt thou not Ii
= one hand or one prayer? God grant tn
< this day there may be JOY in heaven amor
the angels of God over your soul forgiven
Satisfaction