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In mtroducing tho following Addresses to public notice, it
is perhaps deairable tliat u short occount ()f the remurkablo
man who delivered them should bo given. Fr»Miuontly, when
a man by tho force of his character is raised from his original
obscurity to a position of eminence, exaggerated versions of
Hisearly history are forthcoming from tho pen of individuals
who are so eager to gain profit, that they scarcely give either
tirno or trouble to ascertain the accuracy of the rumours on
which, too often, these stateraonts are founded. This is the
case, to a considerable jigeat, ^fith the notices of llichard
Weaver which have befpen to the public. In the present
instance, care hm beenliten to objain the fullest and most
reliable information ; and the facts have been recorded from
the lips of Mr. Weaver directly, or from his most intimate
Irieuds, so that their general accuracy may be relied upon
rhejnfluence of earlv training was never more strikingly
exeniphfied than in the present instance; and this both for
gobd an(l for evil. Richard Weaver was surrounded from his
birth, with two opposite sets of influences, antagonistic in
their tendencies, and each, in "turn, preponderating? He is a
native of Shropshire. His father was a collier, and, like many
01 that class, was a. man sunk in the depths of depravity A
victim to intemperance, he gave loose lo the'vices which fol-
low m its train, and was a noted blasphemer and reveller As
IS too generally the case, his family suffered from his drunk,
enness. Often did his drunken maduesii cause him to ill use
and assault his wife, and this in the presence of his chiWren ^^
Scenes of this kind frequently repeated, and familiar from his
earlv childhood, have left a deep impression upon the mind of
Kichard; and ^hen, in some moment of his impassioned ac-i
peals, he fulminates in wrathful tones against the dastardly/
wife-beating drunkard, it is easy to see that the secret sprin J
of his keen invective and eloquent reproof is to bo found in
his owa reminiscences of childhood—a drunkard's home 2
blaspheming father^ and a BUlTcring, patient hinther A^j j^
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IWTMODl'f'TlON.
i« to bin mother that w« miwt turn for tho oth<»r nf.Io of this
darkp,cturo. From hi« father. h« duriyod uothiuK but ,K,r-
nicu,u^oviI influence, but hl« mother woh u Hi^io.. wo-
m«n. and one who kept hor light hurning i„ a dark ,,L>. Hhe
r.!L7.''u ^''""'""' ""'* ^"^'" *"-'«• '"»«t«>' i"«t«^ of the
ShTfKi ^^P^'"^' "'«'•«"' "rHt iHurnc'd to call unoq Ood
h«pif ok« ij^ i ^^"'^""' '^^^"'■o that he would tniir«l«.|.
trugtinthnpf Tf • r ,' ^^*V'^'* **'°" slay mo, yet will 1
♦ki** '^f °i °? ^''*"" "^"^l *o woree/ and for years was onA nP
SSulia fellow n"^^^^^
Dd^" nlw^^i ^'°^^ himthoiiumo of " Uudauuted
•Siv weTn^^'Vif^'r'^' ""•' fiKl'tiu^. blasphemy, ami oS
.TBWnity wen, uow the characterisUca of lis carccrj aid, up ^
■sr\
»U[i* of this
litiff but jM)r-
>*itgi()iiH wo-
t |)lac<t. Hlie
tettU of the
I upou Ood
as men, ho "
n>u(liiif( tho
tliruaton to
icutjon and
(uxiree.
'isiug that,
other were
I coinpftiiy,
red nature,
iduatly ob-
|uity. As
itoxicating'
■efjuentere,
} for %ht-
s uud bru-
when but
lack eyes,
nees, and
an almost
, that ho
I I would
left the
lort time,
her poor
bud, and
murder
« steady
rdeprav-
t will X
tj laininj;^
?k thou -
I one of
he asso-
counters
daunted
and ob-
J, up to
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f iNfiifti»rcTi« y. . .
IhlVtimo, wn ^.'.^ (ully ».xr,np!i(l<Hl Hio roMiIfM of hfi fiithfr's
l»erniciouH .•,xiim|.i«\ ( Jo.l wuh not in ulj bin thoughfH, and th«f
ways of Hi;^ii»n w«'r«( bin ablmrn luc Hut iipdV way« or«
not ouim 111 the faw of nil t i.i.s relMjlliou aud siu, Ood iii-
Uiridwl to mv him lor II ih jfloiy, and. m ii»^ the memorable
cose of Saul of Taisn.s, to niak.« the bitU'ropponer to b«»come
a champion for the Irnfli. In tlic ut'uUi of Iuh hIu, and while
preparing for a ligiit, wliich had been arranged to take niace
a lew daynW-terwanls. he overheard Home individualH con-
versing on Hnitrions snbje<.tM; his p,u-t life flashed before him.
and he wan nuHerable. He had not been to a place of wor^
ship for eight year.x, but these wordH fi„<*ht>d into bin niiml.
" Lord, what wdt thou have me to do?" Now the effect of
hiH mother's early training began to show itst^lf ; and thouirh
thita sunk Ml sin, the see. I, uliih hud l)e..ii long hofow howu
begun to bear IViiit |.'or soino da^s he rehisted 5,e striving)!
of the spn^t— Ined to ilrown fhir voice of co#eience with
drmk—he even attempted suhlde; and when uii/ible to fultil
bis nitontion. he ulti'inptMl to murder a poof uufortumite fe-
male with whom In- was (oimeit^'d. rorlunateKf a eompa-
uiou nw'vented him from uewunplisliing the iiwful cri For
- two days longer did his misery (.ontinue, and then, inboumk
less compUst*ioii, the Lord spok<! peace to his soul. He soon
niudehw mother's hearJ to sin-f for joy, bv sending her u let-
ter, telling Iter what i;o«l Imd done for him. For a time, " jio
ran well, but s(.inetning Iiindeied." Satan strove hard for
him, and his oh] companions laboured to get him oncTi moite
with theni; and at last ho fell, and was, for a time, a living
ejfamplo that the " last state of such nit»n is worse thah
the first" .,
Jio now remdved to a village, not for from Maiichestop,
where, as " California Dick," he sOqu acquired a reputation
for everything that was evil. One Sumlay afternoon, two
voung men, who had recenfly been conveitej, and whose hearts
burned with oil the fervour of first love, were standiog in a '
house in the village, when the sister of one of them said -^
pointing put of the window, "Look, there goes California
mck. One of tliese young men said to the writer of this
sketch, 'I shall never forget that first sight of Richard
Weaver. He was walking between two fighting men, and
his face was plastered in uU dir<>ctions from wounds ho had
received in a rwent fight. While I looked j^on him I r©.
a ol ved to try wid get hohl of, hiin, and to winijum for Ohriit'
Au
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INTHODUCTION,
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togo to the Sunday School rmri' '^ '•° ^^^ •"nduced.
. "otwithoaf^asou, tb^ ^,t^^ ^^'"^ «nd
It harm in the ODiuion nf^fi ' ^^k^^^ ni'ffhf possiblv do
• courses. OnL day. n th^vet ] «?« Sf ^ ^^^•^"ke his
>» Manchester used La £.-^'^^' ^'^'"""^ beiuiriu anS
".ff the boxing &":,^ ^^"-;"ff or boding snioo.? andfe
box,ng match, ?ei.ed wi h^«S"^Zn^ ^ ««t"«^"yenffa^'ed in a
for sm that he became h "rro^ st.t? TH'*'^" ancTsorrow
reared to start up before him owu' '^^^ ^'s Past career an-
f ;e.ided, Htare,?him^full in tJ^ V ^'^^ T''"' «"*» to whiS
the Wesleyan Society 'L^T^ f»ad become new. He SS
^««ehest4ciSiSr«'&tS^n'"^^^^ oS -
i"« residence. -The conductor of ilf\" r""^"^' *'"*« being
thereahtyof hisconverZn S *^''''''"'' s'^ti^^ as ta
tea<Aer in some ortblSvfe" *^ ^"^^ him^a
work a little for God!^*'"''^''^^'^^' anJ thus he begaTto
^"g> and one Sund^uftac^"^/^"'^ ^^' "^'^^ ^
a'r. In company with somp^^f ?? . ^f meeting in the onen
fro uthe Sunday sSooJ and ttl ^?T^^'^^^ was returS
on. The Mormon Ser af te^^^- '^^ *^ ^'^' ^'h'^t w^is goinf -
y tern, and enforci^ittathfLf''^ ofVe"?
cl.allengi„g any onetlrep^ v^'!'"^' ?'« Power, closed by
Rj^ard Wea/er said " TwJii ''"^''^«^ appearing willin/
acNrtost^ndonTLdmr?hL"p"^^^^^^^ ^"* t musTS ^
fused^to do; but seve?^ "^r th^ni^ *''' ^^^^^^
^»onof:^Mormon,h:^r^
INTRODUGTION.
vH
inintnnco waa
was induced,
lout cpnside-
tfaoaglrt, and
change took
possiWy do
couvictioDs '
kehis sJnfQi
igiu aplace
•», and bav.
■nfe'ag^diua
and sorrow
career ap_
to which i,t
he p]tice ho
room, cast
erar hours
t the Lord
3 sake par-
was evi-
Old things
Ue joined
le of the
tliis being
«^d as to
him as a
began to
they had
aver was
the open
■eturoing
Jis going
of their
losed by
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1st have
non re-
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n»enced *
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lodijfvof tJic siibjcbt; ami so handlod his opponents that they
speedily left llm asJioinlily, nnd slunk o^it of tlio viHagc, leav-
ing Uichiml inustor of thofi«il(l; and from fliat time thnyjiave
«voi<l«^d the place. Mr. Weaver's brother wns aclosa-leader
and locid preacher, and occasioug^* ho supplied for him, and
proiniiuflwy before the public. Ho
this brouifht him more
became knowti to that deyotod.survaut of Uod, Mi% Keginald
Ratclilfe, ofLivOrpool, and he soon found him employment as
a colporteur. In this capacity he /attended the execution of
Palmer, and sold Bibles nhd dintriljuteil U'acts on the ground
at Htafllbrd, during the previous, night For about twelve,
months he continued in this occupation, frequently aCcompu-
nyinij Mr. RatcliflFo on his preaching e.vcursions to various
places; and his reputation iiis an ardent uncompromising
preacher greatly extended. lie next aiccepled an engagement
as town missionary, at Prcscott. Here he soon bccnmean * ,
object Of pereiecution to miiny, especiiuUy the papists; and on
several occasions he wius cruelly ilUused by them— being more
than once dragged along the j^rouud by his legs, with his
head striking against the stone pavement until it was severely
cut. " But hone of these things moved him." All bleeding
as he was, he stood up and preached Christ to the infuriated '
people; One of whom rushed at him with a bludgeon, with
whioh lie struck him a violent blow On the head, which felled
him to the ground. He rose to hi.s knees, and, bleeding as
he was, comnienced praying for the man who struck him. The
ruflfian still grasping the weapon, walked round him Uireaten-
ifigto kill him. But an unseen power protected Richard, and
throwing the stick down the man was heard to mutter as he
slunk away, " I cannot kill him; he basso many lives."
The many applications for his services in distant towns ^Com-
pelled him to resign his engagement at Prt^scott, and since that
period he has travelled over ihe British islands, pi-eacliing the
Gospel. He is not in the employ of any society,, and therefore
i-eeeives no salary. But, trusting to Providence for temporal _
blessings, he has realized the truth, " Verily, thou shalt dwell
in the land, and be fed."
In London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dublin, and iti many
towns in Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, und elsewhere, he
has laboured with unprecedented success. He specially ad-
dresses himself to the working claises, and, b^icg one of
t hemselves, he is able so to appeal to their sympathiftsj th^th » ?
secures their attention. After once preaching in any place, ^'
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i\TR<)nrrTi<)N.
crowds flock to hear him on nil succeeding occasions, and these
are to a vpjylurge extent from tl>o ranks of those who seldom
or never tittend any plnce of worship. In some towns,* up-
wards of a hundred persons Imve been brought to the enjoy-,
mentof religion, every night, nndpr his ministry; aod this for
• several weeks in succession. Tliough sometimes be may, in his
. earnestness be betrayed into exprepsiona which, to say the
least, had better have been "omitterl, yet few call hear him
without feeling pereuaded that he is a remarkable man, raised
upspecially for agreatend. God has wonderfully owned hia
labours. Thousaiids have been converted bj^ his instrumen-
tality; and to recount but a portion of the thrilling nurrativea
which ho gives of scenes in which he has taken part since hia
conversion, would fill a volume, and cannot, therefore, be at-
tempted in this brief sketch. But no pen can do justice to the
power with which he sways the emotions, of the immense
throngs who crowd to hear him. Now provoking a smile,
almost merging upon open merriment, by some fla.sh of native
humour, and then melting them to tears by some pathetic
narration, matchless for its artless simplicity and tenderness.
A nd it is a sight worth looking upon, to see a large chapel
>^ filled with the hard-handed, and grimy featured sons of toil,
who have come direct from their workshops to the chapel,
thus acknowledging the power of one of nature's orators.—
Untaught, rugged, anil sometimes uncouth, he at all times
mfearlsssly declares the truth; warning all men, exhorting and
reproving. Hypocrisy he boldly attacks, and unsparingly re-
bukes. An uncompromising teetotaller, and with his own
fearful remembrances of the deadly nature of the evil of drunl?-
enneds, ho denounces'the liquor traffic in all its forms, and re-
lentlessly lashes all engj^ed in it. To drunken fathers and
husbands, he shows no mercy, but pours upon them a torrent
of withering and bitter sarcasm, showing them their sinful
folly arid madness; but to j^ll ho offers a free salvation with an
earnest faithfulness that carries conviction of his own sincerity,
and whfch is again and again blessed by God to the conversion
of scores and hundreds. / ,
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nnd thoso
lo seldom
iwns,' up-
the enjoy- .
id this for
lay, in his
say th«
1 liearhim
u), raised
owned hia
nstruraen-
nnrratives
I; since his
re, be at-
tice tothe
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of native
pathetic
sudemesB.
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iringly re-
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ADDRESS I.
f " I w'M arise mid go to my Father."— LvKV Xv. 18. 19.
j This congregation is a great deal better than the one
J last night; but still there are too many fine folks here.—
I - I find that many of yoii are dressed in fine satins and rib^
f boas, and I would rather have more of those with shawls
I thrown over their heads. Thoy can come, however, to-
-^ i morrow night, and I hope thfit you will invite thetn. If
I' I had known I should not have curae to the cfaitpel in my
black suit to-night, but my wife persuaded me. We have
just buried a little child, and my wife said I should show
4 but little respect for it if I didn't put on black. I think,
I however, 1 might have shown just *a8 much respect for it
I if I had not put on my black clothe^; J do not feel at
■>■ homein black clothes at all. j^^' .\ ■'■'■■■'- ■.:.'■'' :■':/'-
I "I will arise andl go^to my Father.**^ This, is a teautiful
f, text You are well aware what chapter it is iur^^it is
I taken from the same chapter as my text was lasi uight
I I.have no need to give it out, for I never do that. If'you
I want to know where it ivS you must look in the Bible for
I it as I had to do before I got it. I have Iveen getting a
cup of tea with my friend Mr. Cauohey this afternoon,
and he said that I must give over preaching sooner and
must not talk too long; but vvli«n I begin to preach I
don't know where to stop. ** A certain man had two
sons." They tell me this is a parablo!; I dpn't Ixilieve tlift
this a parable at all, nor do I believe that' the Lord^ Jesus
Christ would tell ^^Jie; but when he said " A certain roan
ha d two sons , " he knew a m a n th a t -h ad two sons, and
that one of his sons \ya^ such' a character as is described
m this text. We hjiye no cause to read so much about it.
..■■■;.:.■. •■■:/-^. I WILL -ARISE ■
; ^'I WMt you to ooraoto theHame (lecision asthisvounir
man in the gospel We liave no need to ask where a,5
n a prodigal ? We have all atrayed away from our Fa-
tW^ouae; we have fomken 4e fount^n^^wt
ter8.^and have hewn out to ourselves broken cistAs that
rnliat"'??^^ and we have done despite tol^el^d
SL!i f I* ^H« J'^'**!, w deceitful above alJ things, and
despemtely wicked Now the secularists tells ustf^t^he
heart is not deceitfnl, but I believe that Joe Barker's heart
18 de^rtfuJ, and desperately wicked, even when he S
a profession of religion.^ The Lord save you scepti^i
rS^-fr^..™'*" .^«« deterrainea that he would We
Chnst for his portion. Before this he had been deter
mined hke many of us that he would see life I like to ^
gaamongst boys just as they are reaching six^e^ taS
lu^L'^Tr^f. *^,^^^^^^^ '^' «^^««*'* witlfcigan theiV
raou hs.^ They think they are men, but they oueht tobJ
l^dto their motW's apron strings They dSd into
S:^^^'^-^' ^^-y^ t4 will ^d^K^t
T^Ln ^^*]V-u*^« eyes of the old folk upon me; now
I can go and drink, and smoke my cigai^, Ld have mv
fP^ punch." And what a^b^ bm^e SS
^„r^ "'''' f ^T ^'««^«dience and prodigality, and
your fathe.-s and mothers advised you. We knew ^me-
«m.gof the allurements of the worid, and we m5^ afi^
^ of ourselves^ with^ the devil to help. - We^^^
.however to our feyierVhouse. and we tad it a dS "
P^andwearefbund in a diflfe,^„tplace no^ towhat
we o^ were.. Weai-e clothed, and iii our right mind. i.
AJovely daughter m^he we.t of Scotland went IwAyfr^
tt^bome of her i>irth. ^ She had only a p..^ing nu>th^
^^7"^ Y «?.*y/'«™ '»ome by a young man J '
|unted^down by aWood-hound of hell, ai.d brOu^tdo^n ^
to^ostiMition. He brou^fht her to Edinburghf and l^ft I
left her there without a friend. The poor pravifi<r mother 1
^^ " ^'f f^^^^ ^ ^^^^^r a^^t^r was on theatre^ ,
of Glasgow, hviDg and i-evelling in o,>on sin. Still the
■ '■'■»-.
A-SU OO TO MV J-'ATilKU.
11
as thisyouDff
i6k where are
l»t ; but what
from ourFa-
o( J'v^ng wa-
cistorns that
' to the blood
I thinffs, and
I us that the
arker*8 heart
len he made
ii sceptics.--^
would ifave
been deter- -
; I like to
ix^en yearat
rai-s in their
ought to be
fescend into
pleasure for
world. One
m me; now
id have mj
ve made of
igalitj, and
n^w some-
nade a fine
e returned,
aditfeient
w to what
ight niind. ^
avvay frotii
ig inotlier,
ng mian-*. ' .
ightdown 4
>, arid left i^
rig mother .|
years had
.1-
i
■I
the streets
Still the
tnother's love for her poor child wan right in her hwirt,
and she said, <* 1 will Htjarch out, for my cliiM," and 8ho
started out to seek hen y ho went to Glasgow, and after
searching about the streets for her lor six day.s, she found
her in a harlot's dvyelliiig. . Tlie girl, when slie'saw her
mother cried out» '•Mother, will you forgive me?" The
mother embraced her, and assured her that she was for-
given; and she promised her mother timt hIjo would go
ack with her to her little cot. The riext morning she
prepared for returning home, htid towards night they set
off, but she had no so<»ner got her mother lYito the street
than she left her. The poor old womari, with her heart
almost broken, sought for her daughter a iiiglitand a day,
but she did not find her; and then, \vith a heavy heart,
slie re))aired to her humble dwelling. Twelve months
passed away, and orie stormy night, when the wind wlnstled
through the casement of that dwelling, and whilei the door
rattled and shook on its hinges, she began to pray forOod
to* bless her child wherever she might be; and just as ^e
prayed, she heard a gentle tap at the door. She prayed
i^i 01, and she heard another rap, and soon the door
opened. Jt was her only daughter that had come back
andaskiad her mother to receive her: " Aye, my child,'*
said she, " I will receive the, be thou what thdu wilt."
It was her daughter, though she was dressed in rags, arid
she then l)egan to pray tor the salivation -of her child.—
" Ti^eLord has^ved mej" said the girl, «' when I was-
far from home. I heard a man preach in the streets, and
the Lord pardoned my sins, and since then I have wan-
dered seven days, barefooted, towards my home; but how
was it, mother, that the door was not bolted?" "Ah,
mychild,^ said the mother, " during all the eight years
that thou hast been away From this dwelling that door has
never been bolted." And so it is with the door of for-
giveneiss; it has never been bolted. How like this is to
poor backsliders: you that are here to-night, that once
enjoyed the smile of heaven. You met in the class meet-
ing, and^ you delighted to be there, biit you have since
r .«j
gone back into the world. How like it is to pur heavenly
father. Though thou bast gone near to the gates of hell,
la
I WILL AKISIir
% fetherWtlj^^ Knock „o uh3 uoorto nn^I.^,
wththeo, aDdUiefeaftt«LaII be everlnsting Jove. Yes.
thedoor shall be o,>er.ed. and tb</ devil Sinnot bar t
: thojigh he would ^ ff he could. I wa. praying 'r.Z2
about three hours, he sprung up, and he said, " Bless
Ood, I have got into the house; the door is opened- it
St^^t^-^"-" f^y ^-en save all^t.;^
^praying mother, but I took no notice of thafpraS
mother; when she has been reading the Biblel haveWn .
tty father stand ovr^r her with a weTipon in his h«n<L S
t^ten to split her head in two. A the ,»ge^ «f hi!;;;;; '
nf m^^^^"" ^ get into company with other J)«d*boys
Of my own age, and I neglected the advice ofniy praying
Z^' ^V''"*^" ^^'^••^ >^^^ff« I "^^ to.driniL/«„5
S kS' S"',^.?^«^^'«"^*^»I««"«'liome one night after r
: eyes. «er poor heart seemed almost broken, and she
begaatopray for the Lord to bless me; T felt like a
Wo<^>und of hell, and I said I would murder ij^he
dWnotgive over praymg. After I had gone to bed she
tZJ^ ?y,T!^H '^^'^' »t the Jied side, and I
jumped out of bed, and seizing her by her jrrev Imirs I
^ore I would murder her if slS prayed myi^J^^l
She exclaimed, -Lord, though W shiy me, yet wmY
jn«^ in thee It ishard wor£ my cbild^raisi^^ „p ^
hand against h,s mother; but Lord, though thou slay X
^oA ;-n P"^'''' ^""'^' ^"^ ^ l>«g«n to fight, but ,nv
^to-s^ kept praying for God t^r bless ^^
prayers did me more harm than a man's fists. I was
o?^o^h^r"^ morning, and I had not been to a place
hJ^^f, ^' '""'^^'^ y^^"^' ^*^«" *bese words, which I
«m;K u*"'^^*'^' came into ray mind,- Lord what
Spint w^ rapping at my heart, and the devil said, * 1?
:i
f.
■■'ft
iooi- to niiflif,
<l ho will .Slip
: Jove. Yes,
aiinot Iwir it,
'injr 'lecoijtly
vvmstJofI for
M»irl, " Blesa
s openetl; it
aJl you bjtok
jard a yonug.
ought up by
that pray ing
il have 8e<^n «
» han<], and ;
Sf^ of aJHJut
rayj,iaying
nnking and
ight aYter I
h twobhick
JUj and she
felt like a
?r her if she
I to bed she
8i<le, and I
jy hair8, I
)re for rne.
yet will r
g up his
II slay me,
■» followed »
t, but my
and those
*• I was
jo a place
Wliich I
)rd what
■1
■■■*»■
-,f-
AN1> GO
MY FATIIBK.
n
y bed the
said, 'If
thou docA g^t'convei-te^ thy c6mpanions will say that thou
art frigUtono I of fighting llm and the other man.* The
next day I determine'I to got drunk, and 1 tried to walk
four injies to a public house, and as J went upon the i'oa<l
I had 10 cry every now and then, ' Lord have mercy upon
me.' I returned home drunk, and when I got there I
wcjnt upstairs, took a razor, and pulled my handkerchief
off to ray throat, but my mother's prayers woulii not let
me. I then went into an ha^'lot's dwelling, and tried to
murder her. I fastened a rope round her neck and threw
it over a beam in the hojse and wound her up, and had
she not been cut down, she would have been hung. This
was on the Friday evenings and I said that if God would
»only space me till the Saturday morning, I would give
Ood ray heart. He ^\d spare me and I found pardon,
and I sent my mother a letter telling her what God had
done for my soul. As she rend the letter the teiirs rolled
down her cheeks, and 4^he thought of my hands having
been in her grey hair to murder her, and she went
araongst her neighbours showing them the letter, and say-
ing, 'This ray son was dead and is alive again, was lost
and is found.* When "I went home> before going to bed
at night, I took the Bible, and as I knelt me down on
the stone on which mv mother had knelt, when I seized
her by the hair of the head, I could not pray. My fa-
ther began to cry Qut, * It is time for me to begin t.o pray
now, when my children have begun to serve God.' My
father became converted. That yoimg man was Richard
Weaver, and he is in the pulpit of Union-street Chapel, in
Rochdale, to-night. I knocked at 4ieirs gate, but the
Lord would not let me fall in. May heaven help you to
arise and come to our Father. If he am save a sin-'blighted
Richard Weaver, he can. save the vilest sinner in •Roch-
clale; and if there is pardon for mehecm save y oil. Was
there ever a wretch like me? No, never ! As I stand
here a sinner saved by grace, I shall never forget ttto
counsels of a. praying mother in by-gone days. I have
oftwi thought what an awful thiiig it will be for you that
have praying mothers, if yoi» do not come to Christ, you
will have to be damned. May heaven save you to-night
rW- - .
14
.'."*!
X Will. ARISE
,• c.
'
When I WHB ftghtjnjr, cunning, flwe/iiing. and <liinlfinp:,
I thought I hn«l lots of tViumlH, Imt thuy wuiu my ene*
mit*; and iiow that lam fifivingOod, I havoHgicatniHny
frienda, «ud they are a great dCal l>etter than those I hati
,.heior«). ..■ .. /; :*.■.;
Wheii I was first converted T had a companion, and 1
asked him one day to go with me to the chajiel, and be-
gin to serve Oo<l. He wa» a gotWl dancer, and he re]>lied,
" I ara going to dance tor JCS aside to-night, and if I
win I Bhall have a good spree," 1 said to'him, "What
shall it profit a man if hegain tlie whole world and lone
his o^n M)ul» or what shall a man give hi exchange tt»i-
his 8<^ui'^ I left him and thieve years after that I went to
see hini agam, and fonnd him on the bed of death. It
was the same young man that was with mo in the harlot's
dwelling, and that cut the rope when I luid nearly hung
her. J shall never forgot it, when I went" to see him his
mother wjis on her knees praying, *^Lord save my lad,"
and he was crying out, " It is too late! It is too late I!
It is too late I ! !" I told him that the door of mercy was
not yet shut, and he replied, " What sliall it profit a man
if hegain the whole world and lose his own soul, or what
shall he give in exchange for bis souH" Would to God
that I luid decided on that day, but I know tljat eternal
damiiation is iny (loom. "It is too late!" His mother
cried out, " Oh llicdard, do j^i-ay to God to forgive and
bless my child, lie is dying." He told his mother that he
was damned, and he said, " Richard, pray for ray poor
old mother, and tell all young men from the very ends of
the earth to beware of < lancing and the public honse.hwt^
do not talk to me, it is too late." He pushed ^is mother
away from him and she fell on the floor, and I raised her
Up. He bid God to damn his nioiher, and he died saving,
. •• I am damned ! ! i am damned !!!" The Lord save'yOn,
mothers, and may heaven help you prodigals to-night to
decide. ^ If you stop away from you* father's house yon
will perish. This young man had ti-ied the world and the
d e vi l, a ii d you have taken a pri d e in sin. Nowl w il l gi v i
you a little advice, you drunkards that have famished
your wives and .families, if you have not a feeling of sym-
•S:
XUti 00 TO Mf VATMSK.
Ift
nd •IiinlfiTijr,
I'cio my one- -
H^rcattiiHny
i tUasu I linJ
inion, and 1
>el, and bo-
il ho re]>li6d,
tit, and if I
lini, "What
>rtd and Jtwe
3xchanjire fov
tat I went to
f death. It
1 th6harlot*A
nearly hiiu^
aee him bin
ve my Jad,"
is too hue I!
f mei-cy was
profit a maD
3ul, or what
)uld to God
thtit eternal
His mother •
forgive ancj
her that he
^or ray poor
■ery ends of
J honse^Jurtr"^
Jbis rtotlier
I raised her
iied saying,
•d save yOo,
to-night to
3 houseyoii
»rldand the
I wiUgivi»
''e famished
ingof syra'
"-)
'i
t
■a
9
n
pathy for them, give them to the guardians, and if you
cannot do that» sell them for slaves in America. Oo ami
speak kindly to the landlady, and go into the harlot's
dwelling and take the harlot on your knee, and spurn your
wife from yoa. Rob her of bread and your coildren of
clothes, and when she begins to ask you for money so that
she may buy bread for herself and children, ill-use her
witb your fists. <^ Never mind if. the landlady turns your
iittle ragged boy out of doors with a kick when he is sent
for his father, while her own children are sent to thd
boarding-school with )%ur money, and if slie tells your
wife When she calls asking you for bread, to go and get
her bread where she can. . I have seen it myself, and I
am heart sick of drink and public houses. Oh! poor
drunkard, let me invite you to come to the blood of
sprinkling, and to be washed from Hll your sit-in the
blood of the Larnb. He is coming down in Rochdale to
savesinneln. ..
I remember being at ai prayer meeting one night, and
a young man who had been a soldier canio up to me, and
asked me if I thought that God would save him. I saw
that his .constitution was brokeii up,\4rand he was dressed
in Httle else than rags/' I said that God would receiye
him, and he, began to pray very earnestly. The
. liOrd did sav^ him that very night. A young woman/
whom I k:ne#, was pointing a sister to the Laml> of God
which^td^keth aWay the sins of the world, and the poor
,^y<ymg man began, to tell me about his past life. Ho saiti
that he had a praying mother, but he did not kiiow wlie-
ther she was dead or alive| and if alive, whether she
would receive him. He gave me his name, and the young
%oman to whom I have referml immediately recOgnis<^d
him as her brother John thaljfcid long boeujpat. St
flew into his arms and embif^P hirii, and,. «^PS-wha,t
sight it was. She told how glad Jiis mother would be to\
receive him, and they sJiid that 1 must go home with V
them that night. I did so, and entered her chamber, and (
found that she was just at death's door. She asked her \
daughter what sort^ of a mooting she hafl had, and the
daughter replied thai it was the boiit she had ever had
^^
li
*■
I. Witt ARIHB
In her life. The dyi
my
. mother said, '
chamW i.n 1 i Ppo'iyoun^ '"arf was called into her
_ ^ When Jc8U8 washed my gins away."
py. I should l>ketokno«rwhetWan»ofvou«^.8S
ou.ly weking mercy. Salvation » off^rJ^yZ^^l'
I ciinnot tell whetliiir ii miii k^ -«■ j . ""J?" iP-mgnt.
t'l.rT^.iTi """"'•' "■ "'" ue offered to-you to-morrow
.K' i,^w ."""'P ^"" "o J<«iJ« for God to nieht dS
thmk ttat ,«, are too vile and too polluted!^ When^^^
ANP no TO MV FATIIRIl.
17
knew that my
fieaven, I couW
er brother John
d. and that he
I called into her
ith his mother,
^e. His mother
also poor John
he said to his
kway."
\ \
>1iight You
aceablrandio
love feast and
your souls.-^
>f a /rood con-
> chapel, and
live until the
9 in (his place
elieve before
»t, he will be
^^ I tell him
Jturn, I want
i»g b>iek to
« tbolate.—
i^et me enr
er a man or
ce, for God's
lice more to
e that onco
arsoul, and
ray for yon
»ave you to-
keyou hap^
^ou are seri-
ou to-night
to-morrow.
:ht. Don't
When you
I look at what, yoti liavo «toiio amisH yoM will feol like the
; poor pro«li|X'il. who, when lio cnnui to liiinsHJf, naid, •• I
, will ariHo and jifo to niy Fallu'r." If liko liim you will
( ftrirw and return, »vliil« you ar« yet a Ionj< way olfyour
Father will run to meet you, and will rweive you graci-
ously and love you freely.
.««
• * '^'«
■3-
i
' 1 1
:£-•.■
ADDRESS n.
U'f
" Ana this is the victory tlmt ovorcomotli tho world' eron
• ■ m fafth— 1 John, V 4.. *
I 1a '^^ ^'^'« ^ J I'' chapter, of the Hebrews, which
thingH hoH for, the evidence of thinKs not .«.n." If
h> JrK T- ^TK"^ ^''« r'««ent timo who nrofe«»
irfi "'*'""' r/**'"'' '^7«'^ wived. they 4 they
bn|,e they are . If yoi, speat to them and nay, - Wo^
my dear fnend," or m My dear brother," or " My dea, bU^
im "'Tr;"' '" ''U ^y' '" I ^^r I «n,/l tCk I
nrn. Now I aw tokl ih Ood'« >ord that firith ia
Rot a thing wh| doth he yet hoiSIHAthinifri
heve different things from these, and tLey try to persuade
|. ihat It ,s „ot aU of faith, but I lelievl tLlt^s Xf
•JTTI^fi!**'"® **'?' «"^ ^'^«<^ «*><>«* th«other'night
r iJKSk,! ! f^^\^ l^^y were , not to go homlto
^ S A r^v!' t ^ '"''^ *^^° ^ ^^^^^ «gntn to-night.-^
th^ ;frlv"^^;rr "^' '^''^ ™ ^^^ blessed^'word tL he
be l^ed^ T t ' T?^'' *^"' ^vhosoever believeth .hall
7 Jn^u*"^/ fc'>ow and love pi^er aswell as you, or else
>CGo"d 'S' ^"' "r*^^"* faithitisimVsibJet^
please God, and a man that is unconverted has not got
faith, because faith is a taking God at hi« word- faiA
IK ^trustmg in Christ. Ch ri st is the fbundati^Tm ^ d ^ b
in Dti^i
iTlfot
thero
nT- f^]^ " takmg that Saviour to be my Saviour-.
^Chnstishfe; feith is taking that life to l^^l^H 5
tlM
ichai
• .t- C
to-n
., t tti
-Mf I
' talk
'}. Cbr
■: that
• .'r^ ami
■ Jeeti
^hit
out,
Chr
V
ulat<
tend
'soul
Mg
a \n
flyit
flasl
ho»
thoi
tle-fi
vicU
figh
'i
thei
gett
ties
■ #
.s^^
t
I
U'f
10 world, oTfin
jbrews, which
subtniK-eof
iqt H«<>n." Jf
> wJio piofera
Ihoy say they
1 my, "Well
'My dear s\»h
m; I think I
thatfirith 18
a mnn ha^
thingr|
bath
know there
l6 us to be-
r to persuade
at H is all of
IE
II un^
Tffot
there
) other night
go home^to
I to-night. — -
ord thnt he
lieveth nhall
you, oreine
Bi possible to
has not got
word; faith
IV and fai th
?t is the S&-
SHviour. —
life. I be^
VKrrORY.
It
^ f teve that prayer ii a fhift of faith, and if there is no faith
luro will Ik) no pray«r; and you ini^ht pray from now
till next year if yuu like, but if you have no faith you
I ill never lie saved. It is thy faith that makes thee >yhole;
lot that thy faith saves thee, but it truNtN in what (Mtrisl
Ihiis (lone toHuve thuo. It is not tliugas pi[)e that giv«s
fthe tight; it is the gas; but then the gns-pipu bringH the
jgas from the pipe in the street into The chapel, and no
lii^tigctthe light Faith is not salvation, but faith is the
I channel, and then out of Ohrit^t, the salvation comes tons.
f Christ for me; that is the language of my heart again
I to-night and I say now what I told you luKt night, that
I always fuul that I must preach about ('lirist, and then
' if I pruach about Him I shall have tho victory. 1 may
. j talk to you about the old saints, but if I du nut talk about
Christ our meeting will bo of ^ no goo<l. ** It is Christ
that saves poor sinners, and if it is a (3hnstk«w sermon I
' am sure it will be a useless sermon, because if •hero is no
Jesus there will be no salvatioUi God has said, "This is
^^ihe record, that he hath given unto lis eternal life, and
Jhis life is in His Son." So that if we keep the Son
out, there will be no life, it will be all death; but if
Christ be here, we shall have the victory. '
What a blossetl word that is— victory ! It often stim;
ulates me amitlst the trials and conflicts I have to con-
tend mih in this world— victory. It often animates my
'soul as I ami i»UKlding my way through this poor sin-
blighted work! — victory. — And if we were to stand on
a battlo-fiold where the bomb-shells and the balls were
flying, and the spears Were glitt-ering, and the swowla
flashing before us, we should see men riding on their
horses, and they would be cheei-ed and animated by the
thought of victory. Yes* and the Christian is on a batr
t]4»-fieldt and the thing that cheere him is the thought of
victQry.-^God commands us to war the good warfare, to
fight the good fight, and to lay hold of eternal life, and.
"4
then by-and-by we shall have the victoiy. Victory means
getting above diflBculty and perplexity, overall the difficul-
ties we meet with in this evil worldi and over the great
enemy wo have to fight With.
n
20
VU'TORV.
. Vic<y>i7 Tnofjns ffotiincr ihn conqiiost ovof them all —
And l,IoH8 thoXoiil, D^oplo ilo <rettl.o victory, don't they ?
Tobewire. Wo hnvo seen it many timeJ in our ow„
houfies I lavev ha^l to work in a doal-pit, and Bome-
tim^I^ve ha<|toJgoto^orkinthe morning without
H b,t of br^id, aiy I have had to go and ^rk bard,
and then I havo^h^irht, "Oh, but I shall get the victori^
over poverty," a|cl4hat has cheei-ed me on. And vou
people here ^ in business you have been like that some-
times, haven t you ? Circumstance;* have been bad with
you soraetrmes, you could not see your way clear, everv-
|hmg ^seemed blocked up. your bifls came in, and you
trembled at everybody that cam^ into the shop, Jest it was
somebody going to ask you to pay their bill. And then
you have said, M Well if I eould^t get another quartS^
. «. a httle time, Icould work rounmgain andgetthe victo-
ry, And^shall wo get the victoij. Bless thS Lord
we are determined to fight on. We don't believe in ■scep-
ticism or anything else of that sort; and, bless the Lord.
.TTr> 'T ^^"^ '^'" ^^^ *^^ ^^^-^'y «^<5r it. Victory.
J his istbe victory that overcometh the world, our faith"
May the Lord help us to think about it and rejoice in it.
ICwe begm to looTc at all the good old proWs and
2^ and the men. of God tl^at ever trod on this^n.
bhgl.ted world, i£^ begin. to think about our. good old
lorela hei-s, wo sliall see that they wei« all saved by faith
and .that, bless the Lord, being justified by faith they
h.ul peace^with/ God through oiu- Lord Jesus Christ--
l.o.,k->t old Noah who rode upon the billows of the
mitrhly deep. What was it that saved him flom Win^
/Irowiiod? It wa<5 faith. God commanded him (6 dS
jomothing, and it #as b<.Iieving God and taking God at
his wojd that made him build the ark and ndeWely on
the bosom of the mighty deep. And T tell th^, my bro-
ther, that there is an ark now, the Ark of the everlastinff ' "
covenant. It is not made ..f the gophei-wood, but, ble^
theJ^ord, It IS. made, of a beam called Chrisf, and if thou >
geftest mU) it thou ^v lit bo saved. The Lord help thee
-W e hav e ?ill our ships, ou r Givat Easterns and our Great —
V\ esferns, and I rememl>er when I was at Liverpool '
3wi
r
I
fit
viCioiiY.
21
cr them all. —
ry, don't they?
88 in our own
>it, and some-
rning without
d work hard,
get the victory
•n. And you
ke that some-
sen bad with
r clear, every-
> in, and you
op, Jest it was
I. And then
5ther quarter,
g^et the victo-
s8 M Lord,
)iieve in scep-
ess the Lord,
it. Victory,
d, our faith."
rejoice in it.
prp^ets and
on this .jsin?.
w/good oI(i
ved by faith
y faith they
us Christ.^
lows of the
I from Ixeing
him to do
ing God at
d^ safely on
liee, niy brch-
'everlasting ' "
d, l)ut, bless
and if thou ^
d help thee.
d our Great
it Liverpool
going to K*'^ 1 he Gh-ai Hi'ij:iiii. -But they found I ho Groat
Britiiin would not m.hI, .mkI iIk y-had to take her to |»ieees
andiuakti her up again ; \n\{, hlem the Lortf, wo ha\e
no call to <lo tliat with tlic (J(is|^l ship, for she can carry
all herpas-senoerssalo to tlio better country. Manyt>f us
are passengers, cabin passengers, or on deck, or some-
where. May the Lord help you to get on board.
Then Uiko the case of Enoch ; what a good inan old
Enoch must have been. Somelimes I think I should like to
see him, and if I ca^iuot sec him here, why, I shall see
hitn up yonder. What a good man he must have been,
for it says he walked with God. To be sure, I believe
in that soi^ibf religion; talking and walking with God. ' If
we havp gSt a dear; friighd in this world we like to walk
and talk with him. Thave ihy dear partner down in Lan-
cashire, and wo talk to one another through the post, and
if I do not get a letter from her I think there is something
the matter with hor down at Manchesler. We can talk
with God through the post of faith, and glory he to God,
it doesn't take long to bring a lotter backwards and for-
wards. " This is the victory that oveivometh the World,
our faith." Enoch must 'have been a lianpy man, and
that is a happy man who walks with God. What a bles-
sed thing it is to walk by faith like Enoch did; he even
overcame death, did'ut lie? Thou -wast a happy man,
Enoch, to ride in a cliariot to heaven. Glory be to (Jod,
he walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.
Then the -case of old Gideon, he was down in a barn
threshing ; as lie i» threshing there in the barn and turning
the straw over and over, a strange, being cornea in and
looks at him. (iideon looks up at him, and he says,
"What dost thou coniu hero for? Dost thou want me to
sell my wheat to'thtie, or what dost thou want?" "No,
Gi(.leon, the enemies of the Lord and of the most High
are com<? up here, and I want thee to take a pitcher and
a lamp and go out to l)attle." " Go to battle with a
pitclier and a lamp! LtJl me go and get swords, and
slings, and stones." "Nay, nay,^Gi<leon- God sfiith He'll
give the e th e victory." «* Then r i l go wh e th e r I ha vo-
1
a pitcher and a lump or not; if God will go with we I
22
Vlf'TOKV.
^ Si^ S ^Kl :^jn" ^f^'5° pitchers, ana theo| "
•• Th 8 i« fl.« • '^'^^ l'« tlefeated. May heaven h«I|
faith" ^!f% ^.tory that overcomoth the woZ^u.
name of theXonl «^ i -If "L' ^ f™' '" *•"« «■«'«
the I»mb olr^^'i,? ^ T" '"'■■'thee down." He tak«»
.^d'rr^hrtaltaz^^-'T^it^, Ao<.
ov"Lr m^»"dJ^? ''"•', y"^ gete the victory
tend wS; buf^lSv L ,n r ^''* '"'" ""' "<'''«" '»«'»-
theiionof fcS „f^ ? V ?«'=»n conquer lim, for
Joshua and 8ayr..J«h„°,\ Tt v' ™'^ ^"'^^ '°»''» **
'• Yes it is Sh'' ;.^^ " *' ''™''' »» '«y heart!"
«y^ were going to take the ci(y, and that th^ walls
■ *
^
VICTORY.
23
^'oiowithLiiu;
ciieil, "Now,
dkl break the
jfeated. And
> and theo:^
eaven
16 wc_^^ ™
David: %8
per of sheep,
f in his hand
as he is there
Jie yonder^rf—
A ravenous
leep. David
after the old
thee in. the
n." He takes
bear. And
he shouted,
the tribe of
I and catches
the victory
helJ tocon-
uerhim, for
han he, and
>r "This is
iith."-:God
id Caleb.—
le: but^ve
lien. The
eb looks to
tty heart?" -
if nobody
if the men
w^illgp upi
did go up.
4
■I
knew that
th^ walls
\yottld totter down. There were plenty of people at the
time who would bo ready to say, •* Why; "what are
those fanatics going to do?" " Ah, we are going to
Uike your city ; we are but a. few feeble men,, and wo
have no swords, and bayonets, and pike; we only have
some rams'-horiis." " Ah," «iy»s the peoj^Ie, jiathoy come
and stand on the wall, »' what in it they have got ? Only a
few rams'-horns ; there is not one sinijlo silver horn
among them/' «* Yes, but come down from the wall or
else you will fall and be crushed to death." But then the
seventh day comes round, and the faint-hearted Israelites
begin to look at poor Joshua, and they say, " We have
gone round six days, and we can't see a breach in the
■ wall yet." ".Ah," said Joshua, ;« the liord didn't tell
us there would Iw, but he has commanded ua to go round
on the seventh day, and He has said that He will give
the city into our haiuls." So the peoj>]e went round jigain,.
and then the sevciith time lhGpeoj)le began, to shout Vith
a great shout, and they all blew their' ranW-horns, and
there was an Armstrong gun from heaven that smote
tjie wdl, and down it all tumbled in a heaj*,* and then
the children of Israel could say that victory was the! re.
The Lord help you. Bless the Lord, I believe we shall
have the victory just now. 1 believe that scepticism shall
be tumbled down, and that God will be all in all. Oh.'
may heaven bring it down, and may the Lord helpus.
And then look at the three lads. Bless the Lord, they
were brave boys, and had good courage: and when they
would not bow down to the king's image, he commandotl
that they should be cast into the fiei y fiunaGc. lle^told
them to bow down to the image, but they Svoulcl not. —
How is that? ^« Well," they say, '« we must serve the
Lord ; and if we are to be burned for it we don't, care, for
God will conae and support us." And then tliev cairy
them to the furnace. .Look at those three poor b^-s yon-
der,, and as they are carrying them to the furnace I think
we can he^theJn talking to one another; and one says
^^^ ^be otftei>-Mj^ok up now, Shadrach, for this is t,he
victory that overoonjoUi the world, even our faith; the
Lord will come with us, and help us." Ave, and poor
■>.'■ -J
24
VICTORY.
.jr,«j
d^t^th^ft^^Tn^T"- »;!'',;'''': ''■'^ 8"t than,
■ Then take the case of poor old Daniel ««„ „v v
18 that, Daniel?" « WIA tlii t!. j . t . ^^* '^<*^
looked all tUiVmouTl^P '^Ke^" h,^ V^n "I
used to pray three thnes a-day, dShe? Ah ' r*'
know aomeehmg about this. We know wLt'^; ft *'
to do with the lion of the nit n„*^T, ^ ' *" '""'''
W8 have with «»_: P '• ^"' ^™. *«>«" "«"
I.V Ikiil? L i!:"„ :^^ '^l»'!?y.l'y»°l' ' " Belngjustifed
^
Christ." y^"* iTLiTi"' "-^ ""»"«'' "" i^^ J««
»es, dnd Biuueis wens converted and devil
-<»>._
..(,r,<J ■
vitTouv;
n they got theni
It put them in at
lat had thom^but
I, but they ^on*t
don't; and ,when
► ths furnace, he
t three men into
now there are
unto the Son of
ill thee, my dear
►f thy fiery triala
tri«il that is to
>ened unto ybu.
kere of Christ's
be revealed, ye
I, too, when ha
1 king^ had him
•look iii, in the
Uhere alive? I
ay, O king, the
ouths of these
)." « But how '
bis angel and .
y Lord, Daniel
Ah, and we ^4
lat it is to have "
i We know that
chain,
ain." ,
Jvereometh the
3asoit tornight
► the men who
Chrislr— Peter,
^^airsandfur-
iichable riches
Beingju st ified
2d
were defeakxl, and many critnl out, " The blood of Christ
ha« saved ine.' Oh, may his power bo hore to-niirht.
and. may the Lora help us whilo wo talk Ml.(,ut Oiirist '
^^Ajd then we call to our roinombmnco the times of
the Reformation. ^In travelling about froui town to town
I have come mto the places where our forefathers in the
.gospel used to preach, and 1 l.nve felt gl.ul to be there —
' oJt* ^ «"« PJ"*^^' called Kingswood, near Bristol,
and I saw the place where Wesley and Whitfield had
been,^and before 1 went away a dear friend showed
"^Jn"?. J«*^\ ^,e% »«ed to be, a place called Kings-
wood College. Wheu I went into pne of the rooms^
looked at a square of glass, and there I saw Mr. Wesley's
own hand-wTitmg, and as I looked at that dear mah's
wntinffI/l,ought how I should like to buy the square
of daSSy but when I began to talk of that they said they
would^not take five pounds for it. When theWknew
It was the poor collier, she asked me to pray ; and I knelt
mejown there and prayed ou the very /boards where
Wesley used ^to pray. And after thaVwhen I wasgoing
topreachj^I thought of what I had heard about the col-
H!2fi-i!T''''^''^'''"iJ'''^ the teai-s used to roll down
tb«r black faces when Whitfield was preaching to them.
«L ?W r*; *^ ^r*''^ they set me on a forinr and told
ma that that was the veiy spot where Whitfield used to
preach; and as I stoodthefe, I prayed for God to give me
S'K.TlfTCu*'^* '^^ ^"^' «"^ ^^'^«" I began to preach
^hundreds of the^people and to tell about the tAith of
God,.and about Chnst who died to redeem them. I saw
Sn^T^i^'^^'^'li^J "*'•«' ^^^«^ ^ they
rolled d(jjm, ihe cry of the conjrregatiou was, " Lord
save me I I preached thei-e two nights, and God blessed "
my labours, and the people' said, "Richard Weaver, there
has^ever been such ^ days at Kingswood since the days
of Wesley and Whitfield; the Lonl has blessetl your la-
bours, and^ we can say that we have got the. victoiT." Oh '
^^bdp^
y
hoi'"nw'"-T"^?r:'V''^«^« gone to Worms if he had not
had Christ witK him; but he did not care for all the
irLord Jesns
ed and devils
^f^^^"^
••
\
vit'touy,
^T'J'n S""""' ""^ ""'W/uof for all tUe <|e»il, i„ hell
I how tbo P«P.W dJll^'Sil.e'l.tn^c rn^ jrt
me victory that overcouiBtl. the worW, oven our fi..),.
cXS? T ^-i •'?»"» l'^''™'- And then look at „H
wirsKi''"''And th'""?jr*'' '-^ *'^ - ta;t>J:
wmood. And then look at yonder man in Scotland
the Lord Chrat triumphed in Scotland, and triun.tfht
r;^Whi"n"'",^""» ""•»'>•"• "tt^ntio^^wX
and Whitfield, and toour forefather, xJ^howiTiZ
feiS-W J5f-'' .8r* '!""«* ^l-^ itW;h.;„gh the^
wKn^rs-ir--„-ss
SK^:^tef7itt^:/:,rS
aiW a™ M tha^ victory that overcometh the world, our
u>e victory that overcometh the world, our faid," t
tmdaJfh.Z\ ■'^^f''^}'^^'^^^^^^^ we shall conquer
2 SlSS„«^^7-„ ^^"^ *^" ^H' «ie gospel is preach'
adgnn
^^t^^^^^w^^m^m
M
get the victory.
i tlevils ih helf,.
^ if therfe were
tho' houses he
fh lioaven he
stands yoriflen
ecause he was
it in his heart,
)w that this is
en oiir faith ;
iiace with God
»i Jock at- old
n, yet he had
I list died for
e Iiave peace
in Scotland,
J in his heart.
es, aiidJbless
id \kiump'h8
>»^W)&8ley
k how it was
ti rough their
the world,
old Richai-d
minster «nd
poor sinner
l;"--and he
7, " Loid,
the present
Ts who are
I to Christ,
'6 aie gain- .
believes it, "
world, our
"This is
faith." I
Bless the^
ill conquer
is preach-
j ■
VICTORY.
Q1
ng liberty.
TheLor4
< Some people want to go to heaven to see the Lord,
ibut I like to oring God down amongst us. I do'not wsut
lo go to heaven yet; I'd like to stop here and doalldi^
jj^ood I can, and try to stop the harm the detil is dofng,
and when I have done fighting here, then Til go tolieil*
ven to see the Jjord there. The Lord help us to live t6
him, and to fight the good fight against the world, the
fiesh, and the devil, and then, bless the Lord, We shall get
the victory, for this Ib the victory that overeometh the
world, our faith. We all have our fighu and our trials.
Experience tells us that we have to fight valiantly. Ah,
and bless the Lord, that is the soldier He likes, isn^t it-^
the valiant soldier ? Oh ! bless high heaven, we are t<^
belike sentinels, and we are never to go to sleep.— Yo«
,., would not expect to go by Buckingham Palace and a^
V the soldiers, who are always walking about there, asleep!
\ ^*^*^'^ "®' .l)een about London much, but I remember
^ going near St. James's Park, and seeing some men there
, with great high boots and white trousers, sitting on their
horses; well, you would not expect to go there and find
-those men asleep. But how many Christians have falleij^
asleep who ought to be watching for souls ; how many who
;. profess to be believers have fallen asleep I May the lK)rd
r, help us to keep awake. It is our duty to be awake and to
stand on the watch for the enemy. You remember wheti
the archangel Was contending with the devil for the
body of Moses, he said to the devil, *' The Lord rebuke
thee," and the devil was defeated at once. Yes, it is out
duty to stand upon the watch-tower, watching for souk
and, watching, against the enemy, with our swords ready
drawn; ah, aiid the more the s word is dipped in the
blJiod the better it will cut. May the Lord bless us and
help us, ** This i^the victory that overeometh the world,
our faith." May the Lord increase it to night. '
If we have faith we sh^all have souls saved. People
say to me, « How i% it Weaver, that the Lord blesses
your labours so ?" Well, I don't know^ except it is b e-
exc^t-
e is nothing else. Bless the
cause I trust in God. Ther
Lprd, I believe He will work hereto-night Only.belieVe
Cifi Christ and yon will be saved. It de})ends upon w^t
98
VICTORY.
7^ God has doue, and not upon what we do. I tell you he
/ has done it all, and tbat he can Have you. If anybody
had told me years ago that I shouKl have been saved, and
•hould have done what I have, I should not have believed
him. When I say to ray wife sometimes, <« Well, la«L
I do not know how it is that people come to hear me, and
:: how it is the Lord blesses my labours " she says, "WelV
ypu know, you ask for it; you know you trust in the Lord,
and that is "how it is, and he that trusteth in the Lord
shall never be confounded." Ah, may the Lord help us.
We have been praying for God to make bare his armin
the present day, and I believe he^will. Oh Lord, awake,
awake ; thine own immortal strength put On ; with terror
clothed hell's kingdom shake, and bring the foe with
fury down in London to-night. May. God shake him
out of your hearts.
s I say to you all, the blood can save yoy. You have
u^5" ®^'f^"S ^®*'^ perhaps a ])Oor degraded character ; too
bad to live, too bad to die, too bad to go to prison; tdo
bad to go anywhere, but just not too bad to go to hell.
The blood can save you. May the Lord bless you. I
know a poor deluded drunkard, who blasphemed God's
name, and ruined his family, and did everything that
was bad. This man went home on^.niirht when his wife
had been out washing : I think it was ten pence she had for
her day's work, and the man said, " Qive me that money."
She said, *' 1 want to buy my children soixje bread for
>. '■ to-morrow, when I am out washing." He said he would
havejt, and they began struggling, and then he began to
, .: -y beat her— and his little child came in .and got between
y , her father and mother, and looked at the father and said,
y ■: «« Oh father, don't beat my mother; beat me father, but
^ don't beat my poor mo^^her:^ The ftithbr looked at his
Jttle cjMld, and pushed -her out of ttie way, and struck
her till the blood poured out of her little face, and she
BtiUcnefl to her father not to boat her mother, and then
. : Bhe said,'* Lord save my father." I was sent for whilg
they were quanelling in that way, 'and when 1 went
' ; into the house the poor man seemed cowed down, and
I «8h»m0d of the wron^ he had don^ I knew that tb^
?.
/.
/
I. tell you he
. If anybody
Ben saved, and
. have believed
, " WeII,la«L
> hear rae, and
) says, " Wellj
ist in the Lord,
[ in the Lord
Lord help us.
are his arm in
Lord, uwako,
n; with terror
the foe with
i fihake bim
\f.- You have
iharacter ; too
to prison ; t6o
to go to bell,
bless you. I
»bemea God's
erything that
when his wife
ce she had for
I that money."
nje brciad for
said he would
ri he began to
got between
;her and said,
le father, but
ooked at hi^
, and struQK
face, and she
her, and then
mt for while
f
*]
/
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I
VICTOR V. 99 ^
Wr woman was a child of Go*!, ami that God had iriven
her hburtv. When I wMit in the lif tie girl said, "Mr
Weaver,, doesn't it say that whatever wo ask in fait t be-
lieving, it sl,,,ll bo do..or "Yes, it dou8, my dear,"
saidl. "Tlien let you, and my mother, and me, ask
God to save my father," she said. « Wo f&ve him, don't
we mother ' " Yos, m do," said the poor mother.-^
" Veiy xveH, then, Mr. Weaver," said the liltlogiiil, ''let us
pray for hm,." -That is right," I «aid. And the littte
girl knelt down and pmyed, and she said, "My friend
Richard Weaver, and I. and my mother, agre^ to ask
Ihee to save my father: O Lord, save my father." She
prayed, and then her mother prayed, and while they '
werepraymglgot^up and talked to him, and while I
was talking to urn I saw tho big tear begin to roll down
nl"*.^^? fl ^"'^ ^5 '^y^T^ /^^ '"^°^>' ''»' 0^ his hands ^
on to the floor and at last he knelt down, too. I told him
though he had boon a bad and a wicked father, the blood
could save hmi. Ho was there groaning for liberty, and
prayed for >n or tweiHy nun utes. At last tlie poor
. Jittlegirl put up her haiKlsand'shesaid, ''Oh, ray God
' T^ "^ ^'^^ ^''^ moment; save my father now."--
^ Aud^asshe prayed it pleased the Lord to set him free,
and hejumpod up and cried, " Glory be to God : I do l^
iioye ; 1 do believe ; I do believe." Ah, yes, " this is the
victory^that overcometh hell, even our faith." May the
Lord help you to have fiiith to-night. The Lord save '
the transgiesssors. You that blaspheme his name, you
that have lo^t^your character, you that robbed your family
togetd|.nk I tell you, have faith in Christ, and hfs
bl<^ will deanse you. M.ty God save thee, sinneiu
«T,»ir '" r ^ *^'"? ^'^ ^^''^- ^^ ""^ "^^«'' have faith we
shall never have salvation, for without faith it is impossi-
^toj,^a8e God. M:ty .the Lord bless. He I^^^fc
^d that whosoever prays shall be saved, or whosoever '
, feels shall be saved : but whosoever believeth shalJ be saved
-^an d whosoeve f bel i e v e t h not be d amne d. The Lord heb
y^ to believe to-night. This is the victory i^ <S
Cometh the worid even our faith. I don't carewho you
are, what you are; how bhick you are; or what you hav«
/hen I went
1 down, and
lew that tfa^
VICTORY.
,'■•1 .r
f ;
■ ■ ■ • • ■
been. PerliapH you nro ft thief, and linvo botjin yonder
prison ; 1 don't care if you huve not Rot-f^^haractor,
if you come to Christ ho will give yoii a characfc, and Hi»
Father will forgiv-e you. May the Lord hoh» you-to come
tOruight. If vou are thOjOtf-sconring of London; what-
ever you are, I tell you to come to Clirist and bo forgiven.
GhriHt has come from heaven to earth to save poor si nneM,
and to take them to gfory. Ood has commanded me
to come and tell you that all .fl^g« are ready. "Go
and tell yonder starving' people tcSStrt^ to the fe'ast with-
out money and without price; go 'and lei I those people
who have no clothes to cover their nakodne^ss, that
there is a robe for them; go and tell yonder wicked |)eo-
ple that there is- pardon in the bloodVgo and 'tell yon-
der people who are dead* like Lazarus, that I, am come
that they might have life.'^ May the Lord help vou to-
night. "This is tTie victory that overcometh the world,
even our faith." There are plenty of people in the world
that can live by feeling.— I do not doubt timt the dear peo-
ple in this place have many persons among them, who can
be very happy at class-meeting; but then it is not being
happy in* class hero, it is being happy outside. It is not
having love to Christ here; it is having love to Christ
out in the world. There are plenty of people who can
serve God sometimes, when everything goes right, but
when dark clouds comes on they give it up. I like that
sort of religion that can say,
" Behind a frowninif Providence,
He hides asmiliug face." «
That is the tWngj; to ti-ust God where we cannot Irac^
Wm. ^ If we can trust him then, we will be sure to
trust him where we (ian see Him. The apostle says, « We
walk by faith and not by sight," and so we must if we
have true faith. Some people <;an have faith in God
sometimes^ but bless the Lord i
for a twenty-four hours a
day, orfot^aBeyen days a week, and fifty-two weeks a
year feith;^ for » feith that wo ,can always have all our
Urm, so t^at whenever death comes we shall be able to
K,^ in yoniler
iicfe ami HU
yoU"to come
nindon; ivhat-
it! bo forgiven.
9 poor sinnefs ,
n ma tided me
ready. «* Go
le I'oast yvith-
thoso people
^odiiej^s, that
ir \vicked |)eo-
and "tell yon-
I." afti come
help you to-
th the world,
J in the world
t the dear peo-
jem, who can
it is not being
e. It is not
)ve to Christ
ople who can
38 right, but
I like that
) cannot trac^
I be sure to
e says, " We
I must if we
faith in Gd»d
I.
>?
-four hours a
wo weeks a
have all our
all be able to
. ■ VICTORY. ,. , . gg
say, " lloro wo aro; wo aro re«idy to gu." Mav the
Lord help im t<> have a faith like this. %
^ I was riding j.long on»* (Uy with a gentloman in a car-
W«- ^,^"" l'«*'« f^'^ tl'" l>«<»r <'<>nioi- to ri<le in, wasn't
It! But I do nd« m caiii.tgos Hoinolimcs; j.nd it makes
me feel thurikful to Ood that I «in out of hell, and I can
my, "Look wi,at the graco <,f (Jod \uxh do„e; I should
jiever have, boon hero if it hadu't beeou for the grace of
and .f Uhadnt been for the grace of (Jod. 1 should no
have been .n thm pulp.t to-night. As I was riding along
by the side of that gonllenmn, l,o «aid, I will toll you a
lUtle story 1 hero used to be a poor old womnn living
down m aht lo village near here, and ^.o was a widow^
When her husband died, she had six or seven y^mg
children, and one of then. wa.s a little babe. At ^^81.?
t»,« K 7^ ,^'"'^''«» \ ^5" soon have to leave vou," and
then she looked up and «aid, " Oh, Lord, do *tlu u be a
h.rl7ul 1^ poor woman had supported herself and '
her children by gomg out w,i«hing when ,he could, and/
now, when stie was on a bed of'afHietion, many of her'
fnends_neglected her. Ah. how nrnuy friends turn th J
backs then, don't they ? To bo sure. When we can X
them a cup of tea or anything of that, they will come
the Lord have mercy upon us. and help us to remembe^
that we ought to love one another. But while t hi^ po^r
woman had been ill. and when I.er friends had ne.lS
her she got into debt. She could not pay her ''enJ !:
01^ came m, and he said. *' Now, Mrs. So-and-so, if you
^ndtU / m"^ r • ^ ''''^'^ ^'^'^^"^ to^morrow, I sU
did W t '^1*^- '^^'^^ ^^"/ ^"^^''^ '^'^^ poor woman
saidj •' Oh, Loixl, hast thoii nc^t' promiid ta 1^
•>
«.
Husband to the widow and a Father to the
ihou hast been pleased to take my husband
me, Lord, wilt thou not provide for
fatherless/
way from
my poor children f
f
/■
V
t
'If
l-r
V- 1 1
!f
\\
^iltTliou lot my cliil.lr.(ii U\ out of a homo? Lor<|,
Kivo 111(5 l)mi<l for my clilldrtiii." Tlio oMtwu, boy heard
hif« mothur j.i»yiiiif, iui<l ho t-aid, " Mother, (KhWi it nay
that whatovoi two or throo njX'^o to nsk concorriing hiH
bw kin^ihjiii, iuhall W dont!? Kotlier said whon he was
dying, thai if w(j wore u:o«hI lK)yH and girlft, Goti would
bo our Fathoc, and if Ho \a our Father, won't he give us
bread?" and tho boy knolt down auvl prayed, and H«id<
" Oh, Lord, Thou hast taken my falher away," wilt Thou
not care tor us? Oh, Lord, hloMij my i)m)r inot^ior, Oh
Lord, hol|) hor and ctmifort hor." And the inother said,
'* Pod hlosH thoe, my boy," and she knelt down again,
and said, "Lord, I commend mv children to thy care;
Oh, Lord, wiU Thou not hloss us?' Aiid tho little boy
juiiiped n|>, and put his arms round his moth<^r, and «ai(l,
«• Whatevor two of you. shall ajjroe to ask touching His
kingtlom, it shall be done," and ho prayed again, "Lord
help us; Lord, bless ns; Lord, open u|> our w^y," and as
be WHS praying, there was a knock at the door; the woman
opened the window, and said, •• Who's there?'' And a
in«j.n said," You must conio down directly; the Lord has
aentyou this;" flffd whon she went down staii-s, there waa
a big bflusket,* with as. much as she could carrj- inside, and
the man said, " ':;he Lord bo with you;" and the poor
little boy said, " Tliore, mother, didn't I tell you that God
was our Fatlwr ?" An<l the gentlomaiptsaid, " Yes, Ri|<Cirrd
Weaver, that woman was my mother, and I was one of
bor little cbildron, anrl God has kept his word to us,"
Bless the Lord, "this is the victory that oviercom«th th^
World, even ourfailh."
Oh my poor brothof, thou that art in poverty and want,
I tell thee to bolievo in God and put thy trust in Christ;
leave Ihy children with Him, and trust in Him, for this is
the victory that overcometli tbe world, even our faith -
You young people, that are here to-night, may the Loi"d
save you and give you faith, and you" slmll have the vie
tory over death. When you come to pass out of taine
into eternity the Lord will be with you. You have seen
your mother die, haven't ypu, some of you ? Some of you
inothers have seen your children dying, haven't youf.
1
1
fc
. i'
loino ? Lowl,
«t boy benrd
(liH'Hn't it nay
roncorniiiff hm
I when he \VHa
•Ift, Goii would
iirt he give iw
ivt'il, and NMid|>
ay," wilt Thou
inot^ier, Oli
e mother said,
t down again,
in to thy care;
tho little hoy
h<;r, and saiil,
touching Hi«
•gain, "Lord
w^y," and as
or; the woman
oref And a
the Lord has
lirA, there was ''^
^inside, and
and the poor
you that Ood j.'
•YeisRiiJE^ 3
I was one of
'ord to us,"- —
^tircometh th^
Illy and want,
■U8tin Christ;
iin, for this is
li our fnilb. —
way the Lord
have the vic-
out of tJine
''on have seen
Some of you
haven't you f .
■■■■■■■;,',;'V"- ■;•»■
,, Haven't you gol some of iho«6 you love gone to Heaven f-
. Ah, you reijieuiber seeing tho.n di«. don't you? Thev
d?I? fhT' .^"Vi'^ v"'*'^ "^''' '" ♦'"•■'••' "HdwhentheJ
died they shouted, " Victory, victory !" Oh, glory be to
God that they had m.ch a <lcath; that ho ne of yC?
fot nnl ^. '^ ^'"u '""' ^'^"^ >'*'"• ^^'y ^''^^ f^>'-'« »>« w^tf
you, and then when you con.o to die. and when your blood
Wins to sto|, and your .yes begin to got <1i,„,Cu shS^
be-abJe to shout, - O <leath, whSrc in t^y stinijO grave
s^?enMhof^•'''•7^ ''''•f«''"^'-f''^'«tllii«'4 HnfuiJ
mT(Z '"'V7. '^'•■^*"«'' ""•' ^""-J J^*"- Christ."--
May Go<l save and bloss you all. *
V«»"f^ ^***i"' ^^"" ""convurted sinnor, where will yon cot
IS'XT •"'^'■^^ "'"^^ "'1' ^^'" ^'" when y^c^e '
anTtZTini^^^"'^'''^' ^^'"^ you'';rgoh.g to L,";
rln! ». M ,^^® ^'^"'' can Wdon you. Christ is-
gdsa;^^^^^^^^^^^^ l.e«vc4 is ready, the lSr«n
i^adv w ^\u'''l «^«!Tt'jing iMmuly^ if you are but
^ve^he hW '^'^"■''' ^'f ^"" I'o lefcLl, and God ^n
S whenTw'''';T ^'"r-'' itWill soon betoo late"
that wir*,nT ^.^r"'^'''*"'"^''' ^ sW a man who said
G^ the^^u^ '"'"''' r^'-^'^'^ '^" ^o"'^ decide ftul
SrSa " ^^^^'''^.^r^'' :^«'^ ^"" »'«v« «' other
v!5!r^S^^& ".^^hat shall be the last, and then I
he had token ..'^ ^''f«'tu May night came, and when
wo^/hf ^« would stop, and that to-mdrrow he
hhn mK^^.« '!';^';^'7^*^'^' '"' «"^> I'is poor wife went to
«^on-ow that T '" ''"'''; ^'^' <^» H'chard Weaver t*
sorrow that I am one <% too iate; I am damned to-
I
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t I'
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84
VICTORY.
night! May God save mel but I am one day too late;
I am damned to-night l" Sinner, to-morrow may be one
day too late, and thou mayest be damned. May God
help thee! There is time now. Bless the Lord, He can
save thee now. May the Lord save you wicked ones to-
night. Wouldn't you like to have the victory ? If there
is one here to-night that would like to have the victory
let him hold up his hand. Can't wft get a volunteer?
(Several hands were held up.) Yes, bless the Lord, there
is one yonder, and there is another yonder, and there are
some more. May the Lord help you. I don't care who
you are,. You may have to live in some back place here in
London, or in a dark, damp cellar in Spitalftelds; but if you
look there is a housd with many mansions, and the way
to^it is through the blood. May the Lord help you to
come to Him ! Ah, there will' be no Spitalftelds' weavers
there. I tell you the same, if you are rich or if you are
poor; there is the same for the rich and the poor; all must
come through the blood. May God help you, and may
you have faith in Chiist, and then Christ will be with you
while you are living, and you will con<|uer death and hel|,
and when yo\i come to die you will be able to die shouting,
•♦Victory through t^ blood of the Lawbl"
, *i
ir
ay too late;
may be one
May God
»rd, He can
:ed ones to-
r? If there
the victory
volunteer!
Lord, there
id there are
I't care who
)laC6 here in
I ; but if you
ind the way
lelp you to
^Ids' weavers
)r if you are
>or; all must
m, and may
be with you
ath and hel|,
die shouting,
4.
4
ADDRESS I?^.
P
- How wilt thou do in the swet/hig of Jordan?'^-' J EH. xil. 6. , '
I have not had a week's rest for the last five years . t
have had no Whitsuntido. It hjis'bcea all trippiug up
and down. The louging of my hejiit is for the welfare
of my fellow-working nieu, aiicl 1 am sure if 1 were to
stop in ^chdale, we^should soon become very good friends.
There is something about \n(i that they cuiiuot help loving,
because the Lord Jesus is in my heart. I am told there
is a reporter prpsent tjiking down what I say ; 1 hope the
Lord will convert him. I fear we are often led to mur-
mur and complain, when we have no business, to do so.
We often shrink from meeting trials and tribiiiations, as
Jeremiah calls then), yet if they do not come to us, w6
fiometimes go to them. People while looking mournfully
at their tribulation, often take the devil's side. The devil
has a close connection with desponding men. The devil
likes to see clean chapels and emi>ty pews. I like to see
men's arms brushing off the paint [a sound and broken
glass] and theirelbowsgoing through the window. Never
mind that, so that he has not fallen through and dropped
into hell. Sometimes if the devil does not come to us,
we go to him, Jeremiah was a good old man. He said
mans heart was deceitful and desparately wicked. He
was not a selfish sort of a b^iing. He could weep and pray
for those who could not pray for themselves. I feel more
interest in the welfare orthe souls of people than they do
for theniselves, as Jeremiah did for the slain of the daugh-
.t»n of his people. We have many good things bestowed
g pon^^ lA voice in the g a ll e ry .J There are more,
preach^ besidieB'me, but it is not your turn yet. I will
try to make you all hear==^v6r upon the stairs. Now
S
Ill
Ir:
66
IIOW/WILT TU«U 4)0
the best of uh Iihs loonv (o meml, and none of us lian a
great deal to boast of. Joieniiah was a man loud in his
iBurmuriug and coinplaining of the wickedness of tlie
world, and of the i)ro8|)ei'ity of tlio wicked. How many
of our honest neighbours are there, mjon wlionn Wo what
they will, prosperity doosy not seem to shine. We j/o so
far, sometimes, as to disiW^st God and to doubt his wisdom
because of the prosperity of (be wicked. I now and then
see some of my old pals, who have got on in the World,
and who appear to be blest with greater worldly prosperity
than me. I met one not long ago, who told me he had
six or seven houses of his own, and tjiat he was doing
very well. I do not, howevef-, begrudge them of their
worldly goptis, for 1 know that I have a mansion in heaven,
that Will last for eternity. I often think that God allows
wickQd people to have a heaven here; because of the dread-
ful hell they are to have heretifter. I would sooner have,
the trials, troubles and tribulations down here, than miss
the glory prepared for m^. Jeremiah seems often to mur-
mur at the troubles of this life. He says, " Righteous art
thou O Xiord when I plead with thee, wherefoie doth
the Way of the wicked prosper." And further on he
says, *' But thou O Lord knowest me,thou hast seen me
and tried my heart toward thee— pull them out like sheep
for the slaughter and prepare thou for the day of slaugh-
ter." Jeremiah was not a selfish man, nor alone in the
world of trouble ajid trial. % do noC think' there is a child
here, but wjhat the Lord has tried. But my friends, we
have ho business to murmur or even to complain, much
less ray friends the Working n&n. I amsui^ I sh^not
get to heaven by murmuring. ' Do what you will poverty
will come into Our dwellings. Thei'e is not one of us who "
«ca|)^hefig tribulations, ami the wieked man with all
his^TicWl has them doubly, We come to the feet of Jesus
and wash away the impurities of our hearts in the blood of
the Lamb. It is now about nine years since Jesus washed
my sins away, and he will wash away you re too if you
come to him., S ince then it has not all been smooth weath-
er and; clear sailing. Bless the Loid, when all has been
storms about me, it has bee^ peace within, all tribulation
«
IN THK SWiKLUNa OK .lioKUAN ?
37
I of 118 linH il
I loud ill his
ilness of tlie
How many
im, do what
I. We go so
t his wisdom
ow and then
n the World,
)y prosperity
1 me he had
e was doing
era of their
>n in heaven,
t> God allows
)f the dread-
sooner have .
3, than miss
iften to mur-
ighteous art
erefoie doth
rther on he
last seen nie
It like sheep
lyof slaugh-
ilone in the
sreis a child
I friends, we
plain, much
il sh;ill not
win poverty
le of us who '
lari with all
feet of Jesus
the blood of
esus washed
' too if you
Doth weath-
lU has been
1 tribulation-
..1
; 'f
of tho world has been harinless. There is one tliinrr which
is a consolation, there is never a winter but it has its sum-
mer, and there never come tears, iuu even tlieyhavfi their
smiles. There is nothiiig^witliout its beautios. The sun
never sets but it rises again in the morning, And we are
all right if we stick to salvation by the bjoodof the Lamb.
That makes the thickoat fpg and densest storm without, a
calm within. Lord help you to got it to night. So'rrows
and troubles will yet wear away, all Will come right in the
end. All shall be rectided soon, Never miiK( those who
build themselves up in prosperity here, and go <in tlieir
coach and four to hell. Thank God we have the beat of
il even here ? What do I wftnt with riches here ? Nothing,
If I have ashilling to spare, I know where to take it to.—-
There are plenty of poor people-r-widows with childreh— »
upon whom my shilling will be better spent than upon mW
self. l»et us give to God and he will return to u8,plentv ; bless
the Lord. Lord help us to-night! /Piien don'tmurniur and
complain; I know you have had your difHeulties, and have
felt them, -but look to the Lord and lie will give you
health and strength to bejir all. Pray jLo God. I know
it is hard work, but; go to youi; chapbl, stick by Christ,
be honest, and alt will conie right in the end. And you
dear children, perhaps many of your tatheis are sceptics,
and you have been sorely tried, ' But there is a day com-
ing when -all will be made rigl it— bless the Lord. Come
what may, let us stick to Jesus. You may say it is hard
work-this toil and trouble, getting upatsix o'cjock in the
morning and working hard till six at night, and so it is,
but! do not ask pity from any one— never inind there is ^
a home up yonder, God is on your side, and^^He will care
for you. A. man came to me to day and wished to measure
mefor a suit of clothes. I did not think it was right to take
them, as 1 did not want them. I am not going to do
what I- know to l>e wrong. I want to have n^ght todo
with the devil. , t will do altl'can to' keep him under my
feet. The Lord will help you to do the s^ine. The devil has
tempted us all, but we must be deteniiiued tb resist him.
I haye plenty of clothes at home, and if any one wanted'
A suit at Manidiest^r yonder, I could give him one. Thank
38
'HOW' tviLT Tfiot; bo.
'^.
f^
OoifWthaU We shall Imve a l.e„e, ...it hf I,e;u ,„._
Mtbrough^^^ tUe l^mib, win he >v«sM
What then If there be plenty of tri«l here— we may alf
get^ heaven at last, and there we t;hall be hannier and
inpi« merrj. r do not believe in goilig to hell while, wo
. have a chance of heaven. Men nmy be led astray by Joe
Barker and- bi8 associates, who may j^roach despair to you,
they may teli yotrthot yoi, cannot "contend xvith horses."
BuUn8werm^-.How wiitthou do in the sweilingof Jor-
- rtanl Some, will no donbt say, " I cannot tell." -Joshuii
. kJS,"* ^V^,«^«ter8 of the Jordan overflowing their
bafiks, 80 that men women, and children, were in danger.
^nW iSuT''";'''!^i^?^^ in the swelling of Jordan?
How wilt^thou do.mfidel lectuicr^Iconoclast and Hol-
Ji^L»S'I''''i^^"i^^"*^^"' backslider? God bless
them m the day of trouble.
I^remendber one instance of a poor collier, who had his
teg taken oft by the conductors of a pit. The poor fellow
Va8 comW^,m the shaft, when his leg was caught, cut
ofi;and It feli to the bottom of the |it. I shair never
foijMttheBcene on that occasion.^ Bless the Lord, O mv
wul.vl^hada deep love to jlSus. I remeWiher hiitt
> when laid on the pit bank. His master wished him to
have some brandy, but he begged he would not give him
^A^rJ"*^ ^l^'i^ Hes^id^ie felt he\^ got
his death Wow. .Oh, how he rejoiced in the prospect of •
heaven^ He «nd to me, "Richard, if I can butU „n^
dear wife, J shalj be satisfied." J„st as we were renm^a
^Jiis wifecdme, for .he had. heard of the accident.^
Herfiwt words wei-e. " Is he alive?" I said to lier, « Ho
walive. And she joyfully exclaimed. "Thank God, if he
can only sp^k to me,! shall be.satisfied." .The d6ctx)r
was trying> stop the bleeding. buHie could not, and we ^.
oonld .we thkt the palepess of death ms coming over him
tfie wife k,88^4h,m~the face. dirty as it was-it Was fhe
^^Vf.^^ iT. i'"^^^ Jo;:aa n. And then the daughter
^from
^altwoul
th^faulory to. see him di& They were dertftin
lid be nght<jn the other^ide of. Jordan. And
n
IN THB syrELLINO OF JORDAN f
80
let me kiBS It. It «» w?"g "^^i^ „,i,ed atliim.he
when lie said :-— v^. ' V '
« Lend/ieml your wingB, I mount, 1 fly,
O grave 'Where i« thy vKtpry^
death where is thy stmg.",
and lufldelity. On our^ule. "<'»f <'"'• ^^.e Ji the"
he»l. I don't c»« «h«t ^Seii m»*» *« ««■»-
K,S;^reyou.for,.u |K». .lUot^^^^^ „,„„
. ; Whw I lived at Hyd|^_^' -«» »^''' * S' t„ be .
there, lytiose nam* was ,*'"•*'';■ °'^_P\,he» 1 "polieto
hell a scare cro|i- 1 told Wi f * ™" jjfcf v,. ayonng
. ent tale/ She was entomagedin her m^»«^^y^^
,„an from Elo^ery Field. , Vonue ^vomen ^do , ^
. a,t«y; take care, and '""y ^«;7"" {'^Hn m>o. her.and
• .mile upon ydh. ?»''"™l'i''^^Jru.S l"er. theyouftg
festv^aia
-ws^^^J M" " » '- ";- • r- . T f^A I iim on the on"*. ">> '
■ '°g -^ the ^uiaow, nj^ no. , 1 ^ J^^^'ill^^t^riar^^V; '
the awtql livei: called dcHtli. i »o } vu h ^
i
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40
HOW WILT THOU
DO
a:
■ to^rf r"" »? '"Ik- She cried «ut, "O v« 1 .i-i
to talk to you, Rchnirl" '« AKf i • ^,3^®*^ waftl
that when my faS WH« H.«h t ^^,« ««'^'';' -^ remember
of Barker M v mn k! '' ^ IPmbraced'the infidelitv
1.1 -rt ' rnpther was a ijood ChrWian »• t - i» ^
her if she repented and beliVvpH nrwi «k j' , ^ ^^^
"Bless theXW" I «,^i M ?^^^ "*^ '^® '"'^ «^« <^''d-~
- Christ can «4vVvo/ ^^J j^^"^" «'et^'^e parte damned.
Wiieve. iSKKSt^'Lnl?? ^t"'
What does thanLn a^" '"^''*'' ^^"^"^ ^""^^ fa«V—
y «*«.hSi^L^ SLriL:^'"? y^^«I><>rting characters;
tian, ,Y absent frortheWt?^'^ the .j>,rit of the Chris,
The.path from Sfo tb« ;V *"'''^" ' ^'*^ the Lord.- •
may heaveS p.^m^Voti ifS' % "^^tb«^ tides, and
Thi^ «"ot JSXL ^f ^tf''"^ ''V?g to die.-- .
through death. Ju^t ^,7 vf, 1 1 r'^" '''^*'^^
How uncertafn V iS'"'! ' "^'•« ■"•<"l'«l»l% «f death.
New Briahio,, : mi in -ii,. >;. i '■""'•>• «» '« >eiiiove<l to
Go where voa like e,^,?^" , '*i;'"^'' '« """^ Lnried.-
VaU.,, or tlca Sr thf ;' ^l"™'"!" "' Salt Lake
•P»th/.h-ke forrhfS'a 1-r, nf ^^^ '«' '»?»•"
yoi. y ha ve thorn to- ui i sh r en Z'^^*?^
^
«^^^^^^S=^
■I.
nt.
I
at.
nt Narrow is ilivi way that lomitr..to oU^rnaJ life, wi
of aea.h/' We k.mw that th<^ othor ^'''H^f ^^^JJ^^
bli»H tttHlresi tor the weiry inounxM-s, 1»5'"«'*V^^' ^^^^^^
il IhouttwelVo .no,U|.:^ npro. For four d«y« 1 ^»«^\ J^^^
Hst^Hl. T^.U>ctorl<.ia me that my H.ewa« getting
veak r Then I said my prospocts "•^^'••f ^^,^" '^^
journey is only over the rive,-, wh.re eO"«I?t,on j^l p^,
^ inc^rrnptioM. and mortahty shall pu on ^•"«'J^;j;
Bless the Lord. As th<. l.moh.e« sent spm to vww the
land of promi^ flowing witU milk ^^"^^ »«"7; *^^J ^JJ
Jaave gone over the river l«lora «.. Paul ^^^"^^^Z
^to L third lieavon. ^^'"•^^^^^^^'^T^ ^ '„ K^
have been faint-hearted, like the «« ^^^'^ '^,^^'n„^'^f
Srds, and said tViey could not go. 'Mr. Barker «^ ^
them-the land he says is «ot l^^^, Sk iconS^
parates us from our dea» fnends. I should t^mk ^^e^?"
clast. Holyoake, and Barker have no fnefcds. With Clui^
° tn^s iii^&i'o..t. My wife wished tokeep our little^h^
the rifflit way to look at deatk There afe W^Th.
S» S V th^tthey have cWld.en_on *eother «Je rftto
rivir, Mothers who can telUf the,r 1"|'>M»'^^^^
there have ehUdren aow crossing "«' , "^V >Sti*S
felhers.too. Cannot Ibey remember how ««"*""?»
Spl^od round t h eir ^nee^ »"%% ""»? ^^^T ^ A
^y Se fiSHryand the 1<«m„.^ Let Je»"^'-^
Barker sav what consolation tiiey can give «ith their
devLh doctrinev Kulhei-s, don't w^ft all » w«ll.<*»"k
■J
42
JIUW WII,T TflOf UO
fom,« mu^ t«,.u,os, but v,,u think you muembet thorn
I? nS^/''";^ T^'"" - '^" '^'^' > ""'• "•^"'«'- ^'^ the river!
to ,S H J r J'.^" '•^•;'«'»»^«'' I'-v faniilin? voice, amjcall
UMnmcl tiK. <le.. h nutU, ,n her throat, buf «he h now in
teeatt ■;' r'V"""-,^^*'^^^' «'-->«>« not remember
, whon^eathHtruek,loun her husband-that Holitary mo-
£ uL^ r V "^^'*' 'i*''"'' ''"« wafted ac.x>s8 the river f
wet e husband shakn.ft- hands with his wife in Wen;
an(I that praying- n.other, who tau.rht her child to orav
iS^' iS^^"*''"^ '" '^"^"- "^y "^^ ^ ^
^.S"" f^"^*' "''^''*''' ""^ ^"^t W child to^ray, a-
f^rlr - * ^o^n »PO" I»er head, is calling ^rQome.
corae,come." ye8,^we will. Only let us cross^the riv^^
I imagnie I see dfnldren who have gone before their Z
wpte dressed m robes of wlnte. Mothers, don't yZ ^
Aosefou- and Jovely faces which you lovod so dearly on
earth. Only let us bo prepared to cross the river, and
ourj^ will be g.^t. Thank God, for Christ hSm^
hM bles^n^^upon us. The guilty, souls are in da^r^
Sol '^ ^««^'en «ave every one of you. There is no
?vi«?? fiJT '*n''''5''''''°^''*"^^^^«*- Listen to yonder
djing ,nfidel,^---r)eath comes, ani it grows darker.^ Now
for the grand secret. Dark! darklfdarkl!! I think f
wnatsthat?^ Tlie devil has seized me. What a fool I'
havebeen. ^lajn^inking. [Preacher goes down in the
Th^ Z f "^^'' ^> voice ascends with an awful effect.]
hdl Oh . r^^,^^ the damped, and I see the flames of
fl!m«. T ^^'i ^«^^1^«*» Barker? my feet are in the
>■ Mav God
„^A. »«)^« you fk)m scepticism. The Peptic ha^
^othing worth Irving for. Let Joe Barker, IconoclL. and
Holyoike, hold fast their infidelity, buttot me^be purified
■ I A
. . .ii.iuB HWELLINU 6V .lOUDAN^ \\ 40
,y,. uooa oaiio |;«t. ^ "Sot^n'M^ "
dtuultnrds. inino""'" i » ,i,„„l,iml ones told m4,>.
wkenl spoko (o '•""■"»»M'" „"""'' „e.,7,.„o,l me out of;
>ife a»ked menot t« pve l..m up. «^,J" ™; , ed for
doom, btft 1 kneetert ,lo«n ,i. '''?^ »;2t" „„ d/jefomi
, drunkard, «ho«a»in th« *« , ^^t 'of tl.; b«r.
land.
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ADDRESS V.
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I '
*' And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion
. mth songs and everlasting Joy upon their heads: they shaft obtain
joy and gladness, attd sorrow and sigliing shall Jlte avay.^* — Isftlah
I don't expect that I riliaJI pleflse everybody nn this
large conpfiegatfon. I should Jike to please God, whether
I oftend you or not. Tliore is too much of man-pleasing,
and too Jittle.of God-serving. Too many think how d5
the congregation Jike that sermon ? What did they think
about the composition? But it is Wore God that we
'must stand or fall; tcf him that we must give an account
at the last day. I do not think that I shall please the
dandy hearei-s; I l»ope that I shall offend them. The
M Lord help me, and the Lord help you* It is a beautiful
text, and one tbjit I like to, reflect on. It brings many a
, blessing to my soul.. We know there is a rest remaining
for the people of God. I should have been preaching at '
Dublin to-day but for the death of a little child. Let
the Infidel believe that children die like a dog, but I be-
lieve that mine is gone to glory. 1 don't, want to be led
by Iconoclast, or guUe<l by Joe Barker, but I will be led
by Jegus, and governed by the Lamb of 6od who take^h
away the sins of the world.. Jesus said "Let not your
hearte be troubl(jd ; ye believe in God, believe also in me.
.In my father's house are* niany mansions; if it were not
80 I would have told you, i go to preplare a place for
you, that where I am there ye may be also." That is my
father; I hope to meat with them that are gone before.—
We shall bid, farewell to sin for^ever. You weeping
mothei» thatliavo lost children, I ask you if they passed
TUB KANHOMKU Vf THK. I.OHl''
4ft
\.-
Hway like K worm, oi<lio.l like ft dog? No, tlieve U liope
for you yet. Thoy will meet you in yi
on better world. —
Let' me" advise you to look 'at ll.i8 ble««ed text. The
more I look at it. the better it growR. It KeemB to me at
if l8aiah had .tood clo.e behind J«««7«F;^'"g.,^*"* X,
did,' and writing the tranvicliouB of his hfo. He might
have Btood by him on the sea Bhoro, ^'Tv ."^"^i! '
•'Thewirdeineesaiil the f^olitary place ^Bhall be glad for
them, and the de^rt .hall rejoice and blossom as the
>ow." It seems tome as if he stood by him ^^f" ^e
said to th. blind man " See;" and to \^>« !'""«;"'*" rJ;^^
up thy bed and walk." For the prophet foretold that he
woul/open the eyes of the blind, and cause the lame roan
to leap ^ a hart. ' Though ho was before Christ he wr ote
afterWm,fbrhew.s inspired. ^^^I'^f^l^'^
or any sceptic t«ll how ho was inspired? Til they can
prove that there is no God, and that the prophet was not in-
apired. I shhU continue to believe that there is a God
and that the prophet wasinspired. 1 believe tlfere is ft God
that lovesyouaud me, and that there are mansions prepared
for you and me. "The lame man shall leap as a hart , the
tongue of the dumb shallwng. In the wilder riess shall wi»-
tera break out, and streams hi the desert ; and a highway shaH
bethere." Thishighway i^a grand raid. ^Proprietors and
contractors like to have ^ good road. ^Waggonera and
carters like a good road. This is a good higliway. "It
.hallbecalled the way of- holiness, and (he unclean shaU
' not pasa that way." There are many Chnstians, who
Bay, they shall never reach their journey's end— never get
to heaven, for everything makes against tUem. 1 txy
to live near to him, but something comes to draw me from
the fount^iin of livinjr, waters.'' There is so much mourn-
ing amongst Christians, because you don't live apcordmg
to^ God's^ruth ; you don't show m sinceri^ in your
Chriatianity. There is always a <*=!» on each side^^f a
good road: When I used to get^dmnk I ti'ed io keep la
&e middle of th« hijrhway, or else 1 soon got .uto Ihft
ditch. You voung women of fashion, you youuginen ^
fashion, you k«ep too neartheditch Gel "ppn the hig^
way If you go too near the ditch their is danger of
4d
Tlilt
KANSOMKU
gietiiMff your. Imxda iiit« Ihe li«<lg(M, and the thorns will
ncratcu your f«cy«. The road in mnrketl out by the blood
. of tliti liflnib, and if you gut upon that highway the liofi
. of hell cannot touch you If vou stand upon sure around
« —the highway to glory, you'll never regret it. Tn«re Is
something in this text oheers me onwards. It is some-
thing like an old mariner I know, who had been seten
times shipwrecked. Ho had Been- the waves of the briny
^ ocean yawninLf and flyinaf around him; but amidst crack-
ing timboi-8, the thouglitM of home cheered him onward.
*' III the midst of the storm," he said, '♦ I used to think of
my wife and little ones; ind that would cheer mo." As
we travel through life, we shall have these storms, but
they. will not last for ever; they will soon be ovw, and the
journey ended, r ;
" For the ransomed of the Iprd shall return and oome
to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads."'
The man on the battle fi^ld will go through smoke and
blood to gain the laurels p( victory. Look at the picture
of the Scotchman resting ibis head upon his knapMck oQ
the battle field, and dreaming of homo. Tt is tne same
with the Christian. Thoiigh on the" battle field, we think
of home and the rest we spall enjoy when our battles oie
.over. Now with refereiMJ^ to the characters described ih
my text. The ransomed of the Lord signifies that they
were once held captive8."«4lt does not signify about diyid-<
/'ing my text into heads, •€* I many jaw-breaking Wofds or
grammatical sentences, fori I know nothing of grammer;
but I do know this book (the Bible) is a great book, and
if I cannot give you any thing systematically, I can give
you some sound trutha»J, The characters described in my
text are tli(«e who wem ed captive by the devil at
his will. In Ik} book of Isaiah I find it written "Awake
awake, captive daughterlof Zion," and<'yeshdl be
redeemed withdut nioney." Thank God for that, though we
have been led captiveai the d^v i Fs will The r e isnot a man
or a woftian here but has soiiaething wroiig, and the sooner
that is put right Uie better. iThe Lord hdjKvou to-day.
we see much of priestcraft and Popery not onl^Nraiongst
Papists, but amongst Protestant denomi nations. Qo^
:ll
Of Tim LOKU.
tlfyounrenotRnliuloHent you ninnot U right." Ml-
other ifyouarenotaBHi.ti«t; m.oU.oi-, if you «lo notbo-
Seve inCalvaniHrn; anoUler, if youaro not a WoHloyat. ;
nJa Reformer or a Primitiv(vyou arc not right, and can-
not^S The characto.^ doscilKMl in ,ny text ar« ,
?hJ mn'med of the Lord a..<l hclong to .11 ^od'^ j.oop e
Therre^ot this thing or that thing. II. te 1h tUn t6
Jc^t'neitler at on« ccod nor --thor He tel^. .p U^b
ti„t thevare"The ranRonu'd ot the Lord.^ f, ^/J
^ot rJdicKTwith gold o,Hilvcr, but with the blood of
?u ?VrK He savH we have sold ouivolves for nought, .
ASam"^ EVe pufurfn the pop-shop of thed.vil for an
a11«^Ia iiR with no \em a price th.m mn own bioml. wo
Xi l^e^ o dayl-MW-J .inuors. If there a™
au »M»uu " . •' i.,-y I i,„,^ frf,,« n,v lieart he will
^i'tZ'' ^l^r^Si wS L'Ha.ki:.' or Iconoclajt
Tys tCare he blood-W^ghi purchase of the Lamb
If^an aS had taken all thed.adon,. of heaven, hecod^l
iol haTredeemed man. Jesus himself stept upon the
li\nl Ind Lid I will deliver man from going down
f f X ^L fo i have found a ransom. May you feel
Ih^i W^ appl ed to vour hearts, and Umt you are par-
? J^.W„Ttbe blood of the Umb. A Town Mi^sion-
J'v" at W^to ^^ that he was a soldier when the
Zii^iheW-t Indies had their liberty given to them
bvZ English Government. Will»orf^orco pleaded for the.n
by ine i!inguBii wore^set free. He told me
foj. m.»y yXl"''^Xt " W * A.l»m and Eve put
''■t^tSSKhoU ofTho devil.,l»t Chri.t;»^^^^
f^ Jl^K down and deHverthem, and b^ak down-
Sfmiddle wall of partition." I rennember him telling me
St. JTen Sie 8?ave. were liberated, he went out with his
■ «m «t^tta«t«hlve» riottbatd«y;b.ithewa»a8toni»hed
g^r^S^STdancing round thjir children, and hu,ba«da
ItaiTg their wiv«.,«nd the fathers (Jiiowing up^ their
!S5^& iov.wh en the trumpet sounded, and the pto-
l^n wis rea d th «t they were ftoi. Ho w m ueb myro
^Ke to hetohkful when we see that «»r >f ^^P {"^
S« ta«n «2ured, aWd the gos,«l trumpet sounded, and that
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THK KANSOMED
we «i« iwdeehied not with* corniptible things but with the
moBt precious blood of Ghrist. I had lived a slave of sin
and the devil, for twenty-five years, but thank God I heard
tell tbat there was hberty procured for Uiose that werefapt
bound in sin, and— ^
-iii-r , "Sopn a» my all I Tontnred, < i,
• ■ "^ ■ ,,Pn tho atoning blood, ' . . ^' ' '
, : . His Holjr Spirit entered, . .. v
■ > And I wa4 born of tiod." . .
I have heard many of the Wprking-classes say that if we
wanted to find genuine piet^, we must only go amongst
the low«»gt grades of society, but I deny it I have travel-
ledfive years, and if I wanted to find genuine piety I wouW
go to "some women of title and education that I know at
the present time, and who are tnie and clprfriends of^
mina. When I looked at them and see how humble-Md
sanctified they are, I am ashamed of myself! They are
found with David upon the throne, and in all degrees and
> ranks of life from the king to the beggar. They are found
with poor old Jack in the mud Walled cottaee, and in the
»lendid mansion of the rich—there ijve the ransomed of
the Lord. Let me Jbe one of the rangomed of the Lord
It is not going to churches and chapels that naakes you
the ransonied of the Lord. Yoii may ^ and sit in the
class meeting, and when the leader comes and asks you
how you feel, and you reply that you are bill ZionWard, I
would say, " what do> you believe?" Th^reis too much
lAlking about feeling, it is, what are yqu believing ? that is
the question. It is not going and having your name with
this or the other people, and doing this thing or that thing.
Some people have told me of a man upon the bed of ddath
that had been baptised, the minister's hands had been W
onhis head, and the prayersof the church had been offered
up for him, but it was a delusion of the devil. There waa
something else wanted. We are redeemed not by water
f"* ^y **^ood, A great maiiy people in the present day
thmfc thiit if they became connected with this place or that,
that they are aH.tight, and they go lo public-houses after
tbeservioe, drinking and think that they ^ire all ri^ht. God
Syr,^^:? ?.'. / faf ^^ "^QQ P»t>J'«'-ho»f^e8 as I hate to see
heU*ud the devil. May God takedown the signs of every
OF THE LiAlU.
40
iiv<i»l,B.mj.«thomyo»jvUo
great curse of society, antl }i F*'»V''^^ ., 'oiiUl be
«,»,„. Ufrp*e pupa »^^^^^
»(U»n«o../r knOF I « "JJpl^, „llto e,,iM„„ of
.»ong.t y.5»r ,,»««1*^' ™tldS-lnrchiia«a
roathersean lell-fBthere e?'"!"™' i fed indienant on
ten. When I look at ^vl'»' |» j°"* i^'oZ'^ M
boH to drink »"''*» '""^'„'„,Sat puhfoholMM/
•K the da(ighter-hotti«8 * Pf-fi'*^ .T ' tirfg grave. \
«„h in En|and and .t"'"°ie .W to h« buataSd -I ^
When the woman went home «be«a,d to her
wUl not sleep another "'g'''Xr hLrnd a^ Lverted.
down-' 'Both the woman and her h»W^ ^^
I don't say t^""*?''™"*" C.hMven help you ti come
the blood of Christ can. ""^ ''?"'?'-Sr „hat your
•» *e Wood of^^nnkN?^^ U^aon* -X
-NO.'- Themanw^yj'^/;^^^^^^^
♦rBecause." said Whittle d, ne ^'".^ , ^^ pjo^g, to
mrTGad to writelhe charac^B of th^^^^
be liis children on the wall of this place, n^ J
like to scratch ^emout^a^^^ ^ have served ihe
The way to heaven is a ^^Plf .Tf^, ^devoted soldier*.-
devil faithfully and ^^^.^^^^o^^She wicked -
But^^ there « J^^f^^^'Lven day. in the
In the service of God J^^ can ^ _ ^ ^ ^^y we
week and fifty-two weeks in the^^r^ Ana ^^^ ^
-^■.- u..^»;i» . luah voar than ye were i-no y p ^ t^ ^
were happie r last y o ur
can most sincerely say that I never
knew any one
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^.
TUK KAN80ME0
anything by serving CfoH. What have I lost by serving
God! I bave lost a suit of ragged clothes, and I have
got in their place a suit of black. I have lost black
eyes, dog-fighting, and blackguardism— I have lost hell
but gained heaven. Notliing is so consoling to me as
t^ know that I am one of the Lord's children. The
way to heaven is a happy way. Some ,of you who" have
been converted can tell how you have had your homes
tamedinto little heavens, while you never knew what hap-
piness was before. A poor woman- at Macclesfield, who,
W. previous to her conversion, had not been to a place of
worship for thirty-two years, stated . that the last fortnight
she had lived since she had bgen converted was the hap*
piest fortnight of her life^ The ways of religion are the
ways of pleasantness. I have proved them for nine yeare,
and4 don't regret but one thing, and that is, that I did
* not start soNOner on the way to heaven. Some of you were
on the way before I was born-^you don't want to change,
do you f You are not like Joe Barker. You know that
rdigidn is profitable for all things, having the promise of
thelife that now is and that which is to come. I know I
shall awaken some of the sceptics in Rochdale, and I
should like to do that .
But then there is something more in the text. The
72; ^^ ^-^n M a Ringing way. I have told you that I
beheve I was born singing, jf not, I was' borh crying;
bilt I was bom with a propensity for singing. We have
bid farewell to the songs of the devil. The songs T used
to sing I won't sing now. I jemember singing at public-
bouses, «* Britains never shall be slaves," «fec., and at the
same time I was a slave to the devil, my own lusts, ami
evil passion?. I also remember singing this and that—
*« There 8 nothing like a collier boy," "The gallant
iwachers, « Britannia rules the waves;" and I used to
amg a song that landladies liked to hear ; that js— " We
won't go home till morning, till daylight does appear/'—
They used to like me to sing that when I had cash in my
p o cket I have sung as much as £14 out of my pocket
'^ Jtoneapree, and when they could ^t no morZ iiiej
turnedmepufr into the street But I haveleamed better
OF TUB. LOBD.
fil
tiogingnow. We can sing when weTare in a good nwet-
■ "My willing soul woflld stay,
^ Buoh a frame a^ this."
Now we can sing—
*• * •• 0, happy day (hilt fii edmy choice,"
This is another of our songa-r- 1 •
* " O, happy da^whenJesua ulrashed my sini away."
This is anOther---^hHL \^ \
. " JeaiS^ename that enarms our fears."
This is another^ /
*' He breaks the power of cancelled sin."
This is another— and it strikes fear into the hearts of the
'n unconverted- —
Again—
t ■"
"There is a land of pure delight."
• ' ^ ■ * ^ ^
^* 0n JordMi's stormy banks I stand."
** No chilling winds, nor poisonous breatns* ^
Can reach that blissful shore :
Sickness nor sorrow^ pain nor deatn.
Are felt and feared no more."
Thank God, these are the sc^ngs we sing now—
" Glory, glory, hallelujah, |
AH the'sMldfl loudly cry." (
And inay God save you this day. ' .
Andtheraiisomedofthe Lord shall return. That*
good, is^ntit? Yes; and if it is good now, what will it
be hereafter? Now some of us like one song, and some
don't iik^ another, but I lite one myself with a good deal
about Jesus in it. My wife looks at my poor cheeks some-
times, and says, " I am sure thoul't go to |hy grave just
now;'* and I say, "Well, and I'm going (o heaven. —
When I die I am going to be carried to the grave by four
converted colliers; and I have told my wife what hymtt
must be sung, and it is this— [Preachftr smgs.] .
. •• In evil long I took delight,
Unawed by shame or fear, -
Till a new object struck my sight,
; -. And stopt my m a d career . ' —
- »
6^
-THE RANdOkBb
Hi:
I onc^ln^a'^Ipoor cohy6rteA cbllier; I WUgihit 1^
ting this hymn-^—^'' ' *.,*■''
°" Her* o'er the earth atr a atrangtet roam,
He 6ad one little <jhild; and when Be Turned from ^his'
daily toil the child wouW "meet him at the door, and when
he had goVseatedin hiscoiliefdcbai*, she iwOttldg^irtWW -
hisknebs/and say; •'^athersing* Kerens Dj^rest' Well,
one daj^ hcLcame home, and the child met him not at the
dbor, andlien he had got to the foot of jthe staijs.^ h*
heard his Wlfc exdaiming, « Oh, ^my cfeild, my child r
Hecriedbut,*Sariii, what's the ' matter ?" and she ro»;
tilled, " Our- child is dying.^ H,e pulled-off his doftlpft
:clog8, and glided up stairs, ancl went to th^ bed« side, and
tears hegatito trickle down his cOal-black cheeks. His wife
told him that the child liad been taken i(i a .fit, , and thai
the doctor had pronounced her case hopeless. When the
poor child saw her father, she said, « Daddy, 9in§f * nerea
no rest.'" He had a broken heart, however, and W ma
he could not sing. She .replied, « Try, daddy, for Vm
irolnff te Jesus." - Then' her fother tried— > C /
**' **./;•■•■■■. ^ - '■ ■■ \i^. ^■' '^ :■.- ^- "•' ■■■■•■-•■■'■
"^ " Hertto'er the eaith as iTIteanger I roam, '
' ,. Here is no rtfst." ' \
But he could get no further. She aslsed hiih once mor^^^
and he knelt down and began again. He went on untit
he came to-—
♦• Sweet is the promise I read in thy word, '
' Blessed are they that die in the Lord,
They shall be ealled to receive the rewaid i
- • .There, there 18 rest*"
He said again that he could wng no more ; but she threje
. her vois around his neck, and said, " Father^ we will
sing il in lioaven," and died. Have you never stood by
- the bed adeof a dear friend, or relative, and heard them
ging sOme such bymn as this-— V ^
" Bright angels are from glory come, '
■■.■'■■■'■ They're round my hed, and ^^y room.
Waiting to waft my "P»r«t.V'#'i, i.' "* '
^ • . ■ All is wfllT, lUl fg j ycll." • -
You mothera have had to soothe your dying child; jrou
53
tow^U;Je8t'8.1va8 come, att^ calls me ^m-
> "tend,londyourwm«8,Iniojint,Iflyv ^\ '
. O^avo where is tbyvictory, ' " \ -.
T^"!.^" Si«^. .Walk forward, and pre- Vpwanl,
/ ..
how weather-beaten she lqpk«. We Mw an .1^ ^
an'old woman. wiOi. spectacles on. «nd »h«"^^,^>X4 ,
woman with a childj. hor '"■nvThe "^/^'^^V «,,
»0t thought that l»««t>^»^ *»!^^? f ^"/ -;?« rma m
„^>hoir.HU«>hoe,«nd^k.ngs.;and^^g^^^
ZaT but they are Bow i n heav e n,' aad they « >'^.Tg
/to^twT-Soon, TM^f&^S can fememb* b
W
or ■
^V-»-
04 A*.
TIIR RAKSOMRD
dying wife CAlHng Ilim to lior 1)edsu1o nnd flRlcing bitn lb ^
tnun up her cliildren forlieaveq, and if you coipe to the*
Saviour, both your wives' and children will welcome you
there, and then you will have a bright prospect of being
with them where there ia no more weeping or sorrow, and
no more sighing. May God bless you/
Twelve months ago, last February, my poor old mother
died, my grey. headed father being 72 years of age. She
called him to her bed side, and put her hand on his grey
hairs, and said, '* George, the next time thou seest me,
it will not be in this chamber, I am going to leave thee:
the Lord bless thee. Tell my lads I am shouting victory.'*,,
I went to se^ her, and I shall never forget it as long as 1«
live. She said as I went to the bed side, "The Lord
bless thee my lad, I can die hnppy now that I know my
children are converted, I have offered up many a prayer •'
for them, but I never thought my child would have come
to pray for God to bless me in my dying hour," when^she
laid her dying hand on my head I felt electrified, and as
I passed away from her, she said, « The Lord bless thee.
my lad, the next time thou seest me, it will not be in this
chamber, but in heaven. I said, « Yes, mother, t'll meet
yoii there where parting shall be no more." Some time
ago there ytni a colliery explosion, and anltmgst the suf-
ferers was a pious lad. He was a poor widow's -only
child. His eyes were almost burned out of his head, a nd
the flesh was dropping off hiei face and his handfi. His
poor mother not knowing but that he was killed, knelt
down on the ccwJ-pit bank tQ pra) ; shci said, '* Lord thy
wiU be done." At las\ she, heard her boy, calling,
V Mother, mother," and she ran to him. On hearing her
voice, he said, " thank God^ mother, its not hell fire. —
The blood of Jesus has' giver) me the victory, Imd I am
going to exchange the *coal pit for the crown." I have
friends in heaven, btit they have only gone before, and I
am going to meet them, are not you? If you don*t '
oonie to Christ, you'll as sure go to hell as you are listen-"* v
^t, On
wise en(
vorketl
the woi
Hsfroiii
-] in the <
I then
eonld fi
and ct)
the lop
beaver
togiv«
I aim
to.Rot
shed {
it atoi
, Hreoi
ftlU «
but I
- in tb
. toG.
If I
. area
here
will
t^
youi
i ng to me now. — A friend of mi ne who fo r merl y profe s s ed
to be an iniidel, told me a dream he had. He said, '* I
^hsftmed I was at heaven's gate, and I got to look through
anu
tfi
■V|.
OF TiiR i^ono
56
Therftftball inno
.
-X On .l.<'».el'W«y ^'«™ "'" "^^!:; 'o'r'Ty thing "tl'"'
i:i« enter in^ i'^ «"y »"^ ''» ^'^^ ," r/abovl*^'
the^words \''^J^'^7}. ;,„,„,it„„K,j, l,ut tboso «!«> «ere
HB from «in. 1 »"k«" "" " , , _ . ,„ i,Hik uniit thawordfc
I then lookea ^owa fehroi^Kt « W^^^^
eo*W see the flu.n#^lmt U«,^eU,r^^^^
heaven. I t»^e« i'fV^* *¥ ^^ ;,«a ^^^
I am now wa8he4 iivlhfi ^'^" "V ^^^ ^ ^^f Christ /raa
toJU,chdaletoinf<mn )^»i^a^^
shed firf you andm I*-!^'^'' ^g man, tliatif y<^u
it atones f<«r me. ^ Jl'^iVrarn^neT M^^ GodeaveySu
are out of Christ you y.n be anmned. jy j ^ to.
' «1V «nd bless you. VTJ^^ there a «1 or ^oman^-
,^ butlalwaysgetavoUnite^^ I^^^^^^^^ (j, be
\ in this congregHtii|li*K'^t ^ " <^«"^% ^^^ all Ildch4ale.
: t« God ; he can save you all. t^ ^^ ,on,e. We
If I did »<>^^«^TtT L^^ it' there is any- ope
are about to couclucTe this meennn»^ ^ Lord,!
«.iU gl«aiy »t«P aoJ l'"y J" ' { .„f Chrirt'thHi. to have
- 5:;^riS;edi»m%«« start this »ftern.«n. ■ ,
/
-r
•
If^-
ADDEESS VI#
*# I. "^ /aw»A»»^rMrfy /o &« oferett, and the Hme 6/ my tiepttrHt'f u
*L, fi. f *.^^*'Io»gf^i o good fight. Ihavefimthedmifcouw, that*
Ktpt the faith. Hmeeforth there is laid up far me a crown of Right-
tjmtneta.yhtch the. Lord, Ue righteous Judge, shall give me at that
mVf and not to me oftly, but unto all them alto that love hi* appear-
«*J'.'^^2 Tim. iv. e.-8. ^'^
Jltig 8^> affecting scene to see a father giving his dying
charge to his son. I have seen the dying silvery-headed
l^aretil? giving his last advice and his last blessing to his
son, before he gave wp tlie ghost. When like David be'
Mid, the Lord wiJl be with thee, and will hotMI thee^ nor
f9«ake thee. , Thus, in ray text, a father in ihe gospel Is
giving his dying charge to his son in the Lord. « I chargtt
thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Ohrist, who
sbAljI^p'udge the quick and the dead at his appearing, and
nia/kingdom. Preaph the word, be instant in season, out
season; renrdvfe, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering
d doctrine.' * « * Not so m^ny of us can stand to be
f oiir fnulte; you niay ti^ll a man about his good
iies; but reprove bini, ^-ind l^e will turn away from
yf>y-„ I^ I find a man out to be a liar, I call hito a liar.
il 5"- * ™"" ^- * hypocrite, I call him a hvpocrite. If
I find him to be a murdei-er, I call hitn a murderer. This
I do whether they likejt or not. It is the duty of every
mmister to do so too, bht God knows there are too many
who neglect their duty in this matter. You would not
hke jrour minister if he told vou of vour faults. If a man
When
— J - -. •^' ■ ; r, ..^.. your
preaclier rebukes you, he does so because he loves you.
If you find a roan is a liar, an adulterer, a gambler, or a
hypocrite, tell him of it When ministers do this, they onlv
fulftl P»«
like. W
from ^^
ioBult iai
do so, 'y<
meroy u
at the pi
18 inost
tare, th<
a good]
liiswell
was so
tome,
» told yc
forgot
sometl
.•^-
/ •
M '
^i
I
toigL what he 88.3. IV^^nedamnea, jou wtt*"™
Something aVort *a£. , „^Mi„ h» time, for te t«riwa
^ to Christ if y.»»,W f.?i^"er«ioD of «?>•"-*.»•
^y'^'.^o^Ftove tola 1* X^^"£ ^ABo;^
"?"r T,. .t« nihor dav, toW ""* S"t. -:.i, man hem
what €JbnBt aio, so x Lazarus in A W»^»»" ^ .
JiTand looking up, and seeing >^ ,^^ told tHj
«^lWttiiZd quoting;--''' ^Kpl«S»I •*
ttVpreaehed^i;;;^ «^,t''S?.4v^ dfi^t
datntv heaieva, that w]**** » , ^. wealth* and tjiey «" "
liketobetoMtlattneHSj a solemn triith, »na_i™
:^s::t.Shrihe%a;-f -0v^^^^
for tbe rigbteoup,
£8
mfmif^ '
itiADr. -mi
•«
to be , chnsliai, .»' Felix uid "Oo thyZv mTii^
ThM uaa tre,„be<, because P«„| .poke iH)methine ^t
SL «ri,e wSl".""^ Call a rtai; . ,i„ XXS
wT^n* t!.i ~"'^*?*^ ••« void of the offence, L«
he wffi; n™' ?• ■"*", ''1, " » "''«''• "nd if he be not on*
w« s"* ben 1 *« *• wte'tra^f^rr
£v^t|u^e«^^
l^otruth^hadcometol,is heart, and he told what he
i^ji?!i'^^'"«t ^ '' '« ^'*J^ the Chmtian he ^nnot
r„LT • * J corainon prostitute; then he will geek out
another to degracleinhicemanne. It is^af he Wood of
Mch men that we «eek to clean«e our muds, such men
' l^:^Zir7 ^P-fitutionthanothcn^^^
«l.il^ ■ '^^ ^'^^^-^«"n<' on the track of a man
b2r Ket/^ ^'7:?^ "'^^ ^«-*- I^ia^to wa^h^ur
.?j t.i„ Y* '"°^^ *"^ the ecotter who d ^ ny Q od^B ty^ino: '
aud^blaspheme his name. They Sn/ny U.e M^
f«uw Ma^ Uw Lord hav^ mercy upon you. p«ul
REAby..
(^9
p^ea ^•e trut. on i^^
{TtM atid told J^^^'?;>^„f ^>' ' fu and the poWer of
Wemu^t preach ^^^^ «J,,i*??^,Srt<> ^e faithful, and '
God unto salvHtion. ^!«. '';' ^ T^'^i bo preached in
we must bo HO too. The P'7«' ,""!". ^"^^^^^ hypocriteR
Union Btreet Chapel, 'jf >-^,»^^ ^e ','"^1 if^hey do
you must repent and walk ("^^.^^'^^^ noon this or that
Jhriatians. Mini^^^--^ ^rr^rJ tt S^
matter, and not attending to {^^^ ^^^^^^ instead
poacher. '^^-^:^^^'':,'L^^^^
of lecturing in ^,*"^J^,7 To save souls
well, I •ball preach Christ, io « ovoclaim far and
It i.' the blood of «»y. ^'^^S^^t^lt^^^^ ChrUt
wide. I'-iWgl^'-^rri^^aletme H^^^^^ may talk
. ice Barker, Iconoclast, and Geoige^^^^^^^^ ^ ^^
.bout leforni, but there ^« ";^f "^^^^^^^^ truth of the
rottBtieign ..Whoro'ertWBmi,,
Poth hia Buccessivo journoy'Mun.
dilligent, reprove and rebulie. f am u
"iSl^dl
w
isa
■#
KKADV.
oilored. I ptii-bajw hnve no itioro thiin tlirac^ ur four liovrti
to call my own, This in vnry ditl'tirent lanfiriiRge to wbiii
the Hceptic ciin uho, and FhuI w»h a very inu(>li ohang<i^
man from what bu was when on bin way to DamaHcuM to
peniecute the nainrs. A man who»<« mm have b<5«n for'
given, who w juHtified before God Ih ready to die at any
time. We muni be bardojiod ninnera before we caii take
up fcuch language m win UHed by Hi Paul, The very man
who held the clotbes of the people who stoned SteplieD»
warnow ready to die and go and embrace tlie man whom
he bad so much wronged.
Some people are religious from a view to worldly gain.
I remember hearing of a man, who said lo another, if he
would go to chapel he would stand a good chance of get-
ting on in tbe world. Ho did ho, and after attending re-
gularly for a while, a rich employer, having noticed his
•erious attention, offered him a much better place. Thi^t
man was religious from a view to worldly gain, add he
got it. In a white he was laid in the bed of affliction,
and then he found that he had been looking for that which
would not comfort him on his deatlvbed. He then began
to search after the Lord; and found him. When be bad
made matters right with Jehovah he was a happy man,
and ready to die. Good people do not fear the day of
death, but the sceptics and infidels fear and tremble.
Watch and pray is the Christian's motto: if a soldier
on sentry should be found asleep by the invading army,
they would stab him through, and take the place he was set
to guard. Our order is as good soldiers to be ready, for in
such an hour as we know not the Son of Man may come.
Since I was here before, I have preached at foar places.
I went to Macclesfierd and to Bradley-Green, a small vil-
lage, where I formerly lived, and whore I was converted.
I preached there in the open air to more than five, thou-
sand people at once. There were some notorious charac-
ters tmire, but many souls were converted to God. There*
were three of m y old companions^s tood ^)efore the chapel,
and as I came Avmy I went to them and shook hands
witl^ them, and showed them how much better it was for
me to be preaching Christ and leading a new life than
■/■•
/
»MIAI>V.
al
''A ■ ■ . in...- muVlhuv nWtig^r^
thepiU ,K^"[^;;fw..a i..MH).tnnc« ^^^^j^'^ While ai
„^r H Uttlo k>y>« - , j .„e ,a Lock J Sintt ^ J^
^„ carried l»V'" VI ^ ^„„rtj^
shov, thHt a««":»^V J ^^ only S'iv'our. ^r^oX^ J^^^y^
once make ch.. 0^0^^ tho^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^
tbey have given up i^^^^^,ee of
^ Bot preparejl to RO^ ^ ^^,.^,1 U) di;^ l^'^Jii' ^ be re-
To those ^;"/;;JiIuB Christ 'l^^^^^^^'^^v that i*'
believe cm the Lord J^^^^.^^^^^^,a.^T^^^
^''?*?^Z and am now ready U.b^ ■ ",vcrlM,Jl have
- a good figH »« ^^ ^^a «"»<^ Ij^^i ' ,,„d what 1 can
ffuago of ^"® V thit I am ready to uie, » ^^^^
ISSSsSifSK^
62
RKADY.
ngbt. Ihe world ,8 now much aifltated. Anier^
RuMia, Prussia, arrtl Italy, ar^ much "disturbed, and Det'
^ou^drr tfi li*"^"" Tf V'^' «« '»«^f christians stand
snoulderto shoulder and fight the eood fiirhL I trr ♦!!
iDW> eveiy Street and every house. We. have nfl«mA«
- I^re i^dy to%htagain^ the F,^nch' wlcr^'iS
eSvln^ll^"'''"' ^"^ ^*'^ ^^^-^ '»^« 'destruction^ -
• SK/tf ^*;"'«»v lt«« jr.-eatey honour t« fight ,
- wods battle than that of any earthly kinff. When w*
i«v^ won the victory/we shall receiVe ammn of d(^
e^JII^ wS ''' '^^ {inHiancy, bnt shineX^^S
IvIrnL ^^^^u^ Pohsh.ng, There we shall re& for
ever aftd ever ,n the piwuce of the Lamb that diS^
' h^T **'«'*-«'-e ««*»^e race-runners here, whoino^
i^ two racers a^^^^
M^^^^^^:^ hi^pistle^ISm^
I^^UJ^Sn!! « i^ ^h' 'f^^'"^*^^' *"^ describing his end .
-t^ncran^? ifJh' *f ^^^** describe. some of the
--iirecian games. If there be any race-runnere. Diff€on-flF« J^
on tJ^e Lord Jesus Ohnst; then follow the golden rule do
b^ <H^ down, he Kdizod the flag, and jvlthT^ one
i««Ue for arc cu„« „f Ohdar^ro" tt^^tST
-,' A;
keadY;
m
they promised to niee^mbea^^^^
yodr mtle Johnny or^btt^ f ' ^ ^/^X. thai happy
poa't forget your pledgeA^ntPiepaieW^^^
land. Thei«i8agoodi)re^pocttora^er^^oUB^^^^
even95A«»^*«»"f?" Vf Vr.fr.!t UUvi^^ >
told me that though he had oj^^^^^j^^^^^^^^^
door rather than go to the poor-l.ou««.)^^^^^^^^ the futur*. #
- heaven. He t«U {'^ f^^^f ^ „f ^fen. lie^eli
and a crown was laul ui> *«' *^'\^ " Q,,een Victona
^ remembered a.e.o^n«^^^^
was crowned. ihe »^H J «^ ^^ ^^ li, rejoiciiUiC; ^ ^^
ehapeU were ^I'^r^'*"*^ "^M^"^^^ -
wlEe when aUe shunted ciowd^n^et^^nu.1 ^ .^
thia world^Uyingibr heaven. Bu^the^^
arenotliv]ngforafutm<e8tH^,iis h^^l^^
ingadieoutlikeeut^aft'^^'^^; -;^;^^^^^
inbn8a.those.fbrtl.eybeheve hajahap^ Ulm aorowtt
ibr them. He that overcometh, I wd gi e to lu.,^ ^ ^^^ .
^ glory, and will P^^«- '^^^l^;^;^ ^^eS^u in^^
pa,?nt/have a prospect of meeUng^ ^^^ ^^
: b what; a joyfid me.tu.g. and wh^ J^^^^^
' part throughout a M.elver endnig et^ na^ . . ^^^^^
Mi.ture,and ^^ P««P»« ^^^^ ^f^^^rS c M»e Jlectu.^.
such men as Gerng^ Uo^^^ w th^n^^ U ^ "*^*
?; .^ Morality will not be^advoc^^iO^^-^^^^^^^^^ Le,
your children bo lrau»e.
Lord, ,
»,
«4
UKADY.
9
In heaven we shall meet the glorified saints , and b<0
.utritfa the spirits of the Just and sing the praises oi iiie
' " Lamb for ever and ever. I remember being in the d^iqg
chamber of a poor woman about twelve months sinqfl^
: and after I had sung fdr her a few verses of the hymn:
■■«»»
;»■>,■■
Jesus lovor of my soul.
Let mo to thy bosom fly."
She said to her little boy» «' will jpu meet me in heaveaf^
and then turning to heir husband she got him to promisb
to meet her in heaven too. But he was very slow to t«^
he would, at list h6 said, « 1 will try. She died with her
little child clinging round her neclt, arid in the armsr*
that husband who had jUst then solemnly promised
meet jier in heaven. They had otheir children but tbey
were at^work, and she committed them to the care of her
Almighty iifiviour, Friends, are you nearer heaven than
yoti vreie yesterdayl I am, and I hope y<>u are. I am
nearer glory t^ian I was, 'mfd nearer my crown. Every
man and woman in this chapel may haveacrowri of life
if they will, for I believe no man or woman ever lived that
had not a portion of the Spirit, and if they have gone to
hell it has been -there ow#f«ulL Salvation is free to aH,
and if they will not receive it they will surely be damned.
Redemption through the blood of the Lamb is what all
may have, and if they refuse it no one is to blame but
themselves. We must get to heaven through the blood of
the Lamb which was shed for every man. I ask you all
to take it as freely 'as it is offored. and you will blessTGod
that ever you atiended Uuion-streei«Chapd.
fi
You
know h<
I can, a
all that
and we
wiUbl«
yOtt wil
lastSui
|ectard<
■iUlteto
thepi^
«hould
the Of
pie to
persoi
chape
we cfi
heart
10,0(
at Al
day,
I am
Som
bav<
I w<
thei
• and
of:
,<t
<" (
You c»« «" "T™twS^irb»t.tml «m Ao^% ;-
„a«e « h-«^tTooVrigbtW ''t.^fttSS
will bless U8. *0"^Vx^ « The P^ac® wnere i. »^^ _
wStave a good t^J«e- J^^| thexongregaUon. 1 ,
chapel. That wa^^ you converted, it f"^^ f ^^t, to
we could only ^y ponffleton last f^f^*% ww.>,. ^oi
heart, I PT'^^^ 1 th^^^e^^^^^^
shapter
t*^
^Kr««ry.anaI.-»"'-
f
•..-■v.
00
THE MASTKu's C.Khl
Itrhich wjw a lovely spot. In the hwtoiy of the Roileemer
' we tiiid that he often wended his way to Bethany,' after
l)eing tired with the, toils of the day. Why? Because
there wero/eome Uf \ml hosoiu friend'* there— a hrother
»nd twosi/ters— tiud they loved Jesus. Tlio people 0iH
Jove Jesus are his friends, and 1k^ is fond of being with
them. What a thing if is, to ho a frion<l of Christ's, tie
often went to this phjce, and they wei-e glad to see hiiri ■
there. They cilfled hiui Master. They knew that he
opened the blind e^es, unsto|>ped the deaf ears, and inada
the lame to walk, but they did not kiicw that he hadevev
worked siieh a uiioicle as that of raising the dead. Infi-.
dels may sneer and scottl Joe Barker and Iconochist wy
that there was nothing superior in Christ. If he is only
» man, tb|te is no man in the world that there is so much
said about m there is about Christ. Only nanie the namo
of Jesus seriously and solenudy, and what an effect it
seema to produce. Cooper said that when he was a scof-
fer be always reverenced the name of Jesus. Chrigt was
fouji^not with plenty of this world's goods— ^not making
his abode amount the rich meti, but amongst the outcaste"^
of society. If his parents had been rich, and of noble
bloody the people would have sjiid, " all hail," to him ; but
lie was poor-— :the carpenter's son, and bad « to use the
finilet) and the hammeri and plane ; the j^ople rejected
im. He was all the bjetter for it; he \knew what men
Itftd to do, and ho could sympathise with his fellow-mor-
talft, Though he took upon hini our nature^ he was God
TOaniftwted in the flesh ; and though jou may scoff about
-him, his name is extending, and will extend from pole to-~
pole. .The^excelieiit of the earth will publish this name
ahmad, liet Joe IJmker get another printing' press, and
{niblish his Natmuul Reformer^ an<l write against Christ; ^
n spite of this the gospd of Christ will live when they '"'
are dead and danine4l, when they are weeping and wailing
»nd gnashhig their le^jth hi hell. Look at the grj3at good . ' ,
that has been done-hy the preaching of the gospel; how
ma n y mis e rabl e sinners has it iii;i<le happy, and how ma ny
'^
converted
4ren,\an'
niade wi
when tl
a* \ woul
was a «
went, ^
be did
know
vMiynoi
t)OW to
the nai
When
butwl
" hftvec
God a
, 1 can
lasofi
rot ai
' adiv
.Waal
A xa
dnin
aboi
60 r
wav
and
i:inlil«"es joyful? If you want to know what the.stf>ry of
the cross "has doiu*, don't olily ask the iilan who lias been'
s
Til* .MASTKb's V.K\X.
67
after
CHUM
otlier
111 At
with
He
) liirh '
at. lie
mada
I ever
t my
only
nuch
lame
Mit it
scof-
> was
castR
loble
; but
J the
jcted
men
mor- .
God
boat
'^-J
^„ they >»»'' "' ""M^m" Vopp^o «* f" T
fcl to W« ¥ "ai-'-rtlSmed the fe Vato « .1"^^.
l>ow to htm as »^"'U^t,_„ turned tbe now ^n''" " .'-^^^ .
iHe name of Jesus. « Y«f ^^^^^ ^. U\^J>^X^^ \
hilt while you are la«g">"g ' i v„ ti^e power ot my
andWp the "eeiJ^- .."y,„ r^rist ie eoing^oWB to Bern
•"in thi chaptef before ™^hroM
taken «> ill that he ivA, J"".^" „ „y brother » w™?.^
„*ev.h«i their tear* ^^^ The Je«» haJ tnei to
T\^ y» no M>»1 «o «°"''?l"V,,ttheV cool* not bring.
' Sterile P<>?^«'»?t^?SS^ 4^ H t"^^
: 5So housee m one week. T >t^ ^,Uies. bui I vras^ P««^
1"^
08
plaioe ti
can bi
den, ^
again. **
pon^ef 1^ ntj
full of %m
^iic!» kt afti Ul^ *
i^^lMili^Iw^eth ' in
TtitK
• I
n I i*-
4
i
a fnei
ibve-tl ,
arid^th^cleviHi^bU
Ipi cleaci to tiv<
|iii6t dead, but
vn, an^ he had
rivftie; his heart waa
sisten^' aa he Baid,^
said, i»l know that
nj-*fibum'ctiqn morning." .. But h»
ifpecti^n Atid the life,, he that belJev-
were Umd^ yot jshall lie live, and ha^
, m^ "^^^' ^^^^ « Martha, believest '^
;Sbe'8ai(f '< J beKeve that ^u art the Christ.** ,
ui'*?"^^^?.'^^ ^> **""' *f^* h^i#^the.Son of Qod
J^icb 'iK^ttt'into, the worlcj^ ani«b^w^nt' to her- sister
***7-' VP»tMaic|,, •♦ Mary, th<j Mawt^ is iijora^And he sava
, my bratli<jk,^all rise again." Sh«^|^ arose' and went t6
i**%5?'t ' •^•"*" •' ^""'^ *'*ey, #0^6 l^olttf /walking in Uie
^^^r •: "" -^"<* J^8U8 said; ^vhere have, you laid him,
&mmy »a!d'^nto him. Lord, conie andW^' And when
the Jews 9a«r how. Jews, v^ept, they said, « Bejiold, how
\ W, loVed !^." • No^, I ' believe that» while the body of
Lazarus V^;!i» thegraye his soul "^as in heaven. * I don't
J^*^, "ilt ^*'^**l'' *" "nd 3o says, but what does God's v
!!?*u?Sl"^?^ Almighty Ims given me an intellect to
. thmk fofWiyself." When Lazarus rose agaiiirhe had nei-
.,ther Ijeen to puHgalory nor flying in the air, but «ls isoQu
l^W became absent Mn\ the l)6dy he W^nt to heaven
Mi^ nobody fJopK bring l|im fcM||^again but the resurre<
».tiOB power of Christ He thjMlled him into bein
coijld call thfllt spirit back agaifiPr believe that when h'
left tliis teneraeiitvof clay, he went home to heaven.
• P^ Martha 8fu(W« Lofd, by this .time he stinkei h, for
•: he hath been deacon r dayp." Now Martha would never
■ have said tho?e words, had she only been able to s^b
Christ in* his true ebaracter. Ho goes to the grave side,
and wia can.sef^.him h.iving aconfitiest ovp.i- Ji^mQ i ^~'
k.
Deaths
1=7-
comes to lay claim to his prey, aixl he says, « Who ig this
that 18 troubling mel Who jias power to unloose th
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Ww» '«''**fS^^ had never elieh » *°*: °d L«MW»
1^- . ^^"'U ""i^- ^ calte u«^>
Jtf this WorW»>5<i " aftv« ''let me ^Hr ^^ ma* >« V
*«1£*^^SlWeWm--yo« t>'J^Pi ^d many »
and been **''?^^tv^rii*ht^ ^^^*^ ^?t* St-3E»^'»*»^" «i
. ^e bftve «ot g^K^,,j^ and be has ^^^0i:Mri^%
^-^ miidea and tolf^ ME^ witb every '^^'StoiiEW^
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THR MASTKK*a CALt.
•tnven with thoir he«rt8. There are pWy of p^nk
who don't go to Gocl's bouse ^because th^^now^^^
w^ll -lu" T'"'^^'*"^ they Jove 8in and^the iTu tS
iW l5*"l*'" don't like to look into the Bibirb«.«^
ther Imow^ev are guilty. There aie plenty of pwriSlS
^hdale tiat dur«t not come into the cLpeT ; th^ffow
tW would be converted. Let them come> God7|ro.D3
Ji tfce plan by which mankind must be reform^ .nd w
Ijnow n must^e don,. Oall man by whSH^^tS^
t^^^"^^^ them.^ Theit, ^Jw
«r fl!Li I "^ """"^ i^ ^f^' me preach, arid the Spirit
rL^^'^r^'**'^^ ?l**"'' **^'*- When she w^t hSme
is te*^ r^' *"^ ^'r ^"«**«°^ ««^™«d much .urpriS!
and 1 went to see him. He told me if ever I preached
fZTw ^'u^T"^' ^"^^^ P"" me out of th^/™S
L^hf^ i!"f; W^,^'''^'' you pull meout of theWp^
SwSiT?*' liere again." I did preach, anS ^
Chi?! S.t™^ and I said, -Who will volunl^ for
he said, "I wiU volunteer for ctrist; when I Sme to tha
Chanel to-night, I was determined that I woulHrne and
2n^r^ i *»r ^^""^ V"^ ~^^<>»^" I have not
aeen ftat man for two years, but I know he is on his
way^ to heaven, and that he is living as a resoectable
, consistent christian. Perhaps you hafe gone toTJTa
T:^JTf''^^i^^ ^"^^ haifSnS ;S tJ
go agam; but you have gone, and the Word has come
S^ and Christ hts come and tak^^iTS
Ih^A K r^ ""^ *h^ ^'"^t Reaching of the ffospel on
the^day of Pentecost. The people saidT '' These S^S^..^
third hour of the day, and he preached Christ to W *
rtotasr'T."'*-" ^'\!^-^-' what mr^i^e
qo to pe saved ? Thereia s on io th n g in the ffOBfwfthst
men cannot withstand^and is it hS no'^^TT
^"■■^^^"■^■^y- ■■■■■:. ■.," ■ \ «
!m'«"*s,T
'■ :-'A--
Itt^
MA8TRH ft O*!-!-
fl
tbeprbBeht t»ne. 1 JJ»\3,^^ i,.eon». tlnrty cocks.
1 to hSar me prA^ ^".^rT^SoSn the team begati ^,
and bens, and ^bree rnl^^>-^"t^^^^^ ^^ preaching «g«5
to fall down bifl f«ce. He came ^ ly ^^^ ^^^j^^ a •
iJ nigbt^ and ^r.^b^^ ,e -nt V> b^J ^
like a child. A)n tueioii^w i? . ^^^. j cannot
:Xk^„ the <7»:f :;>f ^;ta\"wibe W ^^^ be- •
-work,\I am afraid if \^^'*' Tnravod for God tosavii
! ttm, and be said, *'^?^„r .1^ went to. bis woik on.the ^
I winaef if be loves me? . f^^^' ^ he came out of
iT^ay^buUhe^couW^ge^B^^^^
the coi-pit in ^»« ^^. r^^no peace, and he went
Wediiesday, but coidd ^^» |^^t.Uit up stairs, M /
• home. As soon as he j^ot "»«'\. , j pible, and the
AV^eyan Hymn-book. Who^ j^^, ,tj,ther; ^be
: ^, i^Look, this « ^^'J .f ^^ x^ have never read^a
made me a present ^'Jj J^\j^^„ the Bible, : and , he ,
chapter out of it. , He Ima a ^^^^^ ^^.
took up the hymn-book and m
mencing ^
i« My God I l^now I foOl t]?;^? ™*^''» ' f ' .
He i.»teBtly ""^.a.t.^Uft » '"'"y"' "■^ .•
AtWgbere ^f^^^J^t Go^^^^^
find peacS^n sik n;S^*«- g^„^^^f .ou can -el uu to-mght
sinniTiiteCcmyeri^ JSm ,^l vour^ins. . Some o^
l^d 8«y *bat ^^ ^:^1KSU Aivd^y^^^ have to thank
y<kh*^ebeen<5onv^^^^^^^^ Ghn|^recon. .
Laven tAiat ever y^^^^^ f But; »od c.ais'W|by
Xld only resUjre you j^uJ^'^V y^
hi
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73
Your wife am
doctor came'
whether or
told your
i ^y
M^
rilK MAtiTKK UALL.
ipds stood about your bod weeping, the
felt your pulse, and saw lie could not tell
<you would live another week. You
•V.VI j^/u. vrw^ to fetch a minister to pray for you.^ You
promised hiipi^ upon that bed if God would <Mily^>Mtore
you, that you wouM begin to serve him. May the Lord
help you r> keep yoOT vow. I once saw an old woman
lying on a bed of;ffifli|tion and ^le said " IQthe Lord will
restore ine, I will do differently." The Lord did reatore
her; but when the doctor was not wanted, OhriM was not
wanted. S^^ wns laid iHj^n a bed of affliction a second time.
I called to e^ her, ajid sh^romised God if He would oqoe
more mercifully restore her she would give up her evil
' course of life. And she safd. ''If I am laid upon bed of
affliction again it will bo too late thef|r^e|yill have nothing
to do with me any mbiu The lust time I mail be damlied.
. The Lord again raised her upAMt h^sows w<g|| broken^he
soon was again afflicted, anaWd diea without any hope.of
-^'forgiveness. A man in ]L4iveV{>ool was laid upon a bed of »
affliction and he proimised ^MlMJpoi'^ i^ ^^^P^^ PQ^
restore hinjplie "would lead ^^P^rent Jife, d|N| he wouW
not ne^iit his family as he haadonie'be* '
restored%im, but the iihm went on in sin.
Ii second tfufie and restored. His di
^iilto laid down a third time. Some
for him,l)it^he't(6|tl them thej^ might
devil toJ^ savdd as him. The last wor(
w
%lcVed fail
comes bor
out of l)od
bear her c
her pray
that all w
came to ^
«*Ob, Mr
^^yfathe
^^d whe
with her
She aaid
shook hi
asked h<
sUb repl
ftod abo
go witl
The fat
to the
would
said vr1
and "lie
e to pnj
ell^y for tlie"
he uttered were,
_ __ ned," and gave up the ghost Have you not
promli^ God when \e has afflicted you that if he would
restore ^ou, you would Serve him, but you have broken
your vow. He calls sometimjQsby^ a little child. They
came to GocVs house^ and hear something about Jesus.
Thexso home and tell their parents, and uie father seems
to i>^ilftrmerl, How many parents have to thank God
'that ever their children went to the Sabbath SohpoL
When a Christiaii mother was once dying, she put her ■ ^ |
band on her only chikl*H head and saidj^ "liook to Jesus I ^Q^
and meet me in heaven." I went t5 preach at tHe plaot I ' ins
shortly afterwards and the little girl said, " Will you tell me *. 1 tul
how I can meet my mother in heaveii ? I have got m
waBC<
that 1
been i
agreJ
look!
jump
asl^it
wasl
**W
Iain
all i«
' can
was
•»i» w»»^« T'^v
n
bear her crow. Ij**^," .,1, „»ct an unction anW^poww.
?^r pmy in the ^^fc^^ When the mcctnigvvas ove^^^^
♦Li »U vere wtonllkeci. ^ *'* • ^^^ uU» »he saw,
iime io^e «nd gStin^ f^^fdRO Cl Uve with vp«,
^vfitherw to, wicked. °»5 j aid not nhftke hand*
l^when 1 HiK!*"^«i hiTie sat down and wept.
^^<
AhA laid ** l-aw^^'y 7 ? »^niwht but me " Her tamer
„ked bet t.Ue ^W^;^, ^Iked ^ her .bout b»»«»^
;Hb replied thai Mr. "«?^ ^ -.he .sked her WW' "
«n with her to ask MJ. »Y» • ^^ »ith you. nec»ui«
t> the ho«« "'■"•.^ClTehXn handewi* me. 8to
*^a af great «»^;' ^,tJ.S hi. "^
H"*' S""*""' f * t nrtoiri «ith him, and tT^'^y^
" nralSu^^'-^^ "<«!:• 'T»hf«idfoC father.
«A^»P»««*»'<'*±r He "pliS. "Tell.b«
ircomingtohea^n. a^«»'«^„ ^^1 «•» f'^^
•» » •tU"elMk'Sitdo«nin»mo^^^
«»» 'tXll whihadinftdelparente^and^y*' „^^ „j
waaa litUegin w» ^^ ^\^^\^ to reau *" , „,
ihat they would not ft"<>^.;r', ^^^h whom she waa ptay^
S^ Iheliekrd some J^^^^^e^ they \^ ^^'^
• 1^Kr,-»im'^*T?"
u
fBI MASTlR'fl CALL.
is^
f
ff (lifjr would ullow btr to |6 to th« Mbool. She w«iif
borne and (oM her rnotber tnat she waa going to th^ Sab-
batb Sobool, thai she bad protniMxl and sbe would go.-~
The niotber told her that her father would not allow her.
0he told her father, and he aaid if she went she would
have to go without hi^akfast. Well, the rooroioff oamor
and she wended her way to the Sabbath School. She was
there rii inontha and the teacher prayed for the Lord to
bleat theehUd. She waa laid upon a bed of aflSiction^ and
the man would not allow any%>ne belongmg to tbeacbool
to eater the housa The doctor came, and when the fath-
er asked him what be thought that rooming, he shook
bis bead. He saw there was no hope for the child ; sbe
would be dead in less than three hours, and they ooidd
do what they liked ibr her. The father went upon the
■tairs and be began to weep as if bis heart would break.
He tok) his child that the aootor bad said he had done
all be eonM and that they would have to give her ud.^-^
She said, ** Father, do you love ine V* And he said *' Vesr
1 do Jove thee," SlSe then asked him to send for her
leadiers to pny fo^ ber. The parents said ** Let as do sci
if that will do her any good." The mother went to the
aebool auperintendeitt As soon t» she saw her teacher,
•be said "The Lord bless you that ever you told me
aboat Jesas.** I was there and she asked us to Mng a
byinn, and we sung—- /
; " Tkere is • land of pore delisht," Ao.
She Aen said to ber mother, " If you love me, won't you
meet me in heaven." She repli^ *'By the help of OojKk
I will " She aaid to her fether;^ " Don*t yftu love me^
and be said^ **I do love vou, my dear child." ♦• You wilJ
meet m« in Wven, won^t you then." He dropped upon
bis knees, and critd out, *'Tbe Lord nave nie,"and he
•aid ** I will meet thee in heaven by the help of God."—
She said "Gome Lord Jesus, and come quickly; good
by^ good hye.- And she died si^ingt, *< Hap^, b^py»
hiappy." Since then I have been to the bed side of thai
motner,and she died happy. I wen||ginn and the father
was at the point of death. He savp* I bless God that
ever my d
died, be s^
bim on nij
dying cbil
the Lord,
terroined
takea an
bad a pin
Godo
stricken
more ha
good, ar
sent to
drink, s
pell 1
Qodb€
way to
not wb
Williai
aback
baih-l
tbou <
oppor
warn
and
and «
tbee
entre
ally
,„■<</.
tm »*«"«'• o*"-*-
u
Sw"! *o»U«l " Victonr. v.et^y. ^ '^^ ,o»t
hto onmv .houWr «"* /vTu know they »« b.ppy i»
lie Cord. 1 *f'« S* » '"M™» ">»» ^^"^tit 1
„o« hMin in tbe "fj^ „T° X«ffbter-ho««».Pf>P'lEi
good, .nd while «e h«ve tho«" 8 .^j^, who trfw
S™tto hen wholewle- How c«n . ^ ^, (j<».
dri.k^»«nd»pi-<'^P;Jj'^^t!^rte™Vnight. »?!'
„H If iheroi" > poor j^^'^Thou once wm on the
^id help thee M.tnrn.ndlve.^T^^^^
wsY to heaven end d d «t «»'» „ ; John, ThomMS or
Tot what thy name i»-:">'f*f ,* Thou didi* become a
om)ortunity. 1 believe there w a v ^ ^^aster w come
Sa.onettatm»«.J.v^J»^^
S >» bacWidere to-night.
pie, »«« -
Lord save
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ADPRESSVni
"TJke voage* of «m u deaih; but Oie 0t of Opdi$
ttenuU liftf ihrough Juu» ChrUtovr Loira/'--''Rom. vl 38.
This text has been upon my mind, both while wstiiig
upon my bed, and while standinc; upon my feet torday^
J know plenty of people who say that the Bible is a fopl-
ish book. One day when I was away from home, beiflg
fatigued, I laid myself down upon » >pfa, and closed my
eyei. Two young ladies, belonpnc to the house wheirol
was staying, came into the room. They stood and kwked
^Ht tbemsetves in a large mirror. One of them was nice
tooking, and tha. other, Isuppose, would have had a much
* .prettier face if she had made herself. One of the sisters
Said, "Is Richard asleeprv The other replied, "Yfis.^
,She then fqund fault with the glass, and sud that sheWlas
better looking than the glass made her appear; *'«ndi^e
wished her. father would sell that glass." There are mwy A
peopWiooking in the mirror of God*s word; but because ^
. ft shows their bad deeds, and sinful habits, they don't like .
it, imd they abuse it. That is the way with Joe Barkeiv
Iconoclast; and many otbeHjB. ? was a rum-looking 'oldr
cusiomer when I looked in it at first, biA-since that'^me^ J
God has used his jack-plane upon me> and squared iH; "
•^p. I am gtad that tl^ere are so many working m«
assembled 4n this place of worship. The text |f^pplica!l|
to fkM Of us— «* The wages el si^is death/* - ■ / :
• The text concludes a v'cii^ powerful exhortation to cdme
to Christ. I believ;e thiS there is a w|pt of christian
chanty on the part of professing christiMiiB, If I fook
sound at the different placed in Which I have labouredi I
a
4o tKA> **^,
workmen i
worship; ii
if he is a c
men are U
masters,
fessing chi
If we are
^tionsiipoi
* pocri»y *
' |he pride
^ nian is n
4«^^doiJ
Such at
oufs^**
helping
great tr
is too m
and wo
ought 1
do not
and th
three t
thede<
inany
gold i
bappi
mi
weu4
God,
Ood
/*
I-P
-jme!—
«« WA<«B OT M» " »»***
:V(
d my
lere.I v.
Mked
nice
/* .
mucli
tiftem
Ym.^
e^ .
di^e o,
DQany A '
: .<-' ■■
'tlike
urker^
).
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, ^
'timfr's^ v^
^^'^
i m«(i '"<f
m^ijl^. -^ - •
jcalMpHf
1
^l" W* -
1
octoio * ?S>»'
1
vtian ' ' 1
rook
I
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1
■ ■-..-■,«.■; ]■...., A THP WWW- ■.•,, ■ ■■_:.;;
wtoen think «»»» *,*!^h«pel.th«y ^o^^fS
w beta »«'""*''?"* ^m&minit *• x™* "^^ nto- - -
1*^^ U»e up to the ""''^i^S ^" Wtto. ^woor •
;.«^Sl.-ti«.e mo, 1 «»»«?»Jl«:t'lfeJSt being -ell.
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T^S WAOB8 OF Bltt
^^
■'.'s.
c^rriagtt or a tkfrd-Qlam, I should liayo been a ee«tleniati,
because the love of Christ was in my heart Neyer mind,
iny friendiif you have not sixpenoe in your pOckiaiti; if
you have the love of^Chrisfe "you a*© a gentleman. Our
oonversation had referencei to the war in China. I want
to brine war to an end, for my Bible does not tell me to
go* to the battle-fi4lld. He aisked me whether I liad read
about.llie ransac^ifi^ of Pekin, and how the places there
were destroyed ? andlsl^4' *' -^^^ ^^^^ ^^ \>^xv done by a
a Bible coitnitry." I 'said, "Bid the Bible tell them to do
itr He said. "No." I said, "Then do not talk so, let
us be giiided^by the bpok of God. The heart of man is
terribly deceitful and desperately wicked." He said Dr.
Watts was going to prbve at the Free-trade Hall, Man-
chester, that man's heart is not naturalljf deceitful. |^id,
**Does Dr. Watts know his own heart? Suppose you
were tQ lend me^lOO just now, and when you wanted it
baipk, I told you that you could ik>t have it, what would
you say ?" He said, " I shfi^ld swf that you had deceived
me." I said, "Would you say my ©yes, my ^ead, or my
heart, had deceived you *' He said, " No, I should say
that your heart had deceived me." Well, that is what thd
Bible says. I ^o not need to say that Joe Barker has a
deceitful heart, for he haa told you that himself. If
you do not mind him he wflH blindfold you. I.said toa
Ciq»taJn in W<>oJwich (^ friend of mme) the other day,
<«I wish to God you would^e up." Bathe said, **What
can I and my wife (k*. ]^aiMM>«red him, *• What *'do I
and ray wife dof I'rusi in the Lord and. he will pro-
vide." And r Wieve that if the people would do so, we^
should have 1^98 scepticism th^ we have^ •
There is nc^ one here but has something to be ashamed
dt. . Plenty of you woi^ld be thieves if you could be so
without t|ie law getting hold of you. Ijots of you would
^be the greatest scoundrels on record, if you coiild c&rry on
your ne^rious practices without being found ou);. But
therel is a day of retribution coming at last, and, " Tho
wages <^f sin iS iie^li."' There is not an unconverted jf^jiiti
ti^rejnft has something of the devil' about him, if yoii do
po( uiiiad yo^r souls will be brouglit to ruin. • As I travel
O}
abotttXtne
mendottoi
8«bbath, b
are i)rie»t-|
«in-ridden.
bouse, mo
liook rou!
souls iii y
out prayii
prevails',
follow-m(
Ther€r
come of
big one,
-one will.
place he
thought
said th<
esis to
■all thy
bow J
Bible^
notit'i
M man
to bet
Th<
takes
««Bea
in oni
IjancI
- tod*
a^di
- '; beg£
pare
* r^
■■ ■■.,," j^ou
nut
*- 1^
■■>
.x
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SS^Via not consider it^ «^ J^^f ^^i'„ irelund the pecq)^ ^ •
I^irround:about yoii, ^'^ /^J^^ to 1>eB to-iyi<bt ^;thr
iS» iti you' ^«"**' y^'' ti T took at the i|toy that
pre^Us; it causes me tow^*^ » w «;U •
Thor^ 18 nothing Uke *f' ""^^.. ^^ii « uule be, will tel^a
come of it. Anybody who w^^^^^
Wg one, and if * btUe^^ ^'^^Igo standing in the marke^
- one will. 1 '^^^^'^S^'l^Zf^c.v^ -^^^ "^^^ He
place here BeteBibles,^^^^ He
Lid.'**Thfi Book 18 a be^o«^ ^^ ^^or colher. n^
b,„r "^7«'*;w .MnaTberid* that. I™'^^,*jK
^.fi„ strides do™n^d«^_^,^i„gA^,.
S.::^Xl-«,»tove. jKe. d<«.. ^K
■ Sd^:r,p^«^r:™-%f:^t«tt^^^
^Zm. mothe« pa»P«'«- "X vo»r eoats »nd^v^7°* '
„ Deggw°» ^ fTUiaiath^ishoptotiaKeyu"' ^ ^tr* destroy
nut irHiejC' »"T i f l«i P»f*«^ 1'"*°"' ?!«»
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n|X WAOXB OF 8I|r
80 y j,-^*' ->
rople Mijr ; '^ '• Richard, you want to cause' war." I 4a
vriint'to CRUfle war against poverty, pauperism, and
(IrUtikJ^tineas; I know that lan^dlords and lamtiadies 4o
, not nke me. Go to their houses, and gaze on the drunken
father and deffra(le4l husband; look at the wife» with her
pale wan cheek, and see what drink has done there. I
would take that drunken father by the band, and say- —
"God UeHs you." I have seen much of drunkenness and
siiii The other day I heard a kndiord call a drunkard'a
.child a h'ttle devj], a& he turned him out of his house,
while the landlordVson was being educated at a boarding-
school. In the public-house people say " What a fellow
Richard is.** I dare say the landlady will say, "Yes,!
wish 80»nebody would turn him out of the town." But. I
shall not leave the towtai ; until Ghriist wishes it. When
living in Prescott, there was a m»n who was a very witty
character— a man whx> had-Spent his money like I had
spent mine. He had been a fool for the devil, and a fool
for the publicans. I paid a visit to his family, and found
°no one at home but his poor, careworn wife. Her face
was sadely disfigured, and her nose was broken. I ques-
tioned her about the injuries she had received, and she
.told me that her brows had been kicked lu by her drunken
husband. Now as I looked at that woman .1 cpuld not
but syivipaihise with her. I had known something of that
in my child howl, and I know what it is to see a mother'sj
heiart brokvn though infamy and the devil. I prayed with
lier, and believe she got peace And pardon that night. The ■
husband came home about two o'clock in the morning,
and< because thare was not r^gat in the bouse; he dragged
her down stairs, by the hair of the head*g| He broke uiree.,
of her ribs, and swore be would kill .W^he bad -blinded [
one of her eyes, and bruised the othet** I ikwoke' about;
tiiat time with an inapression that I niust go at oncie to
see that man^ I dressed myj)0]f and went out. Numbers .
of people were running, they told me that he had half
killed his wife. I went to the house and asked where he
The ueighbottl^ l^>e^g«d iiie not to gqfiurfls Be h^d-
■'*'.
wa&
aworn he would kill the first man tliat entered the door.
I Went la. V Ht^had in his hand a great big i^ife. I went
in wHb the Bible in luy hand, aiKl be said^ '< I shall* not
have you
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«iiK me. and teach me w »«P V* . ,. j. ^^j^ gatne by y<w>- ■
SIS -Kicbard.|it do^"^* l\t\ei'l leave off maying
Sy motfier wa. dying sbe "^^^^X^^er forg^^ ^±^
'S; thee nobody ^^ae^^V , V« i «^d. "Cbfist ca\«^*
tidV^ blei tbee. ™y ^^^-l-lCcknl 1 have been
Irinper for «> many years.;^^ ^^J^ ^ ^ •»:^yTl.
to -ife" fetehed «. I'* ~»^ ,„. They •« ""J •'^'^
She Bail bei: name ^,^^J"^^^ not got one now.
.ibe in dead *nd gone. J^^\,^, and sbe; "^^^^ J'^
Lked ber when bet mother u , „ ^^ ^ ^^^
b'^rwftereWfal^^^^*J\i^ ber cheelc a*d.«iWl*
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bIcM th«c." the roother dead, the father iii
fiildren in the baatUe, that is the fruit of 8in.-r-^ <
6s8dd, thing it is that though wo have pronged
.merejjr 18 juRtthe same. Lopk round about on
■ of 'sin. .You see it in every ho^e— every street
ley family. "The wages of sin is deatJi." Look .
, i*and Gomorrah ; look at the ante-diluvian peo^f
pie; look at Judas; and you will see that ''The wages \df
, sin is death;" death temporal, and death eternal. Ilie
penalty of teurder is death, and neither prayer nOir eii-
^ treaties eiin avail. Velverton got the^best lawyers to
plead his cause, but the verdict was in favour of the wo-
man, an^ very properly so. Good husbands make gp6d
wives and children. I am sorry wheft I hear some ex-
Kessions made use of in the public street,-^such as "1*11
► aaiTined if I do," or " Ijl go to he'll," Ac. I heard
one motherly to her child, " Young devil, I'll kill thee^".
People think nothing about using such expressioiis. v But
God ^vs, "The wagesof sin is death." How many there
are wMo would sacrifice everything to go to hell^whd)
w6uld commit' murder, suicide, and everything that was
itifaltnous. Look at the conflicts that are raging in socie-
ty-^hushand against wife, children against motheFS and
fathers, and mothers and fathers a^inst children. If you
look these things in the face, it J^ ^<)ugh to foake Vou
shiiddeivv ■■;■-. . > -^ ':::■ ;:'^' ^H;,-'?^'* ■,■"■ v'\,;;v-"
Siich is the sin of this worJdy that it^ unsafe to turn
girls into the street, for there isa slaS^h^r-house here, and
a devil-house there. There was a yOung man in Liveipool,
newly married and dothg very, well, but he went td a pi^
liio-house. The office was given up, businetenl^Iected ito¥
character lost, and his friend^ deserted hiin. The publio-
hpuse, washis ruin. The children are begging thehr hmdi
and the mother is in poverty and ^misery now. lS>u cair
see him now at the xjorner of the street, looking like a-
walking ghost, with l^is wan ^d 'Ciire worn wife beside
him. He (iomes out of that public housed his wife imploni
him to come home, he fells hto ip, the grofind. the S* V
felit falls out of her arms and sdreams.out. He seizes it,
by its feet: and^ dashes its head against the lamp post and
throws k lifelees on the stone^'at hisfeet. .He is arr«st#d
and came
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picture tb
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?i™»o the back streeU of l^^^^'P^, ^ Walk down tUitdirty
mnv clothing. !« * ^"l TRoe; without » rag to oovej
her nabA«e«^ IJ^J^,"^.^^^ my drwAen fattier,^
^"^ '^^!f««tS*Thi8iB throu^ m^^^^^
the BObs and «ayB^ itt me entreat y<>tt to co"'®^^*"
fathers and«iotbei«l«tine ^^^ jo»xi i«^i» wa-
C^ to deaA^ ;f 'I'vSrUi^ ^"^ «^ -
InoineiwJJ^f,^^^ t«med^i^«* :
wOh! niy cHild. n>y:cnjK»' r the cause of thia.
fiow maoy ^vU ^^^'^^.^^JSIou is g<5ng forth, will aay
whileJheientence «f.f^^'^ ^:, %jW many ^^
" Motber, you w^re ^^ ^ the cau8e:of tbi«; . ^ .
y en^-?^^stling andtbe^^ „,^
wav^g a ted flag. «««! ^'''^t^o trains approaching on the
!lw " What rouat be done.^ ^ ^ po<yr inan
MHnae Line. Vj .vi ^AAthl death i ^"*' r^ l^--
^sine criee--*' death ! ^^^_ ^^ ^hat way, and eV«ry
^fwtbe redfi^g ^^'^^^^^C^r iSgethi. there »
::::r;srt^ eX^befront^ ^ i^r.^^^X^
Son of the tvTo traiia. You ^7 ^^ the b|indto.
trtr««KW »■"! «»* *" ^"^ The d««e h« gone
forth .h=» "T»* '-«g«^^t„' "f i,«.,ei.. r»w 1;";^
OlorvtoGoilV w«<^» A ^ -
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: *• The ^ft of God is ctornal life." God ia willing to
take you into hia arms to-night. If I had a cofnmijMion
ttoxn the Que^n, to go up and down the street and tell th«
|>eop]e that they must quit tfa& milla, for I had a pen-
jftloti of £52 a year for them, would not that b« some-
thing good and great? Would'nt you' be sayinff,
«* Richard, have you got my name down f That would
be a nice thing for a poor man. I have hot got that, but
something more precious. J have a commission from the
King of Kings, to tell yOu •* that he that beUeveth on the
Son of God shajl be s»ved» and have, everlasting life,^—
(t is a free gift and Christ oifdrs it to ypu. yi^'hile I was ,
in PreHCot, a man who kept a public-house commenced
cursing me. H^ cursed God, and I' blessed him, and said
"Lord have mercy upon this man." I said that I believed
that before twelve hours had passed , away some of those ^
f resent might be dead. The man asked if' it was him!
said, "That it might be him." That same night his
landlord ^ave him notice to quit the ho|ia«i, when he jumped
up and said, "You may go to hell;" and stepping back
he fell down the cellar stairs and was killed, crying oat»
**I am damned." " The wages of sin is i^eath."
I would ask the young men and women now present,
where they will be in 1862? Ohild ren will be^ weeping for
a lost mother or father ;^ — fathers and mothers foir their.
, lost children. If you wish to know what are the torments of
.hell, ask the evil spirits who were CMt into hell 1800 years
since. I believe that if you do not come to Christ yoii
will go to hell. May Christ save you all. An old woman
aaid^ne day, "if I go to hell I'll keep a bawdy hiiuse.' I
said, "Before December, 1857^is out, if you ^o not repent
1 brieve you will be deild and damned. Shtf toid, " Who
made yon a prophet?" I said *« God." Shortly aftw a
friend told me she was dead; and that she had died calling
upon God to damn her daughter. There are plenty who
will shake hands with you in hell,wjthOut you come'at
once to Christ. If, you do not come, God Almighty hasi
said that you will go to hell. ** Th^ wagep of sin is death,
but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
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