Connecticut western news., 1901-10-24

tue o.onA.ay tJ s~.ze ;l.e fife line C. take the beat for tLe shore in safety Shall God provide at the cost of his only Sons assassination escape for a sinking world and then turn deaf ear to the cry that comes up from the breakers?
 Snap the Shackie.
 "Rut." you say. there are so many things l have to believe and SD many things In the shape of creed that have to adopt that l 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. T 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 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 coronetf | you not mount your throne? Pass up into the light. Your boat is anchored, why do you not go ashore? Just plant your feet hard down. and you will feel under them the Rock of Ages. l 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 it. 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? Will you wear the chain of evil habit when near by you Is the hammer that could with one stroke snap the shackle? VIII you stay in the prison of sin when here Is a 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, will try the experiment of piling up II 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 I 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 heareth say 'come,' and let him that Is athirst come" The stroke of one bell In a tower may be sweet, but score of bells well tuned and rightly lifted and skillfully swung In one great chime fill 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 forget them. Now, 1t seems to me that in this Sabbath hour all heaven is chiming, and the voices of departed friends and kindred ring down the sky, saying. "ComeT' The angels who never fell, bending from sapphire thrones, are chanting, Conner Yea, all the towers of heaven, tower of martyrs, tower of prophets, tower of apostles, tower of evangelists, tower of the tenn pie of the Lord God and the Lamb are chiming Come! Comer' Pardon for all. and peace for all, and heaven for all who come.
 When Russia was in one of her great wars. the suffering of the soldiers had seen long and bitter, and they were waiting for the end of the strife. One day a messenger in great excitement ran among the tents of the army shout ing, Peace! Peacer' The sentinel on guard asked. "who says 'peaceT" And the sick soldier turned on his hospital mattress and asked. .Who says 'peaceT" And all up and down the en- campnent of the Russians went the question. "Who says peuceY" Then the messenger responded. "The czar says 'peace.'" That was enough. That meant going home. That meant the war was over. No more wounds and no more long marches. So today, as one of the Lords messengers, move through these great encampments of souls and cry: Peace between earth and heaven! Peace between God and man, Peace between your repenting soul and a pardoning Lordr' If you ask me, "Whc says peace?" I answer. Christ our King declares It." My peace give un- to your Peace of God that passeth all understandings Everlasting peace!
 ICopyright. looI Louis Klopsch. N. M