The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-03-04

ed in the heart, and though the gan
creme of eternal death be upon you,
one drop of the elixir of divine life
will cure your soul. Though you be
soaked in evil indulgcnces, though
your feet have gone in unclcan places,
though you have companioned with
the abandoned and the lost, M touch
of divine grace will save your soul.
"wHosoEvER WILL"
I do not say that you will not have
struggles after that. Oh, no! But
they will be a different kind of strug-
gle. You go into that battle, and all
hell is against you, and you are alone,
and you fight, and you fight, weaker
and weaker and weaker, until at last
you fall and the powers of darkness
trample on your soul. But in the
other case you 60 into the battle, and
you fight stronger and stronger and
stronger until the evil propensity goes
down, and you get the victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ. Oh, come out
of your sins! Have you not been
bruised with sin long enough? Have
you not carried that load long enough?
Have you not fought that battle long
enough?
I rattle the gates Of your sepulcher
to-day. I take the trumpet of the
gospel and blow the long, loud blast.
Roland went into battle. Charlie
magne's army had been driven back by
the three armies of the Saracens, 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 fed in terror.
But history says that when he had
blown the third blast Roland's trumpet
broke.
I take this trumpet of the gospel
and blow the first, whatsoever will"
I blow the second blast, "Seek we the
Lord while he may be found I
blow the third blast, "Now is the ac-
cepted 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 a par
doning God, a loving God, a sympa-
thetic 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.
I invite any one the most infidel,
and one the most atheistic. 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 I was living in Philadel-
phia, a gentleman told me Of a scene
in which he was a participant. In
Callowhill street, in Philadelphia,
there had been a powerful meeting
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
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.
Before he came out he was a 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 power
of the Holy Ghost became a changed
man, and the work went on until they
were all saved and the Infamous club,
house d%isbanded. Oh, it is a mighty
gospel! Though you came here a child
of sin, you can go away a child OF
grace. You can go away singing:
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch k me!
once was lost, but now am found
Was blind. but now I see
FAITH DEFINED.
Oh, give up your sins! Most of
your life is already gone. Your chill
dren are going on the same wrong road.
Why do you not stop? "This day is
salvation come to thy house." Why
not this moment look up into the face
Of Christ and say:
Just as I 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. I come, I come!
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 chill
dred. ooh, my God," says some
man, chow can I come to thee? |
am so far off. Who will help me? I
am so weak? 1t seems such a great
undertaking" Oh, my brother, it is
a 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, II will stop profan.
ity." That will not save you. "Oh."
you say, IT will stop Sabbath break
ing" That will not save you. There
is only one door into the kingdom Of
God, and 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 thousanth
step, the last step. Byfaith we enter
the kingdom. By faith we keep in:
In faith we die. Heaven a 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? "Believe
on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou
shalt be saved "Ah," you say,
there's the rub!' What is faith?
Suppose you were thirsty, and l offered
you this glass of water, and you be-
lieved I meant to give it to you, and
you came up and took it. You cxcr-
else faith. You believe I mean to
keep my promise. Christ offers you
the water of everlasting life. You
take it. That is faith.
Enter into the kingdom of God.
Enter now. The door of life is set