The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-03-13

Him Of whom 4 % sails, the Lord hath laid
on Him the iniquity OF us all :"
There IL young man who would say iI
had "a Christian bringing upi / came from
the country 10 city llio STARTED we'll. j had
q good poslHon-a good commercial position
but one night 90 che thealer / mot some
young men who dii me no good. They
daggcd meall through the sewers on inl-
guilty, and lost my morals, and lost my
position, aud / was shabby and wroiched. i
was going down the street, thinking that no
one cared ior me- when a young man tapped
me ON the shoulder and said. George, come
with me- and will do YOU good. j looked
az HIN 20 see whether be was Joking or not.
saw he was In earnest, and said, what
do you mean, EirY' Well, be replied. Il
mean that II you will come 10 the meeting to-
night / viii DO very glad TO Introduce you.
viii meet you az the door. VIII you Gomez
Said i, 4 Will i went % the place where
was tarrying. / fixed myself up as Vell ns i
could. I buttoned my coat over a ragged
vest, and went to the door Of the church, and
the young man met me, and We went in, and
nsl went IN heard an old mnu praying and
he looked 30 much Ike my father / sobbod
right out, and they we're an around, so kind
aud 80 Sympathetic, that / just thete gave
my heart 20 God, and / know that what you
ence." "On Him the Lord hath laid thu
iniquity Of us ALL Oh, my brother without
stopping 20 look whether your hand trem-
blcs Ornot without stopping 70 look whether
your hand 70 bl0ated with sin or not. put
it In my hand and let me give you one
warm, brotherly. Christian grip aud invite
you rlghtup TO the heart, 10 the compassion,
to the sympathy, 70 the pardon Of Him on
whom the Lord hath laid the inlquity OF us
al. Throw away your sins. Garry them no
longer. proclaim emancipation TO all who
are bound, pardon for al sin and eternal life
for al the dead.
Some one comes here to-day ani stand
aside. He comes up three steps. He comes
10 this place. / must stand aside. Taking
that place he spreads abroad His hands, and
they were nailed You see His feet; they.
were bruised. He pulls aside the robe aud
shows you His wounded heart. l say, cart
Thou weary" eyes" He says. "Weary with
the worlds woe" i say, "Whence contest
Thou2' Ho says, 81 came from Calvary"
/ say, "Whc comes with Thee2n He says,
"No ons; / have trodden the winepress
alone" say, "Why contest Thou here2"
ooh, He says, az came here to carry ali
the sins aud SORROWS of the people"
And he kneelg, he says, "Put on NY
shoulders all the sorrow and all
the SINS" And, conscious of my own SINS
first, / take them and put them on the shout
ders Of the Son Of God. / say, "Canst Thou
bear any more, Christi" lie says. "Yes,
more" And gather up the sins OF all those
who serve at these nltars. the officers OF
the church OF Jesus Christi gather
up all their sins and put them
on Ohrist's shoulders, and / say, "Canst
Thou bear any more2" He says, ayes, more. +"
Then gather up all the sins Of a hundred
people in this house and put them on the
shoulders OF Christ, and I say, "Canst Thou
bear more2n He says, "Yea, more" And
gather up all the sins of this assembly and
put them on the shoulders Of the Son Of God,
and / say. "Canst Thou bear them2" "Yea, "
he says, "more." But He is departing. Clear
the way for Him, the Son Of God Open the
door and LET Him pass out. He is carrying
our sins and bearing them away. We sheA
never see them again. He throws them
down into the abysm, and you hear the long
/ reverberating echo Of their fall. ION Him
| the Lord hath laid the iniquity Of us all.
| viii you let HiE tske your sins to-day? or
| do you say. II will take charge Of them my.
self. will fight my own battles, will risk
eternity on my own account" / know moi
how near some ofyou have come to crossing
the line.
A clergyman said in his pulpit one Sab
bath, "Before next Saturday night one o.
|
A gentleman said TO another seated next to
him: ~ don't believe it. mean to watch
and II 1t doesn't come true by next Saturday
night shall tell that clergyman his false
hood" The man seated next 10 him said
"Perhaps IL wiz be yourself" ooh. no,
the other replied. ''I shall live to be an ole
man." That night he breathed his last. To
day the Saviour calls. All may come. Coz
never pushes a man of. God never estroy
anybody. The man jumps off, hejumps of
1t is suicide-soul suicide--if the man per
lshes, for the invitation is, "whosoever wilI
let him come" whatsoever, whos2ever, who
soeverl
While God invites, how blest the day,
How sweet the gospels charming sound
Come, sinner, haste, oh, haste away
| While yet a pardoning God Is found.
IL this day Of mercirul visitation, Will
many are coming into the kingdom of God
join the procession heavenward.
Seated In my church was man who cam
in who said, 81 don't know that there is an
God" That WIS on Friday night. I said
awe will kneel down and find out whethe
there is any God" And in the second sea
from the pulpit we -nelt. He said: II hav
found Him. There is a God, pardonin
God. / feel Him here" He knelt in tn
darkness Of sin. lie arose two minutes aftel
ward in the liberty Of the gospel. While al
other sitting under the gallery on Frida
night said: "My opportunity is gone. La
week / might have been saved. Not nov
God who taketh away the sin Of the world
"Now is the accepted time. Now is the da
Of salvation" cit is appointed unto all me
npoa N die and a flor flint tho in dOropnf