The Penn's Grove record., 1892-07-29

ros one second Old and that they dro,
STRAIGHT from the throne OF cd into Won
heart "
Tnere are many people to whom the Bibl,
doss not am1unt TO much. II the7 mersi
iook at the outside bssuty, wny il will n,
more leaf then to Christ than Washington,
farewell address, or the Koran of Malone
or the Shaster OF tho Hin ioos, Il il the in.
ward light OF Gods Word you must get o,
die. l e up to the church of the Wada
ieine in Paris and looked at the doors. wnic,
were the most won lerfulIy constructed
ever saw, and l could have stsii thera for
whole week; but 1 had only a little time 30
having glanced at the wonderful carving m
the doors, | passed in and looked at the ra
diant affairs and the sculpturei dome. Alas
that so many stop at the outside door q
Gods holy Worf, looking at the rhetorical
beauties, instead OF going in and looking al
the affairs OF sacrifice and the dome OF Goi'
penttent and believing souli
! Oh, my friends, il you merely want Z,
study the laws OF lsngu4ge, do not 90 10 tn,
Bible. IL was not made for that. TAX,
"Howe't Elements o, Criticism" II would
be better thau the Bible for that. IL yor
want to study metaphysics, better than the
Bible will be the writings Of William Hamil
ton. But IL you want to know how to hav'
sin p~ardoned, and at last to gain the blessed
ness OF heaven, search the Scriptures, .'fol
In them ye have eternal life"
When people are anxious about their soul.
and there are sore here to- day there ar,
those who recommend good books. That 4
all right. But | want TO tell you that tht
Bible is the best book under such circum
stances Baxter wrote "A Call to tue I'm
converted" but the Bible is the best call I.
the uncovered. rniip G1ddinige .Toss
'sThe Rise and Progress OF Religion in the
Soul" but the Bible is the best rise and pro.
gress. John Angel James wrote advice
to the Anxious Inquirer" but the Bible il
the best advice to the anxious inquirer.
: Oh, the Bible Is the very book you need.
anxious and inquiring soul! A dying soldier
said to his mate, 'Conrade, give me q
dropr' The comrads shook up the canteeu
and said, ''There isn't a drop oil water in the
canteen." .'Oh,n said the diving soldier.
''that's not what I want. feel in my KNAPP
sack for my Bible" And his comrade found
the Bible and read him a few of the gracious
promises, AMI the dying soldier said. "Ah,
that's what I want. There isn't anything
like the Bible for a dying soldier. is there
my comradeP' Oh, blessed book while we
live. Blessed book when we die.
. Iremark, again, we must seek God through
church ordinances. "What," say you,
cant man be saved without going to
churchr Ireply, there are men, l suppose,
In glory, who have never seen a church;
but the church is the ordained means by
which Ne are to be brought to God: AMI II
truth affects US when we are alone, 1t affects
us more nightly when we are in the
assembly the feelings Of others empha.
sizing our own feelings. The great Law oil
would take hold only with the grasp of q
sick MIN beats nightly against the soul
with Q thousand heart throbs.
| When you come INTO the religious circle,
, come only with one notion and only for one
! purpose-to find the way to Christ. When
I see people critical about sermons. and
critical about tones of voices, and critical
about sermonic delivery, they make me
think of q man in prison. He is condemned
brings a pardon and puts it through the
wicket Of the prison and says: "aere is your
| pardon. Come and get It," "Whati Dc
: you expect me to take that pardon offered
with such q voice as you have, and with such
an awkward manner as you havef l would
rather die than 80 compromise my rhetorical
n~otionsi' All, the man does not say that;
be takes iti 1t is his life. He does not care
! how it is handed to him. And il this morn.
ing that pardon from the throne Of God is
offerei to our souls should we not seize 1t,
regardless of all criticism, feeling that it Is
Q matter of heaven or he'll
But I come now to the last part OF my
text. It tells US when we are to seek the
Lord, "While He may be found" When Ii
thatf Old agef You may not see old age.
Tomorrow You may not see Tomorrow.
Tonight You may not see tonight. Now
Oh, If 1 could only write on every heart in
three capital letters that word NOW
uowi
Sin Is an awful disease. 1 hear people say,
| with the toss Of the head and with a trivial
manner, 'Oh, yes, Pm a sinner" Sin is an
awful disease. 1t is leprosy. 1t is dropsy,
It Is consumption. 1t is all moral disorder.
In one. Now You know there isa crisis in q
disease. Perhaps you have had some Illus
tration Of it in your family. Sometimes the
physician has called and he has looked al
| the patient and said: THAT case was simple
| enough, but the crisis has passed. Ii yor
had called me yesterday or this morning
could have cured the patient. 1t Is too late
now; the crisis has passed" just so it Is In
the spiritual treatment of the soul; there 1:
q crisis. Before that, lifsi After that,
death! o my lear brother, as you love your
soul, do not let the crisis pass unattended
itoi
There are some here who can remember
instances In life when II they had bought
certain property they would have become
very rich. A lew acres that would have
| cost them almost nothing were offered them.
They refused them. Afterwari a large vii.
lage or city sprang up Cd these acres o.
ground and they see what . mistake they
made in not buying the property; There
was an opportunity Of getting it. 1t never
same back again. And 50 1t Is in regard x
. mans spiritual and eternal fortune. There
Is q chance; IL you let that go, perhaps q
never comes back. Certainly that on
never comes back.
There is a time which mercy has set for
leaving port. II you are on board befort
that you will get q passage for heaven II
you are not on board you miss your pas
sometimes adjourned from term to term
and from year to year, till the bill OF cost
eats up the entire estate, so there are mel
| who are adjourping the matter of religion
from time to time, and from year to year
until heavenly bliss is the bill of costs the
man would have to pay for 1t.
Why defer this matter, o my dear hear
err Have you any idea. that sin will veal
outf that it will evaporate, that it will relaI
Its graspf hat you may find religion rs
man accidentally finds q lost pocketbook
| All, mol No man ever became q Christian
by accident or by the relaxing of sin. Th'
endorsements are all the time increasing
The hosts Ct darkness are recruiting, ant
the longer you postpone this matter thu
sleeper the path will become l ask thos'
men who are before me this morning wheth-
or in the ten or fifteen years they hav'
passed Ia the p~ostponenent of these matter,
they nave come any nearer Coo or heaven
| / would not DO afraid to challenge thi
whole audience, so far as they may not hav'
found the peace of the Gospel, in regard Il
that matter. Your hearts, you are ~illinl
frankly to tell me, are becoming harder am
harder, and that II you come TO Christ 1t vii
! be more of an undertaking now than it eva
| would nave been before. oh, fly for refUg
The avenger OF blood IS on the tracki rh
throne OF Judgment will soon be set, and i
you nave anything to do toward your eterna
salvation you had better do it now, for tn
redemption Of the soul is precious and /
ceaseth foreveri
oh. IL men Gull on'y catch iust on
glimpse Of Christ, I know they would Low
Him. Your heart leaps at the sight OF
glorious sunrise or sunset. Can you be witt
out emotion as the Sun of RIGHTEOUSNESS
rises behind Calvary and sets benin
Joseph's sepulcherp He is a blessed Saviour
Every nation has its type Of beauty. The
IL German beauty and Swiss beauty an
Italian beauty and English beauty, but
care not in what land q man first looks Z
Christ. he Him 'chief anon
ten thousand, and the one altogether lovely
10 my blessed Jesusi Light in darkness
The rock on which I builil The Captain {
Isalvationi My joyi My strength. ho
strange 1t is that men cannot love Thee.
The diamond districts OF Brazil are car.
fully guarded, and a man does not get
there except by a pass from b Cover
meut. but the love of Christ Is a damon