Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-02-05


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chs his fortune mas made.
ProcrastiBation is not cnly the
thief OF time" IL is also the thief Of
souls II robs men Of eartn's divinest
Joys and bars the gates or paradise 10
weary mulutudes. Some OF you who
hear me tonight have been procrastl-
mating for five. ten. twenty-five. and
even fifty years. During all this time
you have done many noble and, indeed.
IChrist-like deeds. and yet you have in
no public way said before men and
heavens rejoicing throng that You
purpose ronouncing the world, and to
follow. as best you can, the life and
example OF Jesus the Christ. How
much longer will you refuse to neglect
the only possible means of salvation?
This should be the day Of noble choos-
ing, and this the hour that you give
your heart to Him who gave His life
for you. Some of you are rapidly jour-
neying down the Western slope Of life
already trembling on the side Of the
grave, fearing 10 take the awful leap
alone. You need One who IS able to
go with you across that dark and sullen
stream called Death. Tonight / point
you 10 Dayids shepherd and deaths
IconQueror. Choose Him. and this mist
which now hangs thick and dark be-
fore you shall be scattered by the in
coming rays OF the Son Of Righteous
ness ia your soul and you will be able
to repeat the immortal words OF the
dying Moody: Gods calling me Earth
ID receding. Heaven Is opening"
also speak to hundreds OF young people
Tor tnl nd 1 M no IN
thank God for the spirit of kindness
which exists between the young people
OF this church and city and me. ! wish
I might do you all some good. l can
not give you silver OF gold, but l can
advise you, and If you will heed IL l
guarantee your life. will be full - CT
blessed experiences, your death elorl-
ously triumphant, and your eternal
home will be beyond the stars in a
house not built with hand, but eternal
In the heavens.
First advice: Choose Jesus Christ
as your example. Choose Him to-
night and now. Begin life on solid
Christian basis. Grow up in the nur-
ture and admonition OF earth's wlsest
King. Advice second: Then do all you
can to make mankind happy and good.
Let the vigor. Of your young lives with
their enthusiastic songs and kindly
deeds be poured into the aching hearts
OF suffering humanity. Advice third:
BE kind 10 your parents, II they are
alive. and If they are dead hold sacred
their precious memory. Speak we'll OF
your employers. Pack head and heart
fun OF the best information from
books and experience. Think OF being
some help TO the needy. Make all the
money you honestly can and give for
benevolence all you are able. BY doing
these things, You win be useful to your
generation, and when your body
Is laid to rest the multituden
who have been the recipients of your
blessings will weep as about your open
grave they stand viewing for the last
time, on earth. the body they had
learned TO love. My friends, young and
old. hear me tonight when in the name
Of Joshua's God say Choose you this
day whom We viii serve"
AN IMPORTANT CHOICE.
3. How important it was that the
lsraelites should this day" al
Shechem make a choice. A good
choice should never be deferred: and
relative to the things Of our earthly
relationship we never do put on choos-
ing the best; but how many of US have
been deferring from day to day and
year to year the most important choice
OF our lives? Our own natures con-
Vince us Of our need of a Savious; the
hopes and aspirations of our souls
compel us to believe in Gods justice
and the final glorifcation OF the re.
deemed. There is a sense in which We
hate sin, and love righteousness. We
love Jesus and hate the devil. We
4 Joyfully anticipate heaven. but trem
bic at the realities OF hell. And ye
We go on and on negligent OF the most
Important choice for time and eternity
Jay Gould chose to amass millions o
dollars, but what IS their good TO hin
now? Napoleon sought to and die
make Europe tremble at his martha
lfootstep. Daniel Webster in many re
spects, the greatest orator this countr!
ever heard, had to close his eyes il
death just as though his speech hat
been slow and stammering. Our assas
lsinated presidents-LincOln and Gar
field-were not exempt from the Val
I ley OF Death and final judgment o
God because OF their exaltation in tn
/, nation. For we must all appear be
I fore the judgment seat Of Christ AM
= there be dealt with according to tn
way in which we have dealt wit
s earth's Redeemer. To be rich must b
z a delightful fact: to lead mighty ar
: mics in the defense Of truth is worth
r OF patriotic veneration. but to CHAIR
e and sway the multitudes by the fore
OF logic In the garb of human elo
/ quence is the greatest power and gil
8 on earth. But what shall all thes
4 things profit us in eternity, II In Tim
d we neglect to choose Christ as our Saw
d Jour? The first and most importan
n thing OF this life is 10 get right wit
l. God. In the language OF Jesus, "see
.ol first the Kingdom OF God and III
y righteousness, and all these thine
e. shall be added unto YOU" o. the In
(? portance Of your decision tonight Go
& only knows. There are influences Il
81 good which you. and only you. can 81
W into motion. There are destlnies While
is you can shape. and souls that you ca
e. become instrumental In leading I'M
n the kingdom. II is important for yc
70 choose tonight. before leaving tn