The Yale expositor., 1899-11-24


crisis has passed j. you had called
me Yesterday. or this morning, could
have cured the patient. 1t is too late
now; the crisis has passed" Just SO
It Is in the spiritual treatment OF the
soul-there is a crisis.
There are some here who can re-
member instances in life when, II they
had bought a certain property, they |
would have become very rich. a re"
acres that would have cost them almost
nothing was offered them. they
refused them. After large
village or city sprung up on those
acres OF ground, and they see what
mistake they made in not buying the
property. There was an opportunity
Of getting it. 1t never came back
again. And so it is in regard u
mans spiritual and eternal fortune
There is a chance; If you let that so
perhaps it never comes back. Certain
". that one never comes back.
A gentleman told me that at the bat
tie Of Gettysburg he stood upon
height looking off upon the conflicting
armies. lie said 1t was the most eX-
citing moment of his life; now one
army seeming to triumph and now the
other. After awhile the host wheeled
in such a way that he knew that IN
FIVE minutes the whole question Woula
be decided. He said the emotion was
almost unbearable. There is just sucn
2 time today with you. The forces OF
light on one side, the forces OF death
on the other side, and in few mo-
ments the matter will be settled for
eternity.
There is a time which mercy has
set for leaving port. II you are Oh
board before that, you will get pass
age for heaven. If you are not on
board you miss your passage lot
heaven. AS in law courts, case Is
sometimes adjourned from term &c
term. and from year to year, I'LL the
bill of costs eats up the entire estate
so there are men who are adjournin5
the matter of religion from time u
: time and from year to year, unu
heavenly bliss is the bill of costs th'
: man will have to pay for 1t.
Why defer this matter, oh, my dea
hearer? Have you any idea that ST.
will wear out? That it will eyaporate
That it will relax its grasp? That yol
may find religion as man acciuehtall.
finds a lost pocketbook? All, no! N
= man ever became Christian by accl
i dent. The embarrassments are all IN
, time increasing. The hosts OF DARK
ness are recruiting, and the longer yo
{ postpone this matter the deeper tn
= path will become. | ask those me
who are before me now whether in tn
ten or fifteen years they have passed
h the postponement of these matter
e they have become any nearer God
heaven | would not be afraid
/ challenge this whole audience, so IA
y as they may not have found the pea(
Il of the gospel, in regard to the matte
&c Your hearts. you are willing frankly
. tell me. are becoming harder ar
81 harder. and that If you come to Chri
IL II will be more Of an undertaking no
10 than it ever would have been befor
y The throne of judgment will soon
set; and. if you have anything to
lie toward your eternal salvation, you hi
!e better do it now, for the redemptit
Il, Of your soul is precious, and it cease
=. forever.
=, Oh. if men could only catch O.
~. glimpse Of Christ, l know they won
= love him! Your heart leaps at I
- sight of a glorious sunrise or suns
-, Can you be without emotion as the g
's- Of righteousness rises behind Calvai
-, and sets behind Joseph's sepulchi
- He Is a blessed Savior. Every natl
80 has its type Of beauty. There is G.
-. man beauty, and Swiss beauty, a
-. Italian beauty, and English beaut
49, but care not in what land man fl
looks at Christ he pronounces b
49,. chief among ten thousand and {
-. altogether lovely"