Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-05-16

that would take bold only with thu
grasp of sick man, beats nightly
against the soul with thousand heart
throbs.
4 When you come into the religious cir
Gle, come only with the notion, and
only for one purpose-to find the way
to Christ. When see people critical
! about sermons, and critical about tones
of voice, and critical about sermonil
delivery they make me think OF a man
in prison. He is condemned to death
but an officer of the government brings
a pardon and puts it through the wicket
OF the prison, and says: Here is your
pardon. Come and get it," what
Do you expect me to take that pardon
offered with such voice as you have,
| with such an awkward manner as you
have? l wonld rather die than SO com
| promise my rhetorical notions!' All,
the man does not say that; he takes it!
1t is his life. He does not care how it
is handed to him. And if, to-day, that
pardon from the throne Of God is
offered to our souls, should we not
seize it, regardless Of all non-essentials?
But | come now to the last part of
my text. 1t tells us when we are to
seek the Lord: ''While he may be
found" When is that? Old age? You
may not see old age. Tomorrow? You
may not see tomorrow. Tonight? You
may not see tonight. Now! Q, if |
could only write on every heart, in
three capital letters, that word NOW
now
Sin is an awful disease. / hear people
say with toss of the head and with a
trivial manner: 20, yes, I'm sinner. ;"
Sin is an awful disease. 1t is leprosy.
1t is dropsy. 1t is consumption. 1t is
all moral disorders in one. Now you
know there is crisis in disease.
Perhaps You have had some illustra-
ton of it in your family. Sometimes
the physician has called, and he has
looked at the patient and said: THAT
case was simple enough; but the crisis
has passed. If you had called me yes
terday or this morning, could have
cured the patient. 1t is too late now;
the crisis has passed" just SO it is in
the spiritual treatment of the soul
there is a crisis
There are some here who can remem-
Der instances in life when, if they had
bought a certain property, they would
have become very rich. A few acres
that would have cost them almost moth
ing were offered them. They refused
them. Afterward large village or
city sprung up on 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
come back again. And so it is in re-
gard to a mans spiritual and eternal
fortune. There is chance; if you let
that go, perhaps it never comes back.
Certainly, that one never comes back.
gentleman told me that at the bat
tie of Gettysburg he stood upon
height looking off upon the conflicting |
armies. He said it was the most excit-
ing moment of his life; now one army
seemed to triumph, and now the other.
After awhile the host wheeled in such |
a way that he knew in five minutes the
whole question would be decided. He
said the emotion was almost unbear-
able. There is just such time to-day
with you. The forces of light on one
side, and in few moments the matter
will be settled for eternity.
Why defer this matter, oh, my dear
nearer? Have you any idea that sin
will wear out? that it will evaporateo
that it will relax it's grasp? that you
may find religion as man accidentally
finds lost pocketbooll? All, no! No1
man ever became Christian by acct
dent, or by the relaxing of sin. The
are all the time in
The hosts of darkness arc
and the longer you post
pone this matter the sleeper the path
will become ask those men who are
before me now, whether in the ten or
fifteen years they have passed in the
oostponement of these matters, they
nave come any nearer to God or
Heaven. would not be afraid to cha.-
enge this whole audience, so far as
hey may not have found the peace o.
he Gospel in regard to the matter.
Your hearts, you are willing to frankly
ell me, are becoming harder and
harder, and that if you come to Christ
t will be more of an undertaking now
han it ever would have been before.
The throne of Judgment will soon be
et; and, if you have anything to do to-
ward your eternal salvation, you had
,etter do it now, for the redemption OF
our soul is precious, and it ceaseth
oreyer.
o, if men could only catch one
'limpse of Christ, know they would
owe him! Your heart leaps at the sight J
+ a glorious sunrise or sunset. Can
gu be without emotion as the Sun OF
righteousness rises behind Calvary and
cts behind Joseph's sepulcher? He is !
blessed Saviour Every nation has
Is type of beauty. There is German
eauty, and Swiss beauty, and Italian
eauty, and English beauty; but | care
OF in what land man first looks at
hrist, he pronounces him ''chief among
an thousand, and the one altogether
,vely."
The diamond districts of Brazil are
arefully guarded, and man does not :.
ct in there except by pass from the :
overnment; but the love of Christ is a "
ia,.ond district we may all enter and A
icly nm treasures for eternity, ITO