Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-09-17

and give him my Christian love- This
worldly doctor came home after awhile,
and the message was given to him, and
lie said within himself, ''What docs he
laean by leaving his Christian love for
ne?'' Ard he became very much awak-
ened and stirred IN spirit, and he said
after awhile, 'Why, that man must
mean my soul, - and he went into his
back office, znelt down and began to
pray. Then he took his hat and went
out to the Office of this Christian physi
clan and said, 'sWhat can [ Go to be
saved?'' and the two doctors knelt in
The Office and commended their souls to
God. All the means used in that case
was only the voice of enc good man,
saying, 'FGive my Christian love to the
doctor. . The voice of kindly admoni-
ton. Have you uttered it today? VIII
you utter it tomorrow? VIII you utter
it now? Compel them to come in.
I think there is. a great work also to
be done in the way Of prayer. IF we had
faith enough today, we could go before
God and ask for the salvation Of all the
people in our churches, and they would
all be saved there and then without q
single exception. There might be pro-
fessional men there, political men there,
worldly men there, men who had not
heard the gospel for 20 years, men who
are preiudiced against the preachers,
men who are prejudiced against the
music, men who are prejudiced against
the church, men who are prejudiced
against God-I do not care-they might
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would compel them to come in.
Earnest Prayer.
Oh, for such an earnest prayer! PEG
ole Of God, lay hold Of the horns Of the
altar now and supplicate the salvation
Of all those who sit in the same pew
With you--yea, the redemption of all
who sit in your churches
I tell you today, my friends, of a
great salvation Do you understand
what it is to have a Saviour? He took
your place. He bore your sins. He wept
your sorrows. He is here now to save
your soul. a soldier, worn out in his
country service, took to the violin as
q mode Of earning his living. He was
found in the streets of Vienna playing
his violin, but after awhile his hand be-
came feeble and tremulous, and he could
no more make music One day, while
he sat there weeping, u man passed
along and said: ''My friend, you are too
lin. - And he took the mans violin and
began to discourse most exquisite nu-
sic, and the people gathered around il
larger and larger multitudes, and the
aged man held his hat, and the coin
poured in and poured in until the hat
was full.
''Now,' said the man who was play
ing the violin, put that coin in your
pockets - The coin was put in the old
mans pockets. Then he held his hat
again, and the vio1inist played more
sweetly than ever and played until some
Of the people wept and some shouted.
And again the hat was filed with coin.
Then the violinist dropped the instru-
ment and passed off, and the whisper
went, "WhO is it, who is it?" and some
one just entering the crowd said: why,
that is Bdcher, the great violinist, known
all through the realm. Yes, that is the
great vioIinist. - The fact was, he had
just taken that man. s place, and assum-
ed his poverty, and borne his burden, and
played his music, and earned his liveli-
hood, and made sacrifice for the poor old
man. So the Lord Jesus Christ comes
down, and he finds US in our spiritual
penury, and across the broken strings
Of his own broken heart he strikes q
strain Of infinite music which wins the
attention Of earth and heaven. EOtalIcs
CUR poverty. He plays our music. lie
vecps our sorrow. He dies our death.
4 sacrifice for you, q sacrifice for me.
Oh, viii you accept this sacrifice
now? I do not single out this and that
man and this and that woman. But /
say all may come. The sacrifice is SO
great all may be saved. Does itnot seem
to you as if heaven was very near? |
can feel it's breath On my cheek. God is
near. Christ is near. The Holy Spirit
is near. Ministering angels are near,
your glorifed kindred in heaven near,
your Christian father near, your glori-
fed mother near, your departed chill
dren near. Your redemption is near.