her." Do you think God is going to reason with a man whose
hands are dripping with blood, and before he asks forgiveness and
mercy? Will God reason with a man living in rebellion against Him?
Nay. But if we turn from and confess our sin, then He will reason
with us, and pardon us. "Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall
be as white as snow: though they be red like crimson, they shall be
as wool."

But if a man persists in his rebellion against God, there is no
invitation to him to come and reason, and receive pardon. If I have
been justly condemned to death by the law of the State, and am
waiting the execution of my sentence, I am not in a position to
reason with the governor. If he chooses to send me a free pardon,
the first thing I have to do is to accept it; then he may allow me
to come into his presence. But we must bear in mind that God is
above our reason. When man fell, his reason became perverted; and he
was not in a position to reason with God. "If any man willeth to do
His will he shall know of the teaching." We must be willing to
forsake our sins. "Let the wicked forsake his way, and the
unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and
He will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will abundantly
pardon," The moment a man is willing to part with his sins, God
meets him in grace and offers him peace and pardon.

The next bell I would like to sound out is--

COME TO THE MARRIAGE!

"Behold, I have prepared my dinner: . . . all things are ready; come
unto the marriage." Who would not feel highly honored if they were
invited to some fine residence, to the wedding of one of the members
of the President's family? I can imagine you would feel rather proud
of having received such an invitation. You would want all your
friends to know it.

Probably you may never get such an invitation. But I have a far
grander invitation for you here than that. I cannot speak for
others; but if I know my own heart, I would rather be torn to pieces
to-night, limb from limb, and die in the glorious hope of being at
the marriage-supper of the Lamb, than live in this world a thousand
years and miss that appointment at the last. "Blessed is he that is
called to the marriage-supper of the Lamb." It will be a fearful
thing for any of us to see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob taking their
place in the kingdom of God, and be ourselves thrust out.

This is no myth, my friends; it is a real invitation. Every man a