THE DANGER OF DELAY. "The angels hastened Lot."-Gen. xix. 15. "I made haste, and delayed not."-Ps. cxix. 60. Hasten, O sinner, to be wise, And stay not for the morrow's sun; The harder is she to be won. O hasten, mercy to implore, And stay not for the morrow's sun, O hasten, sinner, to return, And stay not for the morrow's sun, Before the needful work is done. O hasten, sinner, to be bless'd, And stay not for the morrow's sun, Before the morrow is begun. O Lord, do thou the sinner turn! Now rouse him from his senseless state! O let him not thy counsel spurn, Nor rue his fatal choice too late! THE APPEAL; A Magazine for the People. "Glory to God in the highest,- And on earth peace, DAILY TEXTS, FOR SUNDAY SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES.-Cover, p. 2. ....... 60 60 8888 PRICE ONE HALFPENNY. LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & CO. STATIONERS'-COURT; A. HALL & CO., AND BENJ. L. GREEN, PATERNOSTER-ROW; LEEDS: JOHN HEATON. May be had, by order, of any Bookseller. My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. For wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that lead Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire 7 Tu He shall judge the POOR of the people, he shall sav children of the NEEDY. For he shall deliver the NEEDY when he crieth; the poor and him that hath no helper. 9Th He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the so Blessed are the POOR IN SPIRIT: for their's is the kingd heaven. Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, a will give you rest. THE LORD'S DAY.-Come, and let us go up to the mou of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob: he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his p This we commanded you, that if any would not work, ne should he eat. For the workman is worthy of his meat. What shall we do, that we might work the works of Go This is THE WORK of God, that ye believe on HIM whom hath sent.bo In this was manifested the love of God toward us, bec that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, tha might live through him. See that ye refuse not HIM that speaketh. THE LORD'S DAY.-It is good for me to draw near to Go Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfr of all thine increase. Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil. Much more then, being now justified by HIS BLOOD, we sh be saved from wrath through Him. 30 Th For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, shall be saved by his life. The reader will notice that most of the above texts are either a the week, or intended to throw light upon each other. THE APPROACHING CHOLERA. This fearful disease is again approaching the shores of England. It has been moving slowly along, like an Angel of Death, first across Asia, touching North Africa, then across Europe, and again the sword of this messenger of the Lord is stretched over Hamburgh. This is the very town from which, in its last visitation, it crossed the water to our Island, and commenced its fatal work in Sunderland. We feel it to be our duty, in a periodical which appeals to you on behalf of the religion of Jesus, to imitate the example of Jesus himself. He, while teaching his blessed Gospel to save men's souls, went about also doing good to their bodies. He was not rich himself, and he made no man rich, and he ministered to no one's love of luxuries; but he did "give something to the poor from their little purse" (John xiii. 29); and he still oftener HEALED the diseases of all. We give, therefore, on the last two pages of our Cover, the best directions we can obtain. They are not only plain, but from the best medical authority. And we advise our readers therefore to preserve, till all danger is past, this Number at least of "The Appeal.” But let us hearken to the solemn voice of this visitation. It is the voice of God. It is the voice of judgment, the voice of warning, and therefore the voice of mercy. The voice of JUDGMENT. "Through sin death entered into the world." But it is for the blindness and impenitency of sinners that Death is sent in these sudden and appalling forms. Men heed not the Last Enemy when he smites one by one, and smites by ordinary diseases. Death is commissioned therefore to smite by hundreds, and to summon by agonizing pains, and at a few hours' notice ! "Because judgment against an evil work is delayed, there fore the hearts of the sons of men are fully set in them to do evil." By the cholera, God says to each, "There shall be time-delay—no longer." The majority of a town or village do, indeed, generally escape; yet each one stands, while this terrible disease is near, quite uncertain whether the awful messenger may not arrest him next. The writer of these very lines may be disabled in an hour from writing more. Hence it is the voice of WARNING. It says, "Prepare to meet thy God." Are you prepared to meet him? Prepared to give him an account of all things you have done in the body? Prepared to have the secrets of your heart made manifest? Prepared! Alas, while things flow on as usual, few think of preparation. We are now warned of our folly. It will not do now to delay till "a more convenient season." Now or NEVER! is the warning voice of this judgment. The stroke is not on our property, or our trade, or even on our food; the sword is ready each moment to sever the feeble thread of life itself. Are you prepared to part with life? Prepared to stand as a spirit at your Maker's bar? But every warning voice, is also a voice of MERCY. A vindictive God would have smitten instead of warned. Yes, warning is mercy. Receive it as mercy. You will not hear God's daily voice; but he, not willing that any should perish, speaks now in a more terrific tone. If you still refuse and harden your hearts, whether you live or die, the consequences will be dreadful. But if you "turn at his rebuke,” O how graciously he meets you! "He doth not willingly afflict nor grieve the children of men.' "He delighteth in mercy." "Return unto me, and I will return unto you." "I will abundantly pardon.” "Christ died for sinners." "The blood of Jesus Christ, HIS SON, cleanseth us from all sin." "And him that cometh unto me," says that Son, "I will in no wise cast out." Are you, then, terrified at the thought of sudden death,-humble yourself at once before your God. Look back on your life of sins,-unheeded sins,-obstinate sins,-aggravated sins,-reckless sins. You cannot begin to seek your God and your Saviour, amidst the racking pains of the dread disease. O leave not repentance to such a hazard. You will find it no easy work, though in health, to pass from a life of inattention to religion or of dislike to it, to the needful knowledge of yourself and of salvation, and to a hearty love for what you naturally dislike. Nay, but for the help of Jesus, you would find all this impossible even in health. Seek then, at once, His help. Beseech Him to enlighten you. Beseech Him to aid you in the struggle with your rebellious heart. Beseech Him to give you a "new heart and a right spirit." He loves to hear such prayers. He upbraids none. the FRIEND of SINNERS. "Jesus ready stands to save you, Full of Mercy joined with power, He is able, He is willing-doubt no more." He is EMIGRATION. "THE BETTER COUNTRY." William Hacket. Well, neighbour James, there's a deal of talk of emigration; and I think there will be more; what can we poor woolcombers do now? You that can get regular work, and your family too, why, it's all very well; but we that are out of work, and likely to be, why, we must all emigrate. I can't bear lying on the parish. James Furness.-I quite feel, as you have often said, about living on parish pay; if 'twas ever so much, instead of the little it is, I could never relish it. When we are willing to work 'tis so mortifying to have to take pay for doing nothing. Well, God be thanked that I have work enough; still I too, and all of us, must emigrate. |