Gospel—P. Glading
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May we sing together 25.
#25 on the hymn sheet.
Life at best is very brief.
Like the falling of a leaf.
Like the binding of his sheep.
Be in time.
Fleeting days are telling fast.
That the dye will soon be cast.
And the fatal lion be passed.
Be in time 25 May we rise and sing this hymn.
The best in varying brain, like the falling of rain.
In my heart was killed with you.
I'm in Blinding's well played hard.
And God's unwell.
You'll be honest.
Turn to the Second Book of Kings, chapter 6.
2nd Book of Kings and Chapter 6.
And the sons of the prophets.
Said unto Elijah.
Behold now.
The place where we dwell with thee is too straight for us.
Let us go.
We pray thee unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam.
And let us make us a place there.
Where we may dwell.
And he answered, Go ye.
And once they'd be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants.
And he answered, I will go.
So he went with them.
And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
But as one was spelling a beam, the axe head fell into the water.
And he cried and said, alas, master, for it was borrowed.
And the man of God said where Philip?
And he showed him the place.
And he cut down a stick and cast it in thither.
And the iron did swim.
Therefore, said he taken up to thee.
And he put out his hand and took it.
There may be other interpretations of this scripture.
But, dear friends, maybe look at it simply from the Gospel point of view tonight and leave the other interpretations for the moment.
And here we have a very solemn warning.
And the chapter begins with. And the sons of the prophets said unto Elijah.
Sons of the prophets, not necessarily prophets themselves, but sons of the prophets. Now there are many dear young people here tonight.
And you may be sons of Christian parents, but not Christians yourselves. Is that the case with any young one here?
Christian parents, but not a Christian yourself.
If that's the case, my friend, you're in a very solemn position.
And I tremble for you, because the Lord may come at any moment and take his own home to glory. And you, dear young people who are merely sons and daughters of Christian parents, are not Christians. Yourselves will be left behind for God's judgment.
Yes, we've just been singing about death and judgment.
A man before you, dear young people, if you reject Christ, you're heading for death and judgment.
If you believe not that I am, the Lord said, ye shall die in your sins.
Is that the end?
Many people would like to think so.
That's the devil's lie. You know when you're dead, that's the end. You're done for.
Old friends, no such thing, God says after death.
Something else? What is it?
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A second chance, No judgment.
Or how solemn the thought that there may be some here tonight, or lost on the road to hell. You may be a son of a Christian father and mother.
But if you haven't received Christ yourself, my dear young people, your last, your last, you're condemned already.
And you are just awaiting the execution of God's judgment upon you.
Can you go to bed tonight with them on your mind, with that solemn truth before you? And it is a truth.
We're not here tonight to express our opinions or ideas. We want to bring the solemn truth of God's Word before you to awaken you, dear young people, to a sense of your need.
Nothing, because your parents are Christians. You are.
Their faith does not cover your head, it's a personal matter between your soul and God.
Yes, the matter of your salvation.
Dear young people, how is it with you tonight? Are you saved, if not your last?
You're on the road to hell.
Not your solemn eyes, your heart, your debts.
It did mine for a long time.
I remember creeping up to my dear mother's bedroom door more than once.
And listen through the keyhole.
And I thought I couldn't hear Mother's voice or Daddy, that I knew the Lord had come and they were gone.
I was left behind for judgment. Oh, Howard stirred my heart. Howard solemnized me. I remember one night I couldn't hear a sound.
I thought, oh Lord has come and taken them.
I'm left behind for judgment.
Our friends, these are realities. Oh how I thank God for the moment.
When he convicted me of my sin, and of my need of that seed of my mother's Saviour.
Yes, and thank God my mother's savior is mine.
And my Father's Savior is mine, not because they were Christians.
Merely because I had faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
And that's where my faith is.
And I have received my dear mother's Savior.
And he is mine.
The sons of the prophets said unto Elijah.
Behold now the place where we dwell with thee is 2 straight forests.
That has been the language, sad to say, of many a young man and many a young woman.
The place where we dwell with you, Dad and mom, is too straight for me. Let's go.
Is that the language of anybody here tonight?
Are you tired of Christian influence in the home?
Do you rebel when your dear daddy or mommy gets out the Bible and read a few verses and pray?
What do you say? Do you say like these did? Let us go? Where will you go, friend?
I remember meeting a young serviceman in Shanghai.
He was on an aircraft carrier and the Fleet Air Arm.
And we knew some Christian sailors on this boat and they came to us one night and said, Brother Gladding, do you mind if I bring another young man along tomorrow night? We have a young man on board. He is absolutely miserable.
He said yes, bring him by all means. He said you have a talk with him.
Well, they brought this young man from the Fleet Air Arm.
And we had supper together in the restaurant. And then these sailors said, now you walk in front with him and I talk with him, see what you can get out of him.
So I did.
And I asked him where he came from. He said well from England. And I said what part he told me.
I said the parents still living. Oh yes, sure they are.
Christian people, he said. My parents were Christians.
And I was fed up with it, he said. Everyday. Bible, Bible, Bible, Prayer, prayer, prayer.
He said my language was let's go.
Here we have it. Let us go. They said the place where we dwell with thee is 2 straight forests. And that was the language of this young man. It was too straight for him. He said I'm going to join the Navy and see the world, get away from that Christian stuff.
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And he did join the Navy, and the Lord ordered that he came out to Shanghai.
And got in company with some young sailors, young Christians. So we walked up and down Nanking Rd. till after midnight with this young man.
He told me quite a bit of his life's history, that his father and mother were Christians and they're always reading the Bible and praying.
And he said I got fed up with it, I didn't like it. I resented it.
He said. And I thought myself, let's go.
And he went.
He said, But now I'm absolutely miserable. I said, oh, what's wrong?
Says well I've tasted the lots of things out here, been dabbling with sin.
He said. And everything I taste leaves a bit of taste in my mouth and I am miserable. And he was almost on the point of weeping.
I said, My dear friend, it may be at this very moment your dear praying father and mother on the knees, crying to God for you to save your soul.
The dear mind was impressed, of course, thinking that his dear Christian father and mother, who loved him so much, might at that moment be on their knees crying to Lord to save him.
Well, we walked up and down this street till after midnight pleading with him, and then we finally stood at the bus stop and all the buses had gone back home. The sailors were late.
We stood at the bus stop talking with this young man.
And we said, you know, if the Lord Jesus came this moment.
Your dear young friends, my wife and I would be gone in the twinkling of an eye. You would stand your loan to await the judgment of God.
And it seemed as if the devil was.
Struggling to keep him from making any confession and so he just hung his head and almost wept and said nothing.
So he had to bid him good night. He went back to his ship.
And we went back home with sad hearts, I can tell you.
Because he reminded me so much of my own dear brother who was in the Navy.
My brother joined the Navy when he was 15 1/2.
Put on board a training ship and that was his language. Let's go.
He had Christian parents. He wanted to get away too, so he joined the need.
He was put on board a training ship.
The training ship was anchored about 1/4 of a mile from shore.
And this is true.
They used to have a marine band on board playing while the boys were being flogged so the people on shore wouldn't hear the shrieks and cries from the lads because they were being punished and that was the outfit he wanted to go to and he went.
And I can see my dear father and mother now on their knees, crying to the Lord to save that dear boy.
And he was in the Navy many years and then spent 25 years in the police.
And my dear mother was just on her death bed.
I was up in the bedroom with her.
My brother came home unexpectedly, came upstairs, opened the door, and saw my dear mother about to pass in the Lord's presence. He said, Mother, I'm going to meet you in heaven. I've accepted Christ as my Savior.
And my dear mother wept for joy, friends, she wept for joy.
I'll never forget that scene.
On this young man I'm Speaking of, after a few days the ship left and I thought Will may never see him again to plead with him.
But we had a letter from one of these dear young Christian sailors.
They said, Brother, you'll be so happy to know that all the pleading was not in vain.
They said he has accepted Christ and he's happy.
Have you accepted Christ? Dear young people, are you happy? You never will be unless you accept Christ as your Savior.
There is absolutely no happiness in this world without Christ.
When we're going out to China, I met 2.
Very well to do people on board.
And I got into conversation with them. They said, you know, we're on a world tour. I said, oh, that's interesting, what's the object of it? He said, well, we want to find something to satisfy our hearts.
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He said we are going round the world.
And we are then just on the coast of China and he said we haven't found it yet. I said, no friend, you're looking in the wrong direction. He said, what do you mean? What direction should I look then for happiness? I said above, look to Christ.
Happiness is only found in Him, in the knowledge of Him as your Lord and Savior.
Dear young people, you may be seeking for happiness here. You'll never find it. You'll find, like this young serviceman, that everything thing you taste and touch will leave a bit of taste in your mouth.
Everything outside of Christ is useless. Nothing trash, everything. Yes it is.
There's nothing but Christ can satisfy your heart or mine. I've tried lots of things in my young days to satisfy this empty heart. It didn't work.
It worked, lots of sorrow and you will have the same experience.
If that's the one you're seeking.
Well, the place where we dwell with thee is too straight for us. Let us go.
Is that the language of anyone here tonight? Be honest now. Have you ever had such a thought in your heart being a young person? Let us go.
Dad and Mom are too strict. They keep bringing the scriptures before us, speaking about the Lord and salvation. Let's go.
Can you honestly say that you have never had such a thought? I trust you can.
But if you have had such a thought, friend, tell me where you will go.
Where will you go? You know, the greatest blessing, or one of the greatest blessings you could possibly have is to have dear godly Christian parents, it is.
And if you go from that home, where will you go?
Will you go into the world like this young man did and taste the bitterness of it? He did indeed.
And you will still, friend, if you pursue that course. You will taste the bitterness of this world. That's all it can offer you. That's all Satan can offer you. Everything that's bitter, nothing that's good. And he'll drag you down to hell if he can. That's his object, to keep you away from Christ.
And we urge you tonight to your friends, in the name of that blessed Savior, to come to Him.
To come to him now, this moment.
Or you say, why the hurry?
Ah, there's not a moment to lose, my friend. Any moment now the Lord may come. Any moment.
Are you ready for him?
Have you set your seal that God is true? Have you believed on the Lord Jesus Christ?
Have you been at His feet in repentance and faith?
Or has this been the language of your heart? Let's go.
Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan. Note the place where they went, Jordan.
Speaks of death and judgment, doesn't it?
How many there are today?
Seeking a place to dwell in this world which is doomed for judgment.
Yes, friends, judgment is soon going to fall upon this Christ rejecting world and upon the Christ rejector.
Are you a Christ rejecter? Be honest now.
This is no time to deceive one another, and do not deceive yourself. You'll never deceive the Lord.
Are you a Christ rejecter or a Christ receiver?
Have you received Christ as your Savior, friend? If you haven't, you have said no to Him.
Or how solemn to say no to the only Savior of sinners. There is only one Savior, friends, and He is available tonight.
But he may not be available tomorrow.
We dare not none of these brethren here.
They dare not stand up here tonight and tell you you can be saved tomorrow. Not one of them dare say it.
I have no authority from God's word to say so.
But we have all the authority of God's Word to tell you, friend, that you can be saved NOW.
That's all as far as we can go.
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You can be saved now, and that's the word God uses.
Behold, now is the accepted time.
Behold, now is the day of salvation. Now is the day of salvation now.
The Lord says, come now, let us reason together, saith the Lord.
A quaint now thyself with him, and be at peace.
Will you not come to him now, dear young people?
Are you like these sons of the prophets, Not necessarily prophets themselves?
And you not necessarily Christian yourself, but you could be sons and daughters of Christian parents.
And yet not Christians yourself.
Can you go to bed tonight knowing from Scripture that if that's the case with you, you are condemned already?
I was in a Barber shop recently.
And the Bombers? A churchgoer.
And we usually talk together about things of the Lord, although he's, I don't know the man, saved or not, he said. You know what the minister said yesterday? He said no.
He said the minister said that God doesn't condemn the Sinner and we should not do so.
Well, is that true?
Is it true?
It's a lie.
We read in God's word, he that believeth not is condemned already. Who says that? I didn't.
It's the word of God. Friends, if there is an unbeliever here tonight, let me solemnly remind you, you are condemned already.
By God himself.
On the other hand, he that believeth on the Son is not condemned.
What a vast difference between those two statements.
Condemned or not condemned, Which is it with you friends tonight?
Are you condemned or not condemned? If you're an unbeliever, you are condemned.
By God.
And you're just awaiting the execution of God's awful judgment upon you.
Think of.
Does that exercise your heart?
That's your true condition and position. If you are without Christ, condemn.
I remember going into some cells in Bahamas and the prison.
And the ward was taking me round and there were lots of cells there too, he said. Now I want to take it to some others. I've been going around for about an hour or so.
And he took me to some cells. They not only had huge bars for the doors, but they had thick wooden doors over the vars.
And when he opened that wooden door, there were these poor fellows in those cells, tormented to death with mosquitoes in total darkness.
And it said over the top punishment cell. Punishment cell.
And those poor men looked at me as if not as they all pity me. Can't you Get Me Out of this?
I could do nothing about it. They had committed sin and they were going to be punished for it.
And they are in the punishment cell. But oh how my heart ached for those poor men.
They look like more like beasts than men. They've been shut up in the total darkness in a small cell, bars and a wooden door over that. No daylight, not a streak of light in total darkness, and terribly hot and the place full of mosquitoes.
Poor man Punishment sale. All friends.
When one thinks of hell and what hell will be like there, you know you'll be shut up in total darkness, in the blackness of darkness forever.
There is a limit to the time these men would be shut up in darkness.
The time would come and then be brought out for punishment.
The friend if you find yourself in hell, there will be no coming out there.
Being an end to it, The blackness of darkness forever.
Why?
Because you have neglected this great salvation. Because you have not accepted Christ the Lord Jesus as your Savior.
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Old friends, I plead with you, the dear young ones here particularly.
You have heard the Gospel many, many times in your homes.
In the assemblies, What have you done about it? Have you turned a deaf ear to the message to the Word of God? Or have you opened your ear and your heart to receive the person of whom the gospel speaks? Because the gospel is the gospel of God concerning His Son.
And we read in Thessalonians. I'd like you to turn to it, please, if you will.
And see the terrible result and the consequences of those who believe not the gospel.
The Epistle to the Thessalonians.
2nd Epistle.
First chapter, the middle of verse 7.
The Lord Jesus.
Shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels.
In flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that know not God.
And that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
What will happen to such?
Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction?
From the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power. All friends want a solemn thing to disbelieve or reject the gospel. I repeat, it's a gospel of God.
Concerning his son.
That blessed One who came down from that scene of glory to Calvary, to die for your sins, to die for your sins, that you might be delivered from all the consequences of your sins and guilt. That your sins, my friend, which would shut you out of heaven forever and take you into hell forever, might be washed away.
In his precious blood. Such is the love of Christ for you, dear friend.
Yes, God loves you. Christ died for you. He invites you to come to Him now and receive Him by faith as your Savior.
And if you fail to do this, my friend, and reject him, or neglect this great salvation?
You are without hope. Yes, you are without hope.
You know, it tells us in the Gospel that the Son of Man have power on earth to forgive sins. I said reverently. He has no part of a gift. Sins in heaven, there'll be none there to forgive, though He has no power to forgive sins in hell. No, there'll be no forgiveness of sins in hell. My friend, the Son of Man have power on earth to forgive sins.
And He'll forgive yours tonight, if you'll only come to Him, as we reminded last night so solemnly about those who did come and acknowledge their guilt before God.
Yes, what a blessing they received.
And we're reminded of one who did not.
That proud Pharisee who said I am better than the other men. He began his prayer really with a lie. He said I am not as other men are unjust.
For whom did Christ die?
The just one for the unjust.
And by this man saying he was not unjust, there is no chance of salvation for him.
He did not acknowledge that he was a lost, guilty Sinner. There's no hope for that man. But the poor publican hangs his head in shame. He smote upon his breast. He wouldn't even lift up his eyes to heaven.
He traced into its sauce as much as the troubles he had gone. The trouble is here. I have a simple heart, he said. God be merciful to me, a Sinner.
What does the next verse say? The Lord says I tell you.
This man.
Went down to his house, justified rather than the other.
Are you willing to take this in his place, dear friend, tonight?
And own your guilt that your last helpless man doesn't like to think he's helpless.
We hear so much today about people trying to work their way into heaven. What a positive insult to the person of Christ.
He has completed the work that will take you to heaven, and man says, oh, I must do it. His is not sufficient. I must do a little bit towards this. What an insult to Christ. And that perfect work which he accomplished on the cross of Calvary, Why He cried out, It is finished.
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All friends, God through the person of Christ has finished the work of redemption and now God is able to come out and all the love and grace of His heart.
And receive you as a lost, guilty Sinner through simple faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, his beloved Son.
Is your faith in Him or is it in yourself?
Of people know the way to heaven.
Again, I was in the Barber shop last week.
A church minister came in, sat down.
And the Barber said to him.
Sir, it's going to cost you more this week. I saw your picture in the newspaper.
And his remark was rather a good one, I thought He said. Well, my picture in the newspaper reminded me I needed a haircut.
Now your picture, friend in the Word of God, should remind you that you need a savior.
Your pictures in here, yes, from the crown of your head to the soul of your feet, it's all pictured in the word of God.
And that should remind you that you need a savior. And you do. If you haven't received the savior friend receiving this moment or you'll perish, you're in danger of perishing in hell.
Is the one here the knight who would dare to stand up and say there is no hell?
If you do, friend, you're calling God a liar.
God says there is a heaven and there is a hell.
And hell will last as long as heaven.
And there will be no forgiveness of sins in hell. There will be no mercy in hell. Be no water in hell, be no blood in hell, be no Christians in hell.
No. So I listened to this minister for a few minutes. I turned around the bombers chair. I said Sir.
Can you please tell me the way to heaven?
He looked down and he said, are you serious? I said I am. I'm very serious about it. Can you tell me the way to heaven?
He hung his head and looked on the floor.
For quite about a minute.
Well, he said, I suppose get in touch with God.
I said well that doesn't help me much. How can I do that?
He said, you know, this is heaven down here.
This is heaven down here.
I said, oh, you're going to embrace then all the murderers, the drunkards, the blasphemers, they're all in heaven.
Nothing that defiles shall ever enter heaven, and heaven is not down here, Sir.
Heaven is where Jesus is.
And he had nothing more to say. A minister, an up to date minister in the church in our little town, didn't know the way to heaven.
No, he didn't, he considered. Heaven is down here.
I'll tell you what the Barber said. I didn't say it.
Said well show me the other place.
As much as I say if this is heaven, I'd like to see the other place to compare them.
Well, how terrible a church minister does not know the way to heaven.
And I met another church minister. I'm not here now, friends, to condemn church ministers. Do not think that for a moment.
But I met another one in Bermuda.
I've been to visit the dear brother who had lost both his legs.
I came downstairs and there was this church minister of colored man waiting to see the same brother.
I said Sir, I've had a very enjoyable visit with brother.
Virgil upstairs, he said yes, I'm now going up to see him. I said you know of the subject of our conversation was. He said no. I said, well we've been talking about the Lords coming for his people. Isn't that a bright and blessed hope, Sir?
And this year man hung his head and said, Well, I hope I'll be among the number, I said, Sir.
You're living in a state of uncertainty.
You only hope you'll be among the number. I can say by the grace of God and from the word of God, I know I'll be among the number.
The number of the redeemed I have been redeemed by the precious blood of Christ. And again he repeated.
Well, he said. I hope I will be among the number. And that's all he could say.
Now friends, who are we can listen to?
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Men's opinions or the Word of God?
God tells us we can know the way to heaven. The blessed Lord could say I am the way.
He is the way to heaven, the way to salvation, the way to eternal blessing.
I'm sure you young people here know the way, but have you stepped into the way?
Have you?
If I were to come round and ask you, dear young people individually, have you received Christ as your Savior?
I wonder what your answer would be.
Well, that's your responsibility, isn't it?
Think about it, but do not be too long in thinking about it. Time is short.
The day of grace, dear young people, will soon be gone, and gone forever.
The Door of Mercy will still be closed and closed forever.
See to it that is not shut in your face.
It could be if you procrastinate. I can hear a dear old brother now in England.
Very old brother.
Used to say, you know friends. Procrastination is the recruiting Sergeant for help.
How true I did.
You know what a recruiting Sergeant is? The young men do, I'm sure.
Procrastination. What does it mean? Put it on. Put it on Plenty of time, Put it up.
And that may be the very thing that Satan is saying to you tonight. Put it on.
You're only young yet.
That may be you have no lease on life. We've been singing. Life at best is very brief.
Is that true?
You know it's true.
There's a dear lad in the Sunday School in Bermuda died suddenly, nine years of age.
Another boy fell in a pit was drowned.
I can tell you of many gone in a few moments. Young people thought they had a long life before them. They were cut off.
Now, dear young people, if you were called away tonight through death, where would you go?
Where would you go? Have you had it settled yet?
You know, friends, everyone of us here tonight are on a journey. You will not dispute that, will you? You cannot dispute that.
Where will a journey end for you?
I know when the journey of life will end for me through grace.
Glory to be with Christ, the one who gave himself for me. What about you?
If your journey ended tonight, where would you go?
Where will you spend eternity? Where? Where?
It is one of two places. Friends there are not 3.
A man on the train suggested to me. He told me first of all there were two places, then he wanted to make a third.
He said I believe there is a heaven and a hell. Don't you, Sir? I said I do because God said so. He said I believe that.
I said, well friend, to which of those places are you going?
Well, he said. I'm sure I don't want to go to hell. I've heard such about that place. I'd like to go to heaven.
And he said, I guess I'm between the two now he's creating a third place. Neutral ground friends, there's no such place.
You cannot stand on neutral ground before God.
You are either bound for heaven or hell. Everyone in this hall tonight without exception, young and old.
Heaven or hell? Which is it?
Old friends, have this matter settled before you go out of the door tonight.
Acknowledge yourself, a lost, guilty Sinner, and receive the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior.
Do not forget that solemn verse in Acts 1730.
God.
Now.
Command them.
All men.
Everywhere.
To repent.
Have you done that yet?
It's a command of God, my friend.
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Are you going to ignore the command of God and perish in your sins?
Or are you going to listen to his voice and repent of your sins and turn to Christ?
The apostle preached repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
We cannot improve upon Apostolic means of breaching. No, we cannot.
Have you repented yet?
Have you turned to Christ? Have you acknowledged yourself and lost guilty Sinner?
If not, do so tonight, this moment, before it's too late.
It may be too late tomorrow, maybe too late at 8:00 even.
Yes, could be.
Well, we're getting away from our chapter.
Just turn back to it.
Let us go, we pray the under Jordan and St. thence every man of being, and let us make us a place.
Let us make us a place.
As I said, there may be other interpretations of the Scripture, but I'm just merely looking at it from the Gospel point of view. Let us make us a place.
Well, God in his infinite love and mercy, has provided a place for the Sinner.
Through the person and work of Christ.
You know, we read, I think it's 115th Psalm Prime member correctly says the heaven and the heavens are the Lords.
And the earth has been given to the children of men.
Now man has lost his right to live on Earth through sin, and so he's taken away by death.
And yet God, in his infinite love and mercy.
Has made provision for man who is unfit to live on earth.
He's made provision through the person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ at Calvary for man to live in heaven. Yes, he has.
You can have the assurance of going to that place, providing you accept Christ as your Savior.
And do not think you are doing him a favor by accepting him.
He loves you and He desires your eternal blessing.
He died to save you, and he is willing to save you right now.
Will you not come to him right now?
Is the one who dare stand up and say yes?
I don't think Jesus is my savior now.
I heard a dear little girl say that in West Indies. Brother Albert knows a well. I won't mention the name.
Should be about 9 then.
Her little friend was killed on the road.
She went running home to her mommy and she said, mommy, you would have thought you would have said, mummy, my little friend has been killed.
Instead of that, she said. Mummy, I want to be saved.
Her mother said what's the matter? She said. Then my little friend was killed and I want to be saved, Mummy.
But she was not saved at that moment. But the next Lord's Day afternoon. I'll never forget it.
The joy it gave us all. She sat there looking so serious, listening to every word. And as soon as the meeting was over, she stood up and she said, I take Jesus as my savior now.
No, dear father and mother sat there and wept with joy.
So here this dear little girl of nine, confess faith in Christ and say I take Jesus as my Savior. Now will you do that, dear young people?
Good. Many of you here are older than that.
What have you done about it?
The only Savior of sinners is the person of the Lord Jesus Christ.
If you refuse to accept him, my friend, you have no other.
You may search from one end of the world to the other. You will never find another savior.
Because the scripture says in Acts 4 and 12, neither is there salvation in any other.
For there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
If you're going to be saved, dear young people, or older ones for that matter, you can only be saved through the Lord Jesus Christ.
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The Savior of sinners.
Let us go, and let us make us a place there where we may dwell.
I repeat how many there are today who are happy to dwell in this scene which is doomed for judgment. I remember a poor old woman in a poor house in Bermuda.
After a gospel meeting, she came up to me and said, you know, I thought she was going to tell me something good to hear. She said. You know, I'd like to live here forever.
I get 3 meals a day here in the poor house and sometimes I steal and get a little drink.
I'd like to live here forever. Think of it, do you want to live here forever? You never will, friend. The end of the journey will come for every one of us in this hall tonight, sooner or later.
And I repeat, you're either going to heaven to be with Jesus.
To enjoy all the pleasures of that place and his presence. Or you'll go to the other place, which is hell. Hell.
We were preaching on the street in Mansfield, England.
After the gospel meeting, a man said, I don't believe in God. I don't believe there's a God.
I said friend, would you be interested to know your name is in the Bible?
What do you mean? I said Yes, your name is in the Bible.
So I opened the Bible and read it to him. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.
I said you have said it with your lips. I am not calling you a fool. I got him to read it and he did. He hung his head and had nothing more to say.
God says the fool has said in his heart there is no God. Or what a solemn experience it will be for that man to meet the person whose existence he denies.
Yes, everyone of us must give an account of ourselves to God.
Everyone here is going to meet the Lord Jesus Christ. He is to be the judge. You're going to meet him either now in grace or meet him in judgment.
Why not meet Him in grace tonight? He loves you, my friend. He came down from the glory to die for your sins in order to put them away, that you might be forgiven and saved eternally.
He offers you the gift of eternal life, forgiveness of sins, and peace with God.
For by nature you are at enmity with God.
He wants you to be at peace with God.
Remember another dear man in Bermuda who was dying of cancer?
We said, friend, your burial, aren't you? He said. Indeed I am.
He said. Have you thought anything about the future?
He said, indeed I have, he said, what have you been thinking about?
He said, well, you know, I've been trying hard to make my peace with God before I go.
And the dear man was in earnest too. I could see it in his face. He was in dead earnest.
I said friend, give it up.
Give it up, try no longer.
And he looked at me astounded. I said yes, may I just read a word from the Scripture? So he read that verse in Colossians one. I think it's 21, is it?
Having made peace through the blood of his cross.
By him to reconcile all things unto himself and you.
And I read it to him and I said, now are you able to read this? And he did.
And he said, I see it now. I've been trying to do, he said, what Christ has already done for me, and I accept him.
What a joy to witness there was a dear man in dead earnest to you, soon to pass into eternity.
He said. I am trying hard to make my peace with God. If that's the thought of anyone here tonight, give it up, friend. You'll never do it. It's impossible. It's been done.
It's been done.
Through the death of Christ at Calvary.
He has made peace. Think of it all, how he should thank him tonight. He has made that which we couldn't make.
He's made peace for us with God by his death and the shedding of his precious blood. Now you can have that peace.
And Ephesians tells us He is our peace. Think of it, He is our peace, the Lord Jesus Christ. Can you say that tonight? He is my peace?
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Made peace for me through the blood of his cross. All what had caused him to make peace for you, my friend? You're going to despise it. You're going to turn it down. You're going to ignore it. What he's done, all the suffering of Calvary, the hiding of God's face, bearing all the awful judgment, the righteous indignation of a holy God against sin was poured upon his blessed, devoted head.
And that was after man had done all that he possibly could in his hatred and enmity against him.
Then God poured the judgment upon him. Oh, how solemn thought. And dear friends, He went through that for you.
That you might be saved. That your sins might be blotted out.
That you might be eternally blessed.
Yes, and salvation is a gift.
You cannot work for it. The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Well, our time is just about gone, but we haven't got far.
And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go. So he went with them.
How often a deer praying father and mother.
Has followed their son or daughter in a downward power in prayer, Yes.
I look back in my own family, mighty a father might like to see them now on their knees, pleading with the Lord to save my brother.
And he did. Dear parents, do not give up praying for your children.
Pray on trust the Lord to save them. He is able.
It was took many, many years for my dear brother to see his need and to feel it, but the time came when he did. My parents prayed on and on and on faithfully.
I can hear my dear old father now saying, Lord, oh grant that we may be an undivided family to dwell with thee forever.
And the Lord heard his prayer and answered.
Well, says, and when they came to Jordan they cut down wood, but as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water. And he cried and said the last masterpiece was borrowed. Yes, friend, your life is loaned to you by God. How are you using it?
And the man of God said, where fell it? And he showed him the place, and he cut down the stick.
A branch of life was cut down and cast into the water. And the axe said, says. And the axe said, did swim. The iron did swim. Therefore said, he take it up to thee. He put out his hand, he took it.
Now we get in the 21St of Revelation. May we just turn to it for a moment, please?
We will very soon close now.
These words remind me very much of this precious verse.
21St chapter of the Revelation.
Verse 6, The middle of the verse, I will give unto him, that is a first.
Of the fountain of the water of life freely. What precious words, friends, I will give.
Here the man of God put out your hand and take it. And now in the 22nd chapter of Revelation.
And verse 17, the middle of the verse. And let him that is a first come.
And whosoever will let him take of the water of life freely, the blessed Lord says, I will give name take.
The man on God said put out your hand and take it, friend, are you going to take salvation tonight? The Lord says I'll give it to you, why not take it?
Whosoever will.
That means everybody here, that's all you have to do, Take what God is offering you through the person of Christ.
Take salvation, take it now, and happy thee. And that's the only way to be happy. The knowledge of sins forgiven and peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Put out your hand and take it. You have to take it, friend, with a hand of faith.
God is offering your salvation tonight, dear young people. You may not offer it in the morning.
May be your last chance tonight.
Remember a young man driving up to a gas station?
The wild kind of a fellow he was, he said give me gas quickly.
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It's Holland or hell, in one hour, Holland or Haley said. Give me gas. I want to get away.
The man, the gas station put the gas in his car and he started off and he went terrific speed.
The few 100 yards up the road, the car overturned. He was killed, he said. Holland or hail in one hour.
Oh friend, if you were called into eternity within one hour, where would you go?
It's not Holland or hell, it's heaven or hell.
It's heaven or hell. Which is it, dear people? Tonight, you dear young ones, I plead with you.
Sons and daughters of Christian parents, and perhaps not Christians yourselves, I plead with you tonight.
That you turn to Christ, earn yourself lost and guilty and helpless, the guilty Sinner, and accept the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior. Put out your hand and take it. The Lord says, I will give, let him take. And remember, the Lord will have every right to say to you in the coming day if you stand before him at the great white throne. I would, but ye would not.
It will be your fault entirely. All we dread to think that there may be some young people here tonight who are still rejecting God's grace and mercy.
And neglecting this great salvation, being deceived by the enemy of your soul, that there's plenty of time, dear friend, There is not, I tell you.
Well, our time is gone. I'm sorry I've kept you 5 minutes late, but do not be 5 minutes too late to come to Christ.
Could we?
Could we? Will you be gracious with me and let us sing just a little hymn?
#17.
Have you any room for Jesus? Now this is a challenge, isn't it? Have you? How personal? Any room for Jesus?
He who bore the load of sin, as he knocks and asks admission, Sinner, will you let him in?
We sing the last verse now.