The Penn's Grove record., 1896-03-06

,ali to your comrades, saying; HCome and
help; this man is helpless. Bring the ambu-
anee. Let us take him to the hospital. - and
| would he a dead lift In You arms, aud you
you'd lift me from the ground where l had
allen, and put me In the ambulance, and
AXE me to the hospital, and have all kind
less shown me. Would there be anything
screaming In my accepting that kindness2
Oh. no. You would be mean not to do it,
That is what Christ does. II we could pay
bur debts. then ii would be better TO 90 up
md pay them, saying: "Here, Lord, here is
ny obligation. Here are the mems with
which ] mean to settle that obligation. Now
i've me a receipt. Gross it ali out" The
lebt Is pail.
But the fact is we rave fallen In the battle,
We have gone down under the hot FIRE OF our
ransgressions, we have been wounded by
he sRbers Of sin, we are helpless, we are I'M
lone. Christ comes. The loud clang heard
ntRs sky gu that ChristmaA night was only
he noll, the resonnding bell OF the ambu-
ance. Clear the way for the Son Of God.
lie comes down to bind up the wounds, and
o scatter the daI kness, and to save the lost.
slear the way for the Son of Godi Christ
do n to us, and we are a dead lit.
te does not lift us with the tips Of HIS fin
ers. He does not lift US with one arm. He
ONES down upon His knee, and then with a
esd lift He raises us to honor and glory and
Immortality. ''The Lord hath laid OF Him
ne iniquity OF us ALL" Why, then. will a
IAN carry his sins? You cannot carry sue
essfully the smallest sin you ever COM
lifted. You might as we'll put the Apen-
ines on one shoulder and the Alps on the
ther. How much less can you carry all the
lns of your lifetime? Christ comes and
ooks down In your face and says: II have
ONE through all the decorations Of these
iays, and through all the tempests OF these
hghts. / have come to bear your burdens,
nd to pardon your sins, and to pay your
IN My heart" tt0n Him the Lord hath laid
he ~intquity OF us all" Sin has almost pest
red the life out of some Of you. At times
/ has made you cross and unreasonable, and
/ has spoiled the brightness OF your days
md the peace Of your nights. There are
zen who have been riddled of sin. The
Forid gives them no solace. Gossamery and
the world, while eternity, as they
BOX forward to 1t, Is black as midnight.
they writhe under the stings OF a conscience
which proposes to give no rest here and no
est hereafter, and yet they do not repent.
hey do not pray, they do not weep. They
10 not realize that Just the position they oc.
mpy Is the position occupied by scores,
lnndfeds and thousands Of men who never
ound any hope.
II this meeting should be thrown open and
No pbODAo Wno arc uoL0 COulu klNO tbotA
estimony, what thrilling experiences we
hould hear on all sides! There is a man
rho would say: 81 had brilliant surround
igs; ! had tho best education that u of
he best collegiate institutions of this SCUM
~ could give and 1 observed all the morali-
les Of life, and I was self-righteous, and l
bought I was all right before God as / am
II right before man, but the Holy Spirit
anne to me one day and said, You are a
.-n~.rkha Holxv Sptrft narunaAa6 mo If fha
act. While / had escaped the sins against
he law of the land, / had really committed
worst sin q man ever commits, the
irving back OF the Son Of God from my
carts affections, and | saw that my hands
rere red with the blood of the Son OF God,
nd / began to pray, and peace came to my
ieart and I know by experience that what
say is true" ION Him the Lord hath
aid the iniquity of US all" Yonder is a
who would say. IT was the worst
lrunkard In the city; ! went from bad to
worse; I destroyed myself; l destroyed my
iome; my children covered when / entered
he house; when they put up their lip to be
fssed, / struck them; when my wife pro-
against the maltreatment, / kicked
Ter into the street. / know all the bruises
ind all the terror5 Of a drunkard's woe. /
vent on farther and farther from Goo until
me day ] got a letter, saying;
My Dear Husband-l have tried every
way, done everything n prayed earnestly
md fervently for your reformation, but
/ seems Of nc avail. Since u little
Henry died, with the exception of those few
weeks when o remained sober, my
ife had been n of sorrow. Many OF the
lights I have sat by the window, with my
bathed in tears, watching for your
/ an broken hearted, | am sick.
and father have been here frequently
md begged me to come home, but my love
'or you and my hope for brighter days hsve
always made me refuse them. That hope
now beyond realizution, and / have re-
turned to them. 1t Is hard, and ] battled
long before doing it. May God bless and
you, n take from you that 40.
sursed appetite, and hasten the day when we
hall be again living happily together. This
will be my daily prayer, knowing that He
has said. Some unto me, all We that labor
are heavy laden. and I will give you
rest. From your loving wife. MARY.
sAnd so ! Wandered on and wandered on"
sys that man, ssuntii one night I passed o
Methodist meeting house, aud I said to N.Y.
lelf, sIn go In and see what they are doing
md / got to the door, and they we're singing;
Gan may come, whoever will
This man receives poor sinners STILL
sand I dropped right there where I was
md I said, God have mercyl' and BE had
mercy on me. My homefs restored, my wife
dnga all day long during work, my children
home out a long way to greet me home, and
Fou what did all this for me. It was the
that you this day proclaim, "0n Him
he Lord hath laid the iniqutty Of US all"
Yonder Is q who would say, 'Iwan-
iered Off from ms fathers house, I heard
he storm that pets on a lost soul. My feet
we're blistered IN the hot rocks. ! went on
and on, thinking that no one cared for my
'oul, when one night Jesus met me and He
said, Poor thing, go homel Your father is
for you, -FOUR mother Is waiting for
you. Go home, poor thfngl' And, sir, ]
too week to pray, and l was too weak to
but I just cried out-I sobbed out
my sins and my sorrows on the shoulders OF
Him OF whom It Is sail, the Lord hath laid
Him the iniquity Of US ALL"
There 10 q young man who would say: II
aad . Christian bringing. upi I came from
he country to city life; ] started well, I had
/ good positions GOOD commercial position
but one night at the theater / met some
men who did ms no good. They
tagged me ell through the sewers OF ini-
putty, and ] lost my morals, n / lost my
and I was shabby and wretehed. !
going down the street. thinking that no
cared for me, when a young man tapped
Oh tuo buOuluot anu Adius 'OdDtSot OH
me, and I will do you good Hooked
Vt him to see whether he was joking or not.
| saw he was 1 n earnest, and I said, what
10 you mean, sir2' We'll, he replied, u
that II you will some to the meeting to-
aight ! will be very glad to introduce YOU.
| Will meet you at the door. VIII you conner,
Said I, Il WILL / went to the place where 1
vas tarrying. fixed myself up as well as ]
sould. ! buttoned my scat over a ragged
vest, and I went to the door of the church, and
the young man met me, and we vent in. and
AsI went In I heard an old man praying and
he looked so much 9ke my father / sobbed
out, and they were all around, SO kline
And so sympathetic, that ] just there gave
heart TO God, and I know that what yor
,Ay Is true; I know 1t in my own expert
.sOn Him the Lord hath laid the
Of US all.n Oh, my brother, without
to look whether your hand trem,
bles or mot, without stopping to look whethey
hand is bloated with ain or not, put
Il in my hand and let me give you one
Earm, ~brotherly, Christian grip and invite
rou right up to the heart, to the compassion,
. the sympathy, to the pardon OF Him on
khom the Lord hath laid the iniquity Of u
u. Throw away FOUR sins. Garry them no
onger. ] proclaim emancipation to all who
re bound, pardon for all sin and eternal life
br all the dead.
Some one comes here to-day and stand
Inside, He comes up three steps. He comes
10 this place. must stand aside. Taxing
hat place He spreads abroad His hands, and