Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-04-15


lads clothes and took them hognc. and
the father was hsartbrolxeu, the mother
was heartbrol<en. Mt the loss Of her
child. They had heard nothing from
him day after day, and they ordered
the usual mourning for the sad
event. But the lad took ship from Dub
lin and arrived in Liverpool the very
day the mourning arrived. He knocked
NJ the door. the father was overioyed
and the mother was ovcrjoycd at the
return of their lost son. Oh, nv
friends, have you waded out too dcepY
Have you waded down into sin? Have
you wadcd from the shore? win Won
come back? WIN you come in the rage
of your sin, or viii you come robcd In
the Saviour's Righteousness? I believe
the latter. Go home To your God to-
day lie is waiting for you. Go homel
hut L remark the characteristic Of
this resolution was. II was immediate-
ly put into execution. Tho context
says "hc arose and came 10 his fathers
The trouble in 900 times out OF 1000 In
that our resolutions amount to nothing.
because we make them for some dis
tant time. III / resolve to become 4
Christian next year, that amounts to
nothing Mt all. IL l resolve to become
Christian tomorrow, that amounts to
nothing Mt all. II l resolve ut the SER
vice this day To become Christian.
that amounts to nothing Mt all.
III resolve after 1 go home
to-day TO yield my heart to God,
that amounts to nothing at nll.
The only kind of resolution that
amounts To anything is the resolution
that is immediately put into execution.
There is n man who had the typhoid
fever, he said: "Oh II l could get over
this terrible distress; II this fever
! should depart; IL could be restored to
health, would all the rest of my life
serve Cod Tho fever departed lie
got well enough to walk around tho
block. He got well enough To go over
to business. lie is well to-day--as
| well nv no ever was. Where Is tho
| broken vow? There is man who said
long ago: III I could live to the
year 1895, by that time l will have
| my business matters all arranged, and
| | will have time to attend TO religion.
and will bc n good, thorough, conse-
Grated Christian" The year 1896 has
come. January, February, March,
April-a fourth of the year gone.
Where is your broken vowp "Oh,,
says some man, '1'll attend to that
when / get my character fixed up, when
can get over my evil habits; am now
| given to strong drink" or, Ways the
man, 81 am given TO unclcanliness," or
says the man, II am given To- dishon.
esty. When get over my present habits
then I'll bc thorough Christian" My
brother, you will get worse and worse,
until Christ takes you in hand. Not
the righteous, sinners Jesus came to
call" oh, but you say. ~ agree
with you In all that, but l must put 10
of n little longer" Do you know there
wore many who came just as near aa
You are to the kingdom of God and
never entered IL? / was Mt Easthamp-
ton, and went into the cemetery to
look around. and in that cemetery
there are IL graves side by side--the
graves of sailors. This crew, some
years ago, in n ship went into the
breakers mt Amagansett, about three
miles away. My brother, then preach-
ing at Easthampton, had been at the
burial. These men of the crew came
very near being saved. The people
from Amagansett saw the vessel, and
they shot rockets, and they sent
ropes from the shore. and these poor
fellows got into the boat, and they
pulled nightly for the shore, but just
before they got to the shore the rope
snapped and the boat capsized and
they were lost. Their bodies after
ward washed upon the beach Obi
what IA solemn day it was-I have been
told of it by my brothcr-when these
twelve men lay at the foot of the pull
pit, and he read over them the funeral
/ Ina. ll.a,, a.
within shouting distance OF the shore,
yet did not arrive on solid land. There
are some men who come almost to- tht
shore of Gods mercy, but not quite,
not quite. TO be almost saved Is to ID
= lost.
will tell You OF two prodigals-the
one that got back and the other thai
did rot get back. In Richmond, Va,
there is very prosperous and beauti.
full home in many respects. A young
man wandered off from that home. He
wandered very far into sin. They
heard OF him after, but he was always
on the wrong track He would not go
home. At the door OF that beautiful
home one night there was great out
cry. The young man of the house ran
; down TO open the door to see what
|
The rest OF the family were asleep.
There were the wife and children OK
this prodigal young man. The fact
was he had come home and driven them
out. 'Out Of this housed Away with
these children. / will dash their brains
out. Out into the STORM" The mother
gathered them up and fed. The next
morning the brother, the young man
who had staid Mt home went out TO
find this prodigal brother and son, and
he came where he was and saw the
young man wandering up and down In
front of the place where he had beer
staying and the young man who had
kept his integrity said to the older
brother: Here, what does all this
mean? What Is the matter with
: you? Why do you act in thia
way? The prodigal looked at MIN
} and said: "Who am i? Who do fou
take me 90 be?" lie said: You are
my brother" "No, am not. am n
brute. Have you seen anything OF my
wife and children? 1 drove them out
last night in the storm. I am n brute.
John, do you think there Is any help
for me? DO you think will ever get