The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-03


Der instances in life when. if they had
bought certain property. they would
have become very rich. A few acres
that would have cost them almost
nothing were offered them. They re-
i fused them. Afterwards a large viii
i lage or city sprang up on those acres
of ground and they see what a mistake
! they made in not buying the property.
/ There was an opportunity of getting
! il. 1t never came back again. And so
/ il is in regard to q mans spiritual and
eternal fortune. There is a chance.
If you let that go perhaps it never
comes back. Certainly that one never
comes back.
A gentleman told me that at the bat
tie of Gettysburg he stood upon a
height looking off upon the conflicting
armies. He said it was the most excit-
ing 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 be decided. He
said the emotion was almost unbeara-
BILE. There is just such time to-day
with you. The forces of light on one
side, the forces of death on the other
side, and in a few minutes the matter
will be settled for eternity.
There is a time which mercy has set
for leaving port. If you are on board
before that. you will get a passage for
Heaven. As in law courts. a case is
sometimes adjourned from term to
term, and from year to year, till the
bill of costs eats mp the entire estate,
so there are men who are adjourning
the matter of religion from time to
time. and from year 70 year, until
heavenly bliss is the bill of costs the
man will have to pay for il.
Why defer this matter. oh. my dear
hearer? Have you any idea that sin
will wear out; that it will evaporate;
that il will relax its grasp; that you
may find religion as man accidentally
finds lost pocketbook? All. no! No
man ever became a Christian by acci-
dent. or by the relaxing of sin. The
embarrassments are all the time in
creasing. The hosts of darkness are
recruiting, and the longer you post
pone this matter the sleeper the path
will become. | ask those men who are
before me now whether in ten or
fifteen years they have passed in the
postponement of these matters,
they have come any nearer God or
Heaven? / would not be afraid to
challenge this whole audience, so far
as they may not have found the peace
of the gospel, in regard to the matter.
Your hearts, you are willing frankly
to tell me, are becoming harder. and
that if YOU come to Christ it will be
more of an undertaking now than it
ever would have been before. The
throne of Judgment will soon be set;
and, if you have anything to do
towards your eternal salvation, you
had better do it now. for the redemp
tion of your soul is precious, and it
ceaseth forever
Oh, if men could only catch one
glimpse of Christ, know they would
love Him! Your heart leaps at the
sight of a glorious sunrise or sunset.
Can YOU be without emotion as the sun
of Righteousness rises behind Calvary,
and sets behind Joseph's sepulcher?
He is blessed Saviour! Every nation
has its type of beauty. There is Ger
man beauty. and English beauty; but
l care not in what land 4 man first
looks at Christ. he pronounces Him
chief among ten thousand, and the
One altogether lovely
The diamond districts of Brazil are
carefully guarded. and man does not
get in there except by pass from the
government; but the love of Christ is
diamond district we may all enter and
pick up treasures for eternity. TO
day, if We will hear His voice, harden
not your hearts"
Take the hint of the text that have
no time TO dwell upon-the hint that
there is a time when He cannot be
found. There was man in this city,
50 years of age who said to a clergy
man who came in: DO you think
that a man so years of age can
get pardoned?" ''Oh, yes said
the clergyman. The old man
said: Il can't; when l was 20
wears of age-l am now so years
the Spirit of God came to my soul,
and felt the Importance of attending
to these things, but put it off. / re-
iected God. and since then have had
no feeling" well" said the minister,
wouldn't you like to have me pray
with you?' Yes" replied the old
man, "but it will do no good. You can
pray with me if you like to-" The min
ister knelt down and prayed, and COM
mended the mans soul to God. 1t
seemed to have no effect upon him.
After awhile the last hour of the mans
life came, and through his delirium a
spark of intelligence seemed to flash,
and with his last breath he said, 81
shall never be forgiven so, seek the
Lord while He may be found"