The Penn's Grove record., 1894-10-26
PENIS GROVE, N. J.. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 26. 1894.

Why not whip put our temptations and
then forward march. making one raid
through the enemy's country, stopping moi
until we break ranks afterthe last victory
Do, my brethren, let us have some novelty
of combat, at any rate, by changing, by going
on, by making advancement. trading of
our stale prayers about sins we ought to
have quit long ago, going on toward a higher
state OF Christian character, and routing out
sins that we have never thought of yet.
The fact Is, II the church of God, If we
as individuals, made rapid advancement
in the Christian life these stereoiyped pray
ers we have been making for ten or fifteen
years would be as inappropriate to us as the
shoes, and the hats, n the coats we wore
ten or fifteen years ago. oh, for a higher
flight in the Christian life, the stork and the
crane intheir migration teaching US the les
son
Dear Lord, and shall we ever live
AT this poor dying rate,
Our love so faint, so cold to Thee,
And Thine to us so great?
Again, 1 remark that the birds of the air
are wiser than we because they know when
to start. If you should go out now and
shout, "Stop, storks n cranes, don't be in
a hurry ~ they would say: "No, we cannot
stop. Last night we heari the roaring IN
the woods bidding us away, a n the shrill
flute of the north wind has sounded the re-
treat. We must 60" So they gather them
selves into companies, and turning not aside
for storm, or mountain top, or shock
of musketry over land and sea,
straight as an arrow to the marx. they
go. And il you come out this morning with
a sack of corn and throw 1t In the fields and
try and get them 10 stop they are so far up
they would hardly see it. They are on their
way south. You could not stop them. Oh,
that we were as wise about the best time TO
start Tor God and heaven We say: "Wait
until it is a little later in the season OF
mercy. Wait until some o. these green
leaves OF hope are all driei up and have
been scattered. Wait until next year"
After awhile we start, and 1t is too late,
and we perish in the way when Gods wrath
is kindled bur a little. Thereare, you know,
exceptional cases, where birds have started
too late, and In the morning you have found
them dead on the snow. And there are
those who have persisted half way between
the world and Christ. They waited until
the last sickness, when the mind was gone,
or they were on the express train going at
forty miles an hour, and they came to the
| bridge, and the "lraw was up" and
they went down. How long to repent and
pray? Two seconds To do the work OF n
lifetime and to prepare for the vast eternity
in two seconds Twas reading of an enter
INT gwen III Is hlHR > Ccutt, II lit
were musicians there, with elaborate pieces
of music. After awhile Mozart came and
began to play, and he had a blank piece OF
paper before him, and tho king Familiarity
looked over his shoulder and said "What
are you playingP I see no music before
you.' And Mozart put his hand on his brow,
as much as to say, 81 am improvising." 1t
was very well for him but, oh, my friends,
we cannot extemporize heaven. II we do
| not get prepared In this world, we will never
take part in the orchestral harmonies OF the
| saved. oh, that we were as wise as the crane
and the stork, flying away, flying away from
the tempest!
some OF you have felt the pinehlng frost
of sin. You feel it to-day. You are not
happy. look into your faces, and l know
YOU are not happy. There are voices within
| your soul that will not be silenced, telling
| you that you are sinners, and that without
the pardon OF God you are undone forever.
What are you going to do, my friends, with
the accumulated transgressions OF this
| life-time2 Will you stand still and let the
| avalanche tumble over your Oh, that
you would go away into the warm heart oil
Go rs mercy! The southern grove, redoient
with magnolia and cactus, never waited fol
northern focks as God has waited for you,
| saying =. ~ have loved thee with an e%ver)ast-
ing love. Come unto Me, all We who are
weary and heavy laden, and l will give you
rest"
Another frost is bidding you away. 1t is
| the frost OF sorrow. Where do you live now
son." you say, 81 have moved" Why die
a house now as formerly" Why do yol
not want as large a house? You say, my
family Is not so large" Where have they
gone 10? Eternity Your mind goes bael
| through that last sickness, and through thu
almost supernatural effort to keep life, ant
through those prayers that seemed I'M
awaiting, and through that kiss which
received no response because the up
were ~lifeless, and / hear the bells tolllng
and 1 hear the hearts breaking. While
| speak I hear them break. A heart ! An
other heart Alone, alone, alonet Thi:
world, which in your girlhood and boyhooc
was sunshine, is cold now, and, oh weary
dove, you fly around this world as though
you would like to stay, when the wind, ant
| The frost, and the b%lackening clouds woult
| bid you away into the heart OF an all com
| iorting God.
You may have noticed that when tn
~chaflnch. or the stork, or the crane starts
on its migration 1t calls all those OF Its KIN
to come The tree tops are fullo OF chirI
and whistle and carol, and the long roll cal
The bird does not start of alone. 1t Rather
all OF its kind. Oh, that you might be a
wise in this migration to heaven, and tina
l you ulRul gather al JOuA -
friends with you'll 1 would that Hanna
might take Samuel by the hand, and Abra
ham might take Isaac, and Hagar Nigh
take lshmael. 1 ask you If those who sat a
your breakfast table this morning will 81
with you in heaven. 1 ask you what in
fuences you are trying to bring upon then
what example you are setting them. Ar
YOU calling them to go with your Aye, aye
| have you started yourself?
Start for heaven and take your chlldrei
| with you. Come, thou and all thy house
| into the ark. Tell your little ones that Their
are realms of balm and sweetness for al
| those who fly in the right direction. swlfte
than eagles stroke put out for heaven. Lik
the crane, or the stork, stop not night or da
until you find the right place for shopping
Seated to-day in Christian service, WI
YOU be seated in the same glorious serN
Ice when the heavens have passed ava
with a great noise, and the elements hay
melted with fervent heat, and the redeeme
are gathered around the throne oil JesusT
The Saviour calls.
Ye wanderers, come.
oh, We benighted souls,
Why longer roamt
The Spirit calls to-day;
Yield TO His power.
oh, grieve Him not away,
MS mercy's hour.