The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-02

brighter tS.en any orner, go much more invit
/! ing, and 80 superior to ell others that there
are innumerable fingers pointing to it, and il
q! is haloed with glory all its own. 1t Is yours
It is mine! It IS the present hour. 1t is the
| POW. We shall never have it again. While
| speak and you listen the opportunity is rest
Jess as if to be gone. You cannot chain Ii
G9Ea 4og eaGno{ tmpTiSian ioas it I2H
with haste that cannot be Kindred or coz:
trolled. It is the opportunity Of invitation
on my part and acceptance on your part. The
door Of the palace Of Gods mercy is wide
open. Go in. st down and be kings and
queens unto God forever. "Well." you say,
II am not ready" You are ready. care
you sinner" eyes "Do you want tc
oe saved now and foreyer?' eyes II
"Do you believe that Christ is able and Will.
ing to do the work2" eyes" Then you are
saved. You are inside the palace door oi
Gods mercy already. You look changed.
Did you ever see anything done so quicklyt
| Invitation offered and accepted in less than
Q minute by my watch or that clock. Sir
Edward Greasy wrote book called "The
Fifteen Decisive Battles Of the World, From
Marathon to Waterloo" But the most de-
eisive battle that you will ever fight, and the
greatest victory you Will ever gain, Is this
moment when you conquer first yourself aud
| then all the hindering myrmidous of perdi-
ton by saying, "Lord Jesus, here am, un-
! done and helpless, to be saved by Thee and
| Thee alone" That makes panic in hell.
| That makes celebration in heaven. Oppor-
| tunity!
On the 11th Of January, 1866, collier brig
ran into the rocks near Walmer Beach, Eng.
land. Simon Pdtchard, standing on ths
beach, threw OFF his coat and said, "Who will
help me save thst crew." Twenty men
shouted, IT will" though only seven were
needed. Through the awful surf the boat
dashed, and in fifteen minutes from the time
prttchard threw of his coat all the ship
| wrecked crew were sale on the land.
Quicker work to-day. Half that time more
than necessary to get all this asserblaee into
the nfeooat OF the gospel ana ashore, stand
Ing both feet on the Rock Of Ages. By the
two strong oars Of faith and prayer first pull
Tor the wreck and then pull for the shore.
Opportunity!
Over the city went the cry,
Jesus Of Nazareth passeth by!
Let the world go. It has abused you
enough, and cheated you enough, and SLAM
hered you enough, and damaged you enough.
Even those from whom you expected better
things turned out your assailants, as when
Napoleon in his last will and testament left
5000 francs to the man who shot st Yelling
ION in the streets Of Paris. Oh, 1t Is a mean
world! Take the glorious Lord for your
sompanionship. like what the good man
laid to the one who had everything but re-
Ggion. The affluent man boasted OF what he
owned and of his splendors Of surroundings,
putting into insignidcance, as he thought,
Il. " ojR $ho
Christian, ssMan, have something you have
pot'' "What is that?" said the worldling.
The answer was, s'Peace!" And you may all
have it-peace with God, peace with the
past, peace with the future, peace that all
The assaults of the world and all the bonn
bardments satanic cannot interfere with.
A Scotch shepherd wss dying and had the
pastor called In. The dying shepherd said to
bis wife, "Mary, please 80 into the next
room, for ! want to see the minister alone"
When the two were alone the dying shepherd
said, 'I have known the Bible all my life,
but am going, and an 'afeered to dee"
| Then the pastor quoted the psalm: ''The
Lord IS my Shepherd. I shall not want
sYes, mon," said the shepherd, II was fa-
niher with that before you were born, but I
am a-soin', and I am Altered to dee" Then
said the pastor, HTou know that the psalm
says, Though walk through the valley OF
the shsdow of death. will fear no evil
F'Yes," said the dying shepherd, ~ knew
that before you were born, but 1t does not
help me- Then said the pastor, Don't you
know that sometimes when you were driving
the sheep down through the valleys and
raT,nes there would be shadows ali about
YOU, while there was plenty Of sunshine on
| ihe hills above2 You are in the shadows now,
but it Is sunshine higher up" Then said the
diving shepherd: "Ah!-that is good. I
never saw it that way before. All is well.
Though pass through the valley Of the
shadow of death, Thou art with me-
Shadows here, but sunshine above" So the
dying shepherd got peace. Living and dy'
Ing, may we have the same peace!
Opportunity! Under the arch OF that spien-
lid word let this multitude Of my hearers
bass into the pardon and hope and triumph
If the gospel. Go by companies Of hundred
each. Go by regiments OF a thousand each,
The aged leaning on the staff, the middle
ased throwing otY their burdens as they pass
md the young to have their present joys
augmented by more glorious satisfactions.
Forward into the kingdom! AS soon as You
pass the dividing line there will be shouting
all up and down the heavens. The crowned
Inmortals Will look down and cheer. Jesus
Df the many scars will rejoice at the result
Of His earthly sacrifices. Departed saints
will be gladdened that their prayers are
answered. An order will be given for the
spreading of O banquet at which you
will be the honored guest. From the i'm.
perial gardens the wreaths will be twist
I'D for your brow, and from the hall Of
eternal music the harpers will bring theil
harps and the trumpeters their trumpets, and
all up and down the amethystine stairways OF
the castles and in all the rooms OF the house
Of many mansions it will be talked over with
holy glee that this day, while one plain man
stood on the platform cI this vast building,
E;ving the gospel call, an assmblage made up
from all parts Of the earth and piled up In
these galleries chose Christ as their portion
and started for heaven as their everlasting
home. Ring all the bells Of heaven at the
Gdings! Strike all the cymbals at the Joy!
Mare all the palm branches at the triumph
! Nictn,-,rl Nintnrn.l