The Penn's Grove record., 1894-02-02

~
Christ cleanseth from all sin.
Do you know that the Holy Spirit used
one passage OF Scripture to save Sonatnah
Edwards? Now, unto the King, eterhai.
immortal, invisible, the only wise ood, our
Saviour, be glory" One year on
Thanksgiving Day I read for my text, 'oh,
give thanks unto the Lord, for He Is good,
for His mercy endureth forever" AND there
Is a young man In the house to whose neart
the Holy Spirit took that text Tor MS etArnai
redemption. might speak OF my own case. 1
will tell you I was brought to the peace OF tne
gospel through the Syro-Phun!cian womans
cry to Christ, Gwen the dogs eat OF the
crumbs that fall from the Masters table.
Do you know that the holy spirit almost
always uses Insignificant meansI Eioquen
sermons never save anybody. Philosopnica,
sermons never save anybody. Metaphysieai
sermons never save anybody. put tue
minister comes some Sabbath to his pulpit
worn out with engagements q the jang-
ling of a frenzied doorbell. He has only q
@ text and two or three ideas, but ne says:
80 Lord, help me. Here are q GOOD many
people / may never meet again. nave NOT
much to say. Speak Thou through my poor
lips" And before the service is done there
| are fearful eyes and a solemnity ike the
judgment.
The great French orator. when the dead
King lay before him. looked up and cried,
'.God only Is great p and the triumph OF
his eloquence has been told by the his,
t~orians. But I have not heard that one soul
was saved by the oratorlcal flourish. worldly
critics may think that the early preaching
OF Thomas Chalmers was n masterpiece.
But Thomas Chalmers says he never began
to preach until he came out OF the slckroom,
white and emaciated, and told men the
simple story OF Jesus. In the great day OF
eternity 1t will be found that the most souls
nave been brought to Christ not by the
pAaarafu and NfaaaiItOua md R0nFhAIOn9a.
but by humble men, who, in the strength oil
God and believing in the eternal spirit, In
yited meD-t to Jesus.
There were wise salves, there were excel
lent ointments, 1 suppose, in the time OF
Christ for blind and inlamed eyes. But
Jesus turned His back upon them and put the
tip OF His finger to His tongue, and with the
spittle that adhered to the finger He anoint-
ed the eyes of the blind man, and daylight
\ poured into his blinded soul. So 1t Is now
| that the spirit OF God takes that humble
prayer meeting talk, which seems to be the
very saliva of Christian influence, and anoints
the eyes OF the blind and pours the sunlight
Of pardon and peace upon the soul.
oh, my friend, l wish we could feel 1t more
| and more that if any good is done it is blythe
power OF Gods omnipotent spirit. l do not
know what hymn may bring you to Jesus. lido
! not know what words of,theScripture lesson
read may save your soul. Perhapsthe spirit
| of God may hurt the very text into your
heart, "Come, for all things are now ready"
Again, the church is ready. o man, II 1
could take the curtain of these Christian
hearts, l could show you a great many ankle
| ties for your redemption. You think that
old man is asleep because his head Is down
and his eyes are shut. No he Is praying for
your redemption and hoping that the words
spoken may strike FOUR heart. Do you know
| the air is full of prayer Do you know that
prayer is going up from Fulton street prayer
meeting and from Friday evening prayer
meeting, and going up every hour OF the day
for the redemption of the peoplef And II
| you should just start toward the door OF the
| Christian church, how quickly it would fly
| open Hundreds OF people would say "Give
that man room at the sacrament. Bring the
| silver bowl for his baptism. Give him the
right hand of Christian fellowship. Bring
| him into all Christian associations.
Oh, you wanderer on the cold mountains,
come into the warm sheepfold. l let down
! the bars and bid you come in. With the
shepherds crook | point you the way. un-
\ dreds of Christian hands beckon you into
the church of God. A great many people do
| not like the church, and say it Is a great
i mass OF hypocrites, but 1t is q glorious
| church with all its imperfections. Christ
/ bought 1t, and hoisted the pillars, and swung
its gates, and lifted its arches, and cur
tanned 1t with upholstery crimson with cru
I tliiAiOh haSV. SO"hS INV ~ -"f H
We are a garden walled around,
Chosen and made ecdiiar grouui,
A tt e spot inclosed by grace
out OF the worlds wild wilderness.
Again. the angels OF God are ready. A
great many Christians think that the tai.
about angels is %fanciful. You sayit Is a very
good subject for theological students who
have just begun to sermonizsi 'but for elder
| men It Is improper. There ia no more proof
in that Bible that there is a God than there
| are angels. Why, do not they swarm about
| Jacobs ladder? Are we not told that they
conducted Lazarus upward that they stand
before the throne, their faces covered up
| with their wings. while they cry, Holy,
holy is the Lord God Almighty" Did not
| David see thousands and thousands2 Did
not one angel slay 1856 600 men in Senna-
cherib's army? And shall they not be the
| chief haryesters at the judgment?
There is q line of loving. holy, mighty
angels reaching to hesven, I suppose they
| reach from here to the very gate, and when
an audience is for Christian wor-
| ship the air is full of them. II each one of
YOU has a guardian angel, how many celes-
| tials there are here! They crowd the place,
\ thew hover, they fit about, they rejoice.
Look, that spirit is just come from the
| throne. A moment ago it stood before Christ
and heard the doxoiogy of the giorifiei.
\ Look! Bright, i'm mortal, what news from
I me RDlutu GlN = pttIhhf oPtAh : INV
| response comes melting on the air, Gone,
FOR all things are now ready
Angels ready to bear the tidin IS, angels
ready to drop the bene1ietion, angels ready
to kin lie the JOY. Thsy have stood in glory
they know all about IL. They have felt the
| ioy thai is felt where there are no tears n
| no graves immortal health, but no invalti-
ism sons, but no groans wedding bells,
but no funeral torches eyes that never weep.
| hands that never blister, heads that never
| faint. hearts that never break, friendships
that are never weakened.
Ready, all OF them Ready, thrones, prin-
| CAPABILITIES and powersl Ready, seraphim an =
cherubim! Ready, Michael the Archangel.
Again, your kin lred In glory are all ready
Tor your coming. I pronounce mo fern
spiriiualisn a fraui aud a sham. II John
Mutton an George Whitefeld nave no better
business than to crawl under a table and rat
tie The leaves, they had better stay at home
in glory. While l believe that modern spir-
itualism Ia bad because Of its mental aud
domestic rayages, common sense, enlight-
ened by the word of God, teaches us that
our frien Is in glory sympathize with our re-
The Bible SAYS plainly there Is Joy in
heaven among the angels OF God over on
sinner that repsntetb, and IL angels %rejoic,
and know OF it shall not our friends stani'
iny among them know III Some OF these
splrits in glory toiled for your redemption.
When they came to die, their chief grief was
that YOU were not q Christian. They said,
ssMeet me in heaven" an | put their hands
our from the cover ant sid, "Gooiby, "
Now. suppose you should cross over from
i sinful lie 10 a holy life. Suppose you
sbonld be born into the kingdom. Supposp
Won should now shy; Farewell. o deceitfu
world Get thee gone, nv sin Fie upon
MI the follies o CHRIST. help me or l per
ish / take MY pro Mise. l believe Thy word
iAnter Thy service
suppose you should say and do this? Why
ma angel sent 10 you would snont upward,
isHs Is, comtnz Y AMI the angel posing
! higher in the air would saoat it upward,
she is con;ngr y AMI it would run ali up the
line Of li-ht fro n w,ns TO wing and from
irunpet 10 trumpet nntii it reaehed the gate,
| and then it would fash to 'the house OF
many mansions, ; anil it would fin out your
kindred there, and before your tears OF re-
petepanee had bean wiped from tho cheek
and before you had iassheIyou first PRAYER
YOUR kindred in glory would know OF it.
AMI another heaven wouli ba added to their
ioy. AMI they would cry 'My prayers are
answered ; another loved one saved. Give
me A harp with which to strike the Joy.
saved Saved Sayedm
III hsye shown you taat ''a'l things are
ready" that Christ Is rsady, that the Holy