Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-07-03

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But snAiyss ~ pubtio.ns pssyss
stsp fursh>s. CD 6sA thas b. ssp>cssd
40 ssls<f ezcsps throogh Gods mercy.
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n~a when sc t,o sasss. pay shsru
right ovss "a the govwnmsot | give
fun p.unin4pn 70 any body - andfs my
sccounfa I sppsAl 70 thy jus<&es. o
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himssaf hss On, Code marcy.
Have ysa any ~ thas . mAa by
brssking % shs sa.l9 u tbs lspro~y csn
change shs as..>sss Have you aay idea
that Jon CA BY changing yoar life
change your hsare--shas you can pur-
chans your way 70 hsavsoi Coxae. Try t.
Cpms. hiring al The bssaA you ever gave
10 the hungry. I'll ~ uardactne you ever
gave % the ssck. al the kind words you
have ever ufssrsd. eli the kind deeds
thai have ever Distinguished you Add
than al up into the tBsuasndous assyre
gate q god words and works. and then
wa win 80 Paul sharpen his knife as he
cuts that sfsrit u ssif sstisfaceion ~ he
cries. by the deeds Of tho Law there
shall no firah b. justified
Well. say thousand men in this su-
Grnce. II ! an not % get anything In
the way u peacs from God In good
works. how am To be saved, BY mercy.
Hers stand to tell the story; mercy,
mercy. long suffering mercy; sovereign
mercy. infinite mercy. omnipoteRt
mercy. everlasting mercy. Why. II
seems In the Bible - II AL language were
exhausted. ~ II IL were stretched until il
broke. A. IL ali expression were struck
dead at THO feet Of prophet and apostle
and evangelist when il tries to dcscrbs
Gods mercy.
HOPE FcR THE RErrSrAST.
Oh. says some one, that IL only adding
Ia my crime II come and confess before
God and sex his mercy. No. no! The
murderer has come. and while he was
washing the blood Of his victim from
his hands. looked into the face of God
and cried for mercy. and his son has
been white in Gods pardoning lovel
And the soul that has wandered OF In
the streets and down 10 the very gates OF
hell has come hack to her fathers house,
throwing her arms around his neck, and
been saved by che mercy that saved Mary
Magdal~n-
But. says some one, You are throwing
open that door Of mercy too wide. No
l will throw IL open wider. will take
the responsibility Of saying that If all
this audience. instead Of being gathered
In selnicircle. were placed side by side
in one long line. they could all march
right through that wide open gate oil
mercy. "Whoseover. "whoseover. Oh
this mercy Of God-thers 10 no line long
enough 10 fathoin IL: there is no ladder
long enough % scale it: there II no arith
metic facile enough 10 calculate il: nc
angels wing can fly across il.
Heavenly harpers. aided by choirs
Il a.
that harmony If mercy. mercy. Il
sounds in tho rurnbiing Of the celestia,
gate hear IL In tbe Ginning Of the ce
iestial towerA sec il flashing in tn.
upsifted and downeast coronets 81 ths
saved. hear IL In the laundering tread
throne. and then IL comes from ths
harys and crowns and thrones and pro
o.ssions 10 SIT down. unexpxessed. on q
throne overlapping all heayen-th,
throne OF mercy
TtfK GOSyEL LIFTBoAT.
How wAs affected when some ON,
told me In regard To that accident o,
Long island sound. when one poor WON
IN came and got her hand On "a raft n,
she tried To save her-elf. but those VIII,
were on the raft thought there WAS nS
room for her. and one man came an
most cruelty beat and bruised her hand
until sh. ftll of Oh. | bless God tina
this hfeboat Of the gospel has roor;
enough for tho sixteen hundred millions
Of the rnes-room for one. ROOM for all
and vet there il roomi
| push tins analysis Of the publican
prayer . step further and find that h
did not expect any mercy except b,
pleading for it. He did not fold hi
hands together as some do. saying: Il
I'm % be saved. I'll BE- saved II I'm 90 b,
lo-t. IA bs lost. aud there IL nothing foi
me 20 do" lie knew what WINS wortl
having was worth asking for; hence Thu
earnest cry ~ thu text. God be mercifu
To rae. a sinnsrF
Il was aa earnest prayer. and IL
characteristic u all Bible prayers ths
they wsrc snswered-ths blind man
"Lord. that may receive my sight" TN
l-p~r. Lord. /. thon wilt. thou cans
make ins clean" sinking Peter. Lord
save me- tbs publican, God. be u.erci
fnl 20 me. . sinDerT But II you CONE
mp with the tip ~ your finger and tap a
the gate a mercy, u viii not op.n. Ios
have x0s 20 have tbe earne-tn.sa q tn
warrior who. d~sesse~i and pursusd. dis
mounts from hs~ l~therei ss-<si and wit.
ssunsle,sd hss pounds ct the palace gate
Yen hsv. got ~ have the ea<ns~tne-.
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