The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-04-13

TO surrender myself Just now. But
before the storm comes VIII
60 In. Yes, I will. know what
I am about Trust mel After awhile
one night about twelve o'clock
going home, he passes scaffolding
Just a. gust of wind strikes II, and
u plank falls Dead, and outside the
arkl Or, riding in the park, recl-
less vehicle crashes into him, and his
horse becomes upmanageable, and he
shouts, whoa, whoal' and takes an
other twist In the reins, and plants
his feet against the dashboard and
pulls back. But no use. It is not 30
much down the Svenue that he dies an
on the way to eternity. Out Of the
wreck of the crash his body Is drawn,
but his soul is not picked up. II
fed behind swifter courser into the
great future. Dead, and outside the
arkl Or some night he wakes up with
a distress that momentarily increases
until he shrieks out with pain. Tho
doctors come in, and they give him 20
drops, but no relief; 20 drops, so drops,
90 drops, but no relief. No time for
prayer. No time to read one of the
promises. No time to get single sin
pardoned. The whole house is aroused
in alarm. The children scream. The
wife faintA The pulses fail. The
heart stops. The soul flies Dead, and
outside the ark!
have no doubt that derision kept
many people out OF the ark. The world
to see man go in and said:
Here is man starting for the ark.
Why, there will be no deluge. If there
Is one, that miserable ship will not
weather it. Aha, going into the arkl
Well, that is too good to keep. Here,
fellows, have you heard the news? This
man is going into the ark!' Under this
artillery of scorn the mans good resolu-
ton persisted.
And so there are hundreds kept out
by the fear of derision. The young man
asks himself: what would they say at
the store tomorrow morning If
should become Christian? When
go down to the club house, they will
shout, Here comes that new Christian.
Suppose you will not have anything to
do with us now. Suppose you are
now. Get down on your knees
and let us hear you pray. Come, now,
give us touch. Will not do it, ehr
Pretty Christian, you arer" Is it not
the fear of being laughed at that
keeps you out Of the kingdom of
God? Which Of these scorners will
help you at the last? When you lie
down on dying pillow, which of them
will be there? In the day of eternity
will they bail you out?
NY friends and neighbors, come in
right away. Come in through Christ,
the wide door-the door that swings
out toward you. Come in and be
saved. Come and be happy. THE
Spirit and Bride say. Come" Room in
the ark! Room in the ark!
But do not come alone. The text
invites you to bring your family.
It says, Thou and thy sons and thy
wife" You can not drive them in.
II Noah had tried to drive the
pigeons and the doves into the ark.
he would only have scattered them.
Some parents are not wise about
these things. They make iron rules
about Sabbaths, and they force the
down the throat as they
would hold the child's nose and force
down a dose Of rhubarb and calomel.
You can not drive your children into
the ark. You can draw your children
TO Christ, but you can not coerce them.
The cross was lifted, not to drive but
10 draw. IF be lifted up will draw
all men unto me-" AS the sun draws
up the drops Of the morning dew, SO
the sun of righteousness exhales the
tears of repentance.
Be sure that you bring your husband
Ind wife with you. How would Noah
have felt If, when he heard the rain
pattering on the roof of the ark, he
knew that his wife was outside in the
storm? No; she went with him. And
yet some Of you are on the ship ''out-
ward bound" for Heaven. But your
Is unsheltered. You re-
the day when the marriage
ring was set. Nothing has yet been
able to break II. Sickness came, and
the finger shrank, but the ring staid
IN. The twain stood alone above the
,hild's grave, and the dark mouth of the
somb swallowed up n thousand hopes,
but the ring dropped not into the open
grave. Days of poverty came. and the
hand did many hard days work, but
the rubbing of the work against the
ring only made 1t shine brighter.
Shall that ring ever be lost? Will the
ron clang Of the sepulcher gate crush
L forever? pray God that you who
have been married on earth may be to-
yether in Heaven. Oh, by the quiet
bliss of your earthly home, by the
babes cradle. by all the vows of that
lay when you started life together, I
beg you to see to It that you both get
INTO the ark.
Come in, and bring your wife or , our
husband with you-not by fretting
about religion or dingdonging them
about religion, but by a consistent life
and by compelling prayer that shall
bring the throne of God down into
your room. Go home and take up the
Bible and read 1t together, and then
kneel down and commend your souls
TO Him who has watched you all these
years, and before you rise there will
be a huttering Of wings over your
head, angel crying TO angel, Behold,