Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-08-13


this man, who disregards your Invitation
or sends back some indignity. After awhile
you move into larger house and amid
more luxurisnt surroundings, and you In
vite your friends, but you do not invite
that man TO whom 20 times you sent an
invitation TO the smaller house Are you
to blameS You would only make yourself
absurd before God and man to send that
man another invitation. For 20 years he
has been declining your offers and sending
insult for your kindness and courtesy. and
can he blame you? Can he come up to your
house on the night of the banquet Look
ing up and seeing 1t is a finer house, viii
he have any right to say: Let me In.
declined all those other offers, but this Is a
larger house. a brighter house, more
luxuriant abode. Let me in. Give me an
other chance" God has spread banquet
of his grace before us For 865 days Of
every year since we knew the difference be-
tween our right hand and our left be has
invited us BY his providence and by his
spirit. Suppose we decline all these offers
and all this kindness Now the banquet
is spread in a larger place, in the heavenly
palace. Invitations are sent out, but no in
vitation is sent to us Why? Because we
declined all those other banquets Will
God be to blame? Will we have any right
to rap on the door of heaven and say: 81
ought not to be shut out of this place; give
me another chancs?" Twelve gates of sal
walton standing wide for free admission all
our life and then when the IL gates close
we rush ON the bosses of Jehoyah's buckler,
saying, "Give me another chancei'
A ship is to sail for Hamburg. You want
TO go to Germany by that line. You sec
the advertisement of the steamers sailing.
You see it for two weeks You see it In
the morning papers and you see it In the
evening papers. You see 1t placarded on
the walls Circulars are thrown into your
office telling you all about that steamer.
One day you come down on the wharf, and
the steamer has swung out into the stream.
You say: "Oh, that Isn't fair. Come back;
swing up again to the docks. Throw the
plank ashore that I may come on board It
isn't fair. want TO go to Germany by
that steamer. Give me another chance Z"
Here is magnificent offer for heaven. II
has been anchored within our sight year
after year. and year after year, and year
ellUSI gV<tlt anu III Wh DClkHb WILKES VI
earth and heaven have urged us 20 get on
board, since it may sail at any moment
Suppose we Let that opportunity sail away,
and then we look out and say: "Send back
that opportunity. Iwant to take it 1t
isn't treating me faiIAy. Giveme another
chance" Why, my brother, you might as
well go out and stand on the Highlands at
the Eavesink three days after the Majestic
has gone out and shout: Captain, come
back. want to so to Liverpool ON the
Majestic. Come back over the sea and
through the Narrows and up to the docka
Give me another chance" You might as
we'll do that as, after the last opportunity
Of heaven has sped away, try to get IL back
again. Just think of it! It came on me
yesterday In my study with overwhelming
impressiveness. Just think of It. All
heaven offered us as gretuity for whole
lifetime, and yet we wanting to rush
against God, saying "Give me another
chance" There ought to be, there will be,
no such thing as posthumous opportunity.
a Grand Chance.
You see common sense agrees with my
text in saying that 'H the tree fall toward
the south or toward the north, In the place
where the tree falleth there 1t shall be. "
You see this idea lifts this world from an
unimportant way station to a platform of
stupendous issues and makes all eternity
whirl around this hour. Oh, my soul, my
soul! Only one trial, and all the prepara-
tions for that trial to be made in this
world or never made at all. Oh, my soul,
my soul! You see this piles up all the en-
phasis and all the climaxes and all the
destinies into this life. No other chance.
Oh, how that intensifes the value and the
of this chance Alexander and
his army used to come around city, and
they would kindle great light, with the un-
derstand1ng that as long as that light was
burning the city might surrender and all
would be well, but If they let that light 60
out then the batterfng rams would swing
against the walls and there would come
disaster and demplition. Oh, my friends,
all yog and need to do to prepare for eter-
nal safety Is just to surrender to the King
and Conqueror, Christ. Surrender hearts,
surrender life, surrender everything. The
great light keeps burning, light kindled
by the wood of the cross, light flaming up
against the dark night of our sin and sor-
row. oh, let us surrender before the light
goes out and with 1t our last opportunity
Of making our peace with God through our
Lord Jesus Christ Oh, my brother, talk
about another chance, this the supernal
chance, In the time of Edward II, at the
battle of Musselburg, private soldier saw
that the Earl of Huntley had lost his he'll
met The private soldier took off his helmet
and Went up to the Earl of Huntley and
out~the helmet on his head. Now, the head
1f the private soldier uncovered he was
loon slain, while his commander rode In
'afety through and ont of the battle. But
{ is different In our case Instead of a |
private Offering a helmet to an earl, IL is
he King of heaven and earth Offering a |
rown to an unworthy subject, the King |
lying that we might live! Oh, tell 1t to |
he points of the compass tell it to day and |
light, tell 1t to earth and heaven, tell 1t |
% all the centuries and all the nillenniums |
hat God has given US such magnificent /
hance In this world that we need no other |
hance in another!
A dream. am In the FURNISHED judg- |
nent hall on the last day The great white
hrone is lifted, but the Judge has not vet |
AIKEN 1t. While we are waiting for his ar
ival | hear the immortals in conversation.
What are you waiting for?" says soul
hat went up from Madagascar to soul
hat went mp from America The latter
"Iwas In America 40 years ago,
nd heard the gospel preached, and had
lenty of Bibles in my house, and from
he time that kneit at my mothers knee
4 prayer until my last hour had great
pportunities, but did not improve them,
nd l am here today waiting for another
nance. Strange, strange" says the
oul Just come up from Madagascar.
Strange. Why, I never heard the gospel
all but once in all my life, and accepted
i and don't want another chance. "
What ase you waiting for2" says one who
q earth had very feeble intellect TO
ne who had areat brain. and whose voics
CASTORLA !!