The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-07-25

night but can see during that week |
that have missed opportunities OF
getting good. / never come to my |
but I can see that have
wasted many chances Of getting bet
ter. I never. go home on Sabbath !
from the discussion Of religious
theme without feeling that | might |
have done it in more successful way.
How is it with you? If you take a GER
tain number Of bushels Of wheat and
scatter them over q certain number Of
acres Of land, you expect a harvest IN
proportion to the amount of wheat
scattered. And ask you now, have
the Sheayes of moral and spiritual har-
vest correspondent with the advantages
given? How has it been with you?
You may make resolutions for the fu-
ture, but past opportunities are gone.
In the long procession of future years
all those past moments will march;
but the archangel's trumpet that
wakes the dead, will not awake up
for you one Of these privileges. Esau
has sold his birthright, and there Is
not wealth enough in the treasure
houses of heaven to buy it back
again. What does that mean? 1t
means that if you are going to get
any advantage out Of this Sabbath
day, you will have to get it before the
hand wheels around on the clock to
IL tonight. 1t means that every mo-
ment of our life has two wings, and
that it does not fly, like hawk, in
circles, but in straight line from
eternity to eternity. 1t means that
though other chariots may break down
or drag heavily, this one never drops
the brake, and never ceases to run.
1t means that while at other feasts
the cup may be passed to us and we
may reject it, and yet after awhile
take it, the cup-bearers to this feast
never give us but one chance at the
chalice, and rejecting that, we shall
''fnd no place for repentance, though
we seek it carefully with tears"
There is one class more of sins that
I put in this category Of irrevocable
sins, and that is lost opportunities OF
usefulness. Your business partner is
proud man. In ordinary. circum-
stances, say to him, believe in
Christ" and he will say, "You mind
your business, and I'll mind mine"
But there has been aftliction in the
household. His heart is tender. He
is looking around for sympathy and
solace. Now is your time. Speak,
speak, or forever hold your peace.
There is time in farm life when you
plant the corn and when you sow the
seed. Let that 60 by, and the farmer
will wiring his hands while other hus-
bandmen are gathering the sheaves.
You are in a religious meeting, and
there is an opportunity for you to
speak a word for Christ. You say,
81 will do it, Your cheek Pushes
with embarrassment. You rise half
way but you cover before men whose
breath is in their nostrils, and you sag
back, and the opportunity is gone, and
all eternity will feel the effect of your
silence Try to get back that oppor-
tunity! You can not find it. You might
as we'll try to find the fleece that
Gideon watched, or take in your cand
the dew that came down on the locks
Of the Bethlehem shepherds, or to ind
the plume of the first robin that went
across paradise. 1t is gone; it is gone
forever. When an opportunity for per
sonal repentance or of doing good
passes away, you may hunt for 1T;
you cannot find it. You may fish for
it; it will not take the hook. You may
dig for it; you can not bring it up. Re-
member that there are wrongs and
sins that can never be corrected; thai
our privileges fly not in circles, but
in straight line; that the lightnings
have not as swift feet as our privil
eges when they are gone, and let ar
opportunity of salvation 60 by us ar
inch, the one hundredth part of ar
inch, the thousandth part of an inch
the millionth part of an inch, and no.
man can overtake it. Fire-winge(
seraphim can not come up with it
The eternal God himself can not catcl
it.
I stand before those who have -;
glorious birthright. Esau's was no
rich as yours. Sell it once, and yo'
will sell it forever. I remember tn
story of the lad on the Arctic som
years ago-tbe lad Stewart Holland
A vessel crashed into the Arctic, il
the time of a fog, and it was foun'
that the ship must 60 down. Som
of the passengers got off in the life
boats, some got off on RATS; but 30
went to the bottom. During all thos
hours of calamity, Stewart Hollan
stood at the signal gun, and it sounC
ed across the sea, boom! boom! Th
. helmsman forsook his place, the Ell
gineer was gone, and some fainte
and some prayed and some blasphen
) ed, and the powder was gone, an
, they could no more set off the sigma
: gun. The lad broke in the magazin
L and brought out mere powder, an
: again the gun doomed over the SCI
> Oh, my friends, tossed on the roug
l seas of life, some have taken tt
l warning, have gone off in the lifeboa
: and they are safe; but others are NJ
e making any attempt to escape. So
: stand at this signal gun Of the Gospe
f sounding the alarm, b Wire! bewar
+ "Now is the accepted time; now is tt
: day of salvation" Hear it that you
: soul may live!
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