The Grenada sentinel., 1894-06-16

One day in southern Italy there wa
. trembling of the earth, and the all
got black with smoke intershot with
liquid rocks, and Vesuvius rained
upon Drusilla and upon her son Z
horrible tempest Of ashes and fire
They did not reject religion; they
only put it of. They did not under
stand 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 guardsmen
entered the palace; 1t went away when
Paul and his guardsmen left.
Have you never seen q man waiting
for a convenient season? There is such
agreat fascination about it that, though
you may have great respect for the
truth of Christ, yet somehow there 10
in your soul the thought: mot quite
yet. 1t is not time for me to become .
Christian" say to q boy: Seek
Christ" He says: mo; wait until
get to be a young man." Isay to the
young man: "Seek Christ" He says:
"Wait until come to mid-life." I
meet the same person in mid-life, and
say: ''Seek Christ" He says: wait
until get old" meet the same per-
son in old age, and say to him: "Seek
Christ He says: "Wait until l am on
my dying bed" am called to his dying
couch. His last moments have come.
l bend over the couch and listen for
his last words. l have partially to
guess what they are by the motion Of
his lips, he is SO feeble: but, rallying
himself, he whispers. until can hear
him say: ''l-am-waiting-
more--cOnvenient--s he is
gone.
can tell you when your convenient
season will come. can tell you the
year--it. will be 1894. can tell YOU
what kind of day it will bet will be
the Sabbath day. can tell you what
hour it will be-it will be between
eight and ten o'clock. In other
words, it is now. Do you ask
me how | know this is your
convenient season? know it because
you are here. and because the Holy
Spirit is here, and because the elect
sons and daughters of God are praying
for your redemption. All know it is
your convenient season because some
OF you, like Felix. tremble as all
your past life comes upon you with
its sin. and all the future life comes
upon you with it's terror. This night
air is aglare with torches to show YOU
up or to show you down. 1t is rustling
with wings to lift you into light. or
smite you into despair, and there is q
rushing to and fro. and heating
against the door of your soul as with
great thunder OF emphasis. telling you:
Now is the best time, as it may be the
only time
May God Almighty forbid that any of
you. my brethren and sisters. act the
part OF Felix and Drusllla. 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
on in darkness for long
while before he found light.
After their peace in Christ,
'he white man said to the In
lian; "Why was it that was
Kept so long in the darkness. and you
Immediately found peace?' The Indian
'eplied: 81 will tell you. A prince
zones along. and he offers you coat.
You look at your coat. and you say:
My coat is good enough and you re-
use his offer; but the prince comes along
md he offers Inc the coat, and look
It my old blanket and I throw that
way, and take his own offer. You,
ir,' continued the Indian. ARE cling
ng to your own righteousness, you
hink you are good enough. and you
'eep your own righteousness: but
ave nothing. nothing, and so when
esus offers me pardon and peace,
imply take it, My reader, why
ot now throw away the worm
ut blanket of your sin and
ake the robe of Saviours right
robe so white. so fair, SO
astrous, that no fuller on earth can
'hiten it? Oh. Shepherd. tonight bring
ONE the lost sheep! Oh, Father, to-
light give welcoming kiss to the wan
rodigal! Oh, friend of Lazarus, to-
ight break down the door of the sepul-
her, and say to all these dead souls Us
by irresistible fiat: "Liye! Live!"