The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-29

graves immortal health. but no invalid
ism; songs, but no grOans; wedding bells,
but no funeral tOrches-eyes that never
weep-hands that never blister-heads
that never faint-hearts that never break
friendships that are never weakened.
Ready, all of them Ready thrones,
principalities and powers ready seraphim
and cherubim! Ready Michael the arch
angel
Again, your kindred in glory are all
ready for your coming. / pronounce
modern spiritualism fraud and a sham.
If John Milton and George Whitefeld
have no better business than to crawl I'M
der table and rattle the leaves they
had better stay at home in glory. While
l believe that modern spirituaIism is bad,
because gifts mental and domestic raw
ages, common sense, enlightened Dy the
word of God, teaches US that our friends
in glory sympathize with our redemption.
This Bible says plainly there is Joy in
heaven among the angels of God over one
sinner that repenteth; and if angels re-
joice and know of it, shall not our friends
standing among them, know it, Some of
these spirits in glory toiled for your re-
demption When they came to die, their
chief grief was that you were not a
Christian. They said: Meet me in
heaven; - and put their hand out from
the cover and said: Goodbye"
Now, suppose you should cross
over from sinful life to a holy
life. Suppose you should be born into
the kingdom. Suppose you should now
say: Farewell, O, deceitful world Get
thee gone, my sin? Fie upon all the fol-
lies o, Christ, help me or l perish. |
take thy promise. / believe thy word. l
enter thy service" Suppose you should
say and do this2 Why, the angel sent
TO you would shout upward: HE is com
ing!" and the angel, posing higher in the
air uynuld ghOuf If RI ktI4p ia
ing" and it would RIM all up the line of
light, from wing to wing, and from trum-
pet to trumpet, until it reached the gate;
and then it would fash to 1.-The house Of
many mansions" and it would find out
your kindred there, and before your
tears of repentance had been wiped from
your cheek and before you had finished
the first prayer, your kindred in glory
would know of it, and another heaven
would 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 savedl"
/ If have shown you that "all things
are ready" that Christ is ready that the
holy spirit is ready, that the church is
ready, that the angels in glory are ready,
that your glOrified kindred are ready,
then with all the concentrated emphasis
of my SOUL / ask you if you are readyl
You see my subject throws the whole re-
sponsibility upon yourself. II you do
not get in TO the kings banquet, 1t is be-
cause you do not accept the invitation.
You have the most importunate invita-
ton. Two arms stretched down from
the cross, soaked in blood from elbow to
tinger-tip; two lips quivering in mortal
anguish two eyes beaming with infinite
love, saying Come, come, for all things
are now ready"
fs,1l ~.
KenilwOrth castle, they stopped all the
clocks. that the finger of time might be
pointed to that happy moment of her ar
rival. Oh If the king would come to the
castle Of your soul, you might well afford
to stop all the clocks, that the hands
might forever point to this moment as the
one most bright, most blessed, most ire
mendous. Now, l wish | could go around
from circle TO circle and invite every one
Of you, according to the invitation of my
text, saying: "Comel" | would like to
take every one of you by the hand, and
say: Gomez Old man, who hast been
wandering seventy or eighty years, thy
sun almost gone down, through the dust
of the evening stretch out your withered
hand to Christ. He will not cast thee off.
old man. Oh that one tear of repentance
might trickle down thy wrinkled cheek
After Christ has fed thee all thy life long
do you not think you can afford to speak
one word in his praise2
Come, those of you who are farthest
away from God. Drunkard Christ can
put out the fire of thy thirst He can
break that shackle. He can restore that
blasted home. Go to Jesus, Libertine!
Christ saw thee where thou vert last
night. He knows of thy sin Yet, if
thou wilt bring thy polluted soul to him
to him this moment, he will throw over it
the mantle of his pardon and love- Mercy
for thee, OF thou chief of sinners.
Harlot thy feet foul with hell, and thy
laughter the horror of the stretch, Mary
Magdalen-look to Jesus. Mercy for thee
poor, lost waif of the street. Self-righteous
man, thou must be born again, or thou
canst not see the kingdom of God. Do
you think you can get into the feast with
those ragsl Why, the Kings SER
you naked at the gate. You must
be born again. The day is far
spent. The cliffs begin to slide their long
shadows across the plain. Do you know
the feast has already begun-the feast to
which you were invited-and the king
sits with his guests, and the servant
stands with his hand on the door of the
banqueting room, and he begins to swing
it shut. 1t is halfway shut. 1t is
three-fourths shut. 1t is only Just aiar
Soon it will be shut.
Come, for all things are now ready"
Have missed one MANI Who has not
felt himself called this hourl Then call
him now. This is the hour OF thy re-
demption.
While God invites how blest the day,
How sweet the gospels charming sound
Come sinner, haste, oh, haste away,