The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-05-14


mercy and patience withhold 1t, but in
the fullness OF Gods time mercy, pa
thence and love will have been exhaust
ed, and then the wrath of God like de-
vouring fire will break forth. Listen!
Heed My warnings. God says, 'lest
tear you in pieces and none shall deliv-
err" None shall deliver!" Chicago
has but recently witnessed the sad and
awful death on the gallows of those des-
perate young fellows who ran such
bloody career Of crime. Day after day
for the weeks that interviewed between
the time when the sentence of death
was passed upon them and the execu-
ton they sat in their stone and iron
cells. No power could deliver them.
Mothers love, or friends, or the plead
ing of lawyers, or human strength or
power could not deliver from the judg-
ment. Relentlessly and surely the day
and hour and minute Of the execution
drew near. The death watch was set.
The last good<byes were said to earthly
friends. The preparations were made
for the march to the gallows. The guard
came to lead the prisoners out to death.
The sheriff stood ready to perform his
duty and carry out the sentence of the
court. The moose and the black cap were
ready. Only little spring held the trap
door in place. And at the appointed
time touch of the lever and the next
instant the souls of those young bandits
were in eternity. No power could de-
liver them. How relentlessly the judg-
ment of man pursued them! And what
think you must 1t be to fall into the
hands of the living God, and to come un-
der His judgments? Who then shall de-
liver? Shall money, or earthly power,
or even the Devil who has been served,
or friends or loved ones. or ones own
power, or strength, or ingenuity? I tell
you nay! None shall deliver from Gods
hand! Once those who forget God fall
into His hands for judgment and all
God pleads: Now consider this, ye
that forget God!"
LIE holds up before you, as wo
u
awful judgments which will fall upon
you and tear you in pieces II you do not
hear and heed; and on the other hand
He shows you what blessing will be
yours IL you turn to Him. In dealing
with God, land the soul must dc al with
Him. 1t is either case Of judgment or
blessing. Blessing He wants to give;
judgment He must give If you reject the
offer Of mercy. He holds before the For
getters of God the picture Of the man
who has yielded himself to Him.
Whose offereth the sacrifice of thanks
giving glorifieth Me; and to him that or
dereth his way Alright will shew tho
salvation OF God" The great sacrifice
for sin has been made Jesus Christ the
righteous One has suffered in place Of
guilty and lost man. God pleads with
you to thankfully accept Him as Saw
Jour. God, can be glorified and honored
in no greater way than for you to accept
His gift to the world. Think you that
the sacrifice of thanksgiving means
some great thing you can do for God;
some service you can perform for Him,
some goodness you can manifest In your
life? The only sacrifice you can make
that will be acceptable to God Is the sac
rifice of your will that will give Christ
the possession Of your heart. The only
thanksgiving which will reach the ear
of God and be pleasing to Him is the
thanksgiving that has as its inspiration
and theme the crucified and risen Lord.
Gods promise is as sure as His judg-
ment. He says that he will shew His
salvation to the man who ordereth his
power, when the Caesars ruled the
world, it is said that all roads led to
Rome. Sure 1t is that all roads that God
calls right lead to Christ and salvation.
He who walketh over the road of re-
pentance and faith will be shown the
glorious salvation of God in Christ
Jesus. Forgetters of God, your posi-
ton is perilous one. God pleads with
you to consider your relations to Him.
1T is God Who is speaking. 1t is not
] mans message, but Gods message.
The opening verses of the Psalm de-
clare that ''the Mighty One, God, Je-
hovah, hath spoken" "The Mighty Ono
hath spoken" There Is authority and
power behind the spoken word-author-
ity to command, and power to execute.
God hath spoken" The Maker OF
Heaven and earth, the Creator Of man,
the Ruler Of the universe hath talked
with man! Jehovah, the One Who
holds peculiar and close spiritual rela-
lions with man. the One Who covenants
with man and Who keeps those COW
enants inviolate, Is the One Who hath
spoken. II He Who speaks Is all this,
and more, does 1t not behoove us 10
listen? THE Mighty One, God, Jeho-
yah, hath spoken!" When Napoleon
spoke 1t is said that his soldiers trem-
bled before him. 1t meant something
for the fierce, all-conquering general TO
speak. He must be heard. He must be
obeyed And when God speaks how
much more it should be true that He
must be heard and obeyed. Napoleon
has long since ceased to speak. His
tongue Is silent. His power and author
ity are ended. But not so with God. He
Who spoke In thunder tones on Mount
Sinai, and made the children of Israel