The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-06
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ret. the Scotch girl. from Jesus? They
said: You must give up your religion"
She said. Il can't give up my religion"
And so they took her down TO the beach
of the sea, and they drove in stake at
low water mark, and they fastened her
to II, expecting that as the tide came up
her faith would fail. The tide began to
rise, and came up higher and higher
and to the girde, and to the lip, and in
the last moment, just as the wave was
washing her soul into glory, she shouted
the praises of Jesus.
oh. no, you cannot separate a soul from
Christ. IL is an everlasting marriage. Bat
tie and storm and darkness cannot do it,.
is II too much eXultation for a man. who
Is but dust and ashes like myself to cry
out this moment: Il am persuaded that
neither hight. nor depth, nor principali-
ties, nor powers, nor things present nor
things TO come. nor any other creature
shall separate me from the love of God
which IS in Christ Jesus my Lord?'' Glory
be to God that when Christ and the soul
are married they are bound by chain
a golden chain-if l might say so-a chain
with one link, and that one link the golden
ring of God s everlasting love.
/ go a step further. and tell you that
when Christ receives soul into his love
he puts on him the ring OF feStiVity. You
know that il has been the custom I'm all
ages TO bestow rings on very happy oc-
casions. There is nothing more appropri-
ate for a birthday gift than a ring. You
delight to bestow such "a gift upon your
children at such time 1t means JOY,
hilarity, fesuvity. Well, when this old
man of the text wanted to tell how glad
he was that his boy had got back, he
expressed II i'm this way. Actually, be-
fore he ordered sandals to be put on his
bare feet before he ordered the fatted calf
to be killed TO appease the boys hunger,
he commanded: Put ring on his hand. y
Oh, it is a merry time when Christ and
the soul are unitedi JOY of forgiveness!
What splendid thing 1t is to feel that
all is right between my God and myself.
What a glorious thing Il is to have God
just take up all the sins of my life and
put them in one bundle and then fling
them into the depths OF the sea, never TO
rise again, never to be talked of again.
Pollution all gone. Darkness all Hum
ined. God reconclled. The prodlgal home.
Put a ring on his hand"
Every day / find happy Christian peo-
pie. l find some of them with no sec
ond coat. some of them in huts and tene-
ment houses, not one earthly comfort af-
as happy can be. They sing Rock of
Ages" as, no other people in the world
their life but one gold ring, and that was
the ring of Gods undying affection. oh,
how happy religion makes us! Did it make
you gloomy and sad? Did you go with
your head cast down? 1 do not think
you got religion, my brother That IS not
the effect of religion. True religion Is
JOY Her ways are ways of pleasant
ness, and all her paths are peace"
Why religion lightens all our burdens.
1t smooths all our way. 1t interprets all
our sorrows. 1t changes the Jar of earth
L
front of the flaming furnace of trial it
sets the forge on which sceptres are ham
mered out Would you not like this hour
to come up from the swine-feeding and
try this religion? All the joys of heaven
would come out and meet you, and God
would cry from the throne: Put ring
on his hand"
You are not happy. l see it. There is
no peace, and sometimes you laugh when
you feel a great deal more like crying
The world is a cheat. 1t first wears YOU
wit <
out into darkness. 1t comes back from
the massacre of a million souls to at
tempt the destruction of your soul to-
day. No peace out of God, but here is
the fountain that can Stake the thirst.
Here is the harbor where you can drop
safe anchorage.
functorily, but as one brother might talk
to another-would you not like to have
a pillow of rest to put your head on?
And would you not like, when you retire
at night, to feel that all is well, whether
you wake up tomorrow morning at 6
o'clock or sleep the sleep that knows no
waking2 Would you not like to exchange
this awful uncertainty about the future
for a glorious assurance of heaven? Ac-
cept of the Lord Jesus to-day, and all is
well. If on your way home some peril
should cross the street and dash your life
out, il would not hurt you. You would
rise up Immediately. You would stand
in the celestial streets, You would be
amid the great throng that forever wor-
ship and are forever happy. If this night
some sudden disease should come upon
you, it would not brighten you. If you
knew you were going you could give a
calm farewell to your beautiful home on
earth, and know that you are going right
into the companionship of those who
have already got beyond the toiling and
You feel on Saturday night different
from the way you feel any other night of
the week. You come home from the
bank, or the store, or the office, and you
say: well now my weeks work is done,
and tomorrow Is sunday. 1t is pleas
ant thought. There is refreshment and
reconstruction in the very idea. sOh, how
pleasant it will be, IT, when we get through
the day of our life, and we so and lie
down in our bed of dust, we can realize:
well, now the work is all done, and to-
morrow is Sunday-an everlasting Sun
day
Oh when, thou city of my God,
Shall l thy courts ascend?
Where congregations neer break up,
And Sabbaths have no end.
There are people in this house to-day
who are very near the eternal world If
YOU are Christians, l bid you be of good
cheer. Bear with you our congratulations
to the bright city Aged men, who will
soon be gone take with you our love for
our kindred in the better land, and when
you see them. tell them that we are soon
coming. Only a few moFe sermons to
preach and hear. Only few more heart
aches. Only few more tolls. Only a
few more tears And then-what an en-
trancing spectacle will open before us!
Beautiful heaven, where all is light,
Beautiful angels, clothed in white,
Beautiful strains that never tire,
Beautiful harps through all the choir;
There shall / join the chorus sweet
Worshiping at the Savior's feet.
And so 1 approach you now with a gen.
eral invitation, not picking out here and
there a men, or here and there a woman,
or here and there child; but giving you
m arTa1ff init 81 invitation
for ali things are now ready" We invite
YOU to the warm heart OF Christ and the
Enclosure of the Christian church. / know
NOT amount 10 much-that it is obsolete:
that ii did its work and is gone now
so far as all usefulness is concerned. 1t is
the happiest place l have ever been in ex-
cept my own home.
I know there are some people who saw
they are Christians who seem to get alone
without any help. from others, and who