Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-01-04

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nevsr oosns Get lest The redeemed get their
eyss ga ygu and some oae ~ cut. That -
ras nan - 30 never lifted band or voice FOR
the redemption nf his fellews Look at
u. al hszlvea" Better be basy. Better
put the n.ow ia deep. Better say WIZ.
yoa have 70 Say quickly. Better cry tic
alarm. Better ta.i 81 year knees. Better
lay hold with both hands. Mhst you now
leave und0ns for CAr.st will forever -
undone This year thou shalt de-
GEr READY
In view Of the probabilities mentioned. l
advise all the men aud women uot rcedy
for eternity 20 get ready. II the text be
tr-.e. you have 10 time 10 talk about noa-
essentials, asking why Ted let sin come
into the world; or whether the book Of
jonah Is inspired or who AolcAisedec was;
or what about the eternal DEGREES. IL you
are Is near eternity Is some o. ycu seem 10
De, there is 10 tame for anything hat TIE
question, What must do to Be savcis"
The arowning man. when plank is thrown
him, stcns nct 10 ask what sawrlill maas
il, or whether il is oak or cedar. or who
threw il. TIE moment IL is thrown, he
elutcaes il. II this year you are To die,
there is no t.me for anything bat immedi-
ately laying Eold on God IL Ia high time
10 get out OF your SINS. Yoa say, Il have
committed no great tra2syrssiors- But
are yoa not aware that your life has been
sinful, The snow comes down Oh the Alps
flake by fake and it is 50 light that you
may hold il on the tip Of your finger with
out feeling any weight; but the takes
gather, they compact. until some day Il
travellers foot starts the slide, and it goes
down IN Ea avalanche, crashing To death
the villagers 50 tho sins OF your youth,
and the sins Of your manhood. and the sins
of your womsRhood may have seemed only
slight inaccuracies or trihing dive-genees
from the right-so slight that they are
hardly worth mentioning, but they have
been piiiag up and piiing up. packing to
getEsr and packing together. until they
make a mountain OF sin, and one more step
= r.. Il -
side down ULon you N avalanche OF ruin
and conaenLa lion.
\ man crossing a desolate and lonely
plateau. hungry wolf tool. after HIN. lie
brought hi. gun 10 his shoulder ard took
sirn, and the wolf howl.d with pain, and
the cry woke up a pack of wolves, and they
came ravening out OF the forest from all
sides and horribly devoured him. Thou
art the man. Some one sin OF your life
summouing ON eli the rest. they surround
thy soul and make the night OF thy sin ter
rible With the assault of their blcedy mus;-
Eles. Oh, the unpardoned. ciaEoring, rev.
ening, ell devouring sins OF thy lifetime!
4 maniac was found pacing along the
road with q torch in one hsS and pail OF
water IN the other. and some one asked
him what he meant TO DO with them. rs
answered. With this torch mean 70 burn
down heaven, and with this water mean
10 pat out the fires Of hell" He wss a
maniac. He oould do the one thing lust as
well Us ne coull DO the other. No tims to
lneo if Jon want 10 escape your sins fol
This year thou shaft de.
Let me announce that Christ, the Lord
glands ready 10 save aay nan who want;
10 be saved he waited for you all lns'
year, and all the year before, and all yo6l
life. He HIS waited Tor Won with blood or
his brow and tears in his eye. and two ont
stretched. mangied hsnds % love
You coa1e homo sou-e night ara find tbs
rn-rk os mE6dY feat on yorr front steps
You hasten In and ARd an excited gToGI
around ycar child. Ee fell into a pond
and had il not becn for brave led, VINE
plunged in aad brougt; HIN out and car
red him home ~ De resrscitated, yor
would have bscn chi!diess You fees that
YOU caanst do enough for the rescuer
You throw your arms around him. Yo'
oTer him any corn IseaSatioD. tOu say &
him; Anything that you want shall b
YOURS 7 will never cease Ia he grateful.
But my Lord Jesus sees your soul sinkina,
and attempts TO bring 1t ashore, and so'
not oaIy refuse him thanks, but stand Of
the beach snd say: Drop that soull IL
want 1t saved. will ssve il myse.
wish yea migh5 know what "a job Jos,i
undertook ..Len he carried your case q
Cs'var- TheT crowded him 10 the wal
They struck hin They spat on MIN. The.
Kicked him They c15ffed him. They scales
RI him They scoGrged him. They mar
dcred him Blood blood As he stoc2
down 20 Nit vol up the cririson drops apo
yol from MS brow tro,n his s.do, rroul a.
hands DO you not ieel the varTn cuTTca
On vour face Oh, for thse the hunger. a
thirst. the thorn sting the suffocs,icn. tn
darkness. the gr0an, the sweat, ts
struggle. the death
a great plague came in Marssilles. ia
doctors hs,id consultation and decide
that corpse r1nst be diSsected or the
won d never know how 10 stop the plague
a Dr. Guyon saSd. Tomorrow morning
will proceed TO diSsecto or" II g made ~
will. prepared for death. went iato the ho'
rital, dis<aectcd body, wrote ont the n
sults q the direction and oied N tvelv
hours. Beautiful self sacrifice. you 80,
our ord Jesus looked ont from hsave
and saw plague stricken race. sin mal
le d.ssected lie made his will sisin
everything 80 ais people tie colaes dow
iato The r-ekifE hospital OF earth lie las
his aa-d 90 the work Under car p'sSr
be dias-ths bsaithy for the sick. the pa
lor the polluted. the innocent for the guilt,
p,boid ne love' Behold the sacrificei H.
h0tt tue rusc1e'
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