The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-04

assembly" Seven years before on that
Hudson r-v5r sloop was the cler25 man 8
Cppor-ull.g-
1 stand This minute On the presence OF
many heads ~ families. 4 wonder u they
all realize that the opportunity Of iunuenc-
ing the household Cor Christ and heaven IS
very brief and VIII soon be gomez Ter
while the house ls fun Of the voices ana
footsteps of children. You sometimes +eel
that you can hardly stand the racket. You
say. DO be quiet Il seems as II my head
would split with all this noise" And things
+ get broken and ruined, and b Is. Where's
my hatr' Who took my books p Who
has been busy with my playthingsF And
IL is a-rushing this way, and a-rushing
that. until father and mother are we'll
nigh beside themselves II Is astonishing
how much noise i've or six children can
make and not half try. But the years
glide swiftly away. After awhile the
voices are not so many, ana those which
stay are more sedate. First this room
gets quiet and then thar room Death
takes some, and marriages takes others,
until after awhile the house Is aWtully
still That man yonder would give ell he
is worth 70 have THAI boy who Is gone
away forever rush into the room once
more with the shout that was once thought
too boisterous. That mother who was
once tried because her little girl, now
gone forever. with careless scissors cut up
have her child come back willing 20 put
In her hands the most valuable wardrobe
10 cut as she pleascs. Yes Yes The
house noisy now viii soon be still enough,
/ warrant YOU. and as when you began
housekeeping there we're Just two of
you. there will be just two again. Oh
the alarming brcTlty ot infancy and child
hood The opportunity is glorious. but it
soon passes. Parents may say at the
close OF life, "What a pity we did not do
more for the religious welfare Of our
children while we had them with US"
But the lamentation win be of no avail.
The opportunity had wings and il van
ished When your child gets out of the
cradle let it climb into the outstretched
arms of the beautiful Christ Come thou
and all thy house into the ark"
Bat there is one opportunity so much
brighter than any other so much more
inviting, ana SO superior to an others
that there are innumerable fingers point
ms to 3D.. and IL is haloed with glory all
its own. IL is your II is mine It is
the present hour. JIG is the now. We shall
never have 30 again. While l speak and
you listen the opportunity SIS restless as
If TO be gone. You cannot chain it down.
You cannot imDrison 1t. You cannot
make it stay. All its pulses are throbbing
with "a haste that cannot be hindered or
controlled. 10 is the opportunity of in
vitation on my part, and acceptance on
your part. The door of the palace of
Gods mercy is wide open. Go in. Sit
down, and be kings and queens unto God
forever. We'll" you say, II am not
ready" You are ready. Are you a
sinner Yes" DO you want to be
saved now and forever2' yes" DO
you believe that Christ is able and will
ing TO do the work?' Yes" Then you are
saved. You are inside the palace door
of Gods mercy already. You look
u NaaHH y1aas Ill.
jah, tits done"' Did you ever see any
thing done so quickly? Invitation offered
and accepted in less than minute by
my watch or that clock. Sir Edward
Greasy wrote a book called, THE Fifteen
Decisive Battles of the World: from
Marathon to Waterloo" But the most
decisive battle you will ever fight, and
the greatest victory you will ever gain.
IS this moment when YOU conquer first
yourself, and then all the hinderng myr-
midons of perdition by saying, Lord
Jesus, here I am, undone and helpless,
to be saved by thee. and thee alone"
That makes a panic in hell That makes
celebration in heaven. Opportunity
On the 18th Of January, 1866, a collier
brig ran into the rocks near Walmer
| Beach, England. Simon Pritchard stand
! ing on the beach threw off his coat and
said. ''Who viii help me save that crew?
| Twenty men shouted, Il will" though
only seven were needed. Through the
awful surf the boat dashed, and in fifteen
minutes from the time Pritchard threw
\ off his coat all the shipwreclIed crew
/ were safe on land. Quicker work to-day.
/ Half that time more than necessary to
/ get all this assemblage into the life-boat
/ of the Gospel. and ashore, standing both
/ feet on the Rock of Ages BY the two
strong oars of faith and prayer FIRST pull
/ for the wreck ana then pull for the shore.
/ Opportunity!
Over the city went the cry,
Jesus Of Nazareth passeth by!
Let the world go. 1t has abused you
| enough and cheated you enough, and
slardered you enough, and damaged you
enough Even those from whom you
/ expected better things turned out your
| ass0ilants; as when Napoleon in his last
/ will and testament left I'VE thousand
| francs to the man who shot at yelling
( ton in the streets Of Paris. Oh it is a
mean world Take the glorious Lord for
your companionship. L like what the
good man said to one who had everything
( but religion. The aftuent man boasted
Of what he owned, and of his splendors
Of surroundings, putting into insignih-
canoe, as he thought. the Christians pos
sessions. "Ah." said tho Christian, man
have something you have not." What
is that?" said the wording. The answer
was 'Peaoe!" And you may all have it
peace with God; peace with the past
peace with the future; a peace that al
the assaults of the world, and all the bonn
herdments satanic, cannot interfere
with,
a Sccth shepherd was dying and had
the pastor called in. The dying shep-
herd said to his wife, MARY, please tc
go into the next room, for 7 want tc
see the minister alone" When the two
were alone the dying shepherd said: 81
have known the Bible ali my life, but J
am going. and I am Altered to dee .
Then the pastor quoted the Psalm, The
Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want
Yes. mon" said the shepherd, Il wa:
familiar with that before you were born
bur sm a-go!ng and I am Altered tC
dee" Then SAID the pastor you know
that the Psalm says. Though I wall
through the valley of tie shadow OIL
death, I win fear no evil " Yes" sait
the dying shepherd, 4 knew
that before you was born
but it does not help me" Their
said the pastor, Don't you know thai
sometimes when YOU were driving the
sheep down through the valleys and ra
vines there would be shadows all abou