Semi-weekly herald., 1909-09-20
He Confessed Al. Sin.

TO confess his sin.
Why was David accepted and Saul
rejected? Because David confessed
his sin to God but Saul would not
Men. you can never be saved until
you are willing to take your place ut
the loot of the cross confessing your
sin to God. No man has ever been
saved that was too proud to do that.
oh" you say. that is just matter of
opinion" No, sir: It is matter of
revelation.
Third, but this thief not only ac-
knowledged his sin. but he acknowi-
edged Christs righteousness. But
this man hath done nothing amiss.
And he said unto Jesus, Lord. remem-
Der me when thou comest into Thy
Kingdom" What marvellous faith Did
Jesus look very much like He was GO
ing 10 have Kingdom as He hung
there nailed hand and feet to the
cross, crowned with thorns, yet this
man looked clear beyond the grave
and tile resurrection to the time when
Jesus would have kingdom.
Then this thief did something that
do not believe any man or woman here
tonight can do, and that was he ac-
copied Jesus at the first opportunity,
Being a thief he had probably never
heard of Jesus until he heard that
God In mockery. You have had op-
portunity after opportunity and have
heard OF Jesus ever since you were
taught to lisp the little prayer, Now
| lay me down to sleep"
Death Bed Repentance.
Some of You may be saying l will
repent on my death bed like the dying
thief Yes, but your case is not like
his--he had not had any other oppor-
tuniiy Paul said in l Cor. 1873. mo
man can say that Jesus is Lord, but
by the Holy Ghost" Remember that
repentance Is the gift of God, and you
put off salvation until the spirit of
God ceases to strive with you and you
could not repent If you would, My
spirit shall not always strive with
man" With all due regard to the feel
ing of any who have loved ones make
| a profession on their death bed,
want to say that / have but little
faith in them AS rule as man
lives SO shall he die In London the
1000 supposed death-bed conversions,
that Is, 1000 people who thought they
were going to die, made profession
of religion, but afterwards recovered
! and got up again, and out of that mum
ber how many do you suppose lived
Christian life? Only two. Had they
: all died as they thought they were go
u ing to, how many would have gone to
hell? Just one thousand, nine hun
dred and ninetyeight of them, Tor GER
tainly II they had been truly converted
they would have lived Christian life
iaf,nrmard ----.-----
Come now and let us Nreasul To-
eether." Come now, men while you
have your senses about you, come now
while you can reason. 1t is no tine
to think of religion when your brain
is muddled because of the fever which
is burning you up. Come now. and
settle this question.
You have wasted too much time ia
sin already. Why not give him the
very best of your life. Commander
Booth of the Salvation army, gave a
touching incident at the Winona III
bic conference recently, that came mn.
der her observation as Christian
worker A mother of a tiny tor, lEe
much loved and only child. was obliged
to leave home one evening at the lit
tie ones usual bed time. She found
1t very hard to get away as children
always cling to their mother at that
time. She coaxed her little one and
friend In vain to allow her to leave her
side. Finally, the nurse brought a
lovely bunch of grapes and she was
enticed TO say. Goodnight" to her
mother, though with many tears
When her mother returned she and
her husband hurried to the crib to
see If their darling was asleep. She
seemed restless and was bit fever.
ish, but feeling her mothers cool hand
on her brow, she half aroused and
her mother saw in the chubby hand
three grapes tightly held by her lit
Tie darling who said, though half
asleep, The best for 90 mamma. the
best for 90" The mother was alarm.
ed at her condition, but the father
soothed her, saying their little one
was restless from weeping and would
be all right by morning Alas! When
morning came, their darling was flush.
ed with fever. and. after three days of
careful nursing. they had to open the
| door to grim messenger death and
see their loved one taken from them
the mother was unconsolable. She
refused to be comforted When her
pastor asked her to come and pray
she exclaimed. Il do not want to pray,
God would not have taken my treasur.
from me had he loved me No. viii
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