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perplexlty are in fearful round, for it
is one bewildered soul following anoth-
er bewildered soul, and only those who
have in such time got their eye on the
morning star OF our Christian faith can
find their way out or be strong enough
to lead others with an all persuasive
invitation.
But" says some one you Christian
people keep telling us to come yet
you do not tell us how to come" That
charge shall not be true on this occa-
sion. Come believing! Come repenting!
| Come praying! After all that God has
been doing for six thousand years,
sometimes through patriarchs and
sometimes through prophets and at
last through the elimination Of all the
tragedies on Golgotha, can any one
think that God will not welcome your
coming? VIII father at vast outlay
construct a mansion for his son and
/ lay out parks white with statues and
green with foliage and all a-sparkle
with fountains and then not allow his
| son to live In the house or walk in the
parks? Has God built this house of
gospel mercy and will he then refuse
entrance to his children? VIII a gov
ernment at great expense build life
saving stations all along the coast and
boats that can hover unhurt Ike pc
trel over the widest surge and then,
when the lifeboat has reached the
wreck of a ship in the ofing, not allow
the drowning to seize the life line or
take the boat for the shore In safety?
Shall God provide at the cost Of his
only Sons assassination escape for
sinking world and then turn deaf ear
to the cry that comes up from the
breakers?
Snap the shackle.
"But," you say, "there are so many |
things l have to believe and so many |
things in the shape Of a creed that / |
have to adopt that am kept back"
No. no! You need believe but two
thlngs-namely, that Jesus Christ came |
into the world to save sinners and that |
you are one Of them. But" you say, |
II do believe both Of those things" Do
you really believe them with all your
heart? YES" Why. then, you have
passed from death into life. Why, then,
you are a son or a daughter Of the
Lord Almighty. Why, then, you are an
heir or an heiress Of an Inheritance
that will declare dividends from now
until long after the stars are dead.
Halleluiah! Prince of God, why do
you not come and take your coronet?
Princess Of the Lord Almighty. why do
you not mount your throne? Pass up
into the light. Your boat Is anchored,
why do you not go ashore? Just plant
under them the Rock of Ages. i chal-
lenge the universe for one instance In
which man in the right spirit appeal
ed for the salvation of the gospel and
did not get 1t. Man alive, are you going
to let all the years Of your life go away
with you without your having this
great peace. this glorious hope, this
bright expectancy? Are you going to
let the pearl Of great price lie In the
dust at your feet because you are too
indolent or too proud to stoop down
and pick 1t up? VIII you wear the
chain of evil habit when near by you is
the hammer that could with one stroke
snap the shackle? Will you stay in the
prison of sin when here is gospel key
that could unlock your incarceration?
No. no!
Pardon For All.
AS the one word come" has some
times brought many souls to Christ, l
will try the experiment of piling up
into a mountain and then send down
In an avalanche Of power many Of
these gospel comes" "Come thou and
all thy house into the ark" Come unto =
me all ye who labor and are heavy
laden, and will give you rest;;" "Come,
for all things are now ready" "Come
with us, and we will do you good;;"
"Come and see;" "The Spirit and the
bride say come and let him that
teareth say come and let Elm that is I
athirst come" The stroke Of one bell '
In tower may be sweet, but score of 6
bells well tuned and rightly lifted and 7
swung In one great chime fill t
the heavens with music almost celes- |
tial. And no one who has heard the (
mighty chimes In the towers Of Am '
sterdam or Ghent or Copenhagen can G
forget them. Now, 1t seems to me that l
n this Sabbath hour all heaven Is {
Ginning, and the voices of departed @
friends and kindred ring down the sky, '
;aying, Gomez The angels who never
ell, bending from sapphire thrones, q
Ire chanting. Gomez Yea, all the S
overs of heaven, tower Of martyrs, e
over of prophets, tower Of apostles,
over Of evangelists, tower Of the tenn
lie Of the Lord God and the Lamb are II
Inning Come! Gomez Pardon for V
III, and peace for all, and heaven for
III who come.
When Russia was In one Of her great
vars, the suffering Of the soldiers had !"
'een long and bitter. and they were g
Waiting for the end Of the strife. One te
ay a messenger in great excitement NJ
an among the tents of the army shout h,
lg, Peace! Peacew The sentinel on .,
uard asked, "Who says 'peace?" And q,
he sick soldier turned on his hospital
1attress and asked, "Who says n,
)eaceT" And all up and down the en- =,
Of the Russians went the n,
uestion, "Who says 'peace?" Then IN
no messenger resDonded "The cZar "a
ays peace" That was enough. That n
leant going home. That meant the 70
,ar was over. No more wounds and no hi
lore long marches. SO today, as one OF m
ne Lords messengers, l move through he
lese great encampments Of souls and ar
ry: "Peace between earth and heaven! VI
eace between God and man! Peace st
etween your repenting soul and 90
ardoninp T.ordw II Won ask me, "WhO "