El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-26

minister wrote him. thanking
him for the great good II
had done he added: How is
it that q man VINO is so kind to his fell
low creatures, is so unkind to his Say
Jour, as to refuse him his heart" That
touched him to the heart, and he
speedily accepted Christ. A young
Just come up stairs before you go,
want to show you my beautiful chill.
dren." Up they walked to the nursery.
Mere lay on the pillow under dim
light three curly heads. do you mean, -
said the pastor, that these sweet chill
dren shall never have any help from
their father to get to heaven?i The
young father replied: Yes, they shall
who admire Christ and can talk rev.
erently obout him are not far from
the kingdomi But when you say,
Why not take him as your Savior, they
say "Not now" / helped to carry to
mis- grave, a few years ago, young
man who said, "Nnot ow, but when you
come again to visit me, / shall surren-
der to Christ"-but before l saw him
again he was dead. You were not far
from the kingdom of God when you
had that accident, or when mother or
wife or baby died and the hearse stood
before the doOr-why did you not take
the one step that would have made you
q Christian?
What then is lacking? L reply,
heart submissive to Christ as Lord and
Savior. You say 81 am not so bad. 1
do not steal or commit adultery. I am
d pretty square fellow. To be sure I
do some things L would not like to
known, butGod.won't condemnme.L Look
into the Bible, the looking glass and
see yourself s'All we. like sheep, have
gone astray." ''If we say we have no
sin we deceive ourselves and the truth
is not in us." Would you want
your life photographed and
all your secret sins and open sins dis
played here before this audience? All,
you need God IS mercy, my brother. Do
not say, 1 will run the risk. Run the
risk when the Bible, by thousand in
vltations, calls you to repentance; run
the risk your conscience tells you the
good and pure and holy do not go to the
same place: run the risk when the pure
and gentle Jesus says, s'These shall go
away unto everlasting punishment, but
the righteous into life eternal?
General Grant did not run the risk, for
he died with his head on Jesus's
son. John Roach, the great ship
builder, said he wanted to confess
Christ for he knew his mechanical
skill could not save him. "Lost. Lost,
Lost said dying boy. The mother
rushed into his room and said, my
sou, have you lost your hope in Christi"
mo mother, have hope in Jesus,
but L have lost my life. Here [ am
dying at the age of twenty-four and
have done nothing for the Son of God"
Mother" said a. young girl, before
she passed over. "Mother, you gave
me an education and taught me good
manners, but you never taught me
how to die, and my soul is going out in
darkness. What awful words to
sound IN mothers ears.
Why not cross over the line tonight. |
You may be nearer confsssing Christ |
now than ever before. Only a step
will you take it? Why do you ask? Be-
cause God in Jesus Christ pleads with |
you to cross over. Because your own |
conscience says SO. Because your low |
ed ones are crying from the heavenly |
tonight, Come home. |
Come home" Because this is the |
only way to settle the great |
question of sin and death and the judg- |
nent. Here is a religion that will |
give you peace in the dying hour and |
cause you to sing as you cross the |
rapidly rolling pillows we all must |
cross. Under the religion of Christ |
men live like giants and die happily as |
,ho' they were going to wedding. |
Why not be Christian?