The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-10

look out and say. send back that opfor-
tuulty. / want 70 take il. 81 isn't treating
Why. my brother, you might as
well go out and stand on the
Highlands al the NaVesink three days az
ter the Majestic has gone out, and shout.
Captain. come back, ] want 10 go 20
Liverpool on the Majestic Come back
over the sea and through the NarroWs
ana up 10 me docks. Give me another
chance You might as well DO tnaE as,
after the last opportunity Of heaven has
sped away. Try 20 get i back again. JUST
think % 10! il came on me yesterday IN
nay study with overwhelming impressive
ness. Just think or L. All heaven Ouered
us as a gratuity for whole lifetime, and
yet We wanting 10 rush against COD, say
ing. Give me another chance There
ought 10 be- there VIII be, no such thing
as pOstnum0us opportunity.
hou see commOu-sense agrees with my
text iu saying that III the tree fall toward
the south. or toward the north. in the
place whore the tree faueth there II shall
be-" You see this idea lifts this world
from an pnimpOrtaut WY station 20
platform OF stupendOus issues, and makes
all eternity Whirl around this hour. On,
my soul, my soul! only one trial, and
all the preparations for that trial TO be
made In this world, OF never made at all.
on, my sOull my SOUL You see this
piles up all the emphasis and ali the ell
makes and all the destinies into this lie.
No other chance. on, how that intensi-
hes the value and the importance OF this
chance. Alexander and his army used 10
come around a city and they would klndie
a great light. with the understanding that
as long as that light was burning the city
might surrender, and all would be well,
bur III they let that light go out. then the
ba1tering rams would swing against the
walls and there would come disaster and
demolition Oh. my friends, all you and
need to do TO prepare for eternal safety is
just 10 surrender 10 the King and Con-
QuerOr. Christ. Surrender hearts. surren-
light keeps burning, light kndled by the
wood OF the Cross, light flaming up against
the dark night Of our sin and sorrow. Oh,
let US surrender before the light goes out,
our peace with God through our Lord
Jesus Christ. Oh, my brother, talk about
another chance; this the supernal chance.
In the time of Edward H., at the battle
Of Musselburgh, a private soldier saw that
the Earl Of Huntey had lost his helmet.
The private soldier took off his helmet and
went up TO the Earl of Huntley and put
the helmet on his head. Now, the head OF
the private soldier uncovered, he was soon
slain, while his commander rode in safety
through and out Of the battle. But il is
different in our case. Instead of private
Offering a helmet TO an earl, IL is the King
Of heaven and earth Offering crown to
an unworthy subject. the King dying that
we might live! Oh, tell IL to the
points Of the compass. tell
IL 20 day and night, tell it to earth, and
heaven. tell it TO all the centuries and all
the millenniums that God has given us
such a magnificent chance In this world
that we need no other chance in anotherl
A dream. 1 am in the Furnished 1udg-
ment hall on the last day. The great white
throne is lifted, but the judge has not
yet taken il. While we are waiting for his
arrival l hear the immortals in converse
ton. w hat are you waiting fOry' says
a soul that went up from Madagascar to
a soul that went up from America. The
latter responds: Il was i'm America forty
years ago, and ! heard the gospel preach
ed, and had plenty of Bibles in my house,
and from the time that ! knelt at my
mother S knee in prayer until my last hour.
had great opportunities; but i did not
improve them, and l am here to-day walt
ing for another chance Strange,
strange" says the soul just come up from
Madagascar. Strange why never heard
the gospel call but once in all my life,
and accepted II, and don't want another
chance" What are you waiting for?'
says one who on earth had very feeble in
tellect to one who had great brain and
whose voice was silvery, and who had
scepters Of power. The latter replies: Il
had great power on earth, l must admit;
and ! mastered languages and l mastered
libraries, and colleges conferred upon me
learned titles, and my name was syno-
nym for eloquence and power; but some
how I neglected the matters of my soul,
and ] must confess to you / am here to-
day waiting for another chance" Now.
the ground trembles with the advancing
FURNISHED hall Of judgment are thrown
Open Stand back" cry the ushers. and
let the judge of quick and dead pass
through" He takes the throne He looks
off upon the throngs of nations come to
the last judgment. come to the only 1udg-
ment, and one flash from the throne re-
veals each mans history to himself, and
reveals II to all the others. And then the
judge says, Divide" and the FURNISHED
walls echo it. "Divide?" and the guides
angelic answer, "Divider and the i'm
mortals are rushing this way and that,
until there is an aisle between them, a
great aisle and then a vacuum. widening,
and widening and widening, until the judge
looks to one side of that vacuum. and adj
dresses the throng, and says: Let him
that Is righteous be righteous still, and let
him that Is holy be holy still" And then,
turning to the thrOng on the other side of
the vacuum, he says: Let him that is un-
filthy be filthy still" And then he stretches
out both hands one toward the throng on
each side the vacuum, and says; IF the
tree fan toward the SOUTH or toward the
north, in the place where the tree faleth,
there il shall be!' And then / hear some
thing jar with great sound. 1t is the
closing OF the Book of Judgment. The
Judge ascends the stairs behind the
throne. The Hall of the last Assize is clear
ed and shut. The High Court of Eternity,
adjourned forever.
THRIVING FITZGERALD.