The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-29

you fight and you ngnr weaker sno
weaker and weaker, It'll at last you
fall and the powers Of darkness tram
nile on your soul. Bat In the other
case you 20 into the battle and you
fight stronger and stronger and strong
err, until the evil propensity goes down
and you get the victory through our
Lord Jesus Christ. Oh, come out OF
your sins? Have you not been bruised
with sin long enough Have you not
carried that load long enough? Have
you not fought that battle long
enough?
rattle the gates of your sepulchre
to-day. take the trumpet OF the Cos
pei and blow the long, loud blast Ro-
land went into battle. Charlemagne's
army had been, driven back by the
three armies of the Saracens, and No.
land, in almost despair, took up the
trumpet and blew three blasts In one
of the mountain passes, and under the
power of those three blasts the Sara
Gems recoiled and fed In terror. But
history says that when he had blown
the third blast Roland's trumpet broke.
take this trumpet of the Gospel and
blow the first blast, "Whosoever will"
1 blow the second blast, 'Seek ye the
Lord while He may be found" blow
the third blast. ''Now is the accepted
time" But the trumpet does not
break. 1t was handed down by our
forefathers to us, and we will hand 1t
down to our children, that after NE are
dead they may blow the trumpet, tell
ing the world that we have a pardon
ing God, loving God, sympathetic
God, and more to Him than the throne
on which He sits is the JOY of seeing .
prodigal put his finger on the latch OF
his Fathers house.
1 invite any one the most infidel,
any one the most atheistic. / invite
him into the kingdom of God with just
as much heartiness as those who have
for so years been under the teach
ing of the Gospel and believed it all.
When l was living in Philadelphia a
gentleman told me of scene in which
he was a participant. In Callowhil.
street, in Philadelphia, there had
been a powerful meeting going on
for some time, and many were con-
verted, and among others one of the
prominent members of the worst club
house in that city. The next night
the leader of that clubhouse, the pres
ident of it, resolved that he would en-
deavor to get his comrade away. He
came to the door, and before he en-
tered he heard Christian song, and
under it's power his soul was agitated.
He went in and asked for prayer. Be-
fore he came out he was a sub
ject of conquering mercy, The
next night another comrade went
to reclaim the two who had been lost
to their sinful circle. He went, and
under the power of the Holy Ghost be-
came changed man, and the work
went on until they were all saved and
the infamous clubhouse disbanded.
Oh, it is mighty Gospel! Though
you came here a child of sin you can go
away child of grace, you can go away
singing:
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
Oh, give up your sins! Most of yo mr.
life is already gone. Your children are
going on the same wrong road. Why
do you not stop? This day is saliva
ton come to thy house." Why not this
moment look up into the face of Christ
and say:
Just as am. without one plea
But that Thy Blood was shed for me:
And that Thou bid'st me come to Thee,
o Lamb OF God, come, come
God is going to save you. You are
going to be among the shining ones.
After, the tolls of life are over, you are
e ding up to the everlasting rest, you
are going up to join your loved ones,
departed parents and departed chill
dren. 20, my God," says some man,
show can come to Thee? l am so far
off. Who will help me, am so weak?
1t seems such great undertaking"
Oh, my brother, 1t Is great I'M
dertaking! 1t Is so great you
can not accomplish it, but Christ
can do the work. He will correct
your heart, and He will correct your
life. "Oh," you say, II will stop pro-
family. That will not save you. "Oh,"
you say,>"I will stop Sabbath break
ing" That will not save you. There
is only one door into the Kingdom of
God, and that is faith; only one ship
that sails for Heaven, and that is faith.
Faith the first step, the second
step, the .hundredth step, the
thousandth step, the last step. BY
faith we enter the Kingdom. BY faith
we keep it. In faith we die. Heaven
reward of faith. The earthquake
shook down the Philippian dungeon.
The jailor said: "What shall l do?"
Some of you would say: "Better get
out of the place before the walls crush
YOU" What did the apostle say? Be
licve on the Lord Jesus Christ and
thou shalt be saved" "Ah," you say,
there's the rub" What is faith? Sup
pose you were thirsty and offered you
this glass of water, and you believed
meant to give it to you, and you came
up and took it. You exercise faith.
You believe I mean to keep my prom
Use. Christ offers you the, water Of
everlasting life. You take it. That is
faith. '"n" if jsiH Nt+''~ #fFd
Enter into the kingdom of God. En-
ter now. The door of life is set wide
open, plead with you by the bloody
sueat If Cethsernane and fha dao+L