Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-05-04

| called, and he has looked at tho patient
and said: THAT ease was simple enough.
but the crisis has passed II you had called
mc yesterday or this morning. | could
have cured the patient II Is too late now;
the crisis has passed just so It Is In tho
| spiritual treatment Of the suul-thcrn Is a
crisis
There ara some hero who can remember
instances in life when, II they had bought
certain property, they would have be-
come very rith. a few acres that would
have cost them almost nothing were offered
them. They refused them. Aftcrwarl n
large village or city sprung mp ON those
acres of ground. and they SEC what u mis-
take they made In not buying the proper
ty. There was an opportunity Of getting
II. II never came back again. And So il
is in regard 80 u mans spiritual and ctcr-
nal fortune. There is "a chance; il You Let
that 60. perhaps il never comes back. Ger
tainly that one never comes back
a gentleman told me that at the battle
Of Gettysburg he stood upon height look
ing Off upon the conflicting armies. lie
said IL was the most exciting moment of
his life, now one army seeming to triumph
and now the other After awhile the host
wheeled in such way that he knew in five
minutes the whole question would bc de
cidcd. He snid he emotion was almost un-
bcarablc. There Is just such n time to-
day with you-,hc forces Of light on one
side the forces Of death on the other side,
and In % few moments the matter will be
settled for eternity.
There j. u time which mercy has set for
leaving port. II You are on board before
that, you Will get u passage for heaven II
you are not un board ynu miss your pas
sage for heaven. ~ In law courts case
Is sometimes adjourned from term to term
and from year 10 year till the hill of costs
eats up the entire estate, 50 there are men
who arc adjourning the matter of religion
from time 10 time and from year to year
until heavenly bliss il the bill of costs the
man will have to pay for IL.
There Must he No Delay.
Why defer this matter. oh. my dear hear
er? Have you any idea that sin will wear
out; that 1t will cvaporatc; that it will re-
lax Its grasp: that you may find religion
as q man accidentally finds lost pocket
book: All no! No man ever became a
Christian by accident or by the relaxing
of sin. The cmbarrassmcnts arc all tho
time increasing. The hosts OF darkness are
recruiting, and the longer you postpone
this matter the sleeper the path will be-
come. l ask those men who are before me
now whether in the 10 or Is years they
have passed in the postponcmcnt OF these
matters they have come any nearer God
or heaven? would not he afraid to chal-
lcngc this whole audience, 50 far aS they
may not have found the peace Of tho gos-
pei, in regard to the matter. Your hearts,
you are willing frankly To tell me, are be-
coming harder and harder and that If YOU
come To Christ il will be more If an un-
dcrtaking now than IL ever would have
been before. The throne Of judgment will
soon he set, ard il you haze anything "a
do toward yonr eternal salvation you had
better do i; HOW, for the redemption Of
your soul Is precious, and IL ccascth for
ever.
oh, II men could only catch one glimpse
Of Christ. ] know they would love him
Your heart leaps ut the sight of a glorious
sunrise or sunset. Can you be without
emotion rs the sun Of Righteousness rises
behind Calvary and sets behind Joseph s
sepuchcr! lIc is "a blessed Saviour, Ev-
cry nation has its type of beauty. There is
German beauty, and Swiss beauty, and
Italian beauty, and English beauty, hut
care not in what land "a man first looks at
Christ he prnnounccs him chief among
TO- 900 and the one altogether lovely"
The diamond districts Of Brazil are care
fully guarded. and u man does not get in
there except by u pass from the govern
mcnt, but the love Of Christ Is diamond
district We may all enter and pick up
treasures for eternity. To-day, IL We will
hear his voice. harden not your heart" /"
Take the hint Of the text that l have no
timc to dwell upon-thc hint that there is
time when hc cannot bc found. There
was "a man in this city SO years of age who
said to- u Clergyman who came in, do you
think that man so years of age can get
rardoncd?" "Oh, yes, said the clergy
man. The old man said: II can't. When
l was ~ yc2;.S Of a.pr-I am now so years
the Spirit of God came To my soul, and
l felt the Importance of attending to these
things, hut l put il off. / rejected God,
and since ihcn | have had no feeling" Z"
well, " said the minister, wouldn't you
like Ia have me pray with you:' Yes, ("
replied the old man, but il will do no
good You can pray with me II you like
to" The minister knclt down and prayed
and commended the mans soul to God. 1t
seemed to have no effect upon him. After
awhile the Last hour of the mans lifo
came, and through his dclirium spark of
intelligence seemed to flash, and with his
last breath hc said, II shall never be for
giycn,' "Oh, seek the Lord while he may
he found. -