Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-08-07

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an eternal journey. and sou were to lead
thetn A gem to flash in heavens coronc:,
and you to polish It. eternal ages OF light
and darkness watching the starting out OF a
newly created being
You rejoiced and you trembled at the re-
sponsibility that in your possession an I'm
mortal treasure was placed. You pray i
and rejoiced and wept aud wondered ard
prayed and rejoiced and wept and wondered;
you were earnest In duplication that you
might lead II through life into the king
dom Of God There was tremor In Your
earnestness; there was a double interest
about that home. there was an additional
interest why you should stay there and e
faithful, and when in a few months your
house was filled with the music Of the
child's laughter you were struck through
with the fact that you had stupendous
mission.
Have you kept that vowi Have you
neglected spy Of these duties' Is your
home as much to you as IL used 10 bei
Have those anticipations been gratinedg
God help you todny in your solemn rem
inescence and let bis mercy fall upon your
soul il your kindness hns been III rcquited.
God have mercy on the parent, on the wrin-
kles Of whose face is written the story Of n
child's sin. God have mercy on the mother
who in addition TO her other pangs has the
pang Of chiid's iniquity. Oh, there are
many. many sad sounds IN this sad world,
but the snddest sound that Is ever heard is
the breaking Of a mothers heart. Are
there any here who remember that in that
hor,e they were. unfaithfulf Are there
those who wandered OIL from that early
home and left the mother to die with
broken heart' On, stir that Renaissance
today
REPENTANCE.
ind another point in your life history.
You found one day you were in the wrong
road; you could not sleep at night. There
was just one word that seemed to sob
through your banking house, or throu h
your office, or your shop, or your bedroom,
and that word was eternity" You sAih:
Il am not ready for il. o God, have mercym
The Lord heard Peace came to your heart.
You remember how your hand trembled ~
you took the cup OF the holy communion.
You remember the old minister who con.
secrated it, and you remember the chui IN
officials who carried 1t through the aisle.
You remember the old people who NJ 10
close Of the service took your hand in theirs
in congratulatiDg sympathy, as much AZ 10
sag, welcome home, you lost psodigal,p
and though those hands have all withered
away that communion Sabbath is resur.
rpctcd today; II is resurrected with all it,
prayers and songs and tears and sermons
and TRANSPORTATION. Have you kept thosd
vowsi Have you been a backslider' God
help You. This day knecl at the foot I
mercy and start again for heaven. Start
today as you started then l rouse your
soul by that Renaissance.
But | must not spend any more of my
| life. just put them all in ono great sheaf,
and bind them up in your memory with
one loud harvest song such rs reapers sing
Praise the Lord, ye blood bought mortalJ
on earthl Praise the Lord, ye crowned
spirits Of heaycn
But some OF you have not always had a
smooth life Some Of you are now in the
shadow. Others had their troubles yenrJ
Rgo-you are u mere wreck OF what You
once were. must gather up the sorro vs
OF your pnst life but how shall | do ~
You say that ia impossible, as you have
had so many troubles and adversitios.
Then | will just take two, the first trouble
and the last trouble.
As when you are walking along the
street and there has been music In the dis.
lance you unconsciOusly find yourselves
keeping sten to the music, so when you
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