Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-03-13

and pay them, Saylngt he1o, hOlot Ill
my obligation. Here are the means Nh Nh
give me receipt. Cross it all out. Inc
debt is paid. A,,uo
But the fact is we have fallen in the Dattie'
we have Rone down under the hot fire OF our
trans0ressions. we have been wounded pY
the sabers of sin, we are helpless, we are un,
done. Christ comes. The loud clang heard
in the skv on that Christmas night was only
the bell, the resoundinS bell OF the amou-
lance. Clear the way for the Son OF Uoo;
He comes down to bind up the Wounis; an
to scatter the darkness, and TO save inc losl.
Clear the way for tho Son OF Goa: Cu ,.i 81
comes do IN to US. and we are dead NJ
lie does NOT lift us win tue tips OF His m
gers. He does not lift as with one arn' a"
comes down upon His knee, and then with d
dead lit He raises US to honor and glory anu
immortality. "The Lord bath laid on hun
the iniouity of us ALL" Why, then, will
man carry his sins? You cannot carry SUE
cessfully the smallest sin you ever CON-
mitted. You might as well put the ApSh-
mines OH one shoulder and the APPS on tne
other. How much less can you carry AL tn3
sins of your lifetime? Christ comes anu
looks down in your face aud s1ySi - nave
come through all the lAdefa.ions o. these
DAYS, and Though all the tempests OF these
nights. have come to bear your burdens,
and to pardon your sins, and to pay your
debts. Put them on My shoulder, put tneni
on NV heart" son Him the Lord hath laid
the iniouity OF us ALL" Sin has almost pest
cred the life out OF some OF you. AZ times
1t has made you cross AMI unreasonable, anu
it mas spoiled the brightness OF your days
and the peace of your nights. There are
nen who have been riddled Of sin. The
world gives them no so,ace. Goss mery and
volatile the world, while eternity, as they
look forward to it, is black rs midnight.
They urithe under the stings Of q conscience
which proposes to give no rest hero and no
rest hereafter, and yet they do not repent,
thew do not pray, they do not weep. Iney
do not realize that just the position they &C.
cupy Is the position occupied by scores,
| hundfeds and thousands Of mon who never
found Amy hope. :
If this meeting should be thrown open and
the people who are mere could give their
testimony. what thrilling experiences we
should hear on all sides There is man
who would say: II had brilliant surrour1-
ings: I had the best lucation that one OF
the best collegiate institutions OF this coun'
| try could give and observed all the morale
| ties OF life, an vas seif-righteous, ana L
thought was all right before God as an
| all right before man, but the Holy Spirit
came to me one day and said, You are
sinner the Holy Spirit persuaded me OF tue
fact. While had escaped the sins against
the law of the land, had really commltteo
! the worst SIN man ever commits, the
driving back OF the Son OF Goa from Hy
hearts affections, aud | saw that my hands
were red with the blood of the Son OF God,
and began TO pray, and peace came to my
heart AMI know by experience that what
Won saw Is true" ION Him the Lord hath
| laid the iniquity of US ALL" Yonder is a
| man who would say, 81 was the w0rst
| drunkard in the city; went from bad 10
worse; destroyed myself destroyed my
home; my children covered when L entereA
the house; when they put up their lip to Do
kissed, I struck them; when my wife pro-
tested against the fnaltreatment, klcke1
| her into tho street. l know all ine bruises
and all the terrorS Of drunkards woe. L
went on farther and farther from Goo until
one day got Il letter, sayings
| ''Nv Dear Husband--I have tried every
wav. done everything and prayed earnestly
| AMI fervently for your reformation, put
it seems of no avail. Since our little
Henry died, with the exception of those few
happy weeks when you remained sopsr, my
life had been one OF sorrow. Many OF the
nights have sat by the window, with my
face bathed in tears, watching Tor your
| coming: l am broken hearted; l am sicS.
| Mother and father have been here frequently
| and begged me to come home, but my love
| for you aud my hope for brighter days have
| ALWAYS made me refuse them. That hope
seems now beyond rea ization, aud have re-
| turned to them. 1t is hard. and battled
| long before doing it. May God bless and
preserve you, and take from you that &C
cursed appetite, and hasten thu. day when we
shall be again living happily together. TINS
will be my daily prayer, knowing that he
has said, Come unto me, all ye that labor
and are heavy laden, and | will give you
rest From your loving wife, MARY. =.
Aud so wandered on and wandered on,
sqys that man. until one night 1 passed a
Methodist meeting house, and l said 10 my
self. I'll go in and see what they are doing,
and got to the door, and they were singing:
'Al may come, whoever will
This man receives poor sinners still.
"And I dropped right there where was,
Ind | said, God have mercy!' and He had
mercy on me. Ny homeis restored, my wife
sings all day long during work, my children
come out u long way to greet me home, ana
nv household is little heaven. L will tell
YOU what did all this for me. 1t was the
truth that you this day proclaim, ION HIM
the Lord hath laid tbs iniquity OF us all.
Yonder is woman who would say, -! wan,
|
the storm that pc IS on lost soul. My fe5i
were blistered on the hot rocks. Invent on
and on, thinking that no one cared for my
soul. when one night Jesus met me and He
said Poor thing, so home! Your father is
waiting for YOU, your mother is waiting tol
YOU. Go home, poor thingp And, sir,
was too week to pray, and was too weak tC
repent, but l just cried out sobbed ou
nv sins and my sorrows on the shoulders q
Him of whom it IS sal !, the Lord hath lai(
on Him the iniquity Of US all.
There is n young man wAo would say: u
bad Christian bringing up; l cane iron
the country TO city life; started well; mac
q good position--a good commercial position
but one night at the theater L met som'
Young men VINO did me no good. Tne.
Jagged me all through the sewers Cf mi
guilty, and lost my morals, and lost my
POSITION. and was shabby and wretched.
was going down the street, thinking that NJ
one cared for me. when young man tapped
me- on the shoulder aud said: George. come
with me, and l will do you good looked
at him TO see whether he was joking no.
saw he was in earnest, and said, VIVA
do you mean, sir?' Well be replisd,
mean that if you will come to the meeting 10
night will be very glad to introduce you
will meet you at the door, Will you come:
Said I. Il will I went to the place where
was tarryins. fixed myself up as well as
could. buttoned my coat over ragGe
vest, and " tent to the door OF tine church, an
the young man met me, and we went in. an
as went in l heard an old man praying an
ne looked 50 much like my father so0oe
right out, and they were all around, so kin
and so sympathetic. tina. just thele gay
nv heart 70 God, and L know that what yo
say is true; know it in my own expsr
ence." "On Him the Lord hath laid tn