The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-11-29

guages dropping from your tongue You
NAV discuss laws and literature, you
may have a pen of unequaled polish
and power, you may have so mucn pus-
mess tact that you can get the largest
salary in a banking house, you may
be as sharp as Herod and as strong as
Samson, and with as long locks as
those which hung Absalom, and YET
YOU have no safety against temptation
Some of you look forward to LIE Win
great dependency. / know II. see
IL in your faces from tine to time lou
say: "All the occupations ana proies-
slons are full, and there's no chance ior
me-" oh! young man, cheer up VIII
tell you how you can make your loi
tune. Seek first the kingdom Oh uou
| and his righteousness, and all other
things will be added. / know you 90
not want to be mean In this matter
You will not drink the trimming cup
of life. and then pour the dregs on
Gods altar. To generous Saviour you
will not act like that; you have not tne
heart to act like that That Is not
manly. That Is not honorable. That Is
not brave. Your great want is he"
heart, and In the name OF the Loru
Jesus Christ / tell you so to-day, ana
the blessed Spirit presses through the
solemnities of this hour to put the cup
of life to your thirsty lips. Oh! thrust
II not back. Mercy presents it-pieed-
ing mercy, long-suffering mercy. De-
spise all other friendships, prove re-
! creant to all other bargains, but de-
I spise Gods love for your dying soul
3 do not do that. There comes a Crisis IN
( a mans life, and the trouble Is ne does
. not know 1t is the crisis. got letter
4 in which a man says to me:
I start out now to preach the Gospel
r. OF Righteousness and temperance to the
. people. Do you remember me? l an
: the man who appeared at the close o.
: the service when you were worshlplns
a in the chapel after you came from PM
adelphia. Do you remember at INT
close Of the sermon a man coming W
= TO YOU all a-tremble with eonvlctlon
- and CRYING out for mercy, and telling
y Won he had very bad business, AM
he thought he would change itY ina
= was the turning point in my history
rave I'D my bad business. gave m
heart TO God, and the desire to serv
- him has grown upon me all ines
- wears. until now woe Is unto me II
:. preach not the Gospel.
That Sunday night was the turnin
:, point of that young mans history IN
:; very Sabbath hour will be the furnln
noint In the history of a Lundred youn
mon IN this house. God help us. ont
'ls stood ON an anniversary platform VIII
III a CLERGYMAN who told this marvelol
-, story. He said:
Thirty years ago two young me
~ started out to attend Park Theate
III New York, to see play which MAJ
LII religion ridiculous and hypocritic;
- They had been brought up in Christi;
M families. They started for the theat
'er to see that vile play, and their ear
IN convictions came back upon them. In
Ter felt Il was not right to go, but still tn
10 went. They came to the door OF
theater. One Of the young men stopp
IAN and started for home, but returned
ere came up to the door, but had not I
ma courage TO go in. He again started
TN. home and went home. The other you
man went in. He went from one degl
re- of temptation to another. Caught In
OF whirl of frivolity and sin, he sank low
at and lower. He lost his business pc
OF ton. He lost his morals. He lost
hey soul. He died a dreadful death,
cry one star of mercy shining on it. sta
on before you to-day" said that minist
ow' ito thank God that for twenty year
In have been permitted to preach the G
al pel. am the other young man..
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