The Pensacola journal., 1907-04-30
ABLE SERMON BY
DR.. CUSHMAN
SUNDAY
Preached on "The Impor,
tance of To-Day" at
DeLuna Street
Chapel.


day night, DIR. H. c. Cushman who
represents the Seaman's Friend So
ciety in Pensacola, preached the fol-
lowing sermon.
TeXt-But as for me, my prayer is
unto Thee, o Lord, in an acceptable
time. o God in the multitude OF
| Thy mercy. hear me, in the truth of
Thy salvation. Pra. LXIX, 13.
Subject-The Importance of Today.
The Christian religion is based
upon certain primal truths concealed
in the old and revealed in the New
Testament. This is one of them:
The Importance of Today" The fu-
ture is bright with hope and beckOns
us ever onward, yet with provisory
hand. Time rushes, from and beyond
our grasp, never returned, and soon
is heard the last faint echo of his re-
ceding footsteps going, going, gone!
in visions and dreams of things that
We're.
The past we cannot recall, the flI-
ture we cannot command. The pres
ent, only the present, is our own. So
then we may claim only the present
then only as an ephemeral guest. bid
ding us good morning and good night
almost in the same time and breath.
1t has been said that we should work
as if we would live forever, and wor-
ship as if we would die today.
Trust no future hover pleasant,
Let the dead past bury its dead,
Act, act in the living present,
Heart within and God o'erhead.
Seek We the Lord while be may
be found. call ye upon Him while He
is near" Behold now is the accep-
ted time. behold now is, the day of
salvation. Come to Jesus just row,
Hesis able. He is willing, He .is wait
ing, He will hear you, HetwiH cleanse
you,s He will. renew you, He will for
give you. If you VIII trust Him, He
will save you now.
A second primal truth is that
person must accept Christ aszhiS per
sonal savior just as if Christ and he
were the only two persons in exist
ence Can any one say with the
sweet psalmiSt of Israel: But aSSfor
me, my prayer is unto Thee. o Lord,
in an acceptable time: o God, in sthe
multitude of Thy mercy hear me, in
the truth of Thy salvation. Can any
one smite upon his breast and say
from the inmost recesses of his heart:
God be merciful TO me a sinner, and
save my soul for Jesus sake. | now
take Jesus for my savior. A third
primal truth is that we are to trust
in Christ and his accomplished re-
demption above for the salvation of
our precious soul
We are saved by Christ alone.
Unto Him we all shall bow,
| 1T is Finished" all was done
And Jesus will save us now.
Jesus said: Come unto me all ye
that labor and are heavy laden, and
| will give you rest. Take my yoke
upon you, and lean on me; for / am
meek and Iowly in heart, and We shall
find rest unto your souls. For my
yoke is easy and my burden is light.
Come unto me, it is the saviOr'S voice,
The Lord of life, who bids thy heart
rejoice;
o weary heart, with heavy cares Op-
press'd.
Come unto me, and 1 will give you
rest.
Rest, peace and life. the fowrs of
deathless bloom
J The Savior gives us, not beyond the
tomb,
But here and now, on earth, some
glimpse is given
| OF joys which wait us, thro' the gates
of heav'n.
A fourth primal truth is that we
are to commit our lives entirely unto
| Jesus. God says my son, give me
| thine heart. Dear Jesus take these
hearts of ours and keep them for We
cannot keep them. Oh it is a blessed
and grand truth that the sinner can
come TO Him just as he is, he cannot
! come in any other way, the only way
( he will ever get there is by coming
| just as he is. Jesus keeps trying to
/ get hold of the lost soul but the sim
ner keeps running from him. Jesus
! hi hr1r
he will throw up both hands and sur
/ render, then He will find him with
| out delay We will never come any
| time, day or night, in youth or old
age. and we will ever find Him with
Outstretched arms ready to save and
| forgive, and he will not scold us
either, but will take us just as we
are.
/ Behold a stranger at the door,
/ He gently knocks, has knocked before
| Has waited long, is waiting still,
! You treat no other friend so i'll.
/ knocking. knocking. who is there?
| Waiting waiting oh how fair,
/ 'TiS a pilgrim stranger and kingly,
! Never such was seen before,
/ All, my heart for such wonder
/ Witt thou not undo the door.
/ Knocking, knocking, still He's there,
! Waiting, waiting. wOndrOuS fair.
/ But the door is hard to open,
/ For the weeds and ivy vine
I With their dark and singing tendrils
Ever round the hinges twine.
/ Knocking, knocking, what, still there?
/ Waiting, waiting, grand and fair,
/ Yes the pierced hand still knocketh,
! And beneath the crowned hair
Beam the patient eyes so tender,
| OF thy Savior waiting there.
Friends we are living in the time
and dispensation of GOd-the Holy
| Spirit, and when persons persistently
! and finally deny and respect Christ as
| the son of God and the savior of sin