Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-02-04

throbblng with a haste that cannot be
hirdered or controlled 1t is the oppor-
tunlty OF invitation on my part and &C
ceptance 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. "Well, - you say, 81
am not ready" You are ready. care
you a sinner?' Eyes" ''Do YOU want
to be saved now and forever?'' eyes. Z"
do you believe that Christ is able and
willing to do the work?' Eyes. " Then
you are saved. You are inside the palace
door of Gods mercy already. You look
changed. You are changed. "Hallelu
iah, tits doneP' Did you ever see any
thing done SO quickly? Invitation offer
ed and accepted in less than a minute by
my watch or that clock. Sir Edward
Greasy wrote book called, '"The Fiji
teen Decisive Battles of the World,
From Marathon to Waterloo. But the
most decisive battle that you will ever
fight, and the GREATEST victory you will
ever gain, is this moment when you
conquer first yourself and then all the
hindering myrmidons of perdition 10y
saying, Lord Jesus, here 1 am, undone
thee alone. " That makes a panic i'll
hell That makes celebration in heaven.
Opportunity!
On the 18th of January, 1866, col
lier brig ran into the rocks near Wal
mer beach, England. Simon Pritchard,
standing on the beach, threw off his
coat and said, "Who will help me save
that crew?' Twenty men shouted, Il
WILL though only seven were needed.
Through the awful surf the boat dashed,
and in Is minutes from the time Pritch-
ard threw off his coat all the shipwreck
ed crew were safe on the land. Quick
er work today. Half that time more than
necessary to get all this assemblage into
the lifeboat 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 and then
pull for the shore. Opportunity
Over the city went the cry,
Jesus of Nazareth passeth byi
What 1t Brings.
Let the world go. 1t has abused you
enough, and cheated you enough, and
slandered you enough, and damaged
you enough. Even those from whom
you expected better things turned out
your assailants, as when Napoleon i'll
his last will and testament left 8, OO0
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 the one who had ev-
erything but religion. The aff1uent man
boosted of what he owned and of his
splendors of surroundings, putting into
insignifcance, as he thought, the Chris
tian S possessions. 'Ah, " said the Chris
tian, imam, have something you have
not. - ''What is that?" said the world
ling The answer was, ''Peace! And
you may all have it-peace with God,
peace with the past, peace with the flu
ture, Il peace that all the assaults of tho
world and all/the commandments satanic
cannot interfere with.
A Scotch shepherd was dying and had
the pastor called in. The dying shepherd
said to his wife, "Mary, please to &C
into the next room, for Iwant to see the
minister alone. " When the two were
alone, the dying shepherd said, Il have
known the Bible all my life, but l am
going, and | am Altered to dee. )"
Then the pastor quoted the psalm: 1.-The
Lord is my Shepherd. shall not want. "
eyes, mon, said the shepherd, Il was
familiar with that before you wern
born, but am a-gOin, and l am afeerc>.
to dee" Then said the pastor, lyon
know that the psalm says, Though ]
walk through the valley OF the shadow
Of death, | will fear no evil. Eyes,
said the dying shepherd, 4 knew thai
before you were born, but it does not
help me- " Then said the pastor, Don {
you know that sometimes when you
were driving the sheep down through
the valleys and ravines there would be
shadows all about you, while there was
plenty Of sunshine on the hills above:
You are IL the shadows now, but it il
sunshine higher up" Then said the dy-
ing shepherd: "Ah!-that is good. /
never saw it that way before. All is
well. Though l pass through the valley
of the shadow of death, thou art with
me. Shadows here, but sunshine
above. So the dying shepherd go5
peace. Living and dying, may we havo
the same peace!
The Gospel Call.
Opportunity! Under the arch of that
splendid word let this multitude of my
hearers pass into the pardon and hope
and triumph of the gospel Go by COM
panies of hundred each. Go by regi-
ments Of thousand each, the aged
leaning on the staff, the middle aged
throwing off their burdens as they pass
and the young to have their present joys
augmented by more glorious satisfac-
tions. Forward into the kingdom! AS
soon as you pass the dividing line there
will be shouting all up and down the
heavens. The crowned immortaIs will
look down and cheer Jesus Of the many
scars will rejoice at the result of his