The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-03-07

"Come and help, this man is helpless;
bring the ambulance; let us take him
to the hospital" and 1 would be a dead
lift in your arms, and you would lift
me from the ground where l had
fallen, and put me in the ambulance
and take me to the hospital, and have
all kindness shown me. Would there
be anything bemeaning in my accept
ing that kindness? Obi no. You
would be mean not to do it. That is
what Christ does. If we could pay our
debts, then it would be better to go up
and pay them, saying: Here, Lord,
here is my obligations; here are the
means with which l mean to settle
that obligation; now give me a receipt,
cross it all out" The debt is paid.
But the fact hat we have fallen
in the battle, we have gone down
under the hot fire of our transgres-
sions, we have been wounded by
the sabers of sin, we are helpless, we
are undone. Christ comes. The loud
clang heard in the sky on that Christ
mas night was only the bell, the re-
sounding bell of the ambulance. Clear
the way for the Son of God. He comes
down to bind up the wounds, and to
scatter the darkness, and to save the
lost. Clear the way for the Son of
God. Christ comes down to us, aud
we are a dead lift. He does not lift
upon us with the tips of His fingers.
He does not lift us with one arm. He
comes down on His knee, and then
with a dead lift He raises us to honor
and glory and Immortality. THE Lord
hath laid on Him the iniquity of us
all"
II this meeting should be thrown
open and the people who are here
could give their testimony, what thrill
ling experiences we should heal on all
sides! There is a man who would say:
II had brilliant surroundings; l had
the best education that one of the best
collegiate institutions of this country
could give, and / observed all the NOR
alities of life, and / was self-righteous,
and | thought that | was all right be-
fore God as / am all right before man,
but the Holy Spirit came to me one
day and said, You are a sinner the
Holy Spirit persuaded me of the fact.
While l had escaped the sins against
the law of the land, | mad really COM
mitted the worst sin a man ever
commits, the driving back of the Son
of God from my hearts affections, and
| saw hat my hands were red with
the blood of the Son of God, and 1 be-
gan to pray, and peace came to my
heart, and l know by experience that
what you say is true" ''On Him the
Lord hath laid the iniquity of us ALL"
Yonder is a man who would say, 81
was the worst drunkard in the city; l
went from bad to worse; 1 destroyed
myself; l destroyed my home; my chill
dren covered when | entered the
house; when they put up their lips to
be kissed l struck them; when my wife
protested against the maltreatment, 1
kicked her into the street. l know all
the bruises and all the terriers of a
drunkard's woe. l went on further
and further from God until one day l
got a letter, saying:
MY DEAR HUSBANDS: 1 have tried every way,
done everything ana prayed earnestly and
fervently for your information, but 1t seems of
no avail Since our little Henry died, with the
exception of those few happy weeks when you
remained sober, my life had been one of sor-
row. Many Of the nights l have sat by Abe
window, with my face bathed in tears, watch
ing for your coming. l am broken-hearted, 1
am sick. Mother and father have been here
frequently and begged me to come home, but
my love for you and my hope for brighter days
have always made me refuse them. That hope
seems now beyond realization. and l have re-
turned to Thorn. 1t is hard, and ! battled long
before doing it. May God bless and preserve
you, and take from you that accursed Appetite,
and hasten the day when we shall be again liv-
ing happily together. This will be my daily
prayer, knowing that He has said; Come unto
Me, all We that labor and are heavy laden, and
1 will give you rest" From your loving wife,
MARY.
"And so I wandered on and wandered
on" says hat a until one night 1
passed a Methodist meeting house, and
1 said to myself: 'Ill go in and see
what they are doing;' and l got to the
door, and they were singing:
''AII may como whoever wilt
This man receives poor sinners still.
And 1 dropped right there where 1
was, and / said, rod have mercyP
and He had mercy on me. My home is
restored, my wife sings all day during
work. my children come out a long
way to greet me home, and my house,
hold is a little heaven. l will tell you
what did all this for me. 1t was the
truth that you this day proclaiml On
Him the Lord hath laid the iniquity of
us ALL" Yonder is a woman who would
say, 81 wandered off from my fathers
house, l heard the storm that. pelts on
a lost soul; my feet were blistered on
the hot rocks. l went on and on,
thinking that no one cared for my
soul. when one night Jesus met me,
and He said, Poor thing, go home; your
father is waiting for you. Your mother
is waiting for you. Go home, poor
think And, sir, l was too weak to
pray, and ] was too weak to repent,
but l just cried QUIT sohbed out my
sins and my sorrows on the shoulders
of Him of whom it is said, the Lord
hath laid on Him the iniquity of us
ALL"
There is ayoung man who would say:
II had a Christian bringing up; 1 came
from the country to city life; l started
welli ! had o good positions good
commercial position but one night al
the theater Imet some young men who
did me no good. They dragged me all
through the sewers of iniquity, and ]
lost my morals, and l lost my position,
and l was shabby and wretched. l
was going down the street thinking
that no one cared for me, when a young
man tapped me on the shoulder and
said, George com with me and
1 will do you good. l looked at
him to see whether he was iok-
ing OF not 1 saw ne wa In ear
nest, and / said: What do you mean
STRIP Well he replied, Il mean tina
if you will come to the meeting to-
night, ! will be very glad to introduce
you. ! will meet you at the door. Will
you conner Said Ii Il will went
to the place where hs was tarrying.
fixed myself up as we'll as / could.
buttoned my coat over n ragged vest,
and / went to the door of the church, |
and the young man met me and we
went in, and as l went in 1 heard an
old man praying, and he looked so
much like my father, l sobbed right
out, and they were all around, so kind
and SO sympathetic, that l ust there
gave my heart to God, and |
know that what you say is true; l
know it in my own experience" ION
Him the Lord hath laid the iniquity OF
us ALL"
Someone comes here to-day 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.
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