The Iola register., 1896-02-21

time. But if there is man who feels
himself all wrong, to him l address
myself Though you be wounded in
the hands and wounded in the feet and
wounded in the head, and wounded in
the heart, and through the gangrene
of eternal death put 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 unelean places, though
you have companiOned with the aban-
doned and the lost, one touch of divine
grace will save your soul
/ rattle the gates of your sepulcher
to-day. 1 take the trumpet of the gos-
pei and blow the long, loud blast
Roland went into battle. Charlie
magne's army had been driven back by
the three armies of the Saracens, and
Roland, in almost despair, took up the
trumpet and blew three blasts in one
of the mountain passes, and under the
power of those three blasts the Sara
Gems recoiled and fed in terror. But
history SAYS that when he had blown
the third blast Rolaud's trumpet broke.
take this trumpet of the gospel and
blow the first blast: 'Wnosoever will"
l blow the second blast: seek We the
Lord while he may be found" l blow
the third blast: Now is the accepted
time But the trumpet does not
break 1t was handed down bv our
forefathers to us, and we shall hand it
down to our children, that after we
are dead they may blow the trumpet,
pardoning God, loving God, a SYM
pathetic God, and that more to Him
than the throne on which He sits is the
Joy of seeing prodigal put his finger
on the latch of his fathers house.
invite anyone the most infidel, any
one the most atheistic, | invite him
into the kingdom of God with just as
much heartiness as those who have
for so years been under the teachings
of the gospel and believed it all. When
l was living in Philadelphia a gentle
men told me of a scene in which he
was a participant. In Callowhill street,
in Philadelphia, there had been pow
erful meeting going on for some time
and many were converted, and 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 comrade
away. He came to the door, ana be-
fore 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 sim
full circle. He went, and under the
power of the Holy Ghost became
changed man, and the work went on
until they were all saved and the in
famous club house disbanded. Oh, it
is a mighty gospel! Though you came
here child of sin, you can go away a
child of grace, you can go away sing
ing:
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 you not stop? This day is
salvation come to thy house" Why
not this moment look up into the face
of Christ and say:
Just as am. without one plea
But that Thy blood was shed for me.
And that Thou bid'st me come to Thee,
Oh, Lamb Of God, come, come
God is going to save you. You are
going to be among the shining ones
After the tolls of life are over, you are
going up to the everlasting rest; you
are going up to join your loved ones,
departed parents and departed chill
dren. "Oh, my Godr' says some man,
how can / come to Thee? | am so far
off. Who will help. l am SO weak? Il
seems such great undertaking" Oh,
my brother, 1t is great undertaking.
1t is so great you cannot accomplish
it, but Christ can do the work. He
will correct your heart and He will cor
rect your life. oh you say, Il will
stop profanity" That will not save
you. oh" you say, Il will stop Sab
bath 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 hundredth 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 Phillippian dungeon. The jailer
said: What shall / do?' Some OF
you 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 thou shalt
be saved" "Ah," you say, there's
the rub What is faith? Suppose you
were thirsty and l offered you this
glass of water, and you believed
mean 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 everlast-
ing life You take it. That is faith
Enter into the kingdom of God; enter
now. The door of life Is set vide open
plead with you by the bloody sweat
of Gethsemane and the death groan of