Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-04

minister addressed him and asked him II
ne was not on n sloop on tho Hudson river
seven years before The reply was In the
affirmative well, y said the young min
istcr, II was the man whom you corrected
Tor uttering that oath. II led me TO think
aud repeut, and am trying to atone some
what for my early behavior. l am
preacher OF the gospel and delegate to
the general assembly" Seven years hc-
fore on that Hudson river sloop was tho
olersymans opportunity.
stand this minute in tho presence Of
many heads OF families wonder II they
all realize that tho opportunity of in1u-
encing the household for Christ and heaven
Is very brief and will soon DO gomez For
awhile tho house Is full Of the voices and
footsteps of children. You sometimes feel
thatyou can hardly stand tho racket You
say; 'Do he quieti IL seems as II my head
would split with nil this noisel" And
things get broken and ruined, and 1t Is:
Where's my hati' HWho took my
books," "Who has been busy with my
playthlngss" And It Is a.rushing this way
and a-ruahtng that until father and moth.
or are well nigh beside themselves.
1t Is astonishing how much noise Ave
or six children can make and not half try
But the years glide swiftly away. After
awhile tho voices are not so many, md
those which stay are more sednto. First
this room gets quiet and thon that room.
Death takes some and marriage takes
others until after awhile tho house IL aw-
fully still That man yondor would give
all no IL worth TO have that boy who Is
gone away forever rush Into the room once
more with the shout that was once thought
too boisterous That mother who was
once tried because her little girl, now como
forever, with careless scissors cut up some
thing really valuable would Ike to hnvo
the child come back, willing to put in her
hands the most valuable wardrobe to cut
as she pleRses. Yesl Yesl The house
noisy now will soon be still enough, /
warrant you, and us when YOU began
housekeeping there were JUST two Of you
there will be Just two again. oh, tho
alarming brevity of Infancy and child
hood The opportunity is glorious, but IL
soon passes. Parents may say at the close
OF life, What pity wo did not do more
for the religious welfare OF our children
while we bad them with usl" But the
lninentation will DO Of no avail The OPP
pottunity had wings, and II vanished.
When your child gets out of the cradle let
1t climb into the outstretohed arms of the
beautiful Christ, Come thou and all thy
house into the ark"
The Glorious Now.
But there Is one opportunity so much
brighter than any other, so much moro
inviting and so superior to all others that
there are innumernblc fingers pointing to
IL, and II is halocd with glory all It's
own. IL is yoursl Il is minel II Is the
present hour. It is tho now. We shall
mover have 1t again. While / speak and
you listen the opportunity is restless AS "
to he gone. You cannot chain 1t down.
You cannot imprison it. You cannot
mnko it stay. All Its pulses are throbbing
with a haste that cannot bp hindored or
controlled. 1t is the opportunity Of invi-
tation on my part and acceptance on your
part The door OF the palace Of God's
mercy is wide open. Go in. Sit down
and be kings and queens unto God for
ever. "Well, " you say, 81 am not ready"
You are ready. Are you a sinnerW
"Yes, do you want to bo saved now
and forever" Yes" do you believe
that Christ is able and willing to do tho
work." Yes" Then you arc saved You
are inside the palace door Of Gods mercy
already. You look changed You are
changed. "Hnlleluiah, It's doneN' Did
you ever sec anything done SO quioklyi
Invitation offered md accepted in less thnu
a minute by my watch or that clock, Sir
Edward Greasy wrote book called "1'he
Fifteen Decisive BATTLES Of the World
From Marathon to Waterloo, But the
most decisive battle that you will ever
fight, md tho greatest victory you Will
ever gain, is this moment when you con-
quer first yourself and then all tho hin
dering myrmidons Of perdition by saying,
Lord Jesus, hero 1 am, undonc and help
less, to DO saved by thoo and thee alone,
That makes panic in holl. That makes
celebration in heaven. Opportunity
On the 18th of January, 1860, a collier
brig ran into the rocks near Walmor
beach, England. Simon Pritchard, stand
ing on tho beach, throw of his coat and
said, who will help me save that crew.
Twenty men shouted, 81 will" though
only seven were needed. Through the
awful surf the boat dashed, and Ia 10 min
utes from the time prtchnrd threw of his
coat all the shipwrecked crew were safe on
the land. Quicker work today. Half that
time more than necessary to get all this
assemhlngo into the lifebout OF the gospel
and ashore, standing both feet on the rock
of ages, BY the two strong oars Of faith
and prayer first pull for the wreck and
then pull for the shore. Opportunity
over the city went the cry,
Jesus Of Nazareth passeth by
All May Have II.
Let the world go. 1t Inns abused you
enough, and cheated you enough and SLAM
dered you enough, and damaged you
enough, Even thtso from whom you OK
pected better things turned out your as.
sailants, us when Napoleon In his last Will
and testament loft 5000 francs to the man
who shot Mt Wellington In the streets OF
Paris. Oh 1t is a mean world Take the
glorious Lord for your companionship. /
like what the good man seid to one who
had everything but religion. The afiuent
man boosted Of what he owned and OF his
splendors OF surroundings, putting into
insignlacance, as no thought, the Chris
tinn's possessions .Ah," said the Chris.
tian. "man, have something you have
notl'' what is thnt'' said the world
ling. The answer was, "PcaceP And
you muy all have it-Pshco With God
peace with the past, peace With the future.
peace that all the assaults Of tho world
and all the bombardmonts satanic cannot
interfere with,
A Scotch shepherd was dying and had
the pastor called in. The dying shepherd
said to his wife MARY, please to go into
tho next room, for want TO see tho min
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