The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1895-12-06

l would invent that shuttle befors
sunset; and / refused all food and
drink until had Completed that shut
tie. BY shutdown had completed It
The next day, Monday, showed to
my workmen and friends this new
shuttle. They all congratulated me
on my great success put that shut
tie into play. enlarged my business;
but, sir, that Sundays work cost me
thirty thousar1 d ollars. From that day
everything went wrong. I failed in
business, and J. lost my mill" Oh, my
friends, keep the Lords day. You
may think it 0ld-foFy advieei but /
give it to you now: Remember the
Sabbath day and keep it holy. Six
days shalt thou labor and do all thy
work; but the seventh is the Sabbath
of the Lord, thy God; in it thou shalt
not do any work" A man said that he
would prove that all this was fal.
| lacy, and SO he said: 81 shall raise
| Sunday crop" And he plowed the field
on the Sabbath, and then he put in the
seed on the Sabbath, and he cultured
the ground on the Sabbath. When the
harvest was ripe he reaped it on the
Sabbath, and he carried 1t into the
mow on the Sabbath, and then he
stood ont defiant to his Christian
heighbors and said: "There, that is
my Sunday crop, and it Is all gar
nered." After awhile storm came
up, and great darkness. and the
lightnings of Heaven struck the barn,
and away went his Sunday crop.
There is another safeguard that /
IVA nj To h-
the last because I want it to be the
more emphatic. TIE great safeguard
for every young man is the Christian
religion. Nothing can take the place
of it. You may have gracefulness
enough to put to the blush Lord
Chesterfield; you may have foreign
languages dropping from your
tongue, you may discuss laws
aud literature, you may have a
pen of unequaled polish and power,
you may have so much business tact
that you can get the largest salary in
banking house, you may be as sharp
as Herod and as strong as Sampson,
and with as long locks as those which
hung Absalom, and yet you have no
safety against temptation. Some of
you look forward to life with great
dependency. 1 know it. I see it in
your faces from time to time. You
say! "All the occupations and pro-
fessions are full, and there's no chance
for me-" Oil young man, cheer up,
will tell you how you can make your
fortune. Seek first the kingdom of
God and His Righteousness, and all
other things will be added / know
do ~ - bn - l. &c
matter You will not drink the brim-
ming cupof life, and then pour the dregs
on Gods altar. To generous Saw
Jour you will not act like that. you have
not she heart to act lille that. That is
not manly. That is not honorable.
That Is not brave. Your great want
is new heart, and in the name OF
the Lord Jesus Christ 1 tell
you so to-day, and the blessed Spirit
presses through the solemnities of
this hour to put the cup of life to
your thirsty lips. Obi thrust it not
back. Mercy presents it-bleeding
mercy 1onE-suffering mercy. Despise
all other friendships, prove rcereaht
to all other bargains, but dispise Gods
love for your dying soul--do not do
that.
There comes a crisis in a mans life,
and the trouble is he does not know it
is the crisis. got letter in which
man says to me:
81 start out now to preach the Cos
pei Of righteousness and temperance
to the people. Do you remember me?
l am the man who appeared at the
close of the service when you were
worshipping in the chapel after you
came from Philadelphia. Do you
remember at the close of the
service man coming DIP to
you all a-tremble with con.
victiOn, and crying out for mercy, and |
telling you he had very bad business,
and he thought he would change it? |
That was the turning-point in my |
history. gave up my bad business.
gave my heart to God. and the desire |
to serve Him has grown upon me all |
these years, until now woe is unto me
IL l preach not the Gospel"
That Sunday nigh was the turning
point of that young mans history |
This very Sabbath hour will be the |
turning point in the history of hun
dred young men in this house. God
help us. / once stood on an anniver.
sary platform with clergyman who
told me this marvellous story. He said
Thirty years ago two young men
started out to attend Park theater,
New York, to see play which made
religion ridiculous and hypocritical.
They had been brought up in Christian
families. They started for the theater
to see that vile play, and their
early convictions came back upon
them. They felt it was not
right to go, but still they went.
They came to the door of the
theater. One of the young men stopped
and started for home, but returned
and came up to the door, but had not
the courage to go in. He again started
for home, and went home. The other
young man went in. He went from one
degree of temptation to another. Caught
in the whirl of frivolity and sin, he
sank lower and lower. He lost his
business position. He lost his morals
He lost his soul He died a dreadful
death, not one star of mercy shining
on it. stand before you to-day" said
that minister, ito thank God that for
twenty years ] have been permitted to
preach the Gospel. am the other
young man."
Oh! you see that was the turning
point-the one went back, the othe7
went on. The great roaring world Of
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