Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-02-17

There VA. 4 man Oh 4 HUDSON Hiver boat
to whom a tract was offered. With irii-na.
ton be tore Il up and threw II o-eroo2rd
But 3Ie fraymens Edged - lis crat Sleeve,
AMI b: 1aa IN il fhs wori eternity ard
he Ednd no peace until he was prepared for
tha. great future. Do you know wha. pas
sage il was that caused Martin LUtherto sea
the truth The just shall live b. faith
DO Won know there Is = Cst one-pas-
says that brought Augustine from a life .:
dissipation .Put ye on the Lord Jesus
Christ and make no provision for the hssh
70 fulfill the llsts,taer@of.' II was Just one
passage that couvertrd Hedley Wears. the
great soldier, t. c+2ri-t. The blood ofJ-sus
Christ rlea,.seth trssr all sit
Dc you know that the Holy Spirit useI
one passage Of Scripture n save Jonathan
EDWARDS. Wow. unto the Ming. eternal.
immortal. Invisible. the only wls- COD. oar
saviour. he glory One year ago on
Thanksgiving Day / read fer my text. on.
give thanks unto the Lori. Tor H. i coot,
for His mercy rniursth forever. And t.r-rs
: a yonns man IN the Eouse 10 who's h"srs
the Holy Spirit took tha. tex' for rs - ru9t
r.iertpticn. Iairns a9@a- II IT, "~s cl-r I
wiIi'rll yfu vas troI-ht. tl- paaer r.. 81
gospel through the >yro-Pnapntcs han womans
rrv 10 Christ. Even the dogs Eat Of the
rrumts .ha, fall from the Masters table.
Do you know that the holy spirit almost
always uses insignificant means Eloquent
! sermons never -dSe an t"iA. EHlio~ppHifAi
sermons never say. anybody Metaphysical
se-r@r- rev-, saye an.n0ly. but the
minister comes son" Sabbath 10 hi pulpit
worn %ut with encag.nlenf- ani the ,au--
IN: Of a irenziet loorhell. He has Only :
a textAnd two or three IDEAS, but h" says:
o Lord. help me. Here ar. a good many
people | may never meet again. have not
much IN say. Speak Thou through my poor
lips. And before the service Is ion- .ner.
ara fearful eyes AID \ sclefnnity ike the
Judgment.
The great French orator. when tho deal
King lay before him, looked Ut AMI cried.
God Dniv j. great and the triumph Of
hie nloluencc hao been told Nv tn" his
tofiane. But | have not heard that enc soul
was saved by the oratorical flourish. Worldly
critics may thinn that the early preaclin,
IF Thomas Chalmers was Il masterpiece.
But Thomas Chalmers says he never began
10 preach until he came out % the sickroom,
white and emaciated. and told men the
simple story 81 Jesus. In the great DAY OF
eternity II viii he found that the most .od.s
have been brought to Christ not br the
Bossuets and Massillons and BoirdalOues.
INF by humble men. who, in the strength of
God and believing in the eternal spirit IN
Tited men to Jesus.
There were wise calves, There were excel.
lent ointments. 1 suppose. in the TIM Of
Christ for blind and inflamed eyes But
Jcsns turned His back upon them and put the
tip Of His finger to His tan2ale. and with the
spittle that adhered 10 the finger He anoint-
I'd the eyes OF the blind man, and daylight
poured into his blinded soul. SO it 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
he eyes of the blind and pours the sunlight
Of pardon and peace upon the soul.
Oh, my friend. I wish we could feel it more
and more that If any good is done it is by the
pou.pr Of God & OmniDOfppt SDirJt do NOT
know what hymn may hringyou to Jesus. 10
not know what words of 1.-THE Scripture lesson |
read may save your soul. Perhaps the spirit
of God may hurl tbs very text into Your
heart. "Come. for all things are now ready"
Again, the church is ready. o man. 1t |
could take the curtain off these Christian
hearts. / 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 REDEEM tion and hoping that the worts
spoken may strike your 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 people? 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 bow for his baptism. Give him The
right hand of Christian fellowship. Brine
him into all Christian associations.
Oh, you wanderer on the cold mountains,
come into the warm sheepfold. l let dow
the bars and bid you come in. With the
shepherds crook | point you the way. Hun.
dreds OF Christian hands beckon you int
the church of God. A great many people dc
not like the church. and say it IS a great
mass of hypocrltes. but it is a. glOriou.
church with all its imperfections. Christ
bought it. and hoisted the pillars. and swung
its gates, and li;tel its arches. and cur
tanned it with upholstery crimson with cru
~ciixion carnage. Come into it.
We are n garden walled around.
Chosen and made peculiar ground,
A little spot inclosed by grace
out OF the worlds wild wilderness.
Again. the angels Of God are ready. /
great many Christians think that the tall
about angels is fanciful. You say il is a very
good subject for theological students VIII
have just begun to sermonize. hut for eide
men it Is improper. There is no more proc
in that Bible that there is a God than Their
are angels. Why. do not they swarm abou
Jacobs ladder? Are We not old that the,
conducted Lazarus upward that they stan,
before the throne. their faces covered u
with their wings. while they cry. Holy
holy is the Lord God A%lmighty?' Did no
David see thousands and thousands? d i
not one angel Stay 1s5 900 men in SIENNA
cherib's army? And shall they not be tn
thief harvesters at the judgment?
There Is a line of loving. holy. might
!, angels reaching to heaven. suppose the
! reach from here to the very gate. and whe
4 an audience Is assembled for Christian wor
ship the air is full of them. Ii each one Q
YOU has a guardian angel. how many celss
' tails there ar here They crowd the place
. they hover. they fiji atout. they rejoice
!; Look. that spirit is just come from tn
= throne A moment ago it stood before Chris
. and heard the doxoiocy Of the Slorified
Look, Bright. immortal. what news from
: the golden city SPEAK. spirit hlest Tn
. response comes melting on the air, Com.
= for all things ara now ready
; Angels ready n bear the tiiinSs, an.a
:. ready 10 drop the ben-!irtion. angels re. |
, to kinile the JOY. They have stood in clor
: they know al ahont l.. They have felt III
! Joy that Is felt wae-a 'h~-e are ~ tears an
: no graves m7ort. ~'r-tIfg. but NJ inv4li-
|. 3sn songs. but Ii IRONS wedding toll
* 4B' 10 tuaerfita rea"- .>--.r3t .-I"r wter
= aauits 'aat never s.i-- arlf- ta., aevr
h AIT hearts ina: rata. h-ea
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