The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-12-21
SUNDAY AT THE Y. M. C. A.
Mr.. Pinkston's Fine Address---A
Beautifully Touching Service.

The service at the Y. NJ. c. A. Sunday
was highly interesting. The speaker Mr..
Pinkston, trembled with emotion when |
he delivered the address, the subject of
which he announced as THE good news |
OF the gospel" The good life OF the man
and the sincerity and simplicity of the |
address had a telling effect upon those
present. Many shook Brother Pinkston ) |
hand after the service and thanked him |
for his talk. The following is an alb |
stract: The gopel is good news. No
better news ever fell upon the ears of
mankind than that of the gospel. When
the angels came down to proclaim the
glad tidings what did they say to the
shepherds? Behold, ! bring you bad news?
No. Behold bring you good tidings Of
great Joy. Ii those shepherds had been
like some people in this day they would
have said "we don't believe it is good
news. It's all excitement. Those angels
want to get up a revival Satan is
saying the gospel is not good news.
Don't you believe it is. 1t will only make
you miserable. But the shepherds be-
lieved the message and their hearts were
filled with Joy. Good news. We are dead
in trespasses and sins, and the gospel
offers life. We are enemies to God and
tIlt SOS)tl olItlS nt
world is in darkness-the gospel offers
light. The moment Il man believes the
gospel the light from Calvary crosses his
path and he walks in an unclouded sun
light. | want to tell you why | like the
gospel. 1t has been the very best news
| ever heard. No man can ever tell what
it has done, but | think | can tell what
it has undone. 1t has taken out of my
life the bitterest enemy | ever had-sin--
all my sins from childhoOd's earliest
hours. These are put behind Gods back.
God never turns back He marches right
On. Pile up your sins till they rise like
dark mountain and then multiply them
by ten thousand for those you can't
think of, and after you have tried to
enumerate them all just let me bring in
one verse of scripture and that mountain
will melt away. The blood OF Jesus
Christ His son cleanseth Us from all sin.
4 Sunday school teacher once asked a
little boy if there was anything God
| could not do. eyes" said be. 81 He
can't see my sins through the blood of
! Christi Is not that good news? This
| Jerusalem. The disciples are bidding
Him farewell. Calvary with all its hor-
rors is behind Him. Gethsemane and
Pilates Judgment are passed. The grave
has been conquered and He is now about
to take His place at the right hand of
| the Father. The hour OF parting is come,
and He has some last words for His fol
lowers. Is He thinking about Himself in
those closing moments? No. He is
thinking about you. Not those who
loved Him, but His enemies. Turning
to His disciples He said, with His great
heart Just bursting with compassion:
600 We into all the world and preach the
gospel to every creature" | can imagine
Peter saying Lord do you really mean
that we shall preach the gospel to evey
creature =" Yes, Peter" "But shall
we go back to Jerusalem and preach to
those who murdered your "1cs, Peter.
| First go and search out that man who
spit in my face. Tell him that | freely
forgive him. There is nothing in my
heart but love for him. Go search out
that man who put that cruel crown OF
a crown ready for him in my kingdom if
he will accept salvation. There shall not
be a thorn in it and he shall wear it for
ever and ever Find out that man who
took the reed from my hand and smOte
my head, driving the thorns deeper into
my brow. Tell him if he will accept sal
walton as gift that | will give him a
sceptre and he shall sway it over the ma
tons of the earth. Yes, | will give him
to sit with me upon my throne. Go seek
that man who struck me with the palm
OF his hand. Proclaim the gospel to him.
Yes, l can imagine Jesus saying ego
seek out that soldier who drove the spear
into my side. Tell him that there is a
nearer way to my heart than that. Tel
him | forgive him freely, and that would
make him soldier of the Cross, and my
banner over him shall be love-" [ thank
God, concluded the speaker, that the
gospel was to be preached to evers
creature.