The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-03-23

hearth Get that away, brother. II
heart, even though the injury
have been been a murderer. J@sus says that
you are murderer IL you have cherished
bitterness in your heart. II were you 1
would go and confess it. would ronthe
stone away.
/ remember In one place, right in the
middle of the sermon, an aged minister,
who had been for % years pastor there,
rose up. But he didn't say anything,
and i commenced again. And he
said, swat, wait" And then saw that
he could not command his voice. we
waited, and after few moments he SAID,
"My dear people, when got
up this morning ] asked GOO
to make this the best day
Of my life; and He is doing it,. l have
preached serTons enough, and L have
made calls enough, but l have never
known in my life what it was to have
tender heart. / know il would be differ
ent in our church il i had tender
heart" And man rose up back
there ard said, 81 am an officer OF thls
church, and the idea of my pastor talking
like that when / am herei have been
immersed in my business, and have
not been living as i ought. l ask my
pastors and the peoples forgiveness" ana
he sat down. And then lady rose up ana
said, 81 am member OF this church, Dut
no one would have thought it by the way
/ have lived. Only little while ago
gave ball at my house TO introduce, my
two granddaughter TO society, but have
never introduced them to Christ:
Do you think there is hope for meyY
Two Young ladies arose and said, 1--WE want
TO be Christians" And those two young
ladies were the two daughters OF this lady.
Just the minute she was willing TO get
4. 4. To hrl
Oh, how the Lord is saying TO some OF us
today, {" Take ye away the stone
Friend, that may be the reason why your
husband, your brother, or your sister Is
not Christian, there IS some stone al the
door of the sepulcher that you might roll
away. Will you do ii today?
When they rolled back the stone they
saw the body OF that brother. And then
there was something better than that.
Jesus praying, "Father, thank Thee that
Thou hast heard me, and know that Thou
nearest me always; but because OF the peo-
pie which stand by, said 1t, hat they may
believe that Thou hast sent me-" And
when He thus had spoken, He cried with
a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth" And
he that was dead came forth. o, 1t may
be SO with your brother today. But as he
came out, he was bound hand and foot
with the grave clothes, and his face was
bound up with napkin. And Jesus said,
"Loose him, and let him CO."
Beloved, have seen things in Provi-
dence, in these meetings, that have made
my heart leap for joy. / have seen these
beloved pastors some OF them
trying to get the grave clothes off.
have seen Christian people speak to
get her hand under her husbands
elbow and almost push him up.
have seen people, when the last
meeting was done. just turn round and
with kind words of greeting help to get
the grave clothes off; and i have said,
"Praise God! they are helping Lazarus as
he is coming out OF the grave"
But Ihave seen things that have seemed
to almost make my heart stop beating.
have seen people, even some of these
around here wearing badges, some peo-
pie who have sat by the sides OF
their brothers and sisters and
children, who haven't done anything.
They haven't even held out their hands
and said ''God bless you." Oh, friends, it
is not time for formality. Let us see IL
we cannot get the grave clothes off from
Lazarus as he comes out of the grave.
And then in the last place, wish had
some words by which might picture the
reunion of that family. j cannot do it.
They have been over this road three times
They had been over it once and had carried
the dear dead body OF their brother, and
had left it in the sepulchre. That was a
desolate journey. They had come back
without that body, and that was more
desolate journey. still. And now they
were going out again. They did not
have Lazarus with them, but
they had Jesus. And can imagine that
as the sisters walk along together, Mar
tha whispers to Mary and says: "Mary,
He said that Lazarus was going to rise
again. And / said. Jesus, do you
mean at the resurrection dayr And
He didn't answer me. He said, i am the
resurrection Mary, what is He going TO
do? Mary, could II be possibleLwhat Is
chre and rolled back the stone, and
Jesus called Lazarus, and he came forth.
do not wonder that Jesus had to tell
them to take of the grave clothes. They
were probably so overwhelmed with JOY
that they were almost paralyzed.