The Penn's Grove record., 1895-05-03

1oeS not amount 70 much. uftheY mefeiy
box at tho outside beauty. why. It Will no
farewell address, or the Koran fofMohammed,
,r the Shaster OF the HlndooA. 1t Is the In
ward light Of Gods word YOU mus get. !
went up TO the Church Of theN Madeleine In
Paris and looked at the doors, Alhbis-are the
most wonderfully constructed I ever saw,
md I could have staid there for a whole
week, but I had only q httle time. 3D., hav-
ing glanced at the wonderful carving on the
doors, I passed In and looked at the radiant
sitars and the soulptured dome. Alas that
10 many stop ct the outside door Of Gods
holy word, hooking at the rhetorical beautiea
lnstead Of going In and looking at the altars
Of sacrificed md the dome Of Gods mercy and
salvation thss hovers over penNens o be-
sewing soulsl
Whom you come into the religious circbA
soms only with one notion and only for one
purpose--ko ind the way 10 Christ. When /
zee people critical about sermons and orh-
nal about tones Of voice. and critical about
termonda delivery, they mako me think of
mAa N prison He Is condemned 70 death,
pardon md puts It through n wicket al
the prison and says; Here Is your pardon,
Come N get It," "Whatl Do you expect
me 10 take that pardon offered with suoh .
yoBce % you have. with sach an awkward
manner ae you have2 ] would rather die
Than % compromise my rhetorical nottonas
All, tho man docs not say that he takes II
Il is his Life. He does nos care how be
handed 70 him. And II to-day that pardon
rom the throne Of God u offered 10
puls should We not sed1e n regardless Of all
aoneaBont1hhy
But cpmo now 10 the kea part q my
pxt. II tells u whom We are 30 seek tho
Lord, ~whiie He may be found" When 30
shatf Old eses You may n o see old age
ro-moncw2 You may not $50 tomorrow.
ro-night7 You may not 80 tonight. Govi
Oh, III could only write on cvery heart tn
three capital letters that word N-O-W-nowl
Bin b an awful disease bear people say
With q toss Of the head and with Q trivial
manner, "Oh, yes, I'm a simmer" Ban III an
awful disease. 1t Is leprcsy. Il b dropsy.
Il Is consumption It 10 all moral disorders
In one. Now, you know there Is o crisis In .
disease. Perhaps you have had some Illus
ration OF It In your family. Sometimes the
physician has called, and he has looked at
The patient and said. THAT case was sim
pie enough, but the CRISIS has passed II you
had called me yesterday or this morning, l
could have CARED the patient It k TOO late
bow. The crisis passed" just 80 Il fs In the
spiritual treatment OF the soul-there Is Q
erisis.
There are some here who can remember In
stances In life when, II they had bought Q
certain property, they would have become
very rioh. A few acres that would have cost
them almost nothing were offered them
They refused them Afterward Q large VII.
lage or city sprung up O. those acres Of
ground, and they see what . mistake they
made In not buying the property. There
was an opportunity OF getting It 1t never
eame back again And 30 1t Is In regard to
. mans spiritual and eternal fortune. There
b chance. II You let that go, perhaps 1t
never comes back Certainly that one never
49, Hnk "a.
A gentleman told me that at the battle Of
Gettysburg he stood upon 9 height looking
Of upon the conflicting armies He said It
was the most exciting moment OF his life.
Now n army seeming TO triumph and now
the other. After awhile the host wheeled In
such 8 way that he knew In fve minutes the
whole question would be decided; He SAID
is lust suuh Q time to-day with you-the
forces Of light on one side, the forces of death
on tho other side, and in o few moments the
/ matter Will be settled for eternity.
There is q time which mercy has-set Tor
eaving port. II you are on board before that
Fou Will get . passage for heaven. If you
Ire not on board, you miss your passage for
dimes adjourned from term TO term and from
year to year till the bill Of costs eats up tho
sntire estate, 30 there are men who are al
burning the matter 81 religion from
lime to time and from year to year until
heavenly bliss Is the bill OF costs the mar
will have TO pay for It.
| Why defer this matter, oh, my dear hearer2
Have you any idea that sin will wear out,
that It will evaporate; that 1t viii relax Its
rrasp; that you may lind religion a. Q man
accidentally finds Q lost ~pocketbook? All,
aoi No man ever became q Christian by no
adent or by the relaxing Of sin. The en-
earrassments ere all the time increasing. Tho
hosts OF darkness are recruiting, and the
onger you postpone this matter the sleeper
he path will become. / ask those men who
ne before men nov Ssvs whether naasss r. n the ne tSnO Of ~.
nent Of these matters they have come any
nearer God or heaven2 I would not be
,fraid to challenge this whole audience, 90
lar as they may not have found the peace OF
he gospel, In regard to the matter. Your
hearts, you are willing frankly TO toll me,
IRE becoming harder and harder, and thai u
you come TO Christ It will be more Of m
undertaking now than it ever would have
been before. The throne OF Judgment will
soon be set. and Il you have anything to do
toward your eten j salvation you had better
precious, and 1t .saseth forever.
Oh. II men could onlAcatch q glimpse
II Christ, I know they would love HIM
four heart leaps ct the sight OF Q glorious
runnse or sunsk. Can you DO without emo-
don as the Sun Of Mghtcousness rises be
lind Calvary and sets behindJoseph's sepul-
her? He Is q blessed Saviour: Every M
don has Its type OF beauty. There fs Ger
man beauty, and Swiss beauty, and Italian
h what land q mar first looks as Christ be
he n altogether lovely"
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