Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-25
CRISIS OF THE SOUL.
Continued from Second Page.
come any nearer God or heaven

come any nearer God or heaven
would not be afraid to challenge this
whole audienceA so far as they may not
have found the peace of the Gospel in re-
gard to that matter. Your hearts, you
are willing frankly to tell me, are becom'
ing harder and harder, and that If you
comet to Christ it will be more of an under
taking now than 1t ever would have been
before. Oh, fly for refugei The avonger of
blood Is on the track The throne of judg
ment will soon be set, and if you have any
thing to do toward your eternal salvation
YOU had better do 1t now, for the redemp-
ton Of the soul is precious ard it ceaseth
forever.
HE Is ALTOGETHER LOVELY.
oh. IL men could only catch just one
glimpse of Christ, know they would love
him. Your heart leaps ut the ri ..t of Il
glorious sunrise or sunset, CNn you be
without emotion MS the sun Of righteous
ness rises behind Calvary and sets behind
Joseph's sepulchreH He is II blessed Sa-
viourl Every nation has its type of beauty.
There is German beauty and Swiss beauty
and Italian beauty and English beauty;
but care not in what land n man first
looks at Christ he pronounces him chief
among ten thousand, and the one nj
together lovely" o my blessed Jesusl
Light In darkncssl The Rock on which
build The Captain of SalvaJionl My joyl
NY strength How strange it Is that men
cannot love theel
The diamond districts of Brazil are care
fully guarded, and man does not get in
there except by II pass from the govern
ment; but the love of Christ is "A diamond
district we may all enter, and pick up
treasures for eternity. o cry for mercy
"Today, II We will hear his voice, harden
not your hearts" There is " way of OPP
posing the mercy of God too long, and then
there remaineth no more sacrifice for sin,
but fearful looking for judgment and
fiery Indignation, which shall devour the
adversary My friends, my neighbors,
what can / say to induce you to attend to
this matter to attend to 1t nowH Time is
fying, fying-the city clock joining my
voice this moment, seeming TO say to you;
Snow is the timel Now is the timer q
put 1t not off
Sny snouid stand here and plead and
YOU sit thereY 1t is your immortal soul
IL IL a soul that shall never die. 1t is
soul that must soon appear before God fol
RENEWAL Why throw away your chance
for heaven. Why plunge off into dark
ness when all the gates OF glory are open
Why become castaway from God wheT
you can sit upon the throneH Why will "
die miserably when eternal life is Offered
You, and IL will cost you nothing but Just
willingness to accept itf Come, for al
things are now ready" Come, Christ Il
ready, pardon is ready The church Il
ready. Heaven is ready. You will nevei
find a more convenient season, If yol
should live fifty years more, than this yer!
one. Reject this, and you may die in you
sins.
Why do say this9 Is 1t to brighten you
soult Oh, no. II is TO persuade you.
show you the peril show you the escape
Would not be a coward beyond all TX
cuse II. believing that this great audienc
must soon be launched into the eterna
world, and that all who believe in Chris
shall be saved, and that all who reJec
Christ win be lost-would ! not be Oh
yeriest coward on earth to hide that trut
or 10 stand before you with a cold, or eve
a placid manner My dear brethren, nov
is the day of your redemption.
EVERY ONE MUST GIVE ACCOUNT.
II is very certain that you and mus
coon appear before God in judgment w