The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-03-06

way to greet me home, and my house
hold is little heaven. / will tell you
what did all this for me- It was the
truth that you this day proclaim: On
Him the Lord hath laid the mighty OF
US all" Yonder is a woman who would
say, ~ wandered off from my fathers
house, heard the storm that pelts OF
lost soul; my feet were blistered on
the hot rocks l went on and on,
thinking that no one cared for my
soul, when one night Jesus met me,
and He said, Poor thing, go home; your
father is waiting for you. Your mother
is waiting for you. Go home, poor
think And, sir, was too weak to
pray, and l was too weak to repent.
but just cried out sobbed out my
sins and my sorrows on the shoulders
of Him of whom it is said, the Lord
hath laid on Him the iniquity of us
ALL"
There is young man who would say:
81 had Christian bringing up: came
from the country to city life; started
well; | had a good pOsition-a good
commercial position-but one night at
the theater Imet some young men who
did me no good. They dragged me all
through the sewers of iniquity, and I
lost my morals, and L lost my position.
and l was shabby and wretched. 1
was going down the street thinking
that no one cared for me, when a young
man tapped me on the shoulder and
said, George come with me and
will do you good. l looked at
him to see whether he was jok-
ing or not. l saw he was in ear
nest, and 1 said: What do you mean
sirY WELL he replied, L mean that
if you will come to the meeting to-
night, l will be very glad to introduce
you. l will meet you at the door. Will
you come? Said 1: L will 1 went
to the place where he was tarrying. I
fixed myself up as well as could. 1
buttoned my coat over a ragged vest,
and / went to the door of the church,
| and the young man met me and we
went in, and as 1 went in heard an
old man praying, and he looked so
much like my father, 1 sobbed right
out, and they were all around, so kind
and so sympathetic, that j ust there
gave my heart to God, and 1
know that what you say is true; /
know it in my own experience" ION
Him the Lord hath laid the iniquity of
us all"
Someone comes here to-day and I
stand aside. He comes up three steps.
He comes to this place. 1 must stand
aside. Taking that place He spreads
abroad His hands, and they were nailed.
You see His feet; they were bruised.
He pulls aside the robe and you see
His wounded heart. | say: cart thou
weary?" YES" He SAYS WEARY
with the worlds woe" say:
whence contest thou?" He says: 81
came from Calvary" l say: "Who
comes with thee?' He says: mo one;
1 have trodden the winepress alone"
l say: "Why contest thou here?" ''Ohr'
He says: II came here to
carry all the sins and sorrows of
the people" And he kneels He
says: Put on my shoulders all the
sorrows and all the sins" And, con-
scious of my own sins first, l take
them and put them on the shoulders of
the Son of God. 1 say: "Canst Thou
bear any more, Oh, Christi" He says:
"Yes, more" And 1 gather up all the
sins of those who serve at these affairs,
the officers of the church of Jesus
Christi gather up all their sins and
put them on Christ's shoulders, and
I say: "Canst Thou bear any more?"
lie says: Eyes, more" Then l gath
er up all the sins of a hundred
people in this house and l put them
on the shoulders of Christ, and l
say: 'Canst Thou bear more?' He
says: Yea, more" And l gather uU
all the sins of this assembly, and put
them on the shoulders of the Son of
God, and l say: ''Canst Thou bear
them?'' Yea" He SAYS, more" But
| He is departing. Clear the way for
Him. the Son of God. Open the door
and let Him pass out. He is carrying
| our sins and bearing them away. We
shall never see them again. He throws
them down into the abysm, and you
hear the long reverberating echo of
| their fall.
ION Him the Lord hath laid the in
EQUITY of us ALL" Will you let Him
take your sins to-day? or, do you say,
Il will take charge of them myself; 1
will fight my own battles, will risk
eternity on my own account?' know
not how near some of you have come
to crossing the line. A clergyman
said in his pulpit one Sabbath: Be
fore next Saturday night one of this
audience will have passed out of
life" A gentleman said to an
other seated next to him: Il don't
believe it; l mean to watch, and if
it doesn't come true by next Satur-
| day night / shall tell that clergyman
| of his falsehood." The man seated
next to him said: Perhaps it will be
Yourself" ''Oh, no." the other replied.
al shall live to be an old man" That
night he breathed his last. To-day the
Saviour calls. All may come. God
never pushes a man off. Cod never
| destroys anybody. The man jun ps off
-~he jumps off. 1t is suicide-soul sui
cide-if the man perishes, for the iuvi-
| tation is, ''whosever viii, let him
come;" whatsoever, whosoever, whose
/ ever.
/ While God invites, how blest the day.
How sweet the gospels charming sound:
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