The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-11-19
MUST MAKE CHOICE
With Every Mortal Rests the De-
CiSion That Shall Save
or Doom Him.

W Twin
II 1t not a tremendous fact that man
has the power to resist the Spirit OF
God? In the first book of the Bible we
read; My spirit shall not always
strive with man. There is nothing in
human friendship like the long-suffer-
ing, patient and everlasting love Of
our heavenly Father. There comes a
period in the life OF every mortal when
he makes the final choice. when he de-
cides to 60 toward Calvary, like Peter.
or toward suicide. like Judas.
The Holy Spirit, grieved, resisted,
despised and rejected. then takes its
everlasting flight from the soul who
prefers sin to holiness, devils to saints
and he'll to heaven.
Almighty God SO built man, his mas
terpiece, that he cannot break through
the door Of the will We have the
power to put out the only light to
guide us through time and eternity, to
extinguish the only fire OF love that
flames in the soul
The Holy Spirit calls the sinner by
thousand voices ere he gives up
striving. He comes in youthful days,
in manhood's strength, in our age and
feebleness extreme.
He waiteth long, is waiting still,
You treat no other friend so i'll,
Behold he stands at the door and
knocks, Il is the pierced hand knock
ing, A crown OF thorns puppies his
brow and his head is wet with the
dews Of midnight. The same old pro-
crastinating voice answers him, say
ing: Go thy way for this time; when
have more convenient season |
will call for thee" Angels have tried
to WOO that soul as they have minis
tered TO him; the voice of mother has
called from the battlements OF
heaven: Providence. bereavements.
losses, all have cried out, Come unto
sne and will give you rest" But the
I man, as though on the brink OF a precl-
pice, pushes away all rescNerS and
plurges down the abyss. 1t seems an
impossible thing that a lost SOUL with
bur one heartbeat between 1t and the
Judgment, would endeavor to thrust
hack the Divine Saviour, who has
paid for our redemption with his blood
and his life; who, with everlasting
kindness, has drawn us toward him
self. But such is the momentous fact
The resources Of heaven have been ex,
hausted in the effort to win men back
to COG And there remaineth No
more sacrifice for sins"
Has Chosen His Own Place.
TfB determined sinner has trod8en
under foot the Son of God, counted
the blood of the covenant an unholy
thing and done despite to the Spirit OF
Craze, He therefore must 30 tp his
.owa place. lie has missed his chance
OF Immortal blessedness.
Too late. we caIsaot enter now
Some or these rajectors of God arc
leaders among men, carrying Others
with them to destruction. They are
nike the engineer whom the fireman
found dead in the engine cab. He had
been struck by passing timber His
hand was still on the throttle. but his
sttrainload of passengers were running
! wild to their deafh. The fireman. re-
tversing the lever, saved them So null.
titudes are following blind leaders in
I their mad rush fer gold, pleasure and
unholy ambition The throttle is
pulled out; DEVILS hand holds it.;
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/. crash comes! Ruined" Is written
A over the wreck
/ Instead OF men turning away from
I the God OF love sid mercy, in order
to follow false guides, they should be
\ flied with joy tp know that the In.
finite Father loves them, has planned
to save them. is flied with anxiety for
4 their welfare, has sacrificed his Son
4 to restore them to the heavenly inheri-
\ lance. What an hwnor to know that
4 we dwell in the hart Of God, in the
mind OF Deity-tiiat angels are forgot
/ ten in the effort to rescue a lost race;
that Other planets are left behind to
bring this one back to its orbit OF wor-
Ship and fellowship
Strange Contradiction.
When kings, presidents OF other
earthly magnates take notice Of as we
arc wild with delight but when the
eSing of all kings reaches down to lift
us up TO honor and power with him
self we shrink back in terror we bias
pheme his name, curse his Son. deny
his Book and quench his fires Of love.
With eloquent words DR.. William l..
watlSinson says: II saw the other day
tame eagle in q butchers shop.
Growing fat. he cares no longer for
the planes OF heaven, His eyes, no
longer fixed on the sun, watch the fire
en- the hearth. and the golden pIumos
once stretched above the clouds. are
dragged In the ashes That royal bird
III the 1iesher's shamble, forgetful OF
sky and sea and sun, is close image
II thousands of men who, debauched
by the gfosser pleasures Of the lower
life, have forgotten the gories Of the
upper universe We content ourselves
by picking iieshy morsels out Of the