The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-07-26
THE PEOPLES FORUM.
Take Away The Stone.

who are IL sympathy with Christianity,
yet are neither possessors nor profess
sors Of it. Thev shall be lost Those
who helped build the ark labored faith
fully and well but they were lost. There
are many thus engaged today who will
meet the same fate. Many are faithful
and regular supporters of the gospel
yet have none of its joys in their hearts.
They are giving up their means and the
Lord is using it TO advance His King
dom. If YOU were to erect a building
it would be necessary to put up scat
folding for that purpose, but when the
building is completed the scaffolding is
torn away and lost sight Of. while the
structure. remains complete and beauti-
! ful. We think not Of the SC folding,
we admire only the building. So the
Kingdom Of Christ is built Up and COM
posed of his true children They are
parts Of one great whole and remain a
| perfect and beautiful structure in
! Christ, the admiration of angels and 20
the glory OF God, while those who were
only nominal Christians; and those9who
were merely moral and strictly so; and
those who simply gave up their means
are used by the Lord as the scalfolding
in erecting the beautiful structure Of
his own Kingdom but when the building
is complete they are lost. Is it the
Lords fault that they are? Surely net
for Jesus says to all such, as he did to
Jerusalem when he wept over it, How
often would l, but ye would not.
"Woe unto them who are at ease in Zion.
Delay not, delay not the hour is at hand,
The earth shall dissolve and the heavens
shall fade;
The dead small and great in the judg-
ment shall stand;
Via, power then, 0 sinner shall lend
thee its aid?'
Here is a message for thee, uncon-
verted one, hasten to look on the face
of Jesus. Only trust Him. Fly TO Him
for succor and as doves TO their win
Gows.
Why remain as an adversary to God.
You are not for God, you have not
given yourself to His service, then you
are against Him The Lord mas many
arrows in His culver any of which is
etfcctual in making war on his enemies
Yet He withho!ds wrath and deals in
mercy. Dc not reject Him but believe
and receive Him and be saved.
If however you continue IN carnal
security, if you. professor Of religion,
are at ease in Zion, then sudden de-
struction may oYertake you suddenly.
Then when the hour Of death comes you
are unprepared to step out into the
darkness and gloom Of a Christess
eternity, feeling as a dying man said to
the great DR.. Henry "the day when 1
should have worked is gone; now dark
ness settles upon me and I am lost,
lost. lost.
Perhaps some Of my readers are al
most Christians That is not enough.
Almost son is a bastard. Almost hot
is lukewarm and God speweth such out
Of his mouth. Almost a Christian is
like Micah of old, who thought he was
religious enough because he had
priest in his house. Or it is like thos
Ephramites who could not say Shib-
boleth, but Sibboleth. Ananias bought
part and left part OF the proceeds of
selling his possessions, vet he was al
most Christian. Almost a Christian
is like the barren fig tree which Christ
cursed because of its deception preten-
sions. 1t is like the Virgins who
carried lamps without oil, or the son
who when told to go work in the yire-
yard answered go, but went not.
Almost persuaded harvest is past,
Almost persuaded. COON comes at last,
Almost can not avail,
Almost is but to fail,
Sad, Sad, that bitter wall;
Almost, but lost
iIMay the Christian keep in mind that
it is the part of wisdom to watch and
be on our guard. Let US be careful to
distinguish ourselves in our daily walk
and conversation from unbelievers, that
this may not urge our inconsistencies as
an excuse for neglect of duty. Be We
faithful and you shall obtain the crown
of life.
Noah had his ark of refuge from the
flood. Lot his Zoar to which to flee
from the fire that destroyed the cities
of the plain. The believers at Jerusalem
had their refuge across the Jordan, so
you, when the final confagation shall
come. will have heaven of rest, eternal
in the heavens.
Meier think the victory won,
iENor Law thine armor down;
Thine arduous work will not be done,
Till thou obtain the crown"
Let US be sure we are in the ark
even in Christ and we are safe against