St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-10-03

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back some indignity. After awhile
you move into : larger house
and amid moro luxufiant surround.
ihgs, and you invite your friends. but
you do not invite that man to whom 20
times you sent m invitation to tho
smaller house. Arc you to blame?
You would only make yourself absurd
before God and man 70 send that man
another invitation. For 20 years he
has been declining your offers and
sending insult for your kindness
and courtesy, and can he blame
you? Can he come up to your
house on the night of the ban.
quetf Looking up and seeing It 10
. finer house, will he have any right
to says Let mo in. I declined all
those other offers, but this Is larger
house. brighter house, = moro
luxuriant abode. Let me in. Give me
another chance2" God has spread =
banquet Of His grace before US. For
SIS days Of every year since we knew
the difference between our right hand
and our left He has invited Us by His
Providence and by His Spirit Sup
pose we decline all these offers
and all this kindness. Now the ban.
quet is spread in = larger place, in the
heavenly palace. Invitations are sent
out, but no invitation is sent to us
Why7 Because we declined all those
other banquets. Will God be to blame?
Will we have any right to rap on the
door of Heaven and say: II ought not
to be shut out OF this place; give
me another chance?" Twelve gates OF
salvation standing wide for free adj
mission all our life, and when the
twelve gates close we rush ON the
bosses of Jehovah's buckler, saying:
Give me another chance"
You see, common-scnse agrees with
my text in saying that ''if the tree fall
toward the south, or toward the north,
in the place where the tree falleth,
there 1t shall be-" You, see this idea
lifts this world from an unimportant
way station to . platform of stupen-
dous issues, and makes all eternity
whirl around this hour. Oh, my soul!
my souli Only one trial, and all the
preparations for that trial to be made
in this world. or never made 1T all.
Oh, my soul! my soul! You see. this
piles MP all the emphasis and all the
climaxes and all the destinies into
this life. No other chance. Oh, how
that intensifies the value ana the inn
portsnce of this chance. Alexander
and his army used to come around .
city, and they would kindle = great
fire, with the understanding that as
long rs that light was burning tho
city might surrender, and all would be
well, but il they left that light 20 out,
then the battering rams would swing
against the walls and there would
come disaster and demolition. Oh,
my friends, all yon and l
need to do to prepare for eternal safety
is Just to surrender to the King and
ConQueror, Christ. Surrender hearts,
surrender life, surrender everything.
The great light keeps burning, light
kindled by the wood Of the cross; light
flaming up against the dark night of
our sin and sorrow. Oh, let us surren.
der before the lig hit goes out, and whit
our last opportunity of making our
peace with God through our Lord Jesus
Christ Oh, my brother, talk about
/ another chance; this is the superna1
chance. In the time of Edward H..
at the battle of Musselburgh, pri-
vate soldier saw that the earl Of Hunt
ley had lost his helmet. The private
soldier took of his helmet and went
up to the earl Of Huntley and put the
helmet on his head. Now, the head OF
the private soldier uncovered, he was
soon slain. while the commander
rode in safety through and ont Of
case. Instead OF . private offering .
helmet to IN earl. it is the King Of
Heaven and earth Offering = crown to
m unworthy subject the King dying
that we might live! Oh, tell it to the
points of the compass, tell it to day and
night, tell it to earth and Heaven, tell
it to all the centuries and al the millen-
NUNS that God has given us such =
magnificent chance in this world that
we need no other chance in another!
A dream I am in the FURNISHED
great white throne is lifted, but the
Judge has not yet taken it. While we
are waiting for His arrival, hear the
inmortals in conversation. What
are you waiting for?' says soul that
went up from Madagascar to = soul
that went up from America The lat
ter responds: II was in America 40
years ago, and heard the Gospel
preached, and had plenty Of Bibles
in my house, and from the time that
knelt at my mothers knee in prayer
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tunities; but did not improve them.
and am here to-day waiting for an
other chance. .'Strange, strange"
says the soul just come up from NADIA
gascar. ''StranGe; why, never heard
the Gospel call but once in all my life,
and accepted it, and don't wants an.
other chance" what are you waiting
for?" says one who on earth had very
feeble intellect to one who had great
brain and whose voice was silvery, and
and who had sccpters of power. Tho
latter replies: Il had great power ON
earth, must admit; and l mastered
languages, aud I mastered libraries.
and colleges conferred upon me
learned titles. and my name
was a synonym for eloquence
and power; but somehow
neglected the matters of my soul,
and I must confess to you I am here
to-day waiting for another chance"
Now, the ground trembles with tho
advancing chariot. The great folding
doors of the FURNISHED hall Of jud9-
ment are thrown open. stand back, !"
cry the ushers, land let the Judge Of
quick and dead pass through. {"
He takes the throne. He looks OF
upon the throngs Of nations come to
the last Judgment, como to thu
only judgment, and ono Hash from
the throne reveals each mans history
to himself, and reveals it to all the
othera And then the Judge says,
..Divide!' and the FURNISHED walls echo
| it, .'Divide!" and the guides angelic
answer, ''Divide!r and the immortals
are rushing this way and that, until
there is m aisle between them, great
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