The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-03-01

and lhdn that room Death takes some,
and marriage take others, until after awhile
the house "a awiully still. That man yonder
would give all be Us worth 90 have that boy
who rs gone away forever rush into Tho room
once more with the shout that was once
thought too boisterOus.
That mother who was once tried because
her little girl, now gone forever, with care
less scissors eut zap something really valuable
would Ike TO have the child come back
willing t0 put in her hands the most yalu-
able wardrobe 10 cut a. she pleascs. Yes, yes.
The house noisy now viii soon be stu
enough, / warrant YOU and as when you be-
gan housekeeping there were just two oiyou,
there viii be Just two again. Oh. the alarm
ing brevity of infancy and childhood The
opportunity Is glorious, but 1t soon passes.
Parents may say al tho close Of life, "What
pity we did not do more for the religious
welfare ofour children whilewe had them with
us" But the lamentation will be OF no avail.
The opportunity had wings, and it vanished.
When your child gets out OF the cradle let II
climb into the outstretched arms OF the beau
tlful Christ. "Come thou and all thy house
into the ark ~
But there is one opportunity so much
brighter than any other, so much more invite
ing. and 80 superior to all others that there
are innumerRble fingers pointing TO it, and Il
Is haloed with glorya its own. II Is yours!
1t Is mlue Il Is the present hour II is the
now. We shall never have 1t again. While
/ speak aud you listen the opportunity is rest
less as IL 20 be gone. You cannot chain II
down. You cannot imprson It. You cannot
make IL stay. All its pulses are throbbing
with a haste that cannot be Kindred or con-
trolled. II 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. Sit down and be kings and
! queens unto God forever. well you say,
! 81 am not ready" You are ready. care
! YOU a sinner?n ''Yes" "Do You want to
| be saved now and foreyer?n eyes"
| "Do you believe that Christ is able and will
| ing to do the work." eyes" Then you are
/ saved You are inside the palace door Of
! Gods mercy already. YOu look changed.
| You are changed. "Hallelujah, tits donen
! Did YOU ever see anything done 50 quickly?
| Invitation offered and accepted ia less than
minute by my watch or that clock. Sir
| Edward Greasy wrote a book called "Ihe
| Fifteen Decisive Battles Of the World, From
Marathon TO Waterloo" But the most de-
cisiye battle that you will ever fight, and the
greatest victory you will ever gain, is this
moment when you conquer first yourself and
then all the hindering myrmidous Of perdi-
| ton by saving, "Lord Jesus, here l am un-
done and helpless, to be saved by Thee and
Thee alone" That makes a panic in hell
That makes celebration in heaven. Oppor-
tunity
On the 18th Of January, 1865, collier BRIG
ran into the rocks near Walmer Beach, Eng
land. Simon Prtchard, standing on The
beach, threw off his coat and said, who vii
help me save that crew. Twenty mel
shouted, "I will" though only seven wert
needed. Through the awful surf the boa
dashed, and in fifteen minutes from the TIM
Pritchard threw of his coat all the ship
wrecked crew were safe on the land
Quicker work to-day. Half that time NOR
than necessary to get all this assemblage int
the lifeboat of the gospel and ashore, stand
ing both feet on the Rock of Ages. By tn
two strong oars Of faith and prayer first pull
for the wreck and then pull for the shore
Opportunity