Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-03-03


,yer one sinner forgiven. 1t must DC y
yast Importance to be Of my ilo'i'ens -
a,,tsen, your salvation u 'hat ia'lu 49, =
,iadnesses are the everyday oecurfense, :
hst land where the common STONES % e.ie
field are jasper aud emerald ana cn.y -
.,,,,.,s,,s and carbuncle and sardonyX. Ana
set the news OF your salvation hia"eS 9os
before the throne Of God
You remember years ago. stage url'si
~ tf.,. White mountains became very rece'
less. He had large number Of pi''se lisI -
81 the stage, and the stage was drawn ~
aix horses, wild and ungoyernabie' ana y, y
drove near the precipice' ana ne afO'e oul
the stage with its precious ifeishl toii'ns
down the embankment, ana ihaiiy were
t'Djn. but feH were saved. isuPpose "hvh
hey wrote home they wrote with con,
,rafulaiion at their rescue The Angels u
God look down and they see men driving
on the edge OF great precipices Of ruin aha
danger. drawn By Wild leapinS, roaming
and ungoyernable perils III TINS me- ana u
any shall escape before they capsiIe' 90 you
not suppose the angels OF Goa rsJoice' els
inn Good. good Saved from SIN saved
from death, saved from hell saved TOT
evern' c..
The supreme court Of the United States
does not adjourn for anything trinlhg. II
must be the death Of cabinet minister
or the death Of a president. or some mat,
ter of very great moment. When hiiu
ali heaven adjouning its other JOYS Tor
this one Joy make up my mind II Is OF
very great importance If heaven can aneid
To adjourn all other festivities to celebrate
this one triumph.
DO YOU wonder that so many OF these
Christian people have toiled night ana diy
IN this work OF soul saving, ii it IS Of such
vast importanceg DO you wonder that
Nettleton and Finley and Bishop Ashnry
and John Wesley and George Nhiteiield
and Paul ana angels and Christ ana Goa
stripped themselves for the work ArouLa
that one soul circles the mist, the nre, the
darkness, the JOY the anthem, the waliing
the hallelujah and the woe Of Gods uni
verse Ii the soul Is saved, then Up comes
10 trumpet and fingers 70 harp ana hahl-
iner TO bell and there is jog among the
angels OF tod over that one soul forgiven.
For such IA soul plead
coNNCNnFNG RELIGION.
Having found in my own experience thai
this religion Is a comfort and JOY, ! stand
here 10 commend it 70 you In the days Of
NV infancy was carried by Christian par
entS to the house 81 God, and consecratea
IN baptism to the Father, aud the Son, and
the Holy Ghost. but that did not save me
IN after time WIS taught 10 kneel at the
Christian family altar with father and
mother and brothers and sisters, the most
Of them now In glory. but that did not save
me.
In after time read Doddridge's Rise
and Progress" and Bakers Call TO the
Uneonverted, - 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, Re
pent, repent: believe, believe and nc
cepted the offer Of mercy, and though no
doubt there was more joy in heaven over
the conversion Of other souls because Of
their farreaching 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 years you have not
prayed, begin now to pray.
"Oh,n you say, Il can't pray" Can you
not say, God be merciful to me, 4 sinnert'
"Nom you say, II can't say that Then
can you not look TO the throne Of mercyf
mo- you say, Il can't look up" Can you
not then give some signal like that whiclr
WAS given by the lad in the hospitalg He
WIS sick and suffering and dying, and
wanted speedily go away from all suffer
ing and pain. and he said to his comrades
IN the hospital, 1T is strange to me that
Jesus doesn't see me when he goes through
here nights and takes others to himself
He goes through here and he Doesn't see
me. must be asleep and he doesn't know
! want to 20.
"Now, tell you how I'll arrange it. IN
90 TO sleep with my hand up, and then
when Jesus comes through the hospital by
night be will see my hand lifted, and he
will know by that want to 90 with him. +"
So il was done korthat night Jesus went
through the hospital and took the suffer.
ing lad and the next morning the nurse
passing through the wards of the hospital
saw dead hand lifted braced on one side
against the pillow, and the left hand hold.
ing the elbow Of the right arm Jesus had
seen the signal and answered it. Oh, sick
soul, wounded soul, dying soul, canst thou
not give some signalg Wilt thou not lift
one hand or one prayers God grant thar
this day there may be JOY in heaven among
the angels of God over your soul forgiveni
Music in Heaven.