Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-03-05

you and fzzs ffom yod tha. accursed appetite, |
and hasten the day when we shall be again hy- |
Ing happily together. This will be my daily |
prayer, knowing that he has said, Come unts |
me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and |
will give you rest.' From your loving wife, |
"MARY.
"And 80 wandered on and wandered |
on" says that man, "until one night
passed Methodist meeting house, and
said to myself, 'In go In and see what |
they arc doing, and got to tho door, and |
they were singing:
"All may come, whoever will
This man receives poor sinners still.
Sand 1 dropped right there where
was, and l said, God, have mercyl' and
be had mercy on me. My home is restored. |
my wife sings all day long during work,
my children come out long way to greet
me homo, and my household is a little
heaven. will tell you what did all this
for me. Tt was the truth that this day
you proclaim, 'On him the Lord hath laid
the iniquity Of us all.' Yonder is wom-
an who would say: Il wandered of from
my fathers house; heard the storm that
pelts on lost soul; my feet were blistered
on the hot rocks; l went on and on, think
ing that no one cared for my soul, when
one night Jesus met me, and he said:
Poor thing, go homel Your father Is
waiting for you; your mother Is waiting
for you. Go home, poor thingP And,
sir, was too weak to pray, and l was too
weak to repent, but 1 just cried out-I
sobbed out my sins and my sorrows ON the
shoulders of him of whom 1t is said, The
Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of US
ALL
Christian Grip.
There is a young man who would say:
IT had Christian bringing up; came
from the country to city life; started
WELL had a good position-a good COM
mercial position-but one night at the
theater met some young men who did
me no good. They dragged me all through
the sewers Of iniquity, and lost my NOR
ais, and lost my position, and was
shabby and wretched. was going down
the street thinking that no one cared for
me when young man tapped me ON the
shoulder and said, George, come with
me, and will do you good J. looked at
him to see whether he was joking or not
I saw he was in earnest, and said, What
do you mean, sirf' Well, he replied. 4
mean that il you will come to the meeting
tonight will be very glad to introduce
you. will meet you at the door. Will
you Gomez Said I, I will l went to
the place where l was tarrying. / fixed
myself up as we'll as could. 1 buttoned
my coat over a ragged vest, and went to
the door of the church, and the young men
met me, and we went In, and as went in
Y n nld v,ra axyiYn ord hn IO0Ead
SO much like my father, 1 sobbed right
out, and they were all around, so kind
and SO sympathetic that just there gave
my heart to God, and I know that what
you say is true; I know 1t In my own ex-
perience." ION him the Lord hath laid
the iniquity of us ALL" Oh, my brother,
without stopping to look whether your
hand trembles or not, without stopping to
look whether your hand is bloated with
sin or not, put it in my hand and let me
give you one warm, brotherly, Christian
grip and invite you right up to the heart,
to the compassion, to the sympathy, to
the pardon of him on whom the Lord hath
laid the iniquity of us all. Throw away
your sins. Carry them no longer. I pro-
, claim emancipation to all who are bound,
pardon for all sin and eternal life for all
the dead,
A Mighty Load.
Some one comes here today, and stand
aside. He comes up three steps. He
comes to this place. must stand aside.
Taking that place, he spreads abroad his
hands, and they were nailed. You see his
feet; they were bruised. He pulls aside
the robe and shows you his wounded heart.
I say, cart thou wearyf" Eyes" he
says, "weary with the worlds VICE." II
say, "Whence comest thou?' He says, II
came from Calvary" say, "Who comes
with theef" He says: "No one; have
trodden the wine press alone" I say,
"Why comest thou hereS" "Oh," he says,
II came here to carry all the sins and sor-
rows of the people" And he kneels. He
says, "Put on my shoulders all the sor-
rows and all the SINS" And, conscious
of my own sins first, take them and put
| them on the shoulders Of the Son of God.
I say, "Canst thou bear any more, O
I Christi" He says, "Yes; more" And
gather up the sins of all those who serve
at these affairs, the officers of the church of
Jesus Christ. I gather up all their sins,
and put them on Christ's shoulders, and
I say, "Canst thou bear any moref' He
says, Eyes; moae." Then l gather up all
I the sins of a hundred people in this house,
and put them on the shoulders Of Christ,
and say, "Canst thou bear morer' He
says, "Yea; more" And gather up all
the sins of this assembly and put them on
the shoulders of the Son of God, and say,
"Canst thou bear themr' YEA" he
says; "more." But he is departing.
| Clear the way for him, the Son Of God
/ Open the door and let him pass out. He
is carrying our sins and bearing them
away. We shall never see them again.
He throws them down into the abyss,
and you hear the long, reverberating echo
of their fall. "On him the Lord hath laid
the iniquity of us ALL" Will you let him
take your sins today, or do you say, II
will take charge Of them myself, I will
fight my own battles, l will risk eternity
on my own accountT I know not how
near some Of you have como to crossing
the line.
A clergyman said in his pulpit one Sab
bath, Before next Saturday night one Of
this audience will have passed out Of life. !"
/ A gentleman said to another seated next
| to him: II don't believe it. / mean to
watch, and If 1t doesn't come true by next
/ Saturday night shall tell that clergyman
his falsehood Tho man seated next to
him said, Perhaps it will be yourself. :"
"Oh, no." the other replied. 81 shall live
| to be an old man. That night he breathed
his last. Today the Saviour calls. All
may come. God never pushes man off.
God never destroys anybody. The man
Jumps off, he iumns off. 1t is suicide--
/ Not to be Trifled With.
j from Cincinntai Gazette.l
| Will people never learn that a cold
is an accident to be dreaded, and thai
when it occurs treatment should be
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