The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-06-27

Germany by that line, and we read II
every evening and every merning Eews'
paper that it will sail on certain day,
for two weeks We have that akVartisei
ment before cur eyes, and then We &C
down 10 the dock Is miautes after il
has showed Of into the stream and say,
Come back. Give me another chance.
It is not fair to treat ne in this way,
SWiDe up to the dock again, ard throw
out planks, aud let me come on board"
Such behavior would invite arrest as a
madman.
Aud if after the gospel ship has lain
at anchor before our eyes tor years anc
wears, and all the benign voices Of earth
and heaven have urged Us to get on
board. as she might set sal al any no.
ment and after awhile she sails without
US. IS it common sense to expect her TO
come back? You might as well 60 out
on the Highlands st NaVesink aud call
to the Majestic after she has b;en three
DAYS cut and expect her TO return as to
cali back an opportunity for heaven
when it has once sped away. Ali heav-
ca offered as a gratulty, and tor life
time refuse to taks it, aad then rush on
the bosses OF Jehovah's huckler de-
manding another chance There ought
10 be, there can be, there will be no
such thing as posthumous opportunity.
Thus our common sense agrees with my
text, I'll The tree fall toward the south
or toward the north, in tie place where
the tree ialleth there it shall BE-"
You see that this idea lifts this world
up from an unimport ant way station to
g platform of stupendous issues and
makes all eternity whirl around this
hour. But one trial for which all the
preparation mnst be made II this world
or never made at all. That piles up all
the emphasis and all the cllmaE9s and
all the destinies into life here. No other
chance! Oh, how that augments the
value and Importance of this chance!
Alexander, with bis army used to
surround city, and then would lift a
great light in token to The people that
! if they surrendered before the light went
out ali would be well. But if once the
light welt out then the battering rams
would swing against The wall, and de-
molitlon and disaster would follow.
Well, all We need do for our present aud
everlasting safety is to make surrender
TO Christ, the king and corquernr-sur-
render of cur hearts, surrender OF cur
lives, surrender of everything. And he
keeps a great light burning, light of gos'
pei invitation, light kindled with the
wood of the cross and flaming up against
the dark night of our sin and sorrow.
Surrender while that great light coatin-
ues to burn, for after it goes out there
will be no other opportunity OF making
peace with God through our Lord Jesus
| Christ. Talk Of another chance! Why
this is a supernal chance!
Ia the time Of Edward vi, at the
battle of Musselburg, a private soldier,
seeing that the Earl Of Huntley had lost
his helmet took off his own helmet and
put upon the head of the earl. and the
head cf the private soldier uncovered he
was soon slain while his commander
rode safely out Of the battle. But in
our case, instead of a private soldier Of.
fering helmet to an earl, it is king put
ting his crown upon an unworthy sub
ject, the king dying that we might live.
Tell 1t on all points Of the compass.
Tell it to night and day. Tell it to all
earth and heaven. Tell 1t to all centu-
RES. all ages, al millenniums, that we
have such magnificent chance in this
world that we need no other chance in
the Dext.
Lam in the FURNISHED judg nent hall
of the last day. A great white throne
is lifted, but the Judge has not yet taken
it. While we are waiting for his arrival
I hear immortal spirits in conversation.
"What are you waiting here for?" says
a soul that went up from Madagascar to
a soul that ascended from America.
The latter says: II came from America
where 30 years I heard the gospel
preached and Bible read, and from the
prayer that I learned in infancy at my
mothers knee until my last hour had
gospel advantage, but for some reason /
did not make tie Christian choice, and
am here waiting for the Judge to give
me a new trial and another chance"
ssStrange,n says the other. 81 had but
one gospel call in Madags scar, and &C
cepted 1t, and do not need another
chance"
why are you here?" says one who
on earth had feeblest intellect to one
who had great brain, and silvery tongue.
and scepters of influence. The latter
respone!s: 'Oh, knew more than my
fellows. I mastered libraries and had
learned titles from colleges, and my
name was a synonym for eloquence and
power. Aud yet neglected my soul,
and, I am here waiting for new trial. "
'S.rauge.' says the one Of the feeble
earthly capacity. II knew but little oi
worldly knowledge, but knew Christ
and made him my partner, and have nc
need of another chance"
| Now the ground trembles with the ap-
preaching chariot, The great folding
doors Of the hall swing open. 'Stand
back!" cry the celestial ushers. "S!and
back, and let the Judge Of quick and
dead pass through" He takes the
throne, and looking over tie thorng q
nations he says: "Come to judgment,
the last judgment, the only Judgment
By one flash from the throne all the his
tory of each ore flames forth to the vision
OF himself and all others. "DIVide"'
says the juge to the assembly. "DiVide"'
echo the walls. "Divide!" cry the
the guards angelic.
Aud now the immortals separate,
rushing this way and that, and after
awhile there Is a great aisle between
them, and great vacuum widening and
widening and the Judge, turning to the
throng on one side, says, "He thai is
righteous, let him be righteous still; and
he that is holy, let him be holy still"
and then. turning towards the throDg on
the opposite side, he says, ''He that is
unjust, et him be unjust, still
and he that is filthy let him be
filthy STILL" and then, lifting one hanG
toward each group, he declares, IF the
tree fall toward the south or toward the
north, in the place where the tree falieth
there it shall be-" And then I hear
something jar with great sound. It is