Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-01-10


agiiAiei jail keeper az one crushed out BY
his misiortunes, pressed out by his mlsior-
tunes. The talling oi the peniteatiary, his
occupation was Fuue. Besides that the
flight ola prisoner was ordinarily the death
81 the iailer. he wa, held responsible. II
MI bad gone well. u the prison walls hal not
been shaken % the earthquake, II the pris-
oncrS had all STAYED quietly 10 the stocks, II
the morning sunlight had calmly dropped on
the jailOr's pillow, DO you think BE- would
have hurled this red hot question from his
soul into the ear % his apostolic prisOnersY
All. no. You know ~ well as Do IL was the
earthquake that reused him up. And u l.
trouble that starts q great many neople 10
ask the same question. II has n-eB - win
"a multitude you. Your apparel Is not a.
bright as u once was. Why have YOU
changed the Larb! Do YOU not like s0lieT-
ino and crimson aud purple a. well as oncei
Yes But you say; "While l was prosperel
and happy those color were accJriant with
my feelings. Now they wouldbe discori 10
my soul. And 50 you have plated up the
shadows into your apparel. The world is a
very different place from what 1t was once
for you. Ongeyou said. "Oh, Il l could only
have 1t quiet little WHILE II is too quiet.
Some people say that they would not
bring back their departed friends from
heaven even IL they had the opportunity.
but II you had the opportunity YOU would
bring back your loved ones. aud soon their
feet would he sounding in the hall, and soon
their voices would be heard 30 the family.
and the old times would come back Just a.
the festal days % Christmas aud rhAnKsgiv-
ing-days gone forever. Oh IL j. the earth
quake that startled you 10 asking this ques-
tion-the earthquakeo Of domestic misfortune.
Death is so cruel. so devouring, 50 relent-
less, that when il swallows M our loved
ones we must have some one to whom We
can carry our torn and bleeding hearts We
need q halsam better than ANYTHING that
ever exuded from earthly tree 10 heal the
pang Of the soul II is pleasant to have our
friends gather around US and tell Us how
sorry they are. and try 20 break up the lone
illness, but nothing but the hand OF Jesus
Christ can take the bruised soul and put il
Ia His bosom, hu,hinS il with the lullaby Of
heaven. O brother! sister, The grave
stone will never be- lifted from your heart
until Christ lifts il. Was II not the loss Of
your friends or the persecution OF your enc
mics, or the overthrow Of Your worldly es-
tate-was it not an earthquake that startled
yon out to ask this stupendous question OF
my text?
But l remark again. I .haracteriza this
question Of the agitated Jail keeper rs hasty.
urgent and immediate. lie put il on the
run. BY the light 81 his torch rs he goes To-
look for the apostles, behold his face, see the
startled look and ~ee the earues,ntss. No
one can doubt boy that look thai the man is
in earnest. He must have that question an.
swerel before the earth stops rocking. or
perhaps he will never have il answered at
al. l. that the way, my brother, my sister,
You are putting this question: l. it on the
run: Is ithasty1 l. it urgent l. it imme-
diate; Il it j. not, II will not be answered.
That is the only kind OF question that is an
swered. 1t Is the urgent and immediate
question Of the gospel Christ answers. 4
great many are asking this question. but
they draw it out, and there is Indifference
ia their manner. rs il they DO not mean it.
Make it an urgent question and then YOU
will have il answered before an hour passes.
before q minute passes. When % man with
all the rarueStue~- of his soul cries out for
God, he finds Him, and Guds Him right
away
oh. are there not in this house to-day those
who are pOStponing until the last hour OF
! living the attending TO the things Of the ~Jul3
give it as my opinion that ninety-uine out
OF the one hundred death-bcd repentances
amount TO nothing. OF all the scores ~ per.
sons mentioned as dying in the Bible. " how
many do you read that they successfully re-
pentei in the last hour? OF 80? No. or 4Oy
No. OF 30! No. Of2J? No. or l02 No.
OF )? No. orr only one. barely one, a,
ii to demonstrate the fact that there is a bare
| possibility Of repentance in the last hour
But that is improbable, awfully improbable,
terriAcaly improbable. One hundred to
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! from the moment that life begins to breathe
| IN infancy to the last gasp such an untayor-
/ nantapre ms tha death bour tha lost b,nr
/ There are The Doctors stsrding y,i,t ~.
/ medicines There j. the IaU,va1 s,andtn,
| with Tho half yrri.tan will ;Ther. l.. ~.
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! inc the sonl ont Of tbe hndv An tSe ms
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I the Jo,thhad his ranartaD.sI
| Nv tryt doe not answer he Question 7,
only asEs II Win Nan. ma i,,,r,tr,,,,ot" a,-
negtnoss asts i, and arror,lir,, ~ M, r,,frs
( NJ sorropi7inr, v,n would a.. nha,r,,r,,
| that TO some other time =" buf darn mn
! what are the rules VI s~rmonizlnS to me
! WhGh l am alttr SOUS. what othtr tEo
touIa nave Wheh perhaps tAls Is the only
| uiAt' Inns might ut my last time loT
hearing
After my friend IN Philadelphia died, htS
children gave his church Bible to me, and
READ H. looked over II with much interest. l
''AIr. TRImase said this morning tlat the
most useless thing in Gods universe is that
any sinner should perish" did not remem-
Der saying it, hut it is true and say it
now whether l said it then or not-tne most
useless thing in all God 5 universais that any
sinner should perish. Twelve gates wide
II l.. Il ~.
our sorrows. and how sympathetic He is with
al our r., woes zoe. haEe you hot heari now 'hat
WIN an tae sorrows -, ~ uT'r' ana an Tue
asoGIe' OF men upon MN lie crled' father,
IorS T, mem, thcs Shp" ho' What tney uoi
by nv ms ect pltstelel WI the mountain way