The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-01

it. IL wa aHySvast structure the 8e"a y y
Eastern ofS oldecnrs times. God ordered III
aod9 planned IL. and cod took carFeSeof a. "
ana It's inmates. @ Il
The, ship IL done. The door is open The
animals assemble III due time and are a.r
housed. THEN; d. d completing q the Il
whole design the invitation COOS forth Y 70 ..
Noah, Come thou, and all thy house hotise,
into the ark $s Il "a Is s #s s4 s SBss
Just OH, human family e $en,bua.rrkk x on
that strange voyage 4 small but faithful ll,fy y
band. They Knew not what! the Y i future t,t,ns,
would hold; nor dreamed 81 Stheirsiv Y
destiny. !, Ii SsSS S 4 HI
How ala Noah and hts famil Y ;c eod
into the ark Srhey went HI Trough g5 the =
door, ana Just 8. n wea get Into t 4 o.Satll
$of God mercy, IL must be through Y
Christ, the DOOR. The door to aatf Il. saik
must have been q very large q m ntran 7.
Tor here were monster animals IA the the
earliest ages; ana q get them Fl 4 two by;
two, the door must have been very wide sifle
and very high: And tho a n e the ths.
mercy of God ~ q large door, Y g 4 90
lin, not NO. ana two but Nv h1u " q If a
and BY thousand s,s and = by llloorn s Hana!
yet there Is room. I'll
arhes dsooora8 u the ark whsaiinXthtee' side q
80 now$it Isl through til sldef q e Christ i't
that pierced side---we enter SSsIt 81
made, q etwslth fassstsesnniinnigsss = r$s.the Lord risai
shut him In. onlcee inside that Ark Al al
fisIsecure.sIss gSss@aS$$S sg III
But mon put ST going into q the, 4 sar x
They say they Will wait ten s q; twenty
years. How idof7Fyou know YOU vii live llye'
twenty ,y,eetalrsYS plank from q scahftto!ld.
an An9unmanageable horse, a reckless mo
chine, or q sudden sharp %attttac,lS,I and tlnel the
heart stops. The soul flies! Dead! and.
outside the Ark! s$ Y
Derision kept many from the ark.SAnd
hundreds to-day are kept away BY fear;
ioss the iridiculeI ot33 their companions Which
}of those scornsrs will \ help you at the
laost?S When you lle down on yo%urssdying
pillowpS8ywyhichSSoone Will be there 4 In 5theftda y
81 ee,teerr,n,ityy viii they bail YOU out? All!
they can laugh YOU out q heaven; but
can they keep you out Of hell
Friends and neighbors. come In right
away! Come i and be saved Do not
come ins8s alone. YOU are. communicative IS a. 81 g :.
bin ali tie Iii house: That means Wife;
ana scshlillldten,g Yolt ccannpft drive hem LAX
but you can draw them#With you..&SThe
cross was lifted up, not o$driiys, but to
draw Nm 5at SS5S Il 8s 4
BBeS sure you bring your${Wife with aSyou..3
would Noah have felt when he
heard the rain on the roof Of the ark,sSif
he knew that his wife was outside $insthe
storm? she went with him. Some Of
You are on the ship outward bound for
heaven, but your1companion is not with
you. i, gS {ss#
YOU remember the day when the
marriage ring vas given; &3nothingsSsyet
has been able, to break It. Sickness came
and the finger grew smaller, but.that
ring stayed on! You two stood alone
above your child IS grave, and tina tomb
swallowed up a thousand hopes, but the
8iring, remained. Days OF p~overty8scame
and and h a dear hand did many hards5day''s
work, but 1t only made the ring shine
the brighter Will that ring and that tie
be: lost?5 God grant that YOU who have
lived and loved together on earth, ma
DO eterrnally together inS heaven! Blythe
aulet bliss Of your earthly home, by!
youirSchildren's CRADLE by all the yoWsRsof
your wedding day, Godinplores you both
to come into the Ark S$ssSS
Bring the children, too. Don't you know
that the storm Is coming and that out OF
Christ is no safety, no pardon. no $hope2
How to get them In? Go in yourself!
III Noah had stood out do you suppose
that his SONS would have gone In? Your
children will be apt to do rs you do
Reject Christ, and the probability iss they
Win do SO, too, Responsible asI you are
FOR their temporal existence, YOU are
equally SOY for thelr eternlty,sNWvlieh$ww ay
viii you take themYs out into tAhNsasSdNellugel
Or Or into the Ark Have YOU eyer made
one st,esaarnest prayer for their !MfHlorttalI
souls? What WILL, you. saaysin tn ,sjiudgs
mont when God asks: '.yYYHhIereSlls GNearge.
OF Henry, Mary. orr Annn2 WHARF are
stll,,ose precious souls whose interests e.
committed unto your hands,. sag
q yej who have taught your children how
to live. have you also taught them how
to .dlegi Life here sls not 50 Important
as the great hereafter, II "a not 80
much the few furlongs this side the
grave, as tho unendlng leagues beyond
10. eternity! eternity! ri {
Bring all Into the Ark. As there y
you have given f5upg Is he so F~dlssipated.
that you have stopped counsellng and
praying? How dare you giyo.,him up?s Did
God ever give thee up? Never give him.
up! Who can tell but this very day he