The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1902-04-18
never -. mired the evidences

Thomas Chalmers. once a sheplc,
Robert Hall once n skeptic. Christmas
Evans once a skeptic; but when they
did lay hold OF tho gospel chariot how
they made IL speed ahead. II. there
fore. address men and women who
have drifted away into skepticism. |
throw out no SCOT; rather implead
you by the memory OF those good old
times when you knelt at your
mothers knee and said your evening
prayer. and those other days OF sick
ness when she watched all night ana
gave you the medicines at just the
right time and turned the pillow when
IL was hot. and with hand long age
turned To dust soothed your pains and
with that voice you will never heai
again unless you Join her I'm the bet
ter country. told you never mind. you
would be better by and by. and hy
that dying couch where she talked 50
slowly. catching her breath between
tho words-by all those memories l
ask you 60 come and take the same re
ligion. II was good enough for her.
Il 10 good enough for you.
Aye, I make a better plea. BY the
wounds and the death throe cf tho So D
Of God, who approaches you IN infinite
love with torn brow and lacerated
hands and whipped back. crying.
Come unto me. all We that labor and
are heavy laden. and will give you
rest"
Other persons apologize for not en-
toring the Christian life because OF
the incorrigibllity OF their tempera-
ment Now. We admit Il Is harder for
some people TO become Christians
than for others. but the grace OF God
never came 10 mountain that IL
could not climb or 90 an abyss that II
could not fathom or 90 a bondage that
u could not break. And the widest.
tie haughtiest. the most ungoyernablc
man ever created by the grace OF God
may be subdued and sent out on min
istry OF kindness. as God sends an
August thunderstorm TO water tho
Wild flowers down In tho grass.
Rich haryests OF grace may grow on
the summit OF the Jagged steep. and
ilocks OF Christian graccs may find
pasturag6 in fields OF bramblo and
rock. Though your disposition may
be all a-brlstle with fretfulness. thougi
you have temper a-gleam with
quick lightnings. though your avarice
be like that OF the horse lecch. crying
Give though damnablo impurities
have wrapped you in all consuming
fire, God can drive that devil out OF
your soul. and over the chaos and
the darkness he can say Let there be
light"
Converting grace has lifted the
drunkard from the ditch and snatched
the knife from the hand OF The assas-
SIN and the false keys from the burg
lar. and In the prstlferous lanes OF
the city met the daughter OF sin un-
der the dim lamplight and scattered
her sorrow and her guilt with the
words. Thy sins are forgiven: SO
and sin no more" For scarlet sin q
scarlet atunement.
Other persons apologize for not en-
tcring the Christian life because ~ the
inconsistencies OF those who profess
religion. Now. say Il Is illogical. Poor
lawyers arc nothing against jurispru-
dencc: poor physicians are nothing
against medicine; poor farmers are
nothing against agriculture. and mean.
contemplate professors OF religion are
nothing against our glorious Chris
tiRnity.
Sometimes YOU havo been riding
along on "a summer night by swamp
and you have seen lights that hndled
over decayed vegetation-liGhts which
are called jack-o-lantern or will-o'-
the-wisp. These lights are merely pot
sonous mlasmata. My friends. on your
way 60 heaven you will want a better
light than the wlll-o'- thc-wlsps which
dance on the rotten character OF MORT
bund Christians. Exudations from
poisonous trees in our neighbours gar
den will make n very poor balm for
our wounds.
Sickness will come. and we will DO
pushed out toward the Red sea which
divides this world from the next. and
not the inconsistency OF Christians. but
the rod OF faith. will wave back the
waters as "A commander wheels his
host. The judgment will come. with
SIS thunder shod solemnitics. Oh. then
we will not stop and say. There was n
mean Christian: there was a cowardly
Christian: there was an impure Chris
tian." In that day rs now. III thou be
wise. thoU shalt be wise for myself.
but n thou soonest thou alone shall
bear t."
why. my brother. the Inconsistency
OF Christians. so far from being an
argument 90 keep you away from God.
ought 90 be an argument TO drive you
TO Him. The best place for skillful
doctor Is In neighborhood where
there are all poor doctors. the best
place for an cnterprlsng merchant 20
opcn his store Is In a place whore the
bargain makers do not understand
their business and the best place for
YOU who want 60 become the illustri-
Gus and complete Christian. the best
,,snfo for Won IA 90 come rlchf do,vn