The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-17

blow the first blast: ''WhOsOeVer will"
! blow the second blast: Seek We the Lord
while ne may be found" / blow the third
blast: Now is the accepted time" But
the trumpet does not break 1t was hand
ed down by our forefathers to us, and we
VIII hand il down to our children. that
after we are dead they may blow the
trumpet, telling the world that we have
a pardoning God, a loving God, a sympa-
thetlc God and that more to him than the
throne on which he sits is the joy of see
ing prodigal put his finger on the latch
OF mis- fathers house.
I invite any one the most infdel. any
one the most atheistic, / invite him into
the kingdom of God with just as much
hearunesS as those who have for fifty
years been under the teaching of the Cos
pei and believed it all. When / was liV-
ing in Philadelphia a gentleman told me
of scene in which he was a participant
In Callowhill street. in Philadelphia, there
had been a powerful meeting going on
for some time and many We're converted.
ana among others, one of the prominent
members of the worst club house in that
city. The next night the leader of that
club house, the president of it, resolved
that he would endeavor to get his COM
rade away. He came to the door, and
before he entered he heard a Christian
song, and under its power his soul was
agitated He went in and asked for
prayer Before he came out he was a
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 power of
the Holy Ghost became a changed man,
saved and the Infamous club house dis
banded. Oh, it is a mighty gospel! Though
you came here a child of sin you can go
away child of grace, you can go away
singing:
Amazing grace how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me-
once was lost but now am found
Was blind, but now 1 see.
Oh, give up your sins! Most of your
life is already gone. Your children are
going on the same wrong road. Why do
= salvation a
to thy house" Why not this moment
look up into the face of Christ and say:
Just as 1 am, without one plea,
But that thy blood was shed for me,
And that thou bidst me come to thee,
O Lamb of God, come, come.
God is going to save you. You are go
ing to be among the shining ones. After
to the everlasti ting rest you are going up 10
join your loved ones, departed parents and
departed children. %, my God" says
some man, how can | come to thee? 1
am so far off. Who will help me, l am so
weak? 1t seems such a great undertake
ing" oh, my brother, it is a great under
taking! 1t is so great you cannot accom-
plish it, but Christ can do the work He
will correct your heart and he will correct
profanity" That win not save YOU.
oh you say, " l will stop Sabbath
breaking" That, will not save you.
There is only one door into the kingdom of
God, and that is faith; only one ship that
sails for heaven, and that is faith. Faith
the first step, the second step, the humid
redth step, the thousandth step, the last
step. By faith we enter the kingdom BY
faith we keep in. In faith we die. Heaven
a reward of faith. The earthquake shook
down the Philippian dungeon. The jailor
said; What shall l dO?" Some of Won
would say: BETTER get out of the place
before the walls crush you" What did
the apostle say? Believe on the Lord
Jesus Christ and thus shalt be saved J"
All" YOU say, there's the rub" What
is faith? Suppose you were thirsty and I
offered you this glass of water, and YOU
believe meant,to give it to you. and YOU
came up and took it. You exercise faith
You believe l mean to keep my promise
Christ offers you the water of Everlasting
life. You take it. That is faith.
Enter into the kingdom of God. Enter
now. The door of life is set wide open 7
plead with you by the bloody sweat of
Gethsemaine and the death-groan of Col
gotha, by cross and crown, by Pilates
court room and Josephs sepulchre' nv
harps and chains, by kingdoms of light
and realms of darkness, by the trumnef
of the archangel that shall wake the dead
and by the throne of the Lord God AL
mighty and the Lamb. that YOU attend
now TO the things of eternity Oh what
near heaven, we miss it! Oh, to have
come within sight of the shining pinnacIes
of the city and not have entered oh tn
have been so near we have seen the
mighty throng enter, and we not Joining
theml Angels of God. fly this wayi Good
news Tor you, tel the story among the re-
deemed on hight If there be one there es-
pecially longing for our salvation let that
one know it now. We put down our sor-
rows. Glory be to God for such a hone
for such pardon, for such a low for
such heaven for such a Christ.