The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-11

there is any man in this house who thinks
he is too bad to be saved, and says, 81
have wandered very grievously from God,
l do not believe there is any hope for
me, u tell you the story of this man in the
text who was brought to Jesus Christ in
spite of his sins and opposition. There may
be some here who are as stOutly opposed
to Christ as Paul was. There may be
some here who are captive of their sins as
much so as the young man who said, IN
regard to his dissipated habits, Il VIII
keep on with them. / know I am break
ing my mothers heart, and l know am
killing myself, and l know that when
die 1 shall go to hell, but it is now too
late to stop"
/ The steed on which you ride may be
swifter, and stronger, and higher-mettled
than that on which the Cilician prosecutor
rode, but Christ can catch it by the
/ bride, and hurl it back and hurl il down.
There is mercy for you who say you are
| too bad to be saved. You say you have
| put of the matter so long. Paul had
neglected it a great while. You say that
| the sin you have committed has been
amidst the most aggravating circum-
stances. That was so with Pauls. You
| say you have eXasperated Christ and
CoaXed your own ruin. So did Paul. And
| yet he sits to-day on one of the highest Of
the heavenly thrones and there is mercy
| for you, and good days for you, and glad
ness for you, if you will only take the
same Christ which first threw him down
and then raised him up. 1t seems
TO me as if l can see Paul to-
day rising up from the highway
| to Damascus and brushing off the dust
from his cloak and wiping the sweat of
excitement from his brow, as he turns to
| US and all the ages, saying, This faith
full saying, and worthy of all acceptation,
that Christ Jesus came into the world TO
| save sinners, of whom am chief"
Once more l learn from this subject that
there is a tremendous reality in religion.
If it had been mere optical delusion on
the road to Damascus, was not Paul just
the man to find it out? If it had been a
sham and pretense, would he not have
pricked the bubble? He was man of
facts and arguments, of the most gigan-
tic intellectual nature, and not man OF
Authorizations. And when l see him fall
from the saddle, blinded and overwhelmed
l say there must have been something IN
it. And, my dear brother, you will find
that there is something in religion some
where. The only question is, wherel
There was man who rode from STAN
ford to London. ninety-five miles in five
hours, on horseback. Very swift. There
was a woman of NewmG rket who rode on
horseback a thousand miles in a thousand
hours. Very swift. But there are those
here, ay, all of us are speeding on at ten
fold that velocity, at a thousand-fold that
rate, toward eternity. May Almighty
God from the opening heavens, flash
upon your soul this hour the question of
your eternal destiny, and oh that Jesus,
wOudlthis hour overcome you with his
pardoning mercy, as he stands here with
the pathos of a broken heart and sobs
into your ear, Il have come for thee. l
come with my back raw from the beating.
| come with my feet mangled with the
nails I come with my brow aching from
the twisted bramble. | come with my
heart bursting for your woes. can stand
it no longer. l am Jesus whom thou per
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