Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-02-22

tDeT5 ur6 some VINO nave Deen Drought
into the kingdom of God through your
instrumentality. Have there not been
Not one? You, man 30, 40, so years
Of age and net one? see souls coming
up to glory Here is Sunday school
teacher bringing 10 or 8 souls. Here is
q tract distributor bringing in 40 or so
souls. Here is man you never heard of
who has been very useful in bringing
souls to God. He comes with $50 souls.
They are the sheaves of his harvest.
How many have you brought? Not one
can it be? What viii God say? What
will the angels say? Better crouch down
in some corner of heaven and never show
yourself. Oh, that harvest is to be reap
ed nowl And that is this instantl Why
not be reaped for God this hour?
The Touch of Divine Grace.
"Oh," says some man. 81 have been
going on the wrong road for 80, 40 or
50years. Ihave gone through the whole
catalogue Of crime and must first get
myself fixed up" All, you will never
get yourself fixed up until Christ takes
You in charge. You get worse and worse
until he comes 10 the rescue. Not the
ighteous-sinDers Jesus came to call. :"
So, You see, take the very v orst case
there is. If there is a nan here who
feels he is all right in heart and life, /
am not talking TO him, for he is proba-
bly, hypocrite. Twill talk to him some
other time But if there is man who
feels himself all wrong, to him l adj
dress myself. Though you be wounded
in the hands and wounded in the feet
and wounded in the head and wounded
in the heart, and though the gangrene
of eternal death be upon you, one drop
Of the elixir of divine life will cure
your soul. Though you be soaked in evil
indulgences, though your feet have gone
in unclean places, though you have com
panicned with the abandoned and the
lost, one touch of divine grace will save
your soul.
l do not say that you will not have
struggles after that. Oh, mol But they
will be different kind of struggle You
go into that battle and all hell is against
you. and you are alone, and you fight and
you fight, weaker and weaker and weaker,
until at last you fall and the powers of
darkness trampIe on your soul But i'll
the other case you go into the battle
and you fight stronger and stronger and
stronger, until the evil propensity goes
down and you get the victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ. Oh, come out of
your sinsl Have you not been bruised
with sin long enough? Have you not
carried that load long enough? Have
you not fought that battle long enough?
A Pardoning God.
l rattle the gates of your sepnlcher to
day. ! take the trumpet Of the gospel
and blow the long, loud blast. Roland
went into battle. Charlemagne's army
had been driven back by the three ar
mics of the Saracens, and Roland, in al
most despair, took up the trumpet and
blew three blasts in enc of the mountain
passes, and under the power of those
fled in terror. But history says that
when he had blown the third blast, Ro
lands trumpet broke.
take this trumpet of the gospel aud
blow the first blast, "Whosoever will"
I blow the second blast, "Seek ye the
Lord while he may be found !" blow
the third blast, "Now is the accepted
time. !" But the trumpet does not break !;
it was handed down by our forefathers
to us, and we will hand it down TO orr
children, that after we are dead they
may blow the trumpet, telling the world
that we have pardoning God, loving
God, sympathetic God, and that more
to him than the throne on which he sits
is the joy Of seeing q prodigal put bis
finger on the latch OF his fathers house.
] invite any one the most inildel, any
one the most atheistic, / invite him in
to the kingdom of God with just as
much heartiness as those who have for
90 years been under the teaching of The
gospel and believed it all When Twas
living in Philadelphia, gentleman told
me Of a scene in which he was a par
ticipant. Ia Callowhill street, in Phila-
delphia, there had been powerful meet
ing going on for some time, and many
were converted, and among others one
of the prominent members of the worst
clubhouse in that city. The next night
the leader of that clubhouse, the presi-
dent of it. resolved that be would en-
deavor to get his conrade away. He
came to the door, and before he entered
he heard Christian song, and under
its power his soul was agitated He went
in and asked for prayer. Before he came
ont he was subject of converting mer-
cy. The next night another ccmrade
went to reclaim the two who had been
lost to their sinful circle. He went, and
Under the power Of the Holy Ghost be-
came a changed man, and the work
went on until they were all saved and
the infamous clubhouse disbanded. oh,
it is mighty gospels Though you came
here 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.
Ionee was lost, but now am found
Was blind. but now see.
Faith First and Last
oh, give up yonr sins! Most of your
life is already gone. Your children are
going on the same wrong road. Why do
you not stop? This day is salvation
come to thy house Why not this mo-
ment look up into the face of Christ and
say:
Just as am. without one plea
Bat that tag blood was Sized for me,
And that thou hid'st me come TO thee
Lamb Of God, come, comet
God is going TO save yen. You are 70
ing TO be among the shining ones Aft
er the tolls of life are over, you are go
ing up to the everlasting rest, you are go
ing up to join your loved ones. departed
parents aud departed children. 'Ob,
my God. SAYS some man. how can /
come to thee? am SO far of. Who will
help me, ! Am so weak? 1t seems such
a great undertaking. Oh, my brother,