The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-08-04

VIII wear OUT that 1t will evaporate?
that 1t Will relax its grasp? that you
may find religion as man accidentally
hnds lost pocketbook? Alb, no. No
man ever became Christian by acct
dent or by the relaxing of sin. The
are all the time IN
creasing. The hosts of darkness are re-
crulting and the longer you postpone
IhlS matter the sleeper the path will be-
come, / ask those men who are before
me this morning whether, in the ten or
fifteen years they have passed in the
postponement Of these matters, they
have come any nearer God or heaven !?
! would not he afraid to challenge
this whole audience, so far as they
may not have found the peace Of the
Gospel, In regard to that matter. Your
hearts, you are willing frankly to tell
me, are becoming harder, and that if
you come to Christ it will be more of an
undertaking how than 1t ever would
have been before. Oh, fly for REFUGEE!
They avenger of blood is on the track! I!
The throne of judgement will soon be
set, and if you have anything to do to-
ward your eternal salvation you had
better do it now, for the redemption of
the soul is preciousand it ceaseth for,
ever.
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soon appear before God in Judgment.
We cannot escape it. The Bible says,
EVERY eye shall see him, and they also
which pierced hun, 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 dis
comtiture-eyeryp prayer, every sermon,
every eXhOrtatOry remark, every re-
proof, every call of grace; and while
the heavens are rolling away like a
scroll and the world is being destroyed,
your destiny and my destiny will be
announced. Alas alas. if on that day
1t IS found that we have neglected
these matters. We may throw them
off now. We cannot then. We will all
be in earnest then. But no pardon
then. No offer Of salvation then.
Driven away in our NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
iShcd, cXiled forever
Lave you ever Imagined what will
he the SoliIoquy of the soul on tnat day
unpardoned us it looks back upon its
past life? "Oh," say the soul, 81 had
glorious SaDbaths. There was one Sab
bath III autumn when was invited to
Christ. There was Il Sabbath morning
when .luSuS stood and spread out his
arms and invited me to his holy
heart. | refused him. havo de.
Stroyed myself. have no one
else to blame. Ruin complete. Dark
ness Implying, deep; eternal | am
lost Notwithstanding all the oppor-
tunitieS ] have hld OF being saved, |
am lost On thou long suffering Lord
God Almighty, am lost! O day
of judgement, | am lost. . father,
mother, brother, sister, child in glory,
am lost" And then rs the tide goes
n far bar
from God, farther from happint ss, and
hear your voice fainter and fainter
and fainter: Lost! Lost! Lost!
Lost. LoSt!' O ye dying yet immor-
tai men. seek the Lord while he may
be found"
But | want you to take the hint Of
the text that | have no time to dwell
on--the hint that there is time when
he cannot be found. There is man
IN this city, eighty years Of age, who
said to Clergyman wnO came in, "Do
you think that a man at eighty years of
age can get pardontd?' "Oh, yes"
said the clergyman. The old man said,
81 can't; when | was twenty years of
age-l AIN now eighty years-the spirit
of God came to my soul, and felt the
Importance Of attending to these
things, but put it Off, rejected God, ,
and since then have had no feeling"
"Well," said the minister, "wouldn't
you like to have me pray with you?'
"G es, replied the old man, "bu5 it will
do no good. You can pray with me if
you like to-
The minister knelt down and prayed
and commended the mans soul to God.
1t seemed to have no effect upon him.
After awhile the last hour of the mans
lite came, and through his delirlum a
spark of intelligence seemed to flash,
and with his last breath he said, 81
shall never be forgiven" 90 seek the
Lord while he may be found"
Al Moor ,oA@r ,n.o