Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-06-14

q liz INV III suDJcCI Ldhts uccpcr
tone. and it shows what a dangerous
thing is this deferring of religion.
When Pauls chain ratified down the
marble stairs of Felix, that was Felix's
last chance for heaven. Judging from
his character afterward, he was repro
bate and abandoned And SO was
Drusilla.
One day in southern Italy there was
trem bling of the earth, and the air
got black with smoke intershot with
liquid rocks, and Vesuvius rained upon
Drusilla and upon her son a horrible
tempest of ashes and fire. They did
not reject religion; they only put it
off. 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 it tipped the wrong
way. Their convenient season came
when Paul and his guardsman entered
the palace; it went away when Paul
and his guardsman left Have you
never seen men waiting for con-
venient season? There is such great
fascination about it, that though you
may have great respect to the truth of
Christ, yet somehow there is in your
soul the thought, Not quite yet 1t
is not time for me to become Chris
tian." l say to boy, seek Christ"
He says, mo; wait until get to be
young man." l say to the young
man. Seek Christ" lie says, "Wait
until come to midlife." / meet the
same person in mid-life, and / say,
Seek Christ" He says, Wait until
/ get old" | meet the same person in
old age and say to him, Seek
Christ" lie 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 par
TALLY to guess what they are by the
motion of his lips, he is so feeble; but
rallying himself, he whispers, until l
can hear him say, 'I-am-waiting-
for-a-more-conv enient-season" -
and he is gone.
May God Almighty forbid that any
of you, my brethren or sisters, act the
part of Felix and Drusilla, and put
away this great subject. If you are
going to be saved ever, why not begin
tonight? Throw down your sins and
take the Lords pardon. Christ has
been tramping after you many day.
An Indian and white man became
Christians. The Indian, almost as
soon as he heard the gospel, believed
and was saved: but the white man
struggled on in darkness for long
while before he found light. After
their peace in Christ. the white man
said to the Indian, why was it that
l was kept so long in the darkness, and
you Immediately found peace?" The
Indian replied, II will tell you. A
prince comes along, and he offers you
"a coat. You look at your coat, and
you say, My coat is good enough, and
you refusehis offer; but the prince comes
along and he offers me the coat, and
look at my old blanket and l throw
that away, and take his offer. You,
sir" continued the Indian, ARE cling
ing to your own Righteousness, you
think you are good enough, and you
keep your righteousness; but l have
nothing, nothing, and so when Jesus
offers me pardon and peace, simply
take it." My reader why not now
throw away the WORKOUT blanket Of
your sin and take the robe of Saw
tours rightecrsness-a robe so white,
so fair, so lustrous, that no fuller Jon
earth can whiten it? o, shepherd, to-
night bring home the lost sheep! O.,
father, to- night give welcoming kiss
to the wan prodigal! o, friend of
Lazarus, tonight break down the
doc" of the sepulchre, and say to all
these dead souls as by irresistible fiat,
Live! Live!'
T. DEWITT TALMkGE.