Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-29


nifty Not hoping that you can help me
with such a comparison, will say, "Ee Is
waiting rs only the all sympathetic Christ
can wait for the coming back OF a lost s0ul.n
Bow the knee and kiss the Son.
Come, and welcome. sinner; come.
LINZ WANTING.
Again, the Holy Spirit IL ready. Why is
10 that so many sermons drop dead; that
Christian songs do not get their wing un-
der the people, that 80 often prayer goes no
higher than a hunters "hnlloap It Is be-
cause there l. a link wnnting-the work
OF the Holy Spirit. Unless that Spirit give
graphing hooks to sermon and lift the
prayer and watt the song everything Is a
dead failure, That Spirit is willing to come
Mt our call and lead You TO eternal life, or
ready to come with the same power with
which he endorsed Saul on the Damascus
turnpike and broke down Lydia In her fine
store and lifted the 5000 from midnight In
TO midnoon at the pentecost With that
power the Spirit Of God now beats at tho
gate Of your soul. Have you not noticed
what homely and Insignificant instrument
tally the Spirit OF God employs for mans
convcrsiony
There was man on Hudson river boat
TO whom a tract was offered With indig-
mutton be tore 1t upand thrcwi overheard.
But one fragment lodged on his coat sleeve,
and he saw on II the word eternity and
he found no peace until he was prepared
for that great future. Do you know what
passage It was that CAUSED Martin Luther
to see the TRUTH 1.-THE just shall live by
faith" Do you know there is one-just
one-passage that brought Augustine from
a life Of dissipation Put ye on the Lord
Jesus Christ and mike no provision for
the flesh to fulfil the lusts thereof 1t
was just one passage that converted Hedley
Wears, the great soldier, TO Christ, THE
blood OF Jesus Christ cleanseth from all
sin" Do you know that the Holy Spirit
used one passage Of Scripture to save Jona-
than Edwards2 Now, unto the King etcr-
nal, immortal, invisible, the ouly wise God,
our Saviour, be glory"
One year ago on Thanksgiving day /
read for my text, "Oh. give thanks unto the
Lord, for he is good; for his mercy endureth
forevern And there is young man in the
house to whose heart the Holy Spirit took
that text for his eternal redemption |
might speak OF my own case. will tell
you was brought to the peace Of the Cos
pei through the Syro-PhHniclan womnn's
cry to Christ, Even the dogs eat Of the
crumbs that fall from the masters table,
SAVING SOULS ny SIMPLE MEANS.
Do you know that the Holy Spirit almost
always uses insignificant meansi Eloquent
sermons never save anybody; metaphysical
sermons never save anybody; philosophical
sermons never suve anybody. But the min
lister comes some Sabbath to bis pulpit,
worn out with engagements and the jan
Cling OF frenziod doorbell; he has only a
text ind two or three ideas, hut he says;
80 Lord, help mel Here are good many
people may never meet again. have not
much to say Speak thou through my poor
lips, and before the service Is done there
are fearful eyes and a solemnity like the
judgment.
The great French orator, when the dead
king lay before him, looked up and cried,
God only Is great" And the triumph Of
his eloquence has been told by the histori-
ans But | have not heard that one sonl
was saved by the oratorical flourish, World
ly critics may think that the early preach.
ing of Thomas Chalmers was a masterpiece.
But Thomas Chalmers says he never began
to preach until he came ont Of the sick
room, white and emariated, and told men
the simple story Of Jesus.
In the great day of eternity 1t will by
found that the most souls have been brought
to Christ not by the Bossuets and MRssil
Ions and Bourdaloues but by humble men
who in the strength Of God and believing
in the eternal Spirit. invited men to Jesus
There were wise salves. there were excel
lent ointments | suppose in the time o
Christ for blind or lnfamed eyes. But
| Jesus turned his back upon them and put
the tip OF his finger TO his tongue and ther
with the spittle that adhered to the fngei
| he anointed the eyes OF the blind man, ant
daylight poured into his blinded soul, So
Il il now that the spirit Of God takes thai
humble prayer meeting talk which SEEM
to be the very saliva OF Christian influence
and anoints the eyes Of the blind and pour
tho sunlight Of pardon and peace upon TIT
soul
oh, my friend, wish we could feel 4
more and more that II any good Is done 4
is by the power OF Gods omnipotent spirit
do not know what hymn may bring yoI
to Jesus. / do not know what words o
the Scripture lessons | read may save you
soul. Perhaps the spirit Of God may hur
the very text into your heart, Come, 70
all things are now ready"
ALL READY FOR THE FEAST.
Again. the church is ready, o man, II
could tnke tho curtain of these Christian
hearts, | could show you great man
nnxieties for your redemption. You thlnl
that old man Is asleep, because his head
down and his eyes are shut. No; he ispray
Ing for yOur redemption and hoping tina
the words spoken may strike your heart
Do Won know the air is full OF prayer ID
you know that prayer is goingup from Fu
ton street prayer meeting and from trida
evening prayer meeting and going up ever
hour OF the day for the redemption OF th
peoplei And II you should Just start L
ward the door OF the Christian church ho'
quickly it would 1y open Hundreds
people would say. give that man room q
the sacrament. Bring the silver bowl &c
his baptism. Give him the right hand
Christian fellowship. Bring him into a
Christian associations"
Oh, YOU wanderer on the cold moui
tains. come into the warm sheepfold'
lot down the bars and bid you come II
With the Shepherds crook point you u
way. Hundreds Of Christian hands becku
YOU into the church OF God A great man
people do not like the church and say II
great mass OF hypocrites, but II Is a 81
rious church with all its imperieet,l.oh
Christ bought It, and hosted the piiiaI
r and swung It's gates, and lifted its arehe
/ and curtained IL with upholstery crimse
, with cruciaxion carnage, Come intolt
we ore n garden walled around,
, Chosen and made peculiar ground
= A little spot inolosed by grace
mt ~ tho worlds wild wilderness