The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-26

wounded in the hands, and wounde!
in the feet. and wounded in the head
and wounded in the heart, and though
the gangrene of eternal death be upol
you one drop of the elixir of divin
life will cure your soul. Though yol
be soaked in evil indulgences, though
your feet have gone in unclean places
though you have companioned will
the abandoned and lost, one touch o
divine grace will save your soul.
I do not say that you will not hav
struggles after that. Oh, no! Blu
they will be a different kind of strug
gle. You 60 into that battle, and al
hell is against you, and you are alone
and you fight, and you fight, weake
and weaker and weaker, until at las
you fall and the powers of darkness
trample on your soul. But in tn,
other case you 60 into the battle, ant
you fight stronger and stronger aat
stronger until the evil propensity goe!
down and you get the victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ. Oh, come ou
of your sins! Have you not beer
bruised with SIN long enough2 Have
you not carried that load long enough
Have you not fought that battle long
enough2 I rattle the gates of youl
sepulcher today. I take the trumpe
of the gospel and blow the long, louo
blast. Roland went into battle
Charlemagne's army had been driven
back by the three armies of the Sara
Gems, and Roland, 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 Saracens recoiled and lied
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" I blow the second blast,
Seek ye the Lord while he may be
found" blow the third blast, Nov
is the accepted time" But the trump:
ct does not break. It was handed
down by our forefathers to us, and we
will hand it down to our children, that
after we are dead they may blow the
trumpet, telling the world that we
have pardoning God, loving God,
sympathetic God, and that more to
him than the throne on which he sits
is the joy of seeing a prodigal put his
finger on the latch of his fathers
house.
invite any one the most infdel,
any one the most atheistic. I invite
him into the kingdom of God with
Just as much heartiness as those who
have for so years been under the
teaching of the gospel and believed it
all. When was living in Philadel'
phia, gentleman told me of scene
in which he was a participant. In
Callowhill street, in Philadelphia,
there had been powerful meeting 60,
ing on for some time, and many we're
converted, and among others one OF
the prominent members of the worst
clubhouse in that city. The next
night the leader of that clubhouse. the
president of it, resolved that he would
endeavor to get his comrade away.
He came to the door, and before he
entered he heard a Christian song, and
under its power his soul was agitated.
He went in and asked for prayer. Be.
fore he came out he was subject OF
converting mercy. The next night
another comrade went to reclaim the
two who had been lost to their sinful
circle. He went, and under the pow.
er of the Holy Ghost became changed
man, and the work went on until they
were all saved and the infamous club
house disbanded. Oh, it is mighty
gospel! Though you came here q
child of sin, you can go away a child
of grace. You can 60 away singing
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
Ionce was lost, but now am found
Was blind, but now I see.
Oh, give up your sins Most of you,
life is already gone. Your children
are going on the same wrong road
Why do you not stop2 ''This day i;
salvation come to thy house." Why
not this minute 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
Lamb Of God, l come, leone!
God is going to save you. You are
going to be among the shining ones
After the tolls of life are over you are
going up to the everlasting rest. You
are going up to join your loved ones
departed parents and departed chil
dren. "Oh, my God," says some
man, show can come to thee9 am
so far Off Who will help me2 I an
so weak. It seems such great un
dertaking." Oh, my brother, it is g
great undertaking. It is so great you
cannot accomplish it, but Christ car
do the work. He will correct you,
heart, and he will correct your life
"Oh," you say, Il will stop profanity.
That will not save YOU "Oh," you
say. "I will stop Sabbath breaking.
That will not save you. There is only
one door to the kingdom of God, ane
that is faith; only one ship that sails
for heaven, and that is faith. FAITH
the first step, the second step, the hun
dredth step. the thousandth step, the
last step. By faith we enter the king
dom. By faith we keep in. In faith
we die. Heaven reward of faith
The earthquake shook down the Phi
lippian dungeon. The jailor said
"What shall I do2 Some of you would
say, Better get out of the place before
the walls crush you" What did the
apostle say2 believe on the Lore
Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved
"Ah," you say, there's the rub!'
What is faith9 Suppose you were