The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-11-27

you; now you must 90 away. and he
turned and walked from his fathers house
an outcast. \ human father car 90 this;
God has not vet done it. We may sin
against Him, but He will forgive Us, and
we nav sin against the Soa OF Man and
He has promised forgiveness. tiow men
can do il is something 1 cannot understand.
Ono OF the members OF m church tod
me that he had constructed many OF tie
large manufacturing buildings IN ireland,
but one day ne saw shat one building w&s
out OF line and stepping back he called 20
the workmcp who were working on 4 scat
folding to step aside that he might see
where the difficulty was. One man lost his
balance and started TO fail. and said Ivy
friend, a man standing by my side, 4
workman. ran with outstretched arms and
caught him. He broke his fall so that lie
was scarcely injured at all. but his own
arms We're driven into their sockets and
his back was twisted ont or shape. He
never recovered. and was ever after that
an object Of pity as he made his way along
the streets. The man who had been saved
gave half of all he had TO the man who had
saved him. His wages were always divided
with the one who suffered for him. and We
understand this as being right and true,
but when Christ suffers for rs We 90
naurht but reject Him. vet in the face of
all this rejection God says, Il will forgive
YOU" but il we sin a1ainst the Hoy Ghost
there is no hone. We may snap the two
cords in the trinity, but when we snap TIE
third by indifference and sin it IS c dan
gerous thing.
In the days of the flood on the Ohio
River al that point in the river wnerc
three bridges one after another span the
river. when frequently men and women
are seen drifting upon RATS and striving
frantically to be saved. ropes are Jet down
attempt to catch them. III taey miss the
two bridges men stfhdfupon the seco"d
bridge and shout after them as they go.
There IS but ore more bridge. and as n
rule it is their last chance. So it IS with
Us, except that the statement OF Gods
word is that il we IsiH against the Holy
Ghost there is no forgiveness. o." refusal
may che day be accepted.
III.
We are not so familiar with the Hoy
Ghost as with the Son OF God and with
God Himself. We have learned concerning
His personality, we have had visions OF
His power. we read stories OF His work.
but it ought to be remembered that every
impression we have toward good in these
days comes from Him. for He talks of the
things or christ ana SHOWS tnem unto US.
Sometimes HIS scekings have been in
trouble, always in a revival. He calls
sometimes by the ministry. There is a
special call given to US frequently in Gods
providcnces; generally through our friends
who are Christians He speaks to us the
things of God. One of my friends took a
seat in a railway train next to a man, and
in his conversation learned that he had
just become a Christian. He said that it
was through a letter written him by his
mother. Ny friend asked to see the letter
which would mean the conversion of a
man. ard he answered, it is not so much
in what she says. but it is the way She
signs her name; YOU can see that her hand
has ttremb.ed. and when | read it l said,
If she dies no one e.se will ever ask me to
be a Christian again. This is true OF the
Hoy Ghost. r. we sin against Him there
is ro hope FOR us. A three-iold cord is not
quickly broken. but We have. as it were;
SNAPPED we os the strands and the third
is day by day swinging just to our hands.
70 say NJ once again may be to reject
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