Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-01

II not tho fear OF helnR laughed AZ that
kecpa you out OF tho kingdom of Godi
which Of those tobfners VIII help you at
TN lnstf When you Ito down on dying
pillow, which Of thum will 10 Thereof In
tho day Of eternity will they bail you OUT
My friends and neighbors, come IN right
away. Come In through Christ, the wide
door-tho door that swingsout toward you
Como In md DO saved. Como and be
happy 1.-THE Spirit and tho Bride say,
Come Room In the ark. Room In
tho ark.
But do not como alone. Tho text in
yltcs YOU to bring your family. 10 says,
"Thou and thy sons md thy Wife" You
cannot drive them IN. II Noah had tried
to drive tho pigeons and tho doves into
tho ark, no would only have scattered
them. Some parents are not wise about
these things They make Iron rules about
sahbaths, aud thoy force tho oatochism
down tho throat on they would hold tho
chid's nose and force down dose OF rhu-
barb and calumol You cannot drive your
children into tho ark. You can draw your
children To Christ, but you cannot ooerco
thom Tho cross WIS lifted not TO drive,
but to draw. "lf DO lifted mp, l Will
draw all mon unto mo As tho sun
draws up tho drops Of morning dow so tho
sun Of righteousness eIhalos tho tonrs OF
repentance.
10 sure TINT you bring your husband
md wifo with You. How would Nunh
hayO folt N whom no heard the rain pat
tering on tho r1of OF the ark no knew that
his wiro was ontsido IN tho storm' No;
sho went with him And yet some Of you
nrc on tho ship outward bound" for
hcayon, but your companion ~ unsholtcr-
0 a AZ. . NHit 10
marriage ring was sot. Nothing has yet
boon nblo TO break IT, Sickness came, and
tho finger sbrnnk, but tho ring stald on.
! Tho twain stood alone above chllds
grave, and tho dark month OF tho tomb
swallowed up thousand hopes, but tho
ring dropped not into tho open grave.
/ Days OF poverty came, and tho hand did
many hard days work, hut The rubbing
] Of tho work against tho ring only made 10
/ shine brighton. Shall TINT ring ever bo
lostP WIN the iron olnng Of tho sopulohrc
cato crush 80 furrvcr' | pray God TINT
| you who hhyo boon married ON ourth may
10 together In honvcn. Oh by tho quiet
1 bliss ~ your earthly homo, by tho hahu'a
cradle, by all tho vows NJ that day when
you started lie together, beg you to 500
] TO it that yon both get Into tho ark.
Bring Your Loved Ones.
Come IN aud bring your VITO or your
/ husband with you-u0t by irotting about
religion or dinRdongng thom about TO-
llRlun but BY n consistent life and by a,
compelling prayer that shall bring tho
throne OF God down into your room. Go
home and take up tho Bible, and read 10
together, and then knocl down and com
mcnd your souls to him who has watched
you 6ll these years. aud before you riao
thprn will bo a 1utterlng Of wings over
your head, uHr-7 crying to angel, Be-
hold, thoy prnyl"
But this does not include oil your fam
n.y. Bring the children too, God bless
tho doar ohlidtunl What would our humos
bo without them1 We may have done
much for them. They have done moro for
US. What a salyo for woundod heart
thore ia IN the soft palm OF child's handl
Did harp or futO over buyo such music
"a thuro "a IN u chlll's good nlghtW
From our coarse, rough life tho angels Of
God urc often driven hnck But who
comes Into tho nursery without fcollnH
that angels arc lowering HrOundf They
who dio In infancy go straight Into glory
hut yuu AFRO expecting your children to
grow M IN this world. IL II not quOs.
ton then, that rings through all the cor.
rldora aud wlndlnps and heights and
depths OF your soul, what Ia ia become OF
your sons and daughters Tor time and for
otornty1 oh, " you say, 81 moan TO 500
that they hhvo good mHnucrsl" Very
well, ~ mean 10 drcss thom we'll, II l
have myself to 20 shabby" Worry good,
! shall give them nm education. l shall
leave them fortune" Very woll. But
/ IL that nllS Don't you moan to tnku thom
into tho urs' Don't YOU know TINT tho
storm Ia coming and that out Of Christ
there is no safety, no pardon, no hope, no
/ heaven
llow to got them IN Go In yourself
/ II Noah had stnld out do you not suppose
I that Ma sous--Shcm Ham and Japhoth
/ would have staid ouI Your sons and
/ daughters viii ho apt 20 do just az you do.
/ Reject Christ yourself and tho probable
| ity Ia that your children will reject him.
An account was t.Gun OF thu religious
condition OF families In a pertain district.
] In The families u plous parents two.
thirds Of tho children woro Christians. In
tho inmilios where tho parents wore un-
cody only one twolfth Of the children worU
Christians, which way will you take your
chlldrcnl out into tho dclugo or into
tho Arkf Have you over made ono earnest
prayer for thoir immortal soulsf What
will you say In tho Judgment when God
asks "Whcrn is George or Horny or Frank
or Mary or Annug Whore ara those pro
cions souls whose interests l committed
into your hnndai"
How to Die.
A dying son said to HIS father, FEATHER
you gave mo an education and good man.
ners, and everything that tho world could
do for mo. hut, fail Ir, you never told mo
how to die, and now my soul is going out
IN tho darkness
oh, yo who have taught your children
how TO live have you also taught thom
how TO diul Lilo horo iu not 30 important
a. The great hereafter II "a not 40 much
tie few turlougs this side Of the grave as
~ IS tho uncnding leagues beyond o
eternity, otcrnltyl Thy looks white with
tho agCsl Thy voice announcing stupun-
dnus destlnyl Thy arms reaching across
all tho past and all tho futuro oterni.
", otcFnltyl
Go home and erect q family altar, @ou
may break down In your player, But
mover mind, God will tako what you mean,
whether you express 10 intolliRibly or not.
Bring NIL your house into tho ark. Is there
ono son whom you have Biyon up? Is no
90 dissipRtod Tint you have stopped cuun.
selling and prnyinRY Glvo him up2 How
dare you give him upf Did God ever givu
you upp While you have u single artleu.
latIon of speech loft cease not to pray for
tho return OF that prodigal Ho may oven
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