Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-06-15

dressed by affairs Of state. IL Was bustn.S+
among other things that ruined his soul ana
| suppose there are thousands OF people "ao
are not children OF God becausethey have 80
much business. II is business IN the store
losses, gains. unfaithfui employees
II ia business Ia YOUR law ofitee sub
n.enas. writs YOU have 10 write out, papers
sou have to fiir. arguments You nave 20
make II Is your medical profession, wan
its broken nights and the exhausted ahNi'-
ties OF life hanging upon your treatment. IL
il your real estate Office. your business with
landlords and tenants and the allure OF men
10 meet their obligations with YOU. Aye,
with some Of those who are here IL Is the an-
noyance Of the Gitrhen. andthe sitting room,
and the psrlor-the wearing economy ottry-
ing to meet large expenses with small III
come Ten thousand voices OF "husiness,
business. business" drown the voice OF the
eternal Spirit, silenciny the voice Of the adj
vancing Judgment day, overcoming the voire
OF eternity, and they cannot hear they can
not listen. They say. go thy way for this
time" Some of you look upon your goods,
look upon your profession, you look upon
your memorandum books. and You see the
demands that are made this very week upon
your time and your patience and your
money, and while an entreating You about
your soul and the danger OF procrastination
you say: go thy way for this time. When
/ have convenient season, will call Tor
thee"
applause ana All human favor! You took
twenty-five years In trying TO pull down his
fame and then take twenty-five years in tty-
ing TO build his monument. My friends, was
there ever better commentary on the hol-
lowness OF all earthly favor2 II there are
Young men who read this who are postpon-
ing religion IN order that they may have tho
favorS OF this world let me persuade them
OF their complete folly. II You are looking
forward to guuernatorlal, senatorial or pres
identIal chair, let me show you your great
mistake.
Can 1t be that there is now any young
man saying: LET me have political office.
let me have some OF the high positions OF
trust and power, and then 7 will attend to
religion, but not now. Go thy way for this
time When l have convenient season, |
will call for thee
And now my subject takes u deeper tone,
AMI il shows what dangerous thing IL this
deferrng OF religion. When Paufs chain
ratified down the marne stairs OF Fr'tx that
was Felix's last chance for heaven Ju lying
from his character a'terwari, he WIS re-
probate and abar doned. And so was Dru-
silla.
One day in the southern Italy there was
trembling OF the earth. aud the air got black
with smoke intershot with liquid rocks. an |
vesuvus rained upon Drusilla aud upon her
son horrible tempest OF ashes AMI fire.
They did not reject religion. They only put
it of They did not understand that that
day that that hour when Paul stool before
them, was the pivotal hour upon which every
thing was poised. AMI that II TIPPED tho
wrong way. Their convenient season came
when Paul and his guardsman entered the
palace 1t went away when Paul AMI his
guarisman left. Have you never seen men
waiting for convenient season? There IS
such great fascination about II that thou IN
you may have great respect To the truth OF
Christ, yet somehow there Is in your soul
the thought Not quite yet. Ii Is
not time for me to become Il CHRISTIAN. |
SAY to hoy, Seek Christ. lie saws NO.
Wait until get to be q young man. say
to the young man. Seek Christ" He says,
"Wait until come to midlite.' meet the
same person in mldlfr, and say, Seek
Christ He says, "Wait until | get old. -
| meet the same person III old az and say tn
him, Seek Christ lie says, wait until |
am on my dying bed" | am rall'd To his
dying couch. His last moments have come.
bend over the couch aud listen for his last
words. | have partially to guess what they
are by the motion Of his lips, lie IL 90 feohl.'.
but rallying himself he whispers until can
! hear him say, Ian waiting fora --
/ can tell you when your convenient season
| will come. | can tell you the wear. II wal
| be 1894 | can tell YOU what Kind ~ day
| 1t will he 1t will he the iabhath day
! | can tell you what hour IL will be-. 1t viii
| lie between X and i0u'rlork. la other words
| it is now Do YOU ask me how | know thi'
! Ia your convenient season. | know II 10
cause you are here and because the elect
sons and daughters OF God are praying lui
\ tr., ~
! convenient season because some ot YOU, like
Felix, tremble AS all your past llfe COME
upon YOU with ia sin, AMI all the future lii,
zones upon YOU with its terror. This night
air IL aglarr with torches to show yuu up oI
to show YOU down. Ii Is rnatlinR with wing
to lift you into light or smite you into lie
| spair and there il a rushing L. and fro, an,
u beating against the door OF your souls witt
great thunder OF emphasis, telling you
Now, now Is the best time, as II may be- the
only time.
May God Almighty lcrbth that any Of YOU
my brethren or sisters, act the part Of Fell,
| and Drusila and put away this great sub
ject II you arc going to be saved ever
why not begin tonight Throw down YOU
sins and take the Lords pardon. Christ ha'
been tramping after you many day. Al
Indian ami a white man became Christians
The Indian, almost as soon as he heard tn,
| gospel, DeneNeu an was saved, out tn
white man struggled on In darkness for
long while before he found light.
After their peace In Christ the whit
man said to the Indian, why was 1t thnt
was kept SO long In the darkness and yol
Immediately found peaceY The Indian 70
piled: II will tell you. A prince come
along, and he offers you a coat. You loo
at your coat, and you say, My coat
good enough, and you refuse hi
offer, but the prince comes aon.
and he offers me the coat, and
look at my old blanket, and | throw this
away and take his offer. You, SIR" contir
ued the Indian, 'are clinging to your ow
righteousness you think you are goo
enough, and you keep your own righteous
ness but | hnve nothing, nothing, and s
when Jesus offers me pardon and peace
simply take It,"
My reader, why not now throw away til
WORKOUT blanket OF your sin and take ii
robe OF Savlour's righteousness robe s
white, 30 fair, 50 lustrous that no fuller o
earth can whiten III o shepherd, to-nigt
bring home the lost sheep o Father, t.
night give welcoming kiss TO the wa
prodigal o friend OF Lazarus, to-nigl
break down the door OF the sepulcher IN
say to all these dead souls rs by irrasistib
flat "Livel Live"
IT is odd but true that one ca
best Judge of a woman's carrIay
when abe Ia walking