The Monitor-register., 1896-02-21

eak9 tuIS trumpet Oh tne SOEpol ana
blow the first blast, sWhosoeyer will. y
I 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 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, a 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 infidel, any
one the most atheistic, invite him id
to the kingdom of God with just as
much heartiness as those who have for
30 years been under the teaching of the
gospel and believed it all When Twas
living in Philadelphia, gentleman told
me of scene in which he was par
ticipant. In Callowhill street, in Phila-
delphia, there had been a powerful meet
ing going on for some time, and many
were 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 presi-
dent of it, resolved that he would en-
deavor 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. Before he came
out he was subject of converting mer-
cy. 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 a mighty gospell Though you came
here child of sin. you can go away a
child OF grace, you can go away singing:
Amazing grace. how sweet the sound
That saved wretch like mel
once was lost, but now am found
Was blind, but now see.
Faith First and Last.
Oh, give up your sinsl Most of your
life is already gone. Your children are
going on the same wrong road. Why do
you not stop? "This day is salvation
come to thy house" Why not this mo-
ment 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, comel
God is going to save you. You are 60
ing to be among the shining ones. Aft
er the tolls Of life are over, you are 60
ing up to the everlasting rest, you are 60
ing up to join your loved ones, departed
parents and departed children. "Oh,
my God" says some man, "how can I
come to thee? am SO far off. Who will
help me, ! am SO weak? 1t seems such
great undertaking. Oh, my brother,
it is great undertaking. 1t is SO great
you cannot accomplish it, but Christ
can do the work. He will correct your
heart and he will correct your life.
"Oh." you say, 81 will stop profanity. -
That will not save you. "Oh," you
say, 81 will stop Sabbath breaking. -
IHAG WAL AOp save yOus LAC4O 40 OAiy
one door into the kingdom Of God, AID
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 in. In faith we die. Heav
en- reward of faith. The earthquake
shook down the Philippian dungeon.
The jailer said, "What shall I dor"
Some of you would say, "Better get
out of the place before the walls crush
you" What did the apostle say? ''Be-
lieve 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 I
meant to give it to you, and you came
up and took it. You exercise faith. You
believe I mean to keep my promise.
Christ offers you the water of everlast-
ing life. You take it. That is faith.
Enter into the kingdom Of God. En-
ter now. The door of life is set wide
open. I plead with you by the bloody
sweat Of Gethsemane and the death
groan Of Golgotha, by cross and crown,
by Pilates courtroom and Joseph s
sepulcher, by harps and chains, by king
doms of light and realms of darkness,
by the trumpet of the archangel that
shall wake the dead, and by the throne
of the Lord God Almighty and the
Lamb, that you attend now to the things
Of eternity. Oh, what sad thing it
will be if, having come so near heaven,
we miss it'll Oh, to have come within
sight Of the shining pinnacles of the
city and not have enteredl Oh, to have
been SO near we have seen the mighty
throng enter, and we not joining them
Angels of God, fly this wayl Good
news for you; tell the story among the
redeemed on high If there BIZ one there
especially longing for our salvation, let
that one know it now. Weput down our
sorrows. Glory be to God for such q
hope, for such pardon, for such joy,
for such heaven, for such Christi
Your Story and Your Poetry.
There is always certain awkward
ness when a poet, even poet covered
with a transparent veil of fiction, intro
duces his own compositions and recites
them aloud. We are irresistibly remind
ed of scene in Nicholas Nickleby, -
where the hero is trying his prentice
hand on sentimental drama, and is
told by his brother actors that he must
introduce dance for the phenomenon.
upon my word don't see how it's to
be done" says Nicholas; but the TRACE
dian says it is obviously easy; the dis
tressed lady, having been urged to rouse