Milford chronicle., 1892-02-26

very great Importance if heaven can a1rort
to adjourn all other festivities to celebrat.
this one triumph.
Do you wonder that so many of thess
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 Whitcfield
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 wailing
the hallclujah ami the woe of Gods uni
verse. Ii the soul is saved, then lip comes
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 y
For such soul plead
CoMSIENDING RELIGION.
Having found in my own experience / at
this religion is a comfort and a joy, | sti 1
here to commend it to you. In the days of
! my infancy was carried by Christian par
ents to the house of God, and consccrated
in baptism to the Father, and the Son, and
the Holy Ghost; but that did not save me.
In after time was taught to kneel at the
Christian family altar with father and
mother and brothers and sisters, the most
of them win glory; but that did not save
me.
In after time read Doddridge's "Rise
and Progress" and Baxters Call to the
Unconverted, and all the religious books
around my fathers household, but that
did not save me. But one day the voice of
Christ came into my heart saying. ere
pent. repent; believe, believe" and ac-
cepted the offer of mercy, and though no
doubt there was more joy in heaven over
the conversion of other souls because of
their farrcaching influence, verify believe |
when gave my heart to God there were
some spirits in heaven the gladder for the |
deed. There is joy in heaven among the |
angels of God over one sinner that repent
eth" Turn this day to the Lord who
bought you. Let this whole audience sur
render themselves to Jesus Christ. If for
ten, twenty, fifty vars you have not
prayed, begin now to pray.
''Oh," you say, ~ can't pray" Can you
not say, God be merciful to me, a sinner"
NO." you say, 81 can't say that" Then
can you not look to the throne of mercy?
NO." you say, II can't look S,pn Can you
not then give sonlcasignal like that which
was given by the lad in the hospital? He
was SICK and suffering and dying, and
wanted speedily to go away from all suffer
in the hospital, u is strange to me that
Jesus doesn't see me when he goes through
here nights and takes others &c himself.
He goes through here and he dosen't see
me. must be asleep and he DOESN'T know
want to go.
"Now. tell you how I'll arrange it. I'll
go to sleep with my hand up, and then
when Jesus comes through the hospital by !
night he will see-my hand lifted, and he
will know by that want to go with him.
80 it was done For that night JesiiSwent.l /.
through the hospital and took the suffer /,
ng lad, and the next morning the nurse :
,assing through the wards of the hospital :
aw a dead hand lifted 3raced on one side !
gainst the pillow, and the left hand hold
ny the elbow of theright arm y rs had
cen the signal and answered T. U =ic, :
oul, wounded soul, dying soul, canst thou =
ot give some signals Wilt thou not lift !,
ne hand or one prayer God grant that
his day there may be joy in heavcrfv .dt :.
be angels of God o''er your soul forgiven! :,