The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-02-28

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} 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 indul-
gences, though your feet have gone in
unclean places, though you have COM
panioned with the abandoned and the
lost, one touch of Divine grace viii
save your soul.
do not say that you will not have
struggles after that. Oh; no! But they
will be a 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 La + you
fall and the powers of darkness tram-
pie on your soul. But in the other
case you go into the battle and you
fight stronger and stronger and strong
er, until the evil propensity goes down
and you get the victory through our
Lord Jesus Christ. Oh, come out of
your sins? Have you not been bruised
with sin long enough? Have you not
carried that load long enough? Have
you not fought that battle long
enough7
rattle the gates of your sepu1chre
to-day. take the trumpet of the Cos
pei and blow the long, loud blast: Ro-
land went into battle. Charlemagne's
army had been driven back by the
three armies of the Saracens, and Ro-
land, 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 Roland's trumpet broke.
/ take this trumpet of the Gospel and
{ blow the first blast, ''Whosoever will.
f, blow the second blast, ''Seel1 We the
! Lord while He may be found" l blow
! the third blast. Now is the accepted
! slime" But the trumpet does not
break it was handed down by our
forefa 3hefs to us, and we will hand 1t
down to our children that after we are
dead they may blow the trumpet, tell=
! ing The world that we have d pafdonA
/ ing God, a loving God, a sympathetic
God, and more to Him Tran the throne
on which He sits is the joy of seeing
Prodigal put his finger on the latch of
his Fathers house.
| 1HVlJS any one UlS uISdS 1nnoGlS
any one the most atheistic- / invite
/ him into tho kingdom of God Sf'th just
as much heartiness as those Wa have
for so years been under the teach"
ing of the Gospel and believed 1t all.
When | was living IN Philadelphia
| gentleman told me of scene in which
lie was PARTICIPANT. In Callo1'hilll
street, in philadelphia, there lad
been a powerful meeting going tt
| for some time, and mSny were c'tD-
verified, and among others one of t6P
prominent members Of the worst club
house in that city. The next night
the leader Of that clubhouse, the pres.
ident of it, resolved that he would en-
deavor to get his comrade away. He
came to the door, and before he ems
tered he heaTd a Christian sorg, and
under it's power his soul was agita ed.
He went in and asked for prayer. Be-
fore he came out he was a SUB
ject of conquering mercy. The
next night another comrade went
to reclaim the two who had been lest
to their sinful circle. He went, and
under the power of the Holy Ghost he
came changed man, and the work
the infamous clubhouse disbanded.
Oh, it is a mighty Gospel! Though
you came here child of sin you can go
away child of grace, you can goawRy
singing:
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
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 saliva
ton come to thy house." Why not this
moment look up into the face of Christ
and say:
Jus as am, without one plea
But that Thy Blood was shed for me;
And that Thou bid'st me come to Thee,
o Lamb of God, come, 1 come
God is going to save you. You are
going to he among the shining ones,
After the tolls of life are over, you are |
going up to the everlasting rest, you |
departed parents and departed chill. |
dren. 80, my Cod" says some man,
show can 1 come to Thee? 1 am so fa3 |
off. Who will help ne, am so weakH |
It seems such a great undertaking"
Oh my brother, 1t is great ur-
dertaking! It is SO great YOU
can not accomplish it, but Christ
can do the work He will correct
your heart, and He will correct your
life, "Oh," you say, 81 will stop pro-
family. That will not save you. "Oh,"
you say, Il will stop Sabbath break
ing 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 it. In faith we die. Heaven
a reward of faith. The earthquake
shook down the Philippian dungeon.
The Tailor said. what shall / do7"
Some of you would say: Better get
out of the place before the walls crush
YOU" What did the apostle say? ''Be-
lieve on the Lord Jesus Christ and
thou shalt be saved" "Ah," you say,
there's the rub" Whist is faith? Sup
pose you were thirsty and l offered you
this glass of water, and you believed
meant to give il to you, and you came
up and took it. You exercise faith.
You believe 1 mean to keep my prom
Use. Christ offers you the water of
everlasting life You take it. That is
faith.
Enter into the kingdom of God. En-