Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-11-03

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son to-ntya,? He has wondered OF ra-aa3 |
10 the ends o. the ears3. L seems - il =
cannot get far eEoisl AMY .ro : y5sr |
Christian counsel. Vast so-= aae1ra : oct
the turrows that coma 10 yodr oro 8, a al
the quick Whitening Q. the h1tr. ato1t n.
fac, that your hack t-yins 10 >.o3p with L
burien-: Why, be woa!t not care aaeh
be heard you were deaf TIE c~Iaca@tg-
letter tia: brought taa tii.n-- \ woa3i pGt
In the same package viii other ie.te-ste.-
Ing the story Of his ssaGa.- Wa
are you 2oIns 10 DO b.
paddles broken At 'Ee -Gtttte Q
the blade. how can you pull L Z as7or~:
throw you one oar nov Slta watsa 2%itev+
you can tr!n, HIM INTO hsr or. |: = tn
glorious promise, i will he a-Go3 10 th4~
and 10 thy sect after thee Oh. broken
hearted father AMI mother, you hava tried
everything else now MAKE an apaetl Tor
the help and onnipo,enee q tie coSensn:
Keeping God. AM perhaps al your a-x'
family neutrality-suspicious. on I~hsakstytaS
Day. perhaps next Clrlotnts Dty-.te
prodiSa! may BE- hone. aud II you crow
on his plate more iu11ries tnta on any
other plate at the table | am slre -.
brothers vii. not be t4a4ous. III t+y
will wake up AL the nas.e in t1A ho4-a,
because the dead IS alive az lin Al t3Aeta~
tht los. Is founi." P-rltp, 80 II prayer
hav. oeea answered. ARA II. Ire vt-s.
may Il. noc-Ttrt, IN / by III I'm
OF THIS nights stars that ah-sDt s2a NAY ="
~pacIngtn- deck o. thu snip. auxol- for III"
time 10 c5ne waen h "tu 'hrt= r. arm
arouu your a-rn an ask Tor or '
for that he has been wrng:ns yoar oil heart
so long. Glorious reunion, that vi b too
sacred for outsi.e r- to look upon, but l
would Just like TO look through ;tie win. sow
when YOU have ali got together IL in AM
are seated at the banquet.
+ TEouxh parents III ~ in coveTant9s
Aud hAvet ler h aven IN Ntes.
They ar nJt ha py iii they see
Tnis call rem happy 100,
Again, | remark that the IN 1yail!ng effort
o the Mediterranean otrsnen has = coun-
terIEart IN the effort which We are making TO
bring this world back to Col, HIS pardon
an safety. II this world could have bten
saved hv human effort. it wouti have been
tone long ago. John Howard took hold OF
| one o 4r. ana Carey TOOK holi OF another oar.
an A toniram Ju1son took ho.i OF another
| oar, and Luther toot hold Of another oar.
ana John Knox took hold Of another oar and
tsey puliel until they tell back dead from
the exhaustion. Some dropped in the ashes
Of martsr3on, eone on the ~sealping
knives Of sava .e5 AMI some into the
p.asus struck room Of the lazaretto,
IN still the CHAINS are not broken.
an / -tiil the dtepotis1ls are not demolished.
an still the worit IS n2savet. What then?
plt iowa the or. ant make no effort? j
10 not advise that. But | want you, Chris
ian brethren, to understand that the church,
ani the school AMI the college. an the mis-
~ionary society are only the instrumentall-
ties. ana il this work is ever done at all Col
must 10 it, and He will do it in answer to
our prayer. They rowa' na!i to bring it to
the lanti. but they could not, wherefore they
cried un'othe Lori.
Ayatn. the untvailing effort ~oftnose Meli-
tcrranean oarsncn has a counterpart in
every man that is trying TO row his own soul
into safety. When the eternal spirit flashes
upon US on. condition, We try TO save our
~"ivts. w. say. Give me a stout oar for my
r,.at hand. give me a stout oar for my left
isu i.aniI viii pun myself into safety No.
Awtvc otsin comes al ilashts you one way,
ami a wave Of temptation comes and dashe=
you in another way. AMI there are plenty OF
rocks on which 20 foun Ter, but seemingly no
harhor Into whichto sail. Sin must be thrown
ovrrto1rd. or We must perish. There
are men VINO have tried for years to become
CHRISTIANS. They b4lieye all | say In regard
TO future world. They believe that re-
l!gion Is the first. the last, the infinite ne
r.-s.ty. They do everything but trust in
Christ. They make sixty strokes in * min,
ute. They bend forward with all earnest
ness. and they lie back until the muscles are
dis,.n ed. and Vet they have not maize one
inch in ten years toward heaven. What i
;hn reason! That IS not the way to 40 10
work. You might as we'll take q fr4il
skiff and put 1t down at the foot OF Nj
a-ara and then head it up toward tn
ehurninS thulIerbo,t OF waters and ex
pect TO work Your way up through the
lightning Of the foam into calm Lake Erie
rs for YOU 10 try to pull yourself through
ihesurf oINour sin INTO :hehopea an iparion
and p!a.dity oftne gospel. Iou cannot &c
it in that way. Sin is a rough sea, an
~longhoat. yawl, pinnace and gon1oia e
down unless the Lord deliver. but If you
Will or, ~ lhriyt onI ~ haI} If i;,tr-
mercy you arc as safe from eternal con
domination as though YOU hal been twenty
Years IN heaven.
But glory be- TO God that Jesus Christ i
able to take us up out o. our ShipWrecke,
ant! dying condition and put US on theshoti
der OF His strength, and by the omnipotenc,
of His gospel bear Us on through all tn.
journey Of this life and at last through tn
opening gates OF heaven, He is mighty L
save. Though your sin he long an b.acl
ana inexcusable anil outrageous. the yer,
moment you believe | will proclaim parlo1
quick. full. grand, unconditional uncon
promising. il!imltlble. infinite. Oh, the grace
OF God, | am overwhelmed when | come L
think OF it. Give me Il thousand ladders. lash
al fast TO each other. that | may scale tn
height. Let the line run out with the an
Choir until all the cables of the earth are ey
hau>ted. that We may touch the depth. l..
the archangel fly in circuit Of eternal ages il
trying to sweep around this theme. On, tn
grace OF Goit 1t is 50 high. It is 50 broad
1t is so deep. Glory he TO my.Goi. ina
where mans oar gives out Gods arm begins
Why will W carry your sins AMI sonr sor
rowaany longer when Chris. offers TO TAX
them Why will You wrtstl. down YOU
fears when this moment you niSat give u
and b.. save: Do you not know that every
thing is reaiv2
Pientv >! room atthe feast. JESUS has tn
rim, Of HIS love all ready 10 put upon YOU
han J.. Cptnp now ana ~ iawn va n-1y-