Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-29

a. IAeA. MAJ Is the way II IS IN the
Church of God to-day; where you find
one Christian hard at work there are
fifty men watching the job.
Oh. my friends, why do you not 90
to work and preach the Gospelo You
say, Il have no pulpit" You have.
1t may be the carpenters bench. it
may be the mason's wall. The robe in
which you are to proclaim this Gospel
may be shoemaker, S apron. But woe
unto you if you preach not this
! Gospel somewhere, somehow. If
this world is ever brought to
Christ it will be through the
unanimous and long-continued efforts
Of men who, waiting for no special en-
! doWment, consecrate to God what they
! have. Among the most useless people
in the world are men with ten talents.
! while many g one with only two tai
ents, or no talent at all, is doing
| great work, and so 1.-The lame take the
prey.
There are thousands of ministers of
whom You have never heard-in log
ca bins at the west, in mission chapels
at the east-who are warning against
the legions of darkness. successfully
warning. Irack-distrib utors. month
by month undermining the citadels of
sin. You do not know their going or
their coming; but the footballs of
their ministry are heard in the palace
of Heaven. Who are the workers in
our Sabbath schools throughout this
land to-day? Men celebrated. men
brilliant men of vast 'estute. For the
most part, not that at all.
Oh, my friends, want to impress up
on myself and upon yourselves that it is
not the mum Der of talents we possess,
but the use we make Of them.
Oh. start on the road to Heaven to-
day. You are not happy The thirst
Of your soul will never be slaked bv
the fountain of sin. You turn every
where but to God for help. Right
where you are, call on Him lie knows
you. He knows al about Won. He
knows all the odds against which Won
have been contending in life DO not
go to Him with q long rigmarole Of
prayer, but u>t look up to Him and
say; Help! help
Yet you say: My hand trembles so
from my designations, can't even take
hold of hymn book to sing" DO not
worry about that. my brother: ! will
give out a hymn at the close so familiar
you can sing it without Il book But
YOU say: II have such terrible habits
on me. cant get rid Of them My
answer Is: Almighty grace can breal,
up that habit and will breal, it up.
Rut YOU say: "The wrong | did was to
Il 2 Il
cant correct that wrong" You can
correct it. BY the grace Of God 90 in
to the presence of that one. and the
apologies you ought TO have made on
earth make III iieaven.
ON. says some nlan. IF | should
try to do right, ii should turn away
from my evil-doing 1nto the Lord.
would lie ioStted, / would be driven
back: nobody would have any svmpa-
thy Tor nae. ON are mistaken. Here
in the prcScnce of the church on earth
and III Heaven, give YOU to-day the
right hand Of Christian fellowship.
God seat ne here to-day to preach this,
and He sent You here to hear this: Let
the wicked s"rSalle his way and the I'M
righteous l!cau his thought. and let
,,,,,r.r nod nn+n a,,. t'', u,',' 49, ''' ',7
~. "'''' an, =" ".'' ,''"' "'o VIII
I''''''''"'''i> l'''r""h. h"ogh You may
have beer the worst sinner Won NAV
bt'rulile ttI@ BEST saint aud in the great
day Of Judgment it viii be found that
E.v,,er. sin abnunded t~rac. DOES n,n.,
more aF.oond and yxbil, the sno;l. of
.n .x..,la.tinm l,;,,rIs,,,,,
'"''i - .,tlhS
:, = : 90 '''~, -" E'"F pursuit, II Will be
io"'a" Iha' 't''' lame tGck the prey.
hi">SE''' ne &c" that we are. this Sab
BATH. one week nearer the o5litera ton
:" SAli the jheHiiaiif itz> OF this life and
al u