The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-10-24


all eternity to find out the number Of
business men who have been strength
ened by the promises Of God and the peo-
pie who have been fed by the ravens
when other resources gave out and the
men and women who, going into this bat
tie armed only with needle or saw or axe
or yardstick or pen or type or shovel or
shoelast. have gained victory that made
the heaven resound. With all the re-
sources of Cod promised for every cxi-
sency. no one need he left in the lurch.
like the faith displayed years AFRO in
Drury lane. London. in an humble home
where every particle Of food had given
out and kindly soul entered with tea
and other table supplies and found a tet.
tie en- the fire ready for the tea. The
benevolent lady said. GLOW is that vou
have the Kettle ready for the tea whrr
you had no ter in the houseY' Ard the
daughter in the homo said: Mother
would have me nut the kettle en- the fire.
and when ] said. What is the use OF
doing so when W. have nothing in the
honse| she said: NV child. Cod will pro.
vide. Thirty years He has already pro
vided for me through all pain and help
lessness. and He will not leave me to
starve at last. He will send us help
though VIC do not see how We have been
waiting Si ali day for something to come.
but until We saw you we knew not how
1t was to come" Such things the world
may call condolences, but / call them
Almighty deliveranccs, and. though vou
do not hear Of them. they are occurring
every hour of every day and in all parts
of Christendom.
Those who follow the advice Of this
world in time Of perplexitv arc in a fear
ful, round, for It is one bewildered soul
following another bewildered soul. and
only those who have in such time rot
their eye on. the r-orning star OF our
Christian faith can find their way out or
b, strong enough TO lead others with an
all persuasive invitation
But, says some one. you Christian
people keep telling lis to come vet Won
do not tell us how to come" That
charge shall not be true on this occasion.
Come helievingl Come repentinpt Come
prayingl After all that God has been
dong for 6000 years, sometimes through
patriarchs. and. sometimes through pro-
phets and at last through the culmina-
ton OF all the tragedies on Golgotha, can
any one think that God will not welcome
your coming? Will father at vast out.
lay construct a mansion for his son and
lay out parks white with statues and
green with foliage and all a-spsrble 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 Government at great
expense build life-saving stations ali
along the coast, and boats that can hover
unhurt like a petrol over the widest
surge and then, when the lifeboat has
reached the wreck of ship in the offing,
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 a
sinking world and then turn a deaf ear to
the cry that comes up from the breakers?
=, But, you say, there are so many
things in the shape Of creed DIT that II have have
to adopt that | am kept back" No, no!
You, need believe but two things-name-
Iy, that Jesus Christ came into the world
to save sinners and that you are one of
them. But" You say, 81 do believe both
OF those things" Do you really believe
them with all your heart? Eyes" Why,
then, YOU have passed from death into
lie. 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 viii 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 60 ashore? just plant
your feet hard down. and you will feel
under them the Rock OF Ages
L challenge the universe for one in.
stance in which a man in the right spirit
appealed for the salvation OF the gospel
and did not set it. Man alive, are you
going to let all the years of your lie 20
away with you without your having this
great peace: this glorious hope, this bright
expectancy?
Are you gong 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 it up? VIII you
by you is the hammer that could with
one stroke snap the shackle? Will you
stay in the prison of sin when here is a
gospel key that could unlock your incar-
ceration? No, no!
AS the one word "come" has some
times brought many souls to Christ, /
will try the experiment of piling up into
avalanche OF power many of these gospel
comes" Come thou and all thy house
into the ark Come unto Me, all We
who labor and are heavy laden, and 1
will give you, rest" Come: for all things
are, now ready" Come with us, and we
"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 a score of bells well tuned
and rightly lifted and slSillfully swung in
one great chime fill the heavens with
music almost celestial. And no one who
has heard the mighty chimes in the tow
ers of Amsterdam or Client or Copenha-
gen can forget them. Now, it seems to
me that in this Sabbath hour all heaven
is Ginning. and the voices of departed
friends and kindred ring down the sky,
saying, "Come!"
When Russia was in one of her great
wars, the suffering of the soldiers had
been long and bitter. and they were wait
ing for the end of the strife. One day a
messenger in great excitement ran among
the tents OF the army shouting, Peace!
Peace!" The sentinel on, guard asked,
"Who SAYS peace| And the sick soldier
asked, 'Who says peace?" And all up
and down the encampment of the Rus
slams went the question, "Who says
'peace?" Then the messenger respond
ed, "The Gar says peace That was
enough. That meant going home. That
meant the war was over. No more
wounds and no more long marches. So
to-day, as one of the Lords messengers,
Il move through these great encampments
of souls and cry: peace between earth
and heaven! Peace between God and
mani Peace between your repenting soul
and pardoning Lord" If you ask me,
,"Who says peaceg" / answer, Christ our
King declares it," my peace / give unto
lyoul" peace Of God that passeth all
understanding" Everlasting peace!