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might better sympathlze with men," and ]
shall never forget his face; it grew deathly
white, and the tears ran down his cheeks
as he said. Never say it again, for If
could only forget / would be perfectly
happy, but while it is true that We never
forget, God does, for He has said. I will
remember your transgressions no more for
ever" and in the Old Testament has de-
clared that ''our sins shall not be men,
toned against us in that day"
Third. we shall have to pay for every
warning given. After Jonah was rescued and
entered Nineveh he cried aloud: "Yet forty
DAYS and Nineveh shall be overthrown," but
God has been better to you than that.
They had one appeal. you have had fifty;
they had one warning, you have had
thousand; they had forty days, You have
had forty years. Sometimes the warning
has come in the providences of God, some
times in the sickness Of the night when the
verv ticking of the clock was an invitation,
and we shall have to pay for consciences
scared and hearts burdened, and we shall
he obliged to 60 out into the world to come
absolutely shorn OF excuses. 1t is not
necessary to speak OF big sins. DR.. Ial.
mcce has said. however, that there are five
acts I'D '0e ACr AZ The FIRST.
A man starting from home for college,
his parents weeping. his sister almost with
heart breaking. and an he leaves the house
they stand in the doorway Of the old home
to wave him farewell until he 10 over the
hin and gone: .
The marriage altar and the church filed
with music and two hearts beating az one
and new home established.
ACT THE THIRD.
Midnight and woman waiting in q
home OF poverty for husband who does
not come home and when he comes !" IN
ACT THE FOURTH.
Three graves in q dark place. the grave
OF child who died o: neglect. the grave OF
a woman who died Of broken heart. the
grave of man who has killed himself
ACT THE FIFTH.
A distressed souls entry, no music, no
'iie' the blaekne'' Of . darkness everywhere
Suppose we 90 on in the wav in which
we started Oh. what an infinite cost, is.
norine conscience and the prayers of our
friends and the pleading Of the Spirit:
A young boy sent away from New York
to Western city provided with a new
suit of clothes and a new hat. was seen
tearing the lining out OF his old hat. and
Wn6D asked why ne Whs uOIuR 50 sdtu, ~
was a piece Of my mothers dress, and !
cannot 90 without it. She loves me, and
it il all have OF hers" but it is not all
that you have OF your mother: You have
the memory of her sweet life and the
vision OF her tears Of concern and the sad
look Of her face as she said, II beseech
vou. do not 90 astray," and you promised
you would not. and you have. Manhood
will suffer II you 60 on.
Here 10 graduating scene in Western
college. and at the feet Of the leader OF
the class the flowers are thrown, and as he
descends from the platform the old college
hall rings with cheers and people rise and
congratulate the aged father and the low.
ing mother on having such boy. and here
is a picture of a prison cell and the in.
mates hair 10 matted and his eyes are
bruised, and the picture of the second 10
the pictu-e OF the first after the trans
forming power Of sin. Oh. that we might
turn to God to-day, for we may wait until
it Is too late
The Rebecca Goddard years ago came al.
most within sight Of the New York harbor
and was then caught in the ice and thrown
back again at sea, drifted for days at the
mercy of the waves and finally was lost,
and yet she was within sight Of the har-
Dor. God pity US If we should be in sight
Of home tonight and after all be lost.