The Blessed Hope: A Sermon on the Death of Mrs. Francis CunninghamHoare, Edward
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The Blessed Hope: A Sermon on the Death of Mrs. Francis Cunningham
Hoare, Edward
Cunningham, Francis, Mrs., -1855 -- Death and burial -- Sermons; Funeral sermons; Sermons, English -- 19th century
And, lastly, you that are still strangers to that blessed Saviour; still
unconverted persons, with the burden of sin still on you; with no hope in
the advent, and quite unprepared to die; let the death speak to your
heart now if the life has failed to reach it. Perhaps you may be young
persons trained in the schools, and under her influence from your very
childhood, but still strangers to Christ. Remember then the earnestness
of her exhortations, and the fervour of her prayers. Remember how she
longed for your souls, and let this be the last day either of hardness or
indifference. Could that voice speak from the grave how earnestly would
it now appeal to you, and let the recollection of that voice now silenced
move each stubborn heart to turn to God. The offer is now made to you,
and none can say he is excluded. The atonement was made for all, and the
offer is made freely to each individual. “Hear, and your soul shall
live.” It is impossible that any offer more magnificent could be made to
the sinner. Here is pardon, peace, joy, union, resurrection, and
everlasting fellowship with God, all offered to the most guilty sinner,
and all without money and without price. Shall men remain hardened?
Shall the sinner remain indifferent? Shall there be none this day
resolved to cast themselves at his feet, that all sin may be blotted out
through his blood, that when they depart hence, they may sleep in Him;
and that when the trumpet shall sound, they may rise at his bidding, and
spend eternity in the full enjoyment of his everlasting love?
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John Colbran, Printer, High Street, Tunbridge Wells.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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