The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-19

gether and hew in twain thess rreet crimes that make the land fright{ul with their roar and arc fatteping ulon Inc bodies and souls of immortal me1i Who is ready for such party as that7 Who will be mighty hunter for the Lprdf
 remark, again, if you want to Ae snc- cessful in spiritual archery you need not only to bring down the game, but bring 1t in I think one of the most beautiful pictures of Thorwaldsen is his Autumn" 1t represents a sportsman coming home and standing under grapevine Es has a staff over his shoulder. and on the other end of that stan are hung a rabbit and a brace of birds. Every hunter brings home the game. No one would think of bringing down roebuck or whipping up a stream for trout and letting them lie in the woods. At eventide the camp Is adorned with the treasures of the foret -beak and fin and antler.
 If you go out to hunt for immortal ouls, not only bring them down under the arrow of the gospel, but bring them and encampment we have pitched thts side ttse skies. Fetch them in. Do not let them lie out in the open field. They need our prayers and sympatnies and help. That is the meaning of the church of God-help. O ye hunters for the Lord. not only bring down the game. but bring it in! . 4.
 The Merciful Huntsman.
 If Mithridates liked hunting so well that TOT seven years ne never went lu- doors. what enthusiasm ought wo to have who are hunting for immortal souls! If Domitian practiced archery until he could stand a boy down in the Roman ampi- theatre with hand out. the fingers spread apart and then the king could shoot an arrow between the fingers with out wounding them, to what drill and what practice ought we to subject our selves in order, to become spiritual archers and mighty hunters before the Lord!' But let me say you will never work any better than you pray. The old archers LOOK the bow, put one end of 1t down be- side the foot. elevsted the other end, and It was the rule that the bow should be just the size of tn earcher. If 1t were tut the size of the archer. If 1t were battle with confidence. Let me say that your power to project good in the world will correspond exactly to your own spiritual stature. In other words. the first thing in preparation for Christian work Is personal consecration.
 Oh. for a closer walk with God,
 A calm and heavenly frame.
 A light to shine upon the road
 That leads me to the Lamb!
 am sure that there are some men who at sometime have been hit by the gospel arrow. You felt the wound of that con viction, and you plunged into the world deeper. just as the stag when the hounds are after it. p!nuges into Schroon Lake,
 
 Christ is on your track today, impeni- tent man, not in wrath. but in mercy. o ye chased and pantng souls. here Is the stream of Gods mercy and salvation, where you may cool your thirst! Stop that chase of sin today. By the red that leaped from the heart of my Lord bid you stop! There is mercy for you-mercy that pardons, mercy that heals, everlasting mercy. The twelve gates of Gods love stand open. Enter and be forever safe.
 There is in forest in Germany a place they call the deer leap''-two crags. about eighteen yards apart, between them fearful chasm. This is called the deer leap" because once a hunter was on the track of a deer. It came to one of these crags. There was no escape for It from the pursuits of the hunter and In utter despair it gathered itself up and In the death agony attempted to jump across. Of course it fell and was dashed to heaven. It Is plain: it is safe. Jesus mark 1t out for every man to walk in. But here Is a man who says. q won't walk in that path; I will take my own way" He comes on up until he con- fronts the chasm that divides his soul from heaven. Now his las thour has come. and he resolves that he will leap that chasm from the heights of earth to the heights of heaven. tSand back now did that successfully. Let him try. Jump! He misses the mark, and he goes down. depth below depth, destroyed without remedy" Men. angels, devils what shall we call that place of awful Let it be known forever as Copyright, 1901, by Louis Klopsch, N. VI the souls death leap.