Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-03-11

"Slucntiy anu tcgged me to can.s
nome; but my love for You and my
hopc for brighter days have always
made me refuse them. That hope Seems
now beyond realization and I have
returned To them. 1t Is hard anu ]
nave battlcd long before doing Il.
May God bless and preserve You. and
take from YOU that accurscd appetite,
and hasten the day when we Shall be
again living happily together. This
VIII be my daily prayer, knowing that
he has said: Come unto Me all We that
labor and are heavy laden and will
give you rest From your loving wife,
| MARY
And SO l wandered on and wandered
on, says that man, until one night ]
passed Methodist meeting house. anc
said to myself: I'm go i'm and see
what they are doing and got to tn,
door and they were singing:
All may come whoever will
This man receives poor sinners still
And dropped right there where was
and said, God have mcrcyv' and He
had mercy on me. My home Is restored
my wife sings all day long during work
my children some out n long way &c
greet me home, and my household 1.
little Heaven. l will tell you what
did all this for me. IL WAS the
truth that this day you proclaim:
On him the Lord hath laid the In.
putty of ms ALL" Yonder is WON.
an who would say: II wandered
of from my fathers house, heard
the storm that pclts on lost soul,
my fcctwcrc blistered ON the hot rocks
1 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 foi
you, your mother is waiting for you.
Go home, poor thing And, sir, WA
too weak To pray, and / was too weak
to repent, but ] just cried out
sobbed out my sins and my sorrows ON
the shoulders of Him of whom IL IL
said, The Lord hath laid on Him the
iniquity of us ALL"
| There is young man who would say
II had Christian bringing up; came
from the country to city life; / started
well; had n good position--a good
commercial position--but one night M
the theater, | met some young mer
who did me no good. They dragged
| 7,
and lost my morals, and lost my pos.
ition, and was shabby and wretched.
l was going down the street, thinking
that no one cared for me, when young
man tapped me on the shoulder and said
George, come with me and / will dc
you good. L looked at him to see whether
he was joking or not. / saw he
was in earnest, and said, What do
you mean, sir?' Well he replied, Il
mean that IL you will come to the meet.
ing tonight, / will be very glad to in.
| troducc you. / will meet you at the
door. VIII you come? Said /, Il win
/ went to the place where / was tarry.
ing. / fixed myself up as well ms I
could. 1 buttoned my coat over rag
god vest,an l went To the door of the
church, and the young man met me,
and we went in, and as | went in,
heard an old man praying, and he
looked so much like my father, sobbcd
right out, and they were all around, so
kind and so sympathetic, that / just
there gave my heart to God, and /
know that what you say Is
true; / know it in my own cx.
| perience." "On him the Lord
| 'a'b viz VI Ofl,
my brother, without stopping to look
whether your hand trembles or not,
without stopping to look whether your
hand is bloatcd with sin or not, put ID
in my hand and let me give you one
warm, brothcrly, Christian grip. and
| invite you right up to the heart, to the
compassion, to the sympathy, To the
pardon of Him on whom the Lord hath
laid the iniquity of us all. Throw away
your sins. Carry them no longer. I
proclaim emancipation to all who are
bound, pardon for all sin and external
| life for all the dead.
Some one comes here to-day and I
stand aside. He comes up three steps.
He comes To- this place. / 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
shows you His wounded heart. / say:
Art thou weary?r yes" He saws,
weary with the worlds woe" ! say,
whence comes thou2" He says, ii
came from Calvary" / say, "Who comes
with thec?' He says, "No one; have
trodden the wine press alone" / say,
| why Ons' lie
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
conscious OF my own sins first. take
them and put them on the shoulders Cd
the Son of God. / say, "Canst Thou
bear any more, oh, Christ?' ale says,
YES, more" And / gather up the sins
of all 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 / say, Cant thou bear
any morc?' He says Eyes. more
Then / gather up all the sins OF a
hundred people in this house and put
them on the shoulders Of Christ. and !
say, "Canst thou bear more?" lie SAYS.
Yea, more" And gather up all the
sins Of this assembly, and put them on
tho shoulders of the Son OF God, and |
say, "Canst thou bear thcm?v Yea, y
he says, more" But he is depart.
ing. Clear the way for him. the
Son Of God. Open the door and let
him pass out lie Is carrying our sins
and bearing them away. We shall never
see them again. lie throws them down
into the abysm, and you hear the long