The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-11-07

time. aud made her blush % think tist he
was her SON. Then told how God had for
given him, aud when he made liH appeal
the effect was profound His officers gath
cred ground him TO say kind words about
HE sermon, but when they leif there came
an old woman with gray hair and bent
form She threw her arms about his meek
and said, NY son, why did You ten 10; you
never was bad In all this world| and tins
was his mother. He had almost broken
her heart, and yet for her mothers love
she had forgotten il all. This was a pic
ture of God remembering orr transgrcg
sions no more forever The Scriptures say
when we come 10 Him our sins are passed
into the depths Of the sea. This must be
where they never can be found. They
are cast behind Gods back, so that now
lie is between the sinner and nus SINS.
They arc taken from him as far az the
east Is from the west, a distance which
cannot be measured.
When preaching one day in Philadelphia,
in the Young Mems Christian Association,
the Secretary told me Of a man sitting IN
the rear of the room, a most awful sight TO
behold. He had been sleeping IN the
streets, but the services had touched him
and he came TO Christ. He became an
honored member Of my own church; lie
was a professor OF mathematics, and had
1t was my custom to hold a service every
Sunday morning for men in that church,
and one morning ] told them that God had
cast their sins as far from them as the
east from the west Then l turned to this
old professor and asked him If he could
tell me how far that was. lie instinct
lively reached for his pencil and his note
book, then suddenly burst into tears, say
ing, 'It can't be measured. Fer i you
put your stake here with the east before
YOU and the west behind you, you can 60
| around the world and come back again to
| the stake, and the east is still before you
| and the west behind you" Thank God,
| said he, chat is where my sins have gone"
! It has become somewhat unpopular IN
! these days to preach concerning the lost
! world but it is not what | think l must
preaeh. rather what the Bible states. Il
! have an argument with you" said man
| who had listened to the minister preach
| ing. "'What is it," said the minister Il
/ do not believe what you said about the
lost world" ooh" said the minister,
you have an argument with God, not with
! myself" And since it Is true, therefore,
that God speaks continually and warns
| constantly. is it not right that i should
present the claims of the great salvation.
II. Neglect.
1t is possible for one to so constantly
neglect Gods appeals that after a while
his heart will become like a stone. 1t IS
said that the little birds that build their
nest in the Trinity steeple scarcely hit
their heads when the chimes ring out, be-
cause they have become so accustomed to
the ringing of the bells. An one may be
| come so accustomed to Christ and Ills
story that he may hear it with perfect in
difference / am on the river IN boat
and the rapids are before me. ] need only
NEGLECT the oars to be lost. ! am IN a
burning building, and in order That l may
be lost I need only neglect the fire escape.
I am a sinner, and if 1 am to be lost
finally it is only necessary that should
neglect Him who died that | might live
In the city of Minneapolis | stood some
years ago looking st the ruins OF the MIN
neapolis Tribune building, and heard the
story of those men who persisted because
they were on the upper floor gathering TO-
cether important papers and waited TOO
long to descend by the elevator, and even
too long to come down by the fire escape
But at last they started, nine OF them
The last man could not hold on to the hot
iron of the fire escape, and IN falling
struck those beneath him, and the nine
persisted, all because they neglected.
III. Escape.
} How shall we escape? This Is the I'M
q OOTtant question:, ana Ju6 answer 10 WI y
[ ten in large letters throughout Gods word
6 First, stop trying to be a Christian ane
] trust Him, trust Him who promises t(
!, save you.
! When Mr.. Moody was going through al
t after meeting in Scotland he saw two girl
s CRYING. Stopping to assist them II n
), could one of them said she wanted to be
s Christian, and taking out his Bible n
asked her if she could receive Gods prom
e ise in John 5: "a. Verify, verify, | sa,
o unto you, he that heareth My word ant
T believeth on Him that sent Me hath ever
e lasting life and shall not come into con
e demnation, but is passed from death unit
L life. She told him she could. The mex
a night he found them in the same place an
o was curious to know if they were still !
o the darkness. He heard the girl OF tn
e night before saying, 81 say, lassie, do Jus
Il as / did, grasp promise and hold on to i
IS and He will save you" And this is tru
s. for us all.
g Again. if we would have Christ save L
o. we must believe on the Lord Jesus Chris
Of To believe in Him is not enough; to- beheV
L. on Him is to- throw ourselves. at His fee
ls bv faith lay hold of Him. And havln
e. done this. He will be true to- His wore
m and Your name shall be written IN I'll
s. Lambs Book Of Life.