The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-17

Or and heW "a twain thes8 greet cdmea fhat
make iho land idghtiul with their roaF and
arc iailenlng uron the bJdim aud B0ah II
immortal men Who u rcEiy for sueh 5
party az thaff Who win be- a mighty hunter
Tor tho LoFd2
remark. again. u you want % be success
iul in spiritual archery you need Hot only 10
bring doWn tho game but bring e IN.
think one q she most beautiful pictures %
ThlrWaldaaa Il a"Autumn.' Ilrepreaenia
sportsman coming hons and standing un-
der a grapevine. 10 haB n stan over biz
shoulder aud On The other end Of thai alaI
nro hunga rabat and a hrncooi hlrda- Every
hunter brings home the game. No onoHould
think Of bringing down a reindeer or whip
ping up q stream Tor trout and letting them
Ne IN tho wooda Az evontido tho camp Sc
adorned With The treasures Of the forest
hoak and IN aud anllor IN you 20 out 30
hunt for immortal souls, not only bring them
down under the arrow OF thn gospel. but
bring them into the church OF God, the en-
campmont We have pitched this side Of tho
skies. Fetch them Ga. DO not lot them lie
out Ia the open field. They need our prayers
and sympaihles and help. That a the mean
ing OF the church Of God-help. o Sc hun
tiers for the Lord. not only bring down the
game. but bring It In
~ Mhhrldales liked hunting % well that
for seven years he never went indoors, shat
enthusiasm ought We 20 have who are hunt
ing for immortal soulsl II Domiuanus prac-
ticod archery until he could stand boy
down In the Roman amphitheater, with a
hand out. the fingers like that and then the
king could shoot an arrow between tho
fingers without wounding Them. b. what
drill and what practice ought not we sub-
feet ourselves In order 90 become spiritual
archers and amighty hunters before the
Lord" But let me say, you viii never work
any betterthan you pray. The old arehers
took the bow, put one end OF Il down beside
the foot. elevated the other end, and i was
the rule that the bow should be just the size
OF the archer. II It we're just his sizs then no
would 20 into the battle with confidence.
Lot ms say that your power 10 project good
in the world will correspond exactly 70 your
own spiritual stature. In other words, the
1rst thing In preparation for Christian WORK
Is personal conservation.
Oh. for closer walk with God,
A calm and heavenly frame,
A light to shine upon the road
That leads me 10 the Lamb
lam sure that there are some here who az
some time have been hit by the gospel arrow.
You felt the wound Of that CONVICTION, and
you plunged into the world deeper; just as
the stag, when the hounds IRE after II,
way 10 escape. Jesus Christ Is on your
track to-day impenitent man! not In wrath,
but IN mercy. o We chased and painting
souls! here Is the stream of Gods mercy aud
salvation, where you may cool your thirst.
Stop that chase OF sin to-day By the red
fountain that leaped from the heart of my
Lord, bid you stop. Is there In all this
! house anyone who can refuse the cher that
| comes from the heart Of the dying Son OF
MI y 1toF has Ia
| the banished world, souls that, FOR that ofer
you get to-day, would fling the crown Of the
universe at your feet, II they possessed III
| But they went out on the mountains, the
| storm took them. and they died.
There Is IN a forest In Germany a place
! they call the "deer leap"-two crags about
] Is feet apart, between them fearful ehasm.
! This is called the "deer leap" because once
! q hunter was on the track Of deer 1t came
TO one Of these crags. There was no escape
! for il from the pursuit OF the hunter, and in
utter despair it gathered itself up and in the
death agony attempted TO jump across. OF
course it fell and was dashed on the rocks
far beneath. Here is path to heaven. II
Is plain, it is safe. Jesus marks it out Tor
every man to walk in. But here is a man
who says: 81 won't walk in that path.
will take my own way" He comes on until
| he conironts the chasm that divides his soul
from heaven. Now his last hour has come
and he resolves that he will leap that chasm,
from the heights of earth to the heights oil
heaven. Stand back now, and give him full
swing, for no soul ever did that successfully
Let him try. Jump! Jump He misses the
mark, aud ne goes down, depth below depth
destroyed without remedy" Men, angels
devils, what shall we call that place Of awful
catastrophe? Let it be known forever as th'
sinners death leap.