The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-26

| WCuuoGO III tllC Aeshoo1 ahe
in the feet, and wounded in the head
and wounded in the heart, and thougf
the gangrene of eternal death be upor
you one drop of the elixir OF divine
life will cure your soul. Though yoll
be soaked in evil indulgences, thougf
your feet have gone in unclean places
though you have com mpanloned VIII
the abandoned and lost, one touch o
divine grace will save your soul.
I do not say that you will not hav'
struggles after that. Oh, no! Blu
thew will be a different kind of strug
gle. You 90 into that battle, and al
hell is against you, and you are alone
and you fight, and you fight, weaker
and weaker and weaker, until at las
you fall and the powers of darkness!
trample on your soul. But in tht
other case you 60 into the battle, ant
you fight stronger and stronger anc
stronger until the evil propensity goe'
down and you get the victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ. Oh, come ou
of your sins! Have you not beer
bruised with SIN long enough? Have
you not carried that load long enough
Have you not fought that battle long
enough9 I rattle the gates of youl
sepulcher today. I take the trumpet
of the gospel and blow the long, louo
blast. Roland went into battle
Charlemagne's army had been driven
back by the three armies of the Sara
Gems, and Roland, in almost despair
took up the trumpet and blew three
blasts in one of the mountain passes
and under the power of those three
blasts the Saracens recoiled and fled
in terror. But history. says that when
he had blown the third blast Roland's
trumpet broke.
take this trumpet of the gospel and
blow the first blast, "Whosoever
will" I blow the second blast,
seek ye the Lord while he may be
found" I blow the third blast, 'Now
is the accepted time" But the trump
ct does not break. 1t was handed
down by our forefathers to us, and we
will hand it down to our children, that
after we are dead they may blow the
trumpet, telling the world that we
have a pardoning God, loving God,
sympathetic God, and that more to
him than the throne on which he sits
is the joy of seeing prodigal put his
finger on the latch of his fathers
house.
invite any one the most infdel,
any one the most atheistic. I invite
him into the kingdom of God with
Just as much heartiness as those who
have for so years been under the
teaching of the gospel and believed it
all. When I was living in Philadel'
phia, gentleman told me of scene
in which he was a participant. In
Callowhill street, in Philadelphia,
there had been a powerful meeting 60,
ing on for some time, and many were
converted, and among others one OF
the prominent members of the worst
clubhouse in that city. The next
night the leader of that clubhouse. the
president of it, resolved that he would
endeavor to get his comrade away.
He came to the door, and before he
entered he heard Christian song, and
under its power his soul was agitated.
He went in and asked for prayer. Be-
fore he came out he was subject OF
converting mercy. The next night
another comrade went to reclaim the
two who had been lost to their sinful
circle. He went, and under the pow
er of the Holy Ghost became a changed
man, and the work went on until they
were all saved and the infamous club
house disbanded. Oh, it is mighty
gospel! Though you came here 8
child OF sin, you can 60 away a chile
of grace. You can 60 away singing
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved wretch like me!
Iopce was lost. but now am found
Was blind, but now I see.
Oh, give up your SINS Most of youl
life is already gone. Your children
are going on the same wrong road
Why do you not stopa 'This day Il
salvation come to thy house." Why
not this minute look up into the face
of Christ and say:
just as am without one plea
But that thy blood was shed for me,
And that thou bid'st me come to thee-
o Lamb Of God, I come, Icome!
God is going to save you. You art
going to be among the shining ones
After the tolls of life are over you art
going up to the everlasting rest. Yol
are going up to join your loved ones
departed parents and departed chil
dren. "Oh, my God," says som'
| man, show can I come to thee2 an
so far off, Who will help mea an
so weak. 1t seems such great un
dertaking." On, my brother, it is
great undertaking! 1t is so great yol
cannot accomplish it, but Christ cal
do the work. He will correct you
heart. and he will correct your life
"Oh, yousay, Il will stop profanity.
That will not save you ."Oh," 70!
say. 81 will stop Sabbath breaking:
That will not save you. There is onl.
one door to the kingdom of God, ant
that is faith; only one ship that sail
for heaven, and that is faith. Faitl
the first step, the second step, the hun
dredth step. the thousandth step, tn
last step. By faith we enter the king
dom. By faith we keep in. In faitl
we die. Heaven a reward of faith
The earthquake shook down the Phi
lippian dungeon. The jailor said
What shall do2 Some of you woult
say, Better get out OF the place befor
the walls crush you" What did tn
apostle say2 believe on the Lore
Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be- saved. I.
"Ah," you say, there's the rub!
| What is faith2 Suppose YOU Wer