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HORACE HORTON,
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Goderich, Augnst 5th,I886.
Township of Hullett.
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Municipal Taxes.
Mr. Thomas Neilans, Collector for the Township of
Mullett, will be at Bell's Hotel, Londesboro, on
Thursday, November 30th, and Thursday, Decem-
ber 14th, and at Kinburn, on Wednesday, December
131h, for the purpose of receiving taxes.
sar All taxes not paid by the 14th of December
will be charged 6 cents on the dollar extra.
THOMAS NEILANS,
' 1354-3 Collector.
NOTICE.
Mr. Charles Dodds, Tax Collector for the township
of MaKillep, will be at the ,Royal Hotel, Seaforth,
ever, Saturday matt} December 14th, for the con
vet:donee of Ratopyere. All taxes must be in by the
aboee mentioned date. 1353-4
PUREST, STRONGEST, BESTa
Contains no Alum, Ammonia, Lime,
• Phoephetes, Jr any Injuriattte
E. W. aILLETT, Toronto, Ont.
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. 7
VIARM FOR SALE.—For sale en improved, 100
X acre farm, within two and a half miles of the
town of Seaforth. For further particulars apply on
the premises, Lot 12, Concession 4, 11. R. S., Tucker-
smitb, or by mail to JOHN PRENDERGAST, Sea -
forth P. O. 1200
200 ,4ME jiirlprctt ttiFT andt 111/, --eThonee:sroniagl
Grey, is offered for Sale. 120 acres are cleared and
the balance is well timbered. Buildings first-class.
Orchard, well, &o School house Within 40 rode.
Possession given at once if desired. For further
particulars as to price., terme, etc., apply to MRS.
WALKER, Roseville P.O.,,er to NELSON BRICKER,
on the farm, 129941
MIARM FOR SALE.—For sale lot 9 and half of lot
X 10, on the 14th concession of McKillop, Contain-
ing about 140 acres of which about 40 acres are
cleared. There are about 97i acres of lot 9 welt Ulu -
bored, There are fair buildings on lot 10, but none
on lot 9. These places will be sold together or separ-
ately, to suit purchasers and can be got cheap.
Apply on the premises or to Walton P. 0. JAMES
CAMPBELL. 134941
tiARM FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot 2, 3rd Comes -
12 sion of TuckersrPith, containing 100 acres, all
eleared and seeded dewn to grass. It is all well
underdrained, hairgood buildings and a young or-
chard. It iswell watered by a never failing stream
running through the back end. This is an extra
good stook farm and is also well adapted to grain
raising. It is within two miles and a half of Seaforth
Will be sold cheap and on terms to suit the pintas-
er. Apply to D. DONOVAN, Seaforth, 18474f
HOUSE FOR SALE.—On North Street, Egmond-
ville, about five minutes walk from the church
a frame house, one story • and a half, with seven
rooms, very comfortable and beautifully finished.
There is a quarter of an acre of land, well fenced,
with4 few good fruit trees and a large number of
currant bushes, good cistern and well, Woodshed and
coal house. This is an exceptionally' pretty and com-
fortable places Apply to MRS. O. HOWARD, on the
prenoises, or write to Seaforth P. 0. 182341
161AR1I IN McKILLOP FOR SALE.—For sale. the
12 south half of lots 1 and lot 2, concession 4. Mc-
Killop, being 150 acres of very choice land mostly in
a good state of cultivation. Theft) is a good house
and bank barn, a good young bearing orchard and
plenty of never failing water. .A considerable
portion seeded to grass. Convenient to markets
and schools and good gravel roads in all directions.
• Will be sold ;cheap. Apply to the proprietor on the
• premises, MESSRS. DENT & HODGE, Mitchell, or at
Tile HURON EXPOSITOR Office, Seaforth JOHN
O'BRIEN, Proprietor. • 12984f
MIIRST CLASS FARM FOR SALE IN THE TOWN -
X SHIP OF MoKILLOP.—The undersigned offer,
hie very fine farm of 160 acres situated in McKillop,
being Lot 8 and east half of Lot 9, Concession 6.
There are about 20 acres of bush and the reniaining
130 acres are cleared, free from stumps and in a good
state of cultivation. The land is well underdraineel
and contains 3 never failing wells el first class water.
Good bank barn 68x60. Hewn log barn, and other
good outbuildings. There are two splendid bearing
orchards and a good hewn log dwelling house. it is
only 7 miles from the thriving town of Seaforth and
is convenient to schools, churches, etc. It is one of
the best farms in McKillop, and will be sold on easy
terms as the proprietor desires to retire. Appiy on
the premises or address WM. EVANS, Beeohwood
P. 0. ' 1853.t f
PDENDID FARM FOR SALE—Le 25, Comes -
elan 6, Township of Morris, containing 160 acres
suitable for grain or etock, situated two and a half
miles from the thriving village of Brussels, a good
gravel road leading thereto; 120 acres cleared and
free from stumps, 6 acres cedar and ash and balance
hardwood. Barn 51x00 with straw and hay shed
40x70, stone stabling underneath both. The house
is brick, 22x32 with kitchen 18x26, cellar underneath
both buildings. All are new. There is a largo young
orchard. School on next lot. The land hail a good
natural drainage, and the farm is in good condition.
Satisfactory reasons for selling. Apply at THE Ex-
POSIITOR OFFICE, or on the premises. WM. BARRIE,
Brussels. 183541
TIARII FOR SALE—For Sale, 80 acres in Sanilac
"1": County, Michigan 75 acres cleared and in a good
state of cultivation, fit tq raise any kind of a crop.
It is well fenced and ha7a good orcluird on it, and a
never failing well. Th buildings consist of a frame
house, stabling for 12 orses with four box stalls 86
head of cattle and 100 4heep. Ninety owes were win-
tered last yearamid 9680 in wcol and Iambs this sum-
rner. There are also pig and hen houses. The un-
dersigned also has 80 acres, with buildings, but not
so well improved, which he will eoll either in 40 acre
lots or as a whole. These properties aro in good
localities, convenient te markets, schools and
churches. The proprietor is forced to sell on ac•
count 01111 health. It will bo a bargain for the right
man as it will be sold on easy term. .GEORGE A.
TEMPLETON, Doronington, Sanilac County, Michi-
gan. • 1298x44 -f
i11IRST-CLASS FARM FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot
. 35, Concession 2, Town Line, MoKillop, contain -
ng 100 acres, more or less, 10 acres new land, • about
i
One third of t free from stumps. It is well fenced
and underdrained and in first-olass stet° of cultiva-
,
tion. About 40 acres seeded to grass: Seven acres
fall wheat. Fall plowing deem. The Maitland River
rune almost straight acroskhe centre of the lot, giv-
ing abundance of water Without any waste land. On
the farm is a good frame house, heated by a coal
furnace, soft wad hard water convenient, geed trate()
barn with stone stabling and root house underneath,
also a hay barn on cedar posts, with implement house
And stabling underneath.' A good bearing orshard
of choice fruit trees. It is situated within . three
miles of Seaforth. For further 'particulars apply
on the premisee, or by letter, to MRS. WM. BLACK,
Seaforth P. 0. •13534 f
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-DEIST CLASS FARM FOR SALE—For sele Lot 12
X Concession 6, II. R. S Tuckersmith, containing
100 acres of choice land, nearly all cleared and in a
high state of cultivation, with 90 acres seeded to
grass. It is thoroughly underdrained and well fenced
with straight rail, board and wire fences and does
not contain a foot of waste land. There is also an
orchard 01 two aores of choice fruittreee ; two good
wells, one at the house, the other with a wind -mill
on it at the out buildings, on 'the promiees is an ex-
cellent frame house, containing eleven rooms and
cellar underwhole house, and soft and hard water
convenient. There are two good bank barns, the one
32 feet by 72 feet and the other 36.feet by 56 feet
with stabling for 50 had of cattle and eight horses.
Besides these there are sheep, hen and pig houses and
an Implement shed. The. farm is well adapted for
grain or stock raising and is.one of tho finest farms
in the country. It is situated 3i, miles from Soeforth
Station, 5 from Brucefield and Kippen with good
gravel ro a leading to each, It is also convenient
to churches, poet office and school and will be sold
cheap and on easy terms. For further .particulars
apply to the proprietor on the premises or by letter
to THOMAS G. SHI.LLINGLAW, Egmondville P. 0.
1285 tf
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THE "IFS" OF THE
BIBLE
DR. TALMAGE PREACHES A UNIQUE
AND USEFUL SERMON. '
"If Thou Wilt Forgive The)
Not, Blot Me. I Pray The
Book."
BROOKLYN, Nov. 19.—I
nacle, this morning, Rev.
delivered one of hismost
useful sermons from a text I
preached from. Subject—
the Bible. The text chosen
82: 82, "If Thou stilt forgie
and ff not, blot ine, I pray
Thy book,"
There is in our linglish
small conjunction, which I
Sins—and if
Out of Thy
the Taber -
Dr. Talmage
unique and
ever before
'he "Ifs" of
as: Exodus
their sins—
hee, out of
language a
propose, by
God's hefp, to haul out of its present in-
significancy and set upon the throne
where it belongs, and tha is the con.
junction "If." Though m de of only
two letters it is the pivot on vlech every-
thing turns. All time and all eternity
are at its disposal. We slur it in our
utterance, we ignore it in 0 r apprecia-
tion, and.none of us recog nee it as the.
most tremendous word in all die voca-
bulary outside of those eords ‘vhiclis
describe Deity. If! Why that word'
sve take as a tramp an ong ‘vords-
now appearing here, no appearing
there, but having no value of its own,
when it really has a mi lionairedom
of woelds,- an.d in its -.train walk all
planetary, stellar, lunar, sol r destinies.
if the .boat of leaves made ater tela,
in which infant Moses sailed the Nile,
had sunk, who Nvould have , led Israel
out of Egypt? .If the Red Sea had not
parted for the escape of one host, and
then come together for the suemergence
of another .host, would the Book of Ewe"
dus ever have been written ? theehip
which Columbus sailed for America
had gone down in an Admit' oyclone,
ave taken
nent ? If
orcements
victory at
how much longer would it 1
for the discovery of this cont
Grouchy had come with rem
in time to give the French tin
Waterloo, what Would have been the
fate of Europe? If the Spanish Armada
had not been wrecked off the coast, how
different would have been many chan-
ters.in 'English history?. If ti e battle of
Hastings, or the battle 'of P
• the battle of Valmy, or the
• Mataurus, or the • battle
or the battle of Chalons,
of which turned the wo,
tiny bad been decided
way. If Shalwepeare had
born for the drama, or Handel
been born for music, or Titian
heen born for painting, or Tiorwaldsen
had never been born for sc lpture,
Edmund Burke had never bee, i born for
eloquence, or Socrates had
born ler philosophy, or Blac
never been born for the law,
cus had never been born for
or Luther had never been bo
reformation! Oh, that conjun
HOw much has depended on
of it, the depth of it,
of it the breadth of it, the im
it, the infinity of it, who can
It would awapip anything bu
twice. But I-. must confine nil -elf to -day
doing so
•powering
ulity„ the
gumenta-
cance, or
compass
ibly
iltowa, or
battle of
f Arbela,
each ope
id's dei -
he other
lever been
had never
had never
1
ever been
stone had
✓ Conerni-
troll= y,
n for the
'don "If!"
it, The
the length
ensity of
meastn•e?
Oinnipe-
1 '4'
to the."Ifs" of the Bible, and i
I sled' speak of the "If" of ove
carneetness. the "If". of incre
"If" Of threat, the "If" ,of at
lion, the "If" of etenial eignif
so ninny of these • 7Ifs" as I ca
inthe time that may be.reason
ted to pulpit discourse.
S
First. the. "If" of overpowe ng earn-
estness. Mystext gives it. T S. lraelites
have been worshipping an idol,notwith-
standing all that God eas don for them,
and now Moses. offers the ni ,st vehe-
ment prayer of all history,nd turns
upon an "If." , "If thou wilt forgive
their sins;—and if not, blot ni I pray
Thee, out of Thy book." Oh, Vhat an
overwhelming "If !" It was s tinuch aS
to say.- "If nem wiltnot par to to ' them,
he Promised Land: if thy muat
il
do not pardon meeif Thou wil n A bring
ths
periSh let me perish with tiler ; in that
book where thou recordest th ir doom,
record my doom; if they are s mt out of
heaven, let 'liaise shutout of leaven; if
• thee godown into darkness, et 1rro go
down into darkness-." What v he iienee
and holy recklessness of prayer! Yet
there are those here who, I . have tie
doubt, have, in their all-absa bing de-
sire to have others savel, risked
the sarne prayer. . for . 't s a
risk. You muet not make it mless
you are willing to balance yo r eternal
salvation on such an "If." et there
luta been eases where a n other
has been so anxious for the rebovery of
a way ward son that her p ayei has
sevung and trembled and ppi.ed chi all
dlf" like that of the text. "II nothl(it
me, I pray Thee, out of T iy book,
Write his name in the Lamb s Beek af
Lite. or turn to the pago. wheremy name
e as Written ten or twenty 01 for y or
six ty years ago, and with the
of everlasting midnight eras
name and my last pame an
mune. If lie- is to go into s
Jet. me be tossed amid the same
If he cannot be a - partner in
let fee be a riartner in his wo( ,
i'or many years loved. Thee, 0 3.0d 1
it has been my expectation t sit
Christ and all the redeemed at the.
quet of the aides, but I no1v gis
promised place at the feast,
promised rube, and my in•opiis
tied my promised throne, mit
unless George, unless Henry, 1
darling son can iihnee them
Heaven will be no heaven witl
0 God, "save my boy, or c mut me,
emong the lest." That is . a terrible.
pi ay era and yet there is a yo ing man,
sitting in the pew on . th mairi
, floor, or . in -the lower go lery, es
sin t e top . gallery, %vies* has already
i„'evite es such a. :prayer from ItiS
it 1)f.her's; heart. Ile hardly , OT i' 1‘ ritee
lionio, or, living nt home, what does he
care how much trouble he gi ,es •lier ?
ller tears are no inore to him then the
rain that drops trete the eave of' I lw
huw-ze 911 edark night. The act that
. e does not sleep becatnse at .1n ng for
his return late .at nio-lit does not choke
ilk laughter or hasten his step "orwase,
She has tried coaxing., and hire n:s ;Ina
!•elf-Sacrinet, and all the ordinal. •pi nyers
that mothers wake for their child; on,
and :111 have failed. She IS er ininX to -
Ward the vivid and venturescpine •;o11
terrific pra:,•er of my text. Sh ' is f,;oing
to lift her own eternity and set. • it, ti ou
11;a t;.one elf," by which she eepects to
decide whether you will go up vith her
.er shedown e ith you. She may be
the mone nt leoldne heavens' erd, and
, .,yhig, ••() 1.001, reeLlint hin11;!,:hyLli.::1:111:;.k
r :
ace.' :;nd 411(11 adding
lenda.,;•:" IC ; f iny iPxt : "1 pet I 1,4:
pr;!:,- '1', ee.vit of Thy lino %,
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hno‘v4111 ‘,.(elloi pray ow :'1 14 :" If
1 (odd v.sk 11?(,!...i,
\yin) 11:IVe bvell propel home lo Ceet 1 y
piotiennot lion; to,eiond 0, 11.4 co ;7,
be scores.. that would :easel. end if 1
snoula•asic them to give testimony of
tleit New England son coming ashore
from the split timbers of the whaling
ehip. My mother prayed me home!"
, Another Bible "If" is the "If" of in-
credulity. Satan used it when'Christ
with his vitality depressed by forty days/
abstinence from food, the tempter point-
ed to some stones, in color an& shape •
like loaves of bread, and said, "If Thou
be the Son of God, command that these
stones be. inade bread." That, was ap-
psopriate, for Satan is the father of that
"If" of incredulity. Peter used the sante
"If" when, standing on the Wet and
slippery deck of a fishing meek:of Lake
Galilee, he saw Christ walking , on the
sea as though it were as solid4is a pave-
ment of basalt from the adjoining vol -
etude hills, and Peter cried out, "If it be
Thou, let me come to The on the
water," What a prepostee4ius "If 191
What human foot was ever so construct •
ed as to walk on Water? In *hat part
of the earth did law of gra,viteitiOn make
exception to the rule that a Man will
sink to the elbows when he touches
the wave of river or Jake, and
will sink still further unless hel on swim?
But -here Peter looks out :Open. the
fornein the shape of a man defying the
mightiest law of the universe, the law of
gravitation, and standing °rept on the
top of the Iiq,uid. Yet the incredulous
Peter Cries put to the Lord, "If it be
Thoth" Alas ! for that iucredelous"If."
It is working as powerfully in the latter
part �f this nineteenth Christi4n century
as it did in the 'early part af the first
Christian century. Though a mall con-
junctiou, it is the biggest blodc to -day
in the way of the Gospel. chariet, ".1f !"
"If I" We have theological .seminaries
'which spend most of .their time and em-
ploy their learning and their genius in
the manufacturing of "Ifs.". With that
weaponry is assailed the. Pentateuch,
and the miracles anddivinity of Jesus
Christ, Almost 'everybody is chewing
on au "If." When many a nilan bows
for prayer he puts his knee an an
The door through ‘vhich people pass into
infidelity and atheism and all timmorah
aids has two doorposts, and the one is
made up of the letter "I" and the other.
of the letter "F."
There are. only four steps 1 between
atrong faith and complete lunbelief.
First, surrender the idea. of the verbal
inspiration of the Scriptures, and adopt
the idea that they were all generally
supervised'by the. Lord. Secend, sur-
render the idea that they were all gener-
ally. supervised .by the Lord, and adopt
the theory that they were not Ian, but
partly, supervised by the Lorde Third,
believe that they are the gradual evolu-
tion of the ages, and men wrote accord-
ing to the wisdom of the times in which
they dived. - Fourth, believe that the
Bible is a bad book and not only un-
worthy of credence, but pernicious and
debasing and cruel. Only four steps
from the stout • faith in which the
martyrsdied to the blatant caricature of
Christianity as the greatest sham of the
centuries. But the door to all that pre-
cipitation and horror is made out of an
'lfdt The motherof unrest' in the
minds of 'Christian people and in those
-who regard sacred things as the "If"
of incredulity. In 1879, in Scotland,
I saw a letter which had been
written inauy years ago by 'Monies
Carlyle to Thames Chalmers. Oarlyle,
at the .time of writing the letter, was a
young mane The letter was not to
be published until after the death of
Carlyle. His. death having taken place,
the letter ought to be published. It was
a letter in which Thomas Carly -le' ex-
presses the tortures of 'his own 'mind
while relaxing his faith in Christianity,
while at tire same time, he expresses his
admiration for Dr. Chalmers, and in
which Carlyle Wishes that he had the
same faith that the greet Scotch minis-
ter evidently exercised.- Nothing. that
Tnomas Carlyle ever wrote in elSartor
Resartus," or the "French Revolution,"
or his "Life of Cromwell," or his im-
mortal "Essays," had in it more won-
• drous power thee that letter which be-
wailed his own doubts and extrolled the
strong faith of another. I made an ex-
act copy of that letter,with the under-
standing it should not be published Until
after the death of Thos. Carlyle ,but, re-
turning to my liotel in Edinburgh,' felt
uneasy lest somehow that letter should
get out of my possession and be publish-
ed before its time. So I took it back to
the person by vhose permission I had
copied it. All reasons for its privacy
having vauished, 1 NviSll it ruight be pub-
lished.
Perhaps this sermon finding its way
into a Scottish home nsay suggest its
printing, for that letter -showa mere
mightily than anything I have ever read
the difference between the "I know" of
Paul and the "I know" of Job and the
"1 know" of Thomas Chalmers and the
"I know' of all those who hold Nvith a
firm grip the old (level on 'the one
hand, and the unmooteug, bestorming
and torturing "If" of incredulity on
the other. 17 like the positive faith of
that sailor boy that Captain Judkins, of
the steamship Scotia, picked up in a
hurricane. •'Go aloft ! said Captain
Judkins to his mate, "and look out for
wrecks," Before the mate had gone
far. up the ratlines, he shouted, "A
wreck 1 a wreck." "Whore away ?"
said Captain Judkies. "Off the port
bow," was the answer. Life boats, were
lowered, ..end forty men volun-
teered to put out across the ' angry
sea for the Wreck. Theycame back
with a dozen ship -wrecked, and among
them a boy of twelve years. "Who are
you?" said Captain Judkins, The an-
swer was: "I am a Scotch bole My
father and mother aredead aud I am on
my way to America." "What have you
here?" said Captain Judkins, as he
opened the boy's jacket and took hold of
a rope around the boy's body. "It is a
rope," said the boy. "But what is. that
tied by this rope under your ! arm?"
"That, sir, _is my mother's Bible. She
told me neeer to lose that." "Could you
not have saved soneething else?".. "Not
and saved that." "Did youexpect to g�
down?" --Yes, sir, but I. meant to take
my mother's -Bible down with nie," -
"Bravo!" said Captain Judkies, "I will
take care of you." That boy demon-
strated a certainty and acoufiderice that
I like. Just in proportion as you; have
few "Ifs" of incredulity in your religion,
will you find it a comfortable religion.
My full and unquestioning- faithhn it is
founded on the fact that it soothes and.
sustains in time of trouble. I do not- be -
liege that anyenan who ever lived had
more blessings and prosperity thaul have
received from Pod and the worlds But
I have had trouble entitle) to allow me
opportunity for fieding out whether our
religion is of any use in such exigency.
I have had fourteen great bereavements,
to say nothing of lesser bereavernents,
for I was the youngest of a large family.
I have had as much persectition as conies
to most people. I have had all kinds of -
trial, except severe and prolonged sick-
ness, and I would have been dead long
ago but for the consolatory power of our
religion.
' Any religion will do in time of pros-
perity. Buddhism will do. Confucian-
ism will do. Theosophy will dee No
religion at all Will do. But when the
world geti after you and defames your
best deeds, when bankruptcy takes the
Place of large.dividends, when You fold
for the last sleep the still hands ver the
still heart of your old father, lo has
been planning for yeur welfare a 1 these
years, or eou close me eyes of your
mother, ho has lived in your life ever
since bef re you were born,,. removing
her spect cies because she will have
clear visi n in the home to which she
has goue, 0 r you give_ the last kiss to the
child recl fling amid the flowers that pile
the caske and looking as natural and
life -like a she ever did reclining in the
cradle, t ien the only religion worth
anything is the old-fashioned religion of
the Go pel of ' Jesus Christ. I.
would gi e more in such a crisis for one
of the ' promises expressed in half . a
verse. of the old Book than, for a whole
.)
library c ntaining all the productions of
all th1
e other religions of all the ages.
The other religions area sort,of cocaine
to benumb and deaden the soul while
bereaverhent and misfortune do their
work, but our religion is -inspiration,
illumination, emparadisation. It is a
mixturel of sunlight and hallelujah. .Do
net athilterate it With one drop of the
tincture ofincredulity.
Anott er I3ible "If," is the "If" of
1,
eternal siguificance. Solomon gives us
that "1 " twice in one sentence when
he says, "IT thou be wise, thou shalt be
wise for thyself ; but if thou scorpest,
thoualone shall bear it," Christ gives
us that "If" when He says :. "If thou
hadst known in this thy day, the things
which elong unto thy peace, but now
they are hidden from thine eyes." Paul
gives us that "If" when he suit : "If
they shall 'enter into my .rest." All
those "Ifs" and a score more that I
might reeall. put the whole respon-
sibility of our salvation on ourselves.
Christ's willingness to pardon : No
"If" about that. Christ's willingness to
help: No "It" about that. R..ealms of
glory awaiting the righteous: ' No "If"
about that. The only "If" in all the
case worth a moment's consideration, is
the "If" that attaches itself to the ques-
tion as to ‘vliether we will accept,
whether we . will repent, whether we
-will believe, whether we will rise for-
ever. Is it not time that we take our
eternal. future off that swivel ? Is it
not time that we extirpate- that "If,"
that miserable "If," that liazardous
"if?" 'We would not allow this un-
certain 'Jr to stay long in anything else
of importance. Let someone say in re-
gard to a railroad bridge, "I have rea-
sons for asking if that bridge is safe,"
and you would not cross is. Let some -
0110 Sny "I have reasons , to ask, if
that stea'tner is trustworthy," and you-,
would not, take passage on it, Let some
one suggest in regard to a property that
you- are about to purchase. 'hi have
reason to ask if they can give a good
title," and you would notpay a dollar
down until you had •some skillful real
estate lawyer exarnine the title. But I
allowed for years of My lifetime, and
some at' you have alloe ed for years of
your lifetime, and "If" to stand tossing
up and down questions of eternal, des-
tiny. 011, decide. Perhaps your arrival
litre to -day may decide. Stranger
things than that have pill, to flight for-
ever the "If" of uncertainty, .
A few Sabbath nights ago, . in this
church, 0 man, passing at the foot of the
pulpit, said to me : "1 am a miner froni
England," and then he pushed back his
coat sleeve and said: "Do yousee that
sear on my arm?" "I said: "Yes. You
must, have had an awful wound there
some time." He said : "Yes ; it nearly
cost me my life. I was in amine in Eng-
land, six hundred feet underground, and
three iniles front the shaftof the mine,
and a roca fell on me, and my fellow
-
laborer pried off the rock, and I was
bleeding to death, and he took a newii-
paper from around his luncheon :and
bound it around my wound, and then.
helped inc over the three miles under-
ground to the shaft, where I was lifted
to the top, and when that newspaper
was taken off my wound, I read on it
something that saved my soul, and - it
was one of your sermons. Good night,"
he said as he passed on, leaving me
transfixed with grateful emotion.
And who kris ws but the words I now
speak. blessed of God, may reach some
sounded soul deep down in the black
mine of sin, that these words 'nay be
blessed to the staunching of the wound
and the eternal life of the soul ? Settle
this matter instantly, positivele and for-
ever. Slay the last "If." Bury deep
the last "If." How to do it? Fling
body. mind and soul in a prayer as
earnest as that of Moses in the
text. Can you doubt the earnest-
ness of this prayer of the text? It is -
so heavy with emotion that it breaks
'down in the middle. It was so earn-
est that the translators in the
modern copies of the Bible were obliged
to put a mark, a straight line, a dash,
for an omission that will never be filled
tile Such an abrupt pause, Rich a sud-
den snapping off of thesentence. You
caunot parse my text. 'It is anoffencethat
to grammatical coustruction. B
dash put in by the typesetters is might-
ily suggestive, "If thou wilt forgive
their sin (theis comes the dash)—; "and
if not, blot ine, 11)141' thee. out of thy
book." Some of the most earnest pray-
ers ever uttered could not be parsed', and
were poor specimens of language,. They
halted, they broke down, they passed
into sobs of groans tar silence.
God cares nothing for the. syntax (:).1.
prayers, nothing for the rhetoric of pray-
ers. Oh, the wordless prayers! If they
were piled up they would reach to the
rainbow that arches the throneeof God.
A deep sigh may mean more than a
whole liturgy. Out of the one hundred
and sixteen thousand words of the Eng-
lish language there may not be a word
enough expressive for the. soul. The
most effectiveprayers I have ever heard
have beep prayers that broke down with
emotion—the young man for the first
time rising in a prayer meeting- and say-
ing "0 Lord Jesuel" and then sitting
down, burying the facein the hauelker-
chief — the penitent in the"GIuidiqileuirlyp
m
Rookneeling and saying.
me," and getting no further—the Woken
prayer that started a great revival in.
my church in Philadelphia. A prayer
rises, have a style the gracefulness of an
Addisou, and the sublimity of a Milton,
'end the epigrammatic force of an Enter.
•Sons and yet, be a failure, having a hold:.
.zontal power but no perpendical- power,
horizontal power reaching the ear of
ma 4, bet no perpendicular power reach-
ing the ear of God. ,
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