The Great Acceptance: The Life Story of F. N. CharringtonThorne, Guy
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The Great Acceptance: The Life Story of F. N. Charrington
Thorne, Guy
Charrington, Fredk. N. (Frederick Nicholas), 1850-1936; Poor -- England -- London
Upon the other side is an Angel of light, pointing to the Crown of
Life, and to that happiness which "hath the promise of the life that
now is, as well as that which is to come."
In our time such a thing would be laughed at. In those days it was
doubtless as good as many other efforts of its kind. Be that as it
may, who shall laugh or sneer at an earnest and well-meant effort to
engage the thoughts of the passer-by?
Engage the thoughts of the passer-by it certainly did--and the
accompanying words, from which I make extracts, were read all over
the East End of the Metropolis.
"This is a picture of you, reader. The devil is striving on
one side to lead you down to Hell, by the alluring
temptations of sinful indulgence. The Holy Spirit on the
other side is striving with your heart and conscience to
lead you up to Heaven; and God, by His word, is now saying,
'Choose ye this day whom ye will serve.' Nothing will avail
you but an entire change of heart, or conversion. Our Lord
says to you, 'Except a man be born again, he cannot see the
kingdom of God' (John iii. 3); and again in verse five he
says, 'Ye cannot enter into the Kingdom of God.' You can go
to the theatre or music hall, and there your eyes can gaze
upon the indecent dance, and there you can hear the filthy
song, but unless you are born again, you can never see the
glories of Heaven, and you will never hear the song of the
redeemed. You may enter the swinging doors of the
public-house, and take the intoxicating cup as you stand in
the way of sinners; you may enter that house (which is the
way to Hell, leading down to the chambers of death), but
unless you are born again, you will never enter through the
pearly gates of the city, and you will never meet with loved
ones gone before. In conclusion, 'the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is Eternal Life through Jesus Christ our
Lord.' God grant that you may accept the gift instead of
earning the wages; 'that as ye have yielded your members
servants unto uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity;
even so now yield your members servants unto holiness.'
"A time is coming when God will say, 'He which is filthy,
let him be filthy still; and he that is holy, let him be
holy still,' but 'Now is the accepted time, now is the day
of salvation.'
"'Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God'
(Romans x. 17), therefore come and hear the Gospel at the
great Assembly Hall, Mile End Road, open every evening."
Thus the tract, which already began to create considerable interest,
and to agitate the neighbourhood in no small way.
Like a good general, Frederick Charrington followed up one blow with
another. He collected all his forces, and night after night outside
Lusby's Music Hall he was found distributing tracts, with his friend
Keith-Falconer and other helpers.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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