The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-02
HOODS
Sa rsa pariIIa

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. go home; your father is waiting for
you, your mother is waiting for you. Go
home. poor thing And sir. l was too
weak TO pray, and ] was too weak to re-
pent, but just cried out sobbed out my
sins and my sorrows on the shoulders of
MIN of whom IL is said. the Lord hath
lad on him the iniquity of us all
There is a young man who would say:
u had a Christian bringing up; / came
from the country to city life; l started
Weli had good pOsitiOn-a good COM
mercial position--but one night at the
theater, l met some young men who did
me no good They dragged me all through
the sewers of iniquity, and lost my NOR
ais, and I lost my position and l was
Shabby and wretched. / was going down
the street, thinking that no one cared
Tor me, when young man tapped me on
the shoulder and said: George, come
with. me and 1 will do you good l looked
at him to see whether he was joking or
not. l saw he was in earnest. and l said,
w hat do you mean, sir2' Well he re-
Piled 4 mean that If you will come to
the meeting tonight, ] will be very glad
to Introduce you. l VIII meet you at the
door. VIII you Gomez? Said l. 1 will
/ went to the place where i was larry
ing | fixed myself up as well as could.
/ buttoned my coat over a ragged vest
and went TO the door of the church,
ana the young man met me, and we went
in, and as l went in L heard an old man
praying, and he looked so much like my
father. l sobbed right out, and they were
that ] just there gave my heart to God,
and l know that what you say is true;
l know 1t in my own experience" ION
him the Lord hath laid the iniquity of
US all" Oh, my brother, without stop
ping to look whether your hand trembles
or not, without stopping to look whether
you hand is bloated with sin or not put
1t in my hand and let me give you one
warm, brotherly. Christian grip and in
vite you right up to the heart, to the COM
passion, to the sympathy to the pardon
of him on whom the Lord hath laid the
lniquity of us all. Throw away your
emancipation to all who are bound, par
don FOR all sin and eternal life for all the
dead.
Some one comes here to-day and stand
aside. He comes up three steps. He
comes to This place. l must stand aside
hands, and they were nailed. You see
his feet; they were bruised. He pulls
aside the robe and shows you his wound
ed heart l say; Art thou weary"
Yes" he says, weary with the worlds
Woe. say: whence contest thou?' He
says: Il came from Cavalry" l say: who
comes with thee" He says: mo one; 1
have trodden the wine-press alone"
say: why contest thou here?" "Oh" he
says, Il 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. ana L gamer up the SINS OF all
those who serve at these affairs. the Off
GERS of the church of Jesus Christi gath
err up. all their sins and put them on
Christ's shoulders, and l say: "Canst
more" He says: YES more''
Then gather 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 up 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
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
| "On him the Lord hath laid the iniduity
of us all" win you let him take your sins
| to-day? or, do you say: Il will take charge
of them myself, l viii fight my own bat
| ties, / will risk eternity on my own ac-
count know not how near some of
! you have come to crossing the line. A
/ clergyman said in his pulpit one Sabbath:
! Before next Saturday night one of this
! audience will have passed out of life" A
! gentleman said to another seated next to
| him: Il don't believe it; l mean to watch
and If 1t doesn't come true by next Satur-
| day night, l shall tell that clergyman his
| falsehood. The man seated next to him
said: Perhaps it will be yourself" oh
nor the other replied: Il shall live to be
an old man. That night he breathed his
last. To-doy the Savior calls. All may
come God never pushes a man off. God
never destroys anybody. The man jumps,
off, he jumps off. 1t is suicide-soul sui
cide-if the man perishes, for the invita-
ton is: whatsoever WILL let him Gomez
whatsoever, whosoever whatsoever!
While God invites, how blest the day
How sweet the Gospels charming sound
Come, sinner, haste, O! haste away
While yet pardoning God is found.
In this day of merciful visitation, while
many are coming into the kingdom of
God, join the procession heavenward
Seated in my church was a man who
came in, who said: Il don't know that
there is any God. THAT was on Friday
night l said: I'VE will kneel down and
find out whether there is any God" And
in the second seat from the pulpit we
knelt. He said: 4 have found him.
There is a God, a pardoning God I feel
min here He knelt in the darkness of
sin. He arose two minutes afterwar,d in
the liberty of the Gospel; while another
sitting under the gallery on Friday night.
said: My opportunity is gone; last week
! might have been saved not now. the
door is shut" Behold the Lamb of Cod
who taketh away the sin of the world )"
Now is the accepted time. Now is the
day of salvation" 1T is appointed INTO
all men once to die, and after that the
Judgment