The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-04-17
SPACE TO REPENT
-. Definition Of Time Of
~ Greatest significance to
Mankind.

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Goo s,," This is its gTe'''I, ~.
. repent and significance to m306' ~.
pOrsnce au y, 10 sneak OF tim" n7 me
We s's , If duration. God ca..
measure 0s y rsneut." Is it not wiser ~
space s, . : divine lexicon rather .aan
,sesp. one? According to ''od 81
, .','oa mai is not here pr,na"s 10 r
a a'ss home and fortune ~
gnt' :, a-eat givcr Ha- az
COO ;, .a i'd TO show u IT, 1orf.
lss ,,as e 1o'l most liberal Of % o.a .r
4 slns' !, o' exceedingly frugal ia 'hr
, a'.as1,ius Of that. for he n@T.F F.,+.
a :. ~ moments together. nor -.' AZ
= . =. .,eond till he has Withdrew i ,,
' ..;,l keeping the third II hI7
n's . . so we are in perfect nh-
y. ..s,,ntv whether We shall ha'e II o.
eth The true manner for pT1paFla #;
y, ~ ne last moment is to spend -.
y. o,hers well and ever to e>PecS
A.. ~ We dote upon this WoFlo =
~, rs,e never to have all end ana We
a,dset the next as if it we're never
!, have beginning.
uov We trife away our brief ana
NJ" W r-1..,,TN
,,eertaiu space to repent ! NOUN
a' !. hrief and uncertain the period Al
s IS sufficient if We Will use IT,
H. God would not have given !. rs
nrdty and uncertainty is God $ ap-
,.l against delay. Had the spaee 10
,.Dept been fixed and sure for Ions
dsspite period, would any give the
natter a thought until near or az
~ last moment, and the whole PUT
nose Of life thus be defeated? Inc
M is more important than time. bnt
V have no fixed and definite space II
which to repent.
NOW is INC Ilf'C.
4Thou canst not delay" said Rich
,er for a single moment the flight
d time and thou complainest that
Tine Is continual oyerdronping OF
moments which fall down one upon
he other and evaporate Above hangs,
unchanged, the future, and under
Meath grows the past, and becomes
always larger the farther it flies back,
And thou askest, What remains
With mey The present, ! answer.
However much time may fly away
tum you, the present is your eternity
md never abandons you Time Is the
thrysalis of eternity"
The space to repent" is bounded
upon every side by nov" You can
not fepent in the past or in the fu-
ture, for you will never be in either
You are ever and always in the pres
ent
Ycu have space to repent It is now,
INT now. To-day if We will hear his
nice etc. Now is the accepted
tine" Come, for all things are now
rady.'
Delay not. delay not, 0 sinner, TO come.
FOR mercy still fingers and calls thee to-
day:
Her voice is not heard in the vale of the
tomb;
h6 message UNDECIDED will soon pass
away.
Ds'sy not, delay not, the spirit Of grace
Long grieved and resisted may take His
sad flight,
Aao ieaye thee in darkness to finish thy
race
ana sink in the vale Of eternitv's night
Gods Demand Of Men.
what God asks OF men is to have
.epenlaace for their rebellion against
~ ana his authority and to have
Aaa IN his son, whom he sent as a
'aasom Tor the sins of the world Re
1.uance is that sorrow for sin which
WI cause one to turn from it #
! 1s.ns turning from evil to good This
. clearly a duty. He gives Won space
. ! .a'en to perform that duty And
y tells you how.
" iaith in him whom he hath sert
>.s.usance and faith go together.
~, asspsnlance is the earthly side of
~ laith the heavenly side Of re-.
.ance' or Repentance is the tear
: ue eye Of faith
/. = space given for these things &c
present. The time for the sinner
~ =, !, ana turn about is now. The
~ % repent is limited in duration
~ now will go on forever but not
- opportunity to repent. The timo
Ritten: ~ oil OF which 1t is
!. 3 EN-, that is unjust. let him he NM
~ .n and he which is flthv 1at
tatea..n nifty u! still; and he that is
= Il ~ let him be righteous still. |
n e that is holy. let him he s how