The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-04-13
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Of my attainments and of my position
to surrender myself Just now. But
before the storm comes I will
60 in. Yes, will. ! know what
I am about. Trust me! After awhile
one night about twelve o'clock
going home. he passes a scafol ling
just as gust of wind strikes Il. and
. plank falls. Dead. and outside the
ark! Or, riding in the park, reck.
less vehicle crashes into him, and his
horse becomes unmapageable. md he
shouts, whoa, whoa!' and takes an
other twist in the reins, and plants
his feet against the dashboard and
pulls back. But no use. II is not SO
much down the avenue that he flies as
on the way to eternity. Out of the
wreck Of the crash his body Is drawn,
but his soul Is not picked up. IL
Aed behind . swifter courser into the
great future. Dead. and outside the
ark! Or some night he wakes up with
. distress that momentarily increases
until he shrieks out with pain. The
doctors come in. and they give him %
drops, but no relief: 10 drops, SO drops,
60 drops. but no relief. No time for
prayer. No time to read one Of the
promises. No time to get single sin
pardoned. The whole house is aroused
In alarm, The children scream. The
wife faints The pulses fail. The
heart stops. The soul nies Dead, and
outside the ark!
! have no doubt that derision kept
many people out Of the ark. The world
laughed to SEQ . man go In and said:
"Here is q man starting for the ark.
Why, there will be no deluge. II there
Is one, that miserable ship will not
weather 1t. Aha, going into the ark!
We'll, that is too good to keep. Here,
fellows, haye you heard the news? Thia
man is going into the ark" Under this
artillery Of scorn the mans good resolu.
tiop perished.
And 80 there are hundreds kept out
by the fear of derision. The young man
asks himself: "What would they say at
the store tomorrow morning IL I
should become . Christian? When I
20 down to the club house, they will
shout. Here comes that new Christian.
suppose you will not have anything to
do with us now. Suppose you are
praying now. Get down on your knees
and let us hear you pray. Come, now.
give rs touch. VIII not do it, ehy'
Pretty Christian, you arsr" IL il not
the fear of being laughed at that
keeps you out of the kingdom Of
God? Which OF these scorners will
help you 1T the last? When you lie
down on dying pillow, which Of them
will be there? In the day of eternity
will they bail you out?
Ny friends aud nsighbors. come In
right away. Come in through Christ
the wide door-the door that swing,
out toward you. Come in and bs
saved. Come and be happy, "Th'
Spirit and Bride say, Come" Room In
the ark! Room in the ark.
But do not come alone. The tex
invites yon to bring your family
II says, Thou and thy sons and thu
wife" You can not drive them in
II Noah had tried to drive tn,
pigeons and the doves into the ark
he would only have scattered them
Some parents are not wise abou
these things. They make iron rule
about Sabbsths, and they force tn,
catechism down the throat as thel
would hold the child's nose and fore,
down dose OF rhuoaro ana caiomei
You can not drive your children int,
the ark. You can draw your children
to Christ, but you can not coerce them
Inc cross wes n'sec, not 70 drive on
70 aFsw' oS niseo up VIII ors'
AL men unto me. As the sun araw
up tue drops OF the morning aew,
tne sun OF rRnteousness exhAies IN
tears OF repentance.
Be sure that you bring your husban
and wife with you. How would Noal
have felt II. when he heard the raj
Pattering on the roof OF the ark n
knew that MS wiie was OUTSIDE IN IN
storm? No; she went with him. An
yet some OF You are on the snip 'ou'
ward bound for Heaven hut you
companion IL unsheltsred. You rt
member the day when the marriag
Fhg was set Nothing mas vet zee
able TO break IT, sickness came an
the nnger shrsnk, out the ring stai
on. Inc twain stood alone ABOVE Tn
child's grave, and the dark mouth OF In
tomb swallowed up thousand hope'
out the ring dropped not INTO 'he ope
grave lays oi PoVe,'y ea'ne' Anu ~
naho aio many "aro osy work' w
tne ruoofhg OF the WORK against Tn
ring oniy mAoe sn,ne !,, Ugn.s g
small ."a' rug ever oe ,os' WIN ~
IRON ciahg Oh the sepuicher sa'e erus
u ioreVer' l pray "oa tnat you WI
nave oeeh msrrieo on esr,h may oe =
ser IN e"eu S"' W '"e W.
onss Oh your ear,h.y "o'ue, " ~
oaoe erAaie' oy an ."S s Nows ot 'n'
"y "en "" s'o
ooe 70" " see VI ~ INV w" 'o'" g
ih.o inc "rN'
Come IN, anu orihg your wi'e o.!
husoand win yourho. oy ire.,,n
ABOUT rehgion or aingdong'ng tnel
about religion 0nt oy CONSISTENT III
ana oy competing prayer that sha
bring the throne OF 'oa down in'
your room Go nome anu take up IN
Bible and read 1t together and the