Christian herald and signs of our times . n under the ailments of life,has thy God ever forsaken thee ? Through allthese years, who has been your best friend ?Seventy years of mercies ! Seventy years offood and clothing ! O, how many bright morn-ings ! How many glorious evening hours youhave seen ! O father, mother, God has beenvery good to you. Do you feel it ? Some ofyou have children and grandchildren ; the for-mer cheered your young life, the lalter twineyour gray locks in their tiny fingers. Has allthe goodness that God has been making passbefore you produced no change in your feel-ings,
Christian herald and signs of our times . n under the ailments of life,has thy God ever forsaken thee ? Through allthese years, who has been your best friend ?Seventy years of mercies ! Seventy years offood and clothing ! O, how many bright morn-ings ! How many glorious evening hours youhave seen ! O father, mother, God has beenvery good to you. Do you feel it ? Some ofyou have children and grandchildren ; the for-mer cheered your young life, the lalter twineyour gray locks in their tiny fingers. Has allthe goodness that God has been making passbefore you produced no change in your feel-ings, and must it be said of you, notwithstand-ing all this : One thing thou lackest ? Oh, if you could only feel the hand of Christsmoothing the cares out of wrinkled faces. Oh,if you could only feel the warm arm of Christsteadying your tottering steps. I lift my voiceloud enough to break through the deafness ofthe ear while I cry out: . One thing thou lack-est, It was an importunate appeal a youngman made in a prayer-:::eeting when he rose ]. One Thing Thou Lackest. 01 51 ent a giIt eij cJ it up and said : Do pray for my old father. Heis seventy years of age and he dont father passed a few more steps on in lifeand then he went down. He never gave anyintimation that he had chosen Jesus. It is avery hard thing for an old man to become aChristian. I know it is. It is so hard a thingthat it cannot be done by any human work ; butGod Almighty can do it by his omnipotentgrace ; he can bring you at the eleventh hour—at half-past eleven—at one minute of twelve hecan bring you to the peace and the joys of theglorious Gospel. I must make application of this subject, also,to those who are prospered. Have you, myfriends, found that dollars and cents are nopermanent consolation to the soul ? You havelarge worldly resources but have you no treas-ures in heaven ? Is an embroidered pillow allthat you want to put your dying head on ? Youhave heard people all last week talk
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