Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-03-07


OF us all. Sin has almost pestercd the /
I life out of some of you. At times it has I
made you cross and unreasonable, and 1t /
has spoiled the brightness Of your days |
and the peace OF Your nights There are I
men who have boon riddled Of sin Tho /
/ world gives them no so!aco. Gossamery /
and volatile the world, while eternity, as I
they look forward to 1t, is black rs mid
night. They writhc under the stlngs Of
II conscience which proposes to give no 1
rest here and no rest hereafter, and yet |
/ they do not repent; they do not pray; they |
do not weep They do not realize that
/ just the position they occupy is the posi-
/ tion occupied by scores. hundreds and !
thousands OF men who never found any
hope.
4 Letter.
II this meeting should he thrown open,
and the people who are here could give /
their stimony what thrilling experiences /
we should hear on all sidesl There is n
man who would say: II had brilliant sur
roundings had the best education that |
/ one Of the best collegiate institutions of |
this country could give, and observed all
the moralitics OF life, and ] was self right |
cous and | Thought | was all right before
God rs l ann all right before man, but the
Holy Spirit came TO mo one day and said,
{ gu sAFf - SAililtE. Allt ilbiA spirit lltE- /
suadcd mo Of the fact Whilo | had os-
capped the sins against the law of the land /
had really committed the worst sin n
man ever ccmmits-thc driving back Of
the son Of God from ms heart affections
and saw that my hands We're red with
the blood Of the Son Of God. and / began
to pray, and peace came to my heart and
know by experience that what you say IS
true "On him the Lord hath laid the
iniquity II us ALL Yonder is man who
would say: II WAS the worst drunkard in
the city: | went from bad to worse; de-
stroyod myself; l destroyed my home; my
children covered when | entered the
house; when thoy put up their lips To be
kissed, ! struck them; when my wife pro
tested against the maltreatment, kicked
her into the street. | know all the bruises
and all the terrorS Of drunkard' ; woe. |
went on farther and farther from God,
until one day got letter, saying:
"NY DEAR HvsnASD-I have tried every way
done every thing aud prayed earnestly and fer
yently FOR your reformation. but IL seems Of
no avail. Since our little Henry died. with the
I exception 81 those few happy weeks when yoH
remained sober, my life had been one Of sor-
row. Many Of the nights l have SAT by the
window with my face bathed in tears. watch
ing for your coming. am broken hearted,
am sick. Mother and father have been here
! frequently and begged me to come home, hut
my love Tor you and my hope for brighter days
have always made me refuse them. That hope
1 seems now beyond realization, and have re-
4 turned to them II Is hard. and battled long
before doing II. May God bless and preserve
you ami take from you that accurscd appetite.
and hasten the day when shall bc again lv
Ing happily together. This viii be my daily
prayer. knowing that he has said. Come unto
me. ali We that labor and are heavy laden. and
win give you rest From your loving wife,
MARY.
"And so | wandered on and wandered
ON, says that man, "until one night I
passed "a Methodist meeting house. and
said to myself III go In and see what
they are doing, and got to the door. and
they were singing:
Gan may come, whoever will
This man receives poor sinners still.
And l dropped right there where
was, and | said, God. have merey.' and
he had mercy on me. My home is restored.
my wife sings all day long during work,
my children come out u long way to greet
me home. and my household is little
heaven. | will tell you what did all this
for me. II was the truth that this day
you proclaim, ON him the Lord hath laid
the iniquity of us all. Wonder is a WON
an who would say: / wandered Off from
my fathers house; l heard the storm that
ON the hot rocks; | went on and on think
ing that no one cared for my soul. when
one night Jesus met me, and he said
Poor thing, 70 honci Your father Is
waiting for you, your mother is waiting
for you. Go homo. poor thing!' And, /
sir, was too weak to pray, and was too
weak to repent, but | just cried out
sobbed out my sins and my sorrows on tho
shoulders Of him Of whom II is said, Tho
Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us
all y"
A Christian Grip.
There is u young man who would say:
Il had Christian bringing up; / came
from the country To city life; | started
well; had good position-a good com
meroial posltion-but one night az the
theater / met some young mon who did 1
me no good. They dragged me all through
the sewers of iniquity, and lost my NOR
1 ais, and / lost my position and | was
shabby and wr,tchcd. | was going down
the street thinking that no one cared for
me when young man tapped me ON tho
shoulder and said, George, come with +
me, and will do you good looked at
him To see whether he was joking or not.
saw hc was in earnest. and said, What
do you mean, sir:' Well he replied, Il
mean that IL you Will come to the meeting
tonight will be very glad to introduce
you. will meet you Al the door. VIII
you come said /, L Will. | went TO
the place where / was tarrying fixed
myself up well rs could. buttoncd
my coat over "A ragged vest, and / went TO
the door of the church, and the young mon 1
met me, and We went in and ~ | went in I
heard AN old man praying, and he looked I
so much like my father, sobbed right I
out, and they were all around kind /
and 50 sympathetic that | just there gave
my heart TO God, and | know that what I
you say is true; | know it in my own cx-
1 perenCc. ON him the Lord hath laid /
the iniquity az us all. D." oh, my brother.
without stopping To look whether your
hand trembleS or not. without stopping to .
look whether your hand is bl0atcd with
sin or not, put it in my hand and let me
give you one warm, hrothcrly, Christian
grip and invite you right up To the heart,
7 To the compassion, To the sympathy, to
! tho pardon Of him on whom the Lord hath
/ laid the iniquity of us all. Throw away
4 your sins. Carry them no longer | pro-
I claim emancipation to all who are bound.
! pardon for all sin and eternal life for All
the dead
Mighty Load.
some ono comes here today, and stand
aside. He comes up three steps lie
] NbllltN 10 tills I4htt. must stand aside. Q
Taking that place, he spreads abroad his
hands, and they were nailed. You see his
feet; they were bruised. lie pulls aside
the robe and shows you his wounded heart
say, Art thou weary" Yes" he
says, weary with tho worlds woe" II
say, Whence CONTEST thoug' He says 81
came from Calvary" say, who comes
with thee He says: No one; | iayo
trodden tho wine press alone" say,
Why CONTEST thou hcrcY'' ''Oh." hosAys.
Il came here to carry all the sins and sor-
rows of the people" And he knocls lie
says, Put ON my shoulders all tho sor-
rows and all the sins" And. conscious
Of my own sins first, take them and put
them an the shoulders Of tho son Of God
l say, "Cnnst thou bear any moro. .
Christi" He says, Yes; more" And
gather up the sins OF all those who serve
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