Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-02-14

the air Is IuL OF prdYcE( 10 you kuOW tudI
prayer is going up from Fulton street prayer
meeting and from Friday evening prayer
meeting, and going up every hour OF the day
for the redemption of the peoplei And II
you should Just start toward the door OF the
Christian church, how quickly it wouti f'y
open Hundreds OF people would say "Givb
that man room at the sacrament. Bring the
silver bowl for his baptism. Give him tae
right hand OF Christian fellowship. Bring
him into all Christian associations"
On you wanderer on the cold mountains,
come into the warm sheepfold. L let down
the bcrs and bid you come in. With the
shepherds crook point you the way. Hun
dreds of Christian hands beckon you into
the church OF GOi. A great many people do
not Ike the church, and say it is great
mass Of hyPOrrltes, but it Is glorious
church with all its imperiections. Christ
bought it, and hoistei the pillars, AMI sSunF
is Gates, and lifted is arches, ani cur
tTinei il with upholstery crimson with cru
cIlxion carnage. Come into il.
We are GARDEN walled around,
Chosen aud made erlliar -ntai,
A tt spot inciO-ei by grace
out % the worlds wild whIern So.
Again. the angels OF Col ara ready.
Great many Christians think that tine tax
atOur gels Is fanci,ul. You say il is a vorc
good subject for theological students who
nave just begun to ssrmOuize, but for elder
n N 1t is improper. There i no more proof
lil l.astl ltilc Attdl ill'-E- - ADl lutu lhFrt
are guyris. Why, DO not they swarm about
il obs ladder Are We not told that they
conducted Lazarus upward that they stand
ba.Ore the throne, their faces covered up
with their wings. while they cry, Holy,
holy is the Lord God Almighty" Did not
David see thousands and thousands? Did
not one angel slay $4,000 men in Senna-
cherib's army? And shall they not be the
chief harvesters at the judgment?
There is a line of loving, holy. mighty
angels reaching to heaven. / suppose they
reach from here to the very gate, and when
an audience is assembled for Christian wor-
snp the air is full OF them. II each one Of
YOU has a guardian angel, how many celes-
tiH,s there are here They crowd the place,
they hover, they fit about, they rejoice.
LOoE. that spirit is just come from the
throne A moment ago it stood before Christ
AMI hearl the dOxO.Ogy of the Gloriliei.
.ook! Bright, immortal, what news from
the golden city, Speak, spirit blest ! The
rh-pOnsa go nes melting on the air, Come,
.Or all things are now ready
Angais ready to bsar the tidin ., angels
rsa " to drop the bene Iction, an gels ready
to SnIle the JOY. They have stood in glory
they knOY all about it. They have fstu
5Oy that is felt where there are no tears al
10 graves immortal health, but no inva!i.
isn; songs. hut no groans; webbing bell,
,Ur no funeral torches eyes that never weep.
}Hgl Is that never biis;e-, heads that never
that are never weakened.
K 'ady, all OF them! Really, thrones, prin
.palities and powers Ready, saraphinI al Z
:n"rabm ! Really, Michael the Archangeli
Again, your KIN ireI in glory all ready
or your coming. l pronounce mo tern
.pirtuaiism a fraud and sham. II Johu
Milton ami George WhiteAeld have no better
business than TO crawl under table and rat
tie the leaves. they hal better stay at home
n glory. While l believe that modern spir-
itugiisn is bad because OF its mental and
lDnestic rRvages, common sense, enlight-
-ned 10y the word OF Col, teaches Us that
oar friends in g,ory 5ympathize with our re
.e.uptiOn.
The Bible SAYS plainly there is Joy in
heaven among the angels OF God over one
sinner that r-p-Eteto, ant II angels rejOIra
aai know OF II snail not our friends stan!-
ing among them know iJP Some OF these
-ririts in glory tojled for your redemption.
When they came to die, their chief grief was
that you We're not Christian. They said
Meet me in heaven," an put their hands
oIt from the cover an & said, "Gooiuy,'
Now, suppose you should cross over from
/ sinful lite to holy life. suppose you
,lould be born into the kingdom. Suppose
YOU should now say: Farewell. deceitfu,
world! Get thee gone, nv sin! Fie upon
all the foilies CHRIST. help me- or PER
81! take MY promise. believe Thy word.
enter Thy service"
suppose you should say ard do ths? Why
.. zee. 70. .--s- 80 tu.. o, yG 7.lsa urv "a,
He is coming AMI the angel posing
HIGHER in the air would snOut il upward,
"Ha is coming - AMI it would run all up the
line o light from VIM to wing and from
trumpet to trumpet until it reached the gate,
and tnen it would fash to ''ths house OF
many mansions lnl it would find out your
kin irei there, ami before your tears OF re-
petenanne had been wipal from the cheek
and before Won had finished your first prayer
your kindred in glory would know OF it,
and another heaven wouli be added TO their
Joy. and they would cry "My prayers are
answered; another loved one saved. Give
me harp with which to strike the joy.
Saved Saved Saved ~
If have shown you that "al things are
ready tFat Christ is ready, that the Holy
Spirit is ready, that the church is ready,
that the angels in glory are ready, that your
glorihed hundred are ready. then
with all the concentrated emphasis Of nv
soul ask you if you are ready2 You see nv
gubject throws the whole responsibility upon
Fovrselt II you do not get into the Kings
r<r0uet 1t is because you do not accept the
nHjatipu- You nave the most 'nportunAt-
uytfatiun. Two arms str.t"Ds down lro n
he cross soaked in b.C,i from elbow to
ingeF tip, two lips quiysrn- IN mortal an
yulsh, two eyes beaming with infinite love.
sayinG, Come, come, for Hii thinZs are now
sadly
told you that when the Queen came 70
AtlsIAe tlflt' IlR CLOCKS,
hat the finger OF tine migGt hs pointed to
hat happy moment Of her arr.v:l. o.. IL
he King would come to the castle OF yoJ-
'oui, you might well afTor to STOP all the
docGs, that the hands might forever pointto
his moment as the one most hr!-hr. most
blessed, most tremendous. Now. | wish 1
iould go around from circle TO circle an in
ute every one OF you, sccOrliny to Ile invi-
alton OF my text, saying. Come"
l would like to take every one Of YOU by the
lani and say. "Come!' O.d man, wAo has
,een wandering sixty or seventy years, thy
'un has almost gone down. Tnrouyh the
lust of the evening stretch out your witherel
land TO Christ. He will not cast thee OF,
DID man. Oh, that one tear OF repentance
night trickls down thy wrinElei ch ,ek A.
er Christ has fed thee all thy life long, do |
you not think you can afford to speak one
word in His praise7
Come, those OF You who are farthest away !
rom God. Drunkari, Christ can pat out !
he fire of thy thirst. He can break that |
'hackle. He can restore thy blasted home
10 to Jesus, ibertine! Christ saw thee
where thou vert last night. He knows Of (
by sin. Yet if thou wilt bring thy polluted !!
soul to Him this moment He vii! throw over !
the mantle of His pardon ami love. Mercy !
or thee, oh. thou chief of sinners! Harlot, ,
,hy feet foul with hell and thy laughter the
horror of the street, Oh, Mary MaSdalene, |
look to Jesus Mercy TOR thee, poor lost
yaii OF the street Self-righteous man, thou
must be born again, or thou csnst not see !
the kingdom of God
Do you think you can get into the feast /
With those rags? Why, the Kings servant
would tear them OF and leave you naked at
ne gate You must be born again. The ,
iav is far spent. The cliffs begin to slide
heir long shadows across the plain. Do you :
inow the feast has already beyur-tne feast
o which YOU were invited-and the King
'its with His hand on the door of the BAN