The Wilmington daily Republican., 1902-01-16

the dear cid Book "The Spirit and
the bride say come; and him that Isl
athirst come; and whosoever will let
him take of the water Of life freely. "
Or like the words Of the eloquent
Isaiah who exc'aims ''Come now saith
the Lord let us reason together.
Blessed invitation. Traveller In lie s
great Journey but with face not set
toward Canaan we invite you to come
with us.
III, THE PROMISE. We invite
you, but we do not ask you to leave
a good thing for one that Is no better
We offer you something that is bet.
ter than anything you have ever had.
You are not satisfied with your pres.
ent condition. You have confused
1t many time, We promise To doI
you good We alm2st wish Moses
had not rcsortcd TO argument with
IIobah After lIobab had said mel
would not 90 Muses. SAID "Do nowaIid
yoll will he Tor eyes for US. y We arc
inclined to think that Moses spoiled
IL all with this argument What dla
the Israelites want with eyes OF Ho'
bah when that eye that never SUM
bcrS norseeps was over them f"rgood
1t is not " isc to make promises to
the world that YOU will be sorry Tor
afterwards. ave will do Lhcegood'
would have b:cn enolgh. Better let
II rcst at that. He who goes atteran
uuconyertcd man and tells him lie
ought to be a Christian because the
Church needs bis money, or toanother
and says "Yon would be such help
toour singing has rcsorLca to an 'ln-
fortunate argument. | want 10 say
TO every uDconyc.ted man here TO-
night we have no promises OF arsealc
hue to lay before you. We do not
say that the journey will be all pleas.
ant, we can only pronse that the end
will be grand and GLORIOUS You do
not enter business with the hope ol
escaping drudgcry. You very well
know that success, comes only to tile
man who digs, aud strains, and saves
and suffers. Why should you want
to enter the grandest Of all vacations
the Christian Calling in the hope OF
having an easy time. No we tell you
plainly that you will not have an
easy time. You will be disap pointed
aud wounded. and discour aged, and
smillcn and sorrowed, but ii will be
worth while, for VIC are jonrnceing
toward the place of which the Lord
has said Il will give it to you. And
you vii! be a manlier man IT after
knowing the hardships of the journey
you consent to come along. God help
You to do it,.
Moreover we do not depend on our
own wore! 10 make the promise which
we do We have back OF it the prom
isc of God. We will do thee good for
God hath done us good. We VII! 90
thee good by admonition, example,
sympathy, prayer and fellowship
You will be in the best of Company.
The invisible hosts of the Redeemed
that have gone ahead and are wait
ing at the gate for us. Lii our fancy
we can see them now. The great
company of martyrs and prophclsand
apostles who endured as seeing him
who is invisible, hut who now with
undimned vision see the Saviour face
to face. Cranmer who thrust his right
hand into the flames that it might
burn first because it had written
contrary to his heart: Saran"rbla, who
submitted tG both g!bbct and flames
and calmly closing his eyes upon the
world went up to God in Il chariot OF
fire, kind!cd by the hand OF man;
John lIuss who was burned at the
stake and his ashes tossed into the
Rhine; John the Baptist who lost his
head but not his manhood: Martin
Luther who seems even now to be
saying 'lIere l stand cannot other
wise, God help me;' gody mother
at whose knee you learned to spthe
little PRAYER of childhood. Yes, yes
you will be in good company. paran
is not to be compared with Canaan,
andit you will just begin The journey
tonight you will never regret th"
choice and change You make. ''Come
thou with us and we will do thee goon
for the Lord hath spoken good con-
corninr Israel -