The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-17

''there is a promise Of that kind in the
Bible" We'll, +" she said, ''let me see
it." SO he turned over the Bible until he
came 10 the promise, and she said.
That's so, is it; Now, . Lord, bring my
father TO this church tonight"
While she was praying her father
passed into the door Of the church, and
came down by his child and said, What
do you want of me-" When that child
had begun 70 pray one hour before for her
father, he was three miles away; but by
some strange impulse that he could not
understand, he fastened to the church,
ana there the twain knelt. the fathers
arm around the childs neck, the child's
arm around the fathers neck, and there
he entered on the road 70 heaven.
Whatsoever We ask Of God, believing, We
will receive" That was an answer TO the
child's prayer. What did she do She
compelled him TO come in.
tell you to-day, my friends, of great
salvation. Do you understand what il is
to have a SaviOur} He took your place.
he bore your sins. He wept your sOr-
rows He is here now 10 save your soul.
A soldier worn out in his ecoTntry's SER
vice, Took to the violin as a mode of earn
ing his living He was found in the
streets of Vienna. playing his violin;
but after while his hand became feeble
and tremulous. and he could no more
hIdhO AIuSlCs Ou6 Jay. Wull6 he sat Gn6r6
weeping, man passed along and said,
My friend, you are too old and too feeble;
give me your violin"; and he took the
mans violin, and began to discourse most
exquisite music, and the people gathered
around in 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 playing the violin, put that
no
in the old mans pockets. Then he held
his hat again. and the violinist played
more sweetly than ever, and played until
some of the people wept and some
shouted. And again the hat was filled
with coin. Then the violinist dropped
the instrument and passed of, and the
whisper went, who is it, who is t."
and some one just entering the crowd
said, Why that is Butcher, the great vi
olinist, known through all the realm;
yes, that is the great violinist." The
TACT was he had just taken that mans
place, and assumed his poverty, and borne
his burden, and played his music, and
earned his livelihood, 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 a strain of infinite music,
which wins the attention of earth and
heaven. he takes our poverty. He plays
our music. He weeps our sorrow. He
dies our death. A sacrifice for you. A
sacrifice for me.
Cob, will you accept this sacrifice now2
do not single out this and that man, and
this aud that woman. But l say all may
come. The sacrifice is so great, all may
be saved. Does it not seem to you as if
heaven was very near2 l can feel its
breath on my cheek. God is near Christ
is near. The Holy Spirit is near. Minis
tering angels are near. Your gloritied
kindred in heaven near. Your Christian
father near. Your glorifed mother near
Your departed children near. Your re-
demption is near