The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-06-13

last chnnce for Heaven. Judging from
his character afterwards, he wa, repro
bate and abandoned. And so was Dru-
silla.
One day in southern Italy there was
q trembling of the earth, and the air
got black with smoke intershot with
liquid rock, and Vesuvius rained upon
Drusilla and upon her son horrible
tempest Of ashes and fire. They did
not reject religion; they only put 1t of.
They did not understand that that day,
that that hour when Paul stood before
them, was the pivotal hour upon which
everything was poised, and that
1t tipped the wrong way. Their con-
venient season came when Paul and
his guardsman entered the palace; 1t
went away when Paul and his guards
man left. Have you never seen men
waiting for convenient season? There
is such great fascination about It,
that though you may have great re-
spect to the truth Of Christ, yet some
how there Is In your soul the thought:
mot quite yet 1t is not time for me
to become Christian" say TO boy:
"Seek Christ" lie says: mo; wait
until l get to be young man." say
to the young man: Seek Christ" He
says: wait until | come TO mid-life." p"
] meet the same person in mid-life, and
say: Seek Christ" He says: wait
until | get old" meet the same per.
son in old age, and say to him: Seek
Christ" He says: "Wait until am
on my dying bed" am called to his
dying couch. His last moments have
come. bend over the couch and listen
for his last words l have partially to
guess what they are by the motion OF
his lips, he is SO feeble; but rallying
himself, he whispers, until / can hear
him say: "I-am-w waiting-for-a-
more-convenient-season"-and he Is
gone!
/ can tell you when your convenieR,
season will come. / can tell you the
year-it will be 1894. eau tell you
what kind Of a day it will bet will be
the Sabbath day, can tell you what
hour it will bet will be between
and 10 o'clock. In other words it II
now. Do you ask me how know this
is your convenient season? know II
because you are here, and because the
Holy Spirit is here, and because the
elect sons and daughters Of God are
praying for redemption. All, l know
it is your convenient season because
some of you, like Felix, tremble as al
your past life comes upon you with III
sin, and all the future life comes upoI
you with its terror. This night air Il
aglare with torches to show you up ol
to show you down. II Is rustling will
wings to lift you into fight, or smit'
you into despair, and there is rushing
to and fro, and beating against thu
door Of your soul; as with a great thun
der of emphasis, telling you: Now
now Is the best time, as II may be th'
only time
May God Almighty forbid that an!
of you, my brethren or sisters, act tn,
part OF Felix and Drusilla, and pu
away this great subject. II you ar
going to be saved ever, why not begil
tonight? Throw down your sins ant
take the Lords pardon. Christ ha
been tramping after you many day
An Indian and a white man becam
Christians The Indian, almost as 500
as lie heard the gospel, believed an
was saved; but the white man strul
gled on in darkness for long Will
before he found light. After thei
peace in Christ, the white man said :
the Indian, "Why was 1t that
was kept so long in the darkness
and you Immediately found peaceP
The Indian replied, II will TEL
you. A prince comes along, and h
offers You coat. You look at you
coat and you say, My coat is goo
enough, and you refuse his offer; bu
the prince comes along and he offer
me the coat, and | look at my ol
blanket and throw that away an
take his offer. You, sir" continue
the Indian, are clinging to your ow
righteousness, you think you ar
good enough. and you keep your ow
righteousness: but have nothing
nothing, and so when jesu
offers me pardon and peace, | simpl
take it." My reader, why not not
throw away the wornout blanket {
your sin and take the robe of Say
iour's righteousn ess-a robe 80 whit
so fair, so lustrous. that no fuller o
earth can whiten it. o, Shepherd, Il
night bring home the lost sheep! {
Father, tonight give a welcoming ki'
to the wan prodigal! o, friend OF La
arus. tonight break down the door {
the sepulcher, and say to all these dea
souls os by irresistible fat, Live! Live
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