The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-07-27
whz should l Stand here and plead,

and you sit there9 II is your immortal
soul. 1t is a soul that shall never die.
1t is soul that must soon appear be-
fore God for reviewal Why throw
away your chance for Heaven Why
plunge off into darkness when all the |
gates of glory are openP Why become
castaway from God when you can sit
upon the throneP Why will YOU die
miserably when eternal, life is offered
you, and it will cost you nothing but
just willingness to acceptitr Come, for
all things are now ready" Come, Christ
is ready, pardon is ready. The church is
ready. Heaven is ready. You will never
/ find more convenient season If you
should live fifty years more than this
very one. Reject this and you may die
in your sins.
| Why do say this? Is 1t to frighten
your soul? o, no. 1t is to persuade
you. show you the peril l show you
the escape. Would not be coward
beyond all excuse, If, believing that
this great audience must soon be
launched into the eternal world, and
that all who believe in Christ shall be
saved, and that all who reject Christ
will be lost-would not be the veriest
coward on earth to hide that truth or
to stand before you with cold, or even
placid manner? My dear brethren,
now is the day of your redemption.
1t is very certain that you and must
soon appear before God in Judgment.
We cannot escape II. The Bible says:
"Every eye shall see Him, and they also
which pierced Him, and all the kindreds
of the earth shall wall because'of Him. "
On that day all our advantages will
come up for our glory or for our discom-
! fture-every prayer, every sermon,
) every exhortatory remark, every re-
: proof, every call of grace; and while the
heavens are rolling away like scroll,
: and the world is being destroyed, your
: destiny and my destiny will be an
5 nounced. Alasl alasl II on that day II
S Is found that we have neglected these
I matters. We may throw them off now
S We cannot then. We will all be In
+ earnest then. But no pardon then. Nc
e offer of salvation then No rescue then
,; Driven away In our wickedness-ban
a ished, exilcd, forever
= Have you ever imagined what will bt
r the soliloquy of the soul on that daN
S unpardoned, as 1t looks back upon 1T
S past life? "O," says the soul, 81 hat
glorious Sabbaths There was on
r Sabbath in autumn when | was in
d vited to Christ There was a Sab
d bath morning when Jesus stood ant
IS spread out His arms and invited me +
l. His holy heart. refused Him. hav
d destroyed myself have no one else
y blame. Ruin complete. Darkness UT
d plying deep, eternal am lost! Not
n withstanding all the opportunities
Is have had of being saved | am lost?
,r thou long-suffering Lord God Almighty
d am lost! o day Of judgment, ] al
e. lost! o father, mother, sister, brothe,
70 child in glory, am lost" And theI
y, as the tide goes out, your soul goes OF
with it-farther from God, farther frol
ct happiness, and hear your voice faint'
I'd aud fainter and fainter: Lost! Los
or Lost! Lost! Lostr ye dying, y,
,u immortal men, "Seek the Lord while L
in may be found"
d. But want you to take the hint
m the text that have no time to DIVE
is on-the hint that there is time wh'
en- He cannot be found. There is man
e. this city, eighty years Of age, who sa
ar to a clergyman who came in: DO W
Ill think that man at eighty years OF Al
can get pardonedP" 10, yes" said q
ar clergyman. The old man said: II can
in When was twenty years Of age-l a
c? now eighty years-the Spirit OF G'
on came TO my soul, and l felt the IL
ly portance OF attending TO the
No things, but put II off. reject
ci- God, and since then have had no fe
m ing" "well," said the minist'
rs "would't you like to have me pray wi
IL you?" "Yes," replied the old ma
lis ''but IL will do no good. You can pr
Pc with me II you like TO-" The minis'
,re lsnelt down and prayed and commend
or the mans soul TO God. II seemed
he have no effect upon him. After VIII
ey the last hour Of the mans life can
N? and through his delirium spark OF
mis- telligence seemed to fash, and WI
lot his last breath he said: 81 shall ne'
In be forgiven" 20, seek the Lord VIII
on | Ho NAV no foundn "