Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-02

pardon offered with such q voice as you
have, with sch an awkward manner ns
you haves would rather die than SO com.
promise my rhetorical ,notionsl' All, the
man does not say that; he takes It'll 1t is
| his life. He docs not care how 1t Is handed
TO him. And il today that pardon from
the throne OF God is offered TO our souls
should we not seize 1t, regardless Of all
nonesscntials2
The Accepted Time.
But como now TO the last part of my
text. 1t tells us when We nre TO seek the
Lord, "while he may bo found" When
is that? Old ageg You may not see old
age. Tomorrow You may not sec to-
morrow. Tonight You may not see to-
night. Nowl Oh, il 1 could only write
ON every heart in three capital letters that
word N-O-W-nowi
Sin is an awful disease. 1 hear people
say with q toss Of tho head and with a
trivial manner "Oh, yes, I'm sinner" I"
Sin is an awful disease. 1t is leprosy. 1t
is dropsy. 1t is consumption. 1t is all
moral disorders in one. Now, you know
there is crisis in u disease. Perhaps you
have had some illustration Of it in your
family. Sometimes the physician has
called, and he has looked at the patient
and said "That case was simple enough,
but the crisis has passed. II you had called
me yesterday or this morning, l could
have cured the patient. 1t is too late now;
the crisis has passed" Just So is in the
spiritual treatment OF the soul-there is q
crisis.
There are some here who can remember
instances in life when {: they had bought
certain property, they would have be.
some very rich A few acres that would
have cost them almost nothing were offered
them. They refused them. Afterward
large village or city sprung up on those
acres of ground, and they see what mis-
take they made in not buying the proper
sy There was an opportunity of getting
it, II never came back again. And so it
Is IN regard tc q mans spiritual and eter-
"a! fortune. There is chance; if you let
that go, perhaps it never comes back. Ger
tainly that one never comes back.
A gentleman told me that at the battle
Of Gettysburg he stood upon height look
ing off upon the conflicting armies. He
said it was the most exciting moment Of
Ills life new 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 de-
cided. He said the emotion was almost un-
bearable. ThclI ts just such time to-
day with you-the forces of light on one
side, the forces of death ON the other side,
and in few moments the matter will be
settled for eternity
There is time which mercy has set for
i,Nr ny>t hafN
that, you vii. get passage for heaven. If
you are not or board, you miss your pas
sage for heaven. As in law courts a case
is sometimes adjourned fron: term to term
and from year to year till the bill of costs
eats up the entire estate, SO there are men
who are adjourning the matter Of religion
from t.ne 20 time and from year to year
until heavenly bliss is the bill o. costs the
man WIZ have to pay for it,
There Must Be No Delay.
Why defer this matter, oh, my dear hear
err Have you any idea that sin will wear
OUT. that it will evaporate that it will re-
lax It's grasp; that you may find religion
as o man accidentally finds lost pocket
book' All. no! No man ever became
Christian by accident or By the relaxing
Of sin. The embarrassments are all the
tins increasing The hosts of darkness are
recruiting and the longer you postpone
this matter thu sleeper the path will be-
come. ask those iEer who are before me
now whether Ia the 10 or 10 years they
have passed In the postponement Of these
matters thcy have come any nearer God
or heavenp would not be afraid to chal-
lenge this whole audience, so far as they
may not have found the peace Of the gos-
pei, in regard to the matter. Your hearts,
you are willing frankly to tell me, are be-
coming harder and harder, and that If you
come to Christ it will be more of an I'M
dertaking now than it ever would have
been before. The throne of Judgment will
soon be set, and If you have anything to
do toward your eternal salvation you had
better do it now, for the redemption of
your soul Is precious, and it ceaseth for
ever.
Oh, If men could only catch one glimpse
of Christ, know they would love himl
Your heart leaps at the sight of 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 Saviourl Ev-
cry nation has it's type of beauty. There is
German beauty, and Swiss beauty, and
Italian beauty, and English beauty, but
care not in what land q man first looks at
Christ he pronounces him "chief among
10, 600 and the one altogether lovely"
The diamond districts of Brazil are care
fully guarded, and q man does not get in
there except by pass from the govern
ment, but the love of Christ is diamond
district we may all enter and pick up
treasures for eternity. "Today, If ye will
hear his voice, harden not your heart"
Take the hint of the text that have no
time to dwell upon-the hint that there is
time when he cannot be found. There
was man in this city 80 years Of age who
said to clergyman who came in, "Do you
think that man 80 years of age can get
pardonedP" ooh, yes" said the clergy
man. The old man said: 81 can't When
I was 90 years of age-I am now 80 years
the Spirit of God came to my soul, and
I felt tho Importance of attending to these
things, but l put it off. / rejected God,
and since then have had no feeling"
"Well,' said the minister, "wouldn't you
like to have me pray with your" 'sYes, T"
replied the old man, "but it will do no
good. You can pray with me If you like
to-" The minister knelt down and prayed
and commended 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 spark of
intelligence seemed to FASH and with his
last breath he said, 81 shall never be for
givenr' "Oh, seek the Lord while he may
be found"
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