Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-22

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Will save our soul.
NhOsOeve WILL"
I do not say that you will rot have
struggles after that. oh. no. Bat they
viii be Il different kind of struggle. You
go into that battle. and all hell is against
you. and you are alone. and You fight. and
you fight. weaker and weaker and weak
er. until Mt last you fall and the powers of
darkness trample on your soul. But in the
other case you go INTO the battle. and you
fight stronger and stronger and stronger
until the evil propensity goes down. and
YOU get the victory through our Lord
Jesus Christ. Oh. come out of your sins.
Have you not been bruised with sin long
enough: Have you not carried that load
long enough: Have o not fought that
battle long enough:
| rattle the gates Of your sepulcher to-
day. | take the trumpet of the gospel and
blow the long. loud blast. Roland went
into battle. Charlcmagnc's army had
been driven back by the three armies of
the Saracens. and Roland. in almost de-
spair. took up the trumpet and blew three
blasts in one of the mountain passes. and
under the power of those three blasts the
Saracens rccoilcd and fled in terror. But
history saws that when he had blown the
third blast I,oland's trumpet broke.
| take this trumpet of the gospel and
blow the first blast. "Whosoevcr will" l
blow the second blast. Seek 70 the Lord
wL;Ie he may be found" | blow the third
blast. Now is the accepted time But
the trumpet does not break. II WAS hand
ed down by our forefathcrs 10 H.. and we
viii hand it down to our children. that
after we are lead they may blow the
trumpet. telling the world that we have 4
pardoning God. Il loving God. Il Sympa-
thetic God. and that more To him than the
throne ON which he sits j. the JOY of SEQ
ing a prodigal put his finger on the latch
of his fathers house.
| invite any one the most inlidcl, any
one the most esthetic. | invite him into
the kingdom OF God with just aS much
heartinCss as those who have for fifty
years been under the teaching Of the Cos
pei and believed it all. When ! was living
in Philadelphia. n gentleman told me of Il
scene in which he was Il participant. In
Callowhill street. in Philadelphia, there
had been Il powerful meeting going on for
some time. and many were converted, and
among others one of the prominent mem
b'lo VI III NVAEi 1lUfsiVONt III thht ~
The next night the leader Of that club
house. the president of it. resolved that
he would cndeavOr to get his comradc
away. lie came TO the door, and before
he entered he heard n Christian song, AMI
under its power his soul was agitated. He
went in and asked for prayer. Before he
came out he was a subject of converting
mercy. The next night another comradc
wen to reclaim the two who had been lost
to their sinful circle. He went. and under
the power Of the Holy Ghost became Il
changed man. and the work ven on until
they were all saved and the infamous
clubhouse disbandcd. oh. it is a mighty
gospel. Though you came here n child
of sir. you can 20 away u child of grace.
You can go away singing:
Amazing grace. how sweet the sound
That saved Il wretch like me,
| once was lost. but now I'm found
Was blind. but now | see.
Faith Defined.
oh. give up your sins! Most of your
life is already gone. Your children are
going ON the same wrong road. Why do
you not stop? This day is salvation
come To thy house." Why not this mo-
mcnt look up into the face OF Christ and
say:
Just ms I am. without one plea
i,ut that thy blood was shed for me,
And that thou bid'st me come to thee
q Lamb of God. | come, | come.
God is going 10 save you. You are go
ing to he among the shining ones. After
the tolls of life are over YOU are going M
To the everlasting rest. You are going M,
10 join your loved ones. departed parents
and departed children. 'Dh. my God
says some man. "how can | come To thee
| am SO far off. Who will help me? am
SO weak? II seems such n great under
taking" oh, my brother. il is a great
undertaking.. 1t is so great you cannot
accomplish it. but Christ can do the work.
He will correct your heart. and he will
correct your life. oh" YOU say, II Will
stop profanity" That will not save you.
ooh" you say. II will stop Sabbath
breaking" That will not save you. There
is only one door into the kingdom of God,
and that is faith; only one ship that sails
for heaven. and that is faith. Faith the
first step, the second step, the hundredtll
step, the thousandth step, the last step.
BY faith we enter the kingdom. BY faith
we keep in. In faith we die. Heaven n
reward the faith. The earthquake shook
down the Philippian dungeon. The jailer
said, what shall 1 do:" Some of you
would say, Better get ont of the place
before the walls crush you" What did
the apostle say! "Belicvc on the Lord
Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved
"Ah," you say. there's the rub!' What
is faith? Suppose you were thirsty, and
offered you this glass of water, and you
believed l meant to give it to you, and you
came up and took it. You exercise faith
You believe | mean to keep my promise
Christ offers you the water of everlasting
life. You take it. This is faith.
Enter into the kingdom of God. Enter
now. The door of life is set wide open. ]
plead with you by the bloody sweat OF
Gethsemane and the death groan of Col
gotha, by cross and crown, by Plate.
courtroom and Joscph's sepulcher, by
harps and chains. by Kingdoms of light
and realms of darkness, by the trumpet ol
the %archangel that shallswake the dead
and by the throne of the Lord God AL
mighty and the Lamb that you attend
now to the things of eternity. Oh, wha,