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Author(s): Mr Robert Morrison

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Gospel subject. Two Rich men

I may say Dear friends I have been considering these two men for a short
time back. How the one was saved and the other was lost I am not a platform
man I would rather be a listner to one expounding the truth of God than do
so myself. I think there is nothing so sweet, and just as we read of the
two who was on their way home from Jerusalem to Emmaus and was met by the
risen Lord Him self it is recorded that He expounded unto them in all the
Scriptures from Moses to Malachi the things concerning Him self And they
were compeled to say did not our heart burn within us while He talked to us
by the way. So I would just like to speak a little to you tonight
concerning these 2 men We find the one in 16th Chapter of Luke and the
other in the 19th chapter Both men it is said of them was rich and both of
them claimed to be son’s of Abraham. Now I will deal with the one who
perished it was not because he was rich that he perished. O no we read of
many who had riches and yet was loved and saved. We read of One Joseph of
Arimathea who was a rich man a good man and a just man And he was a
disciple of Jesus. But this man it seems had been living from day to day
with his affections set on things of the earth which his riches was able to
bring to him. But there was a day arrived that his body was affected by a
deadly disease and in a short time he died. being seperated from all the
luxuries he had enjoyed it is recorded of Him he opened his eyes in Hell
being in torment. O what a change for this man who had set God to one side
while he lived on earth. No time for the God of Heaven but living in the
enjoyment that his riches was bringing him And as he opened his eyes and
realized where he was he cries in the anguish of his soul. Father Abraham
have mercy on me Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and
cool my tongue For i am tormented in this flame. But he was to late no
mercy could be extended to him Only Abraham reminded him how he lived in
the past and that now he was tormented. And he reminded him that there was
no comunication between Lazarus and Him. The Great Gulph that has never
been bridged was between him and Lazarus. two or three weeks ago I was
reading of a few Gulphs that had been bridged such as Firth of Forth, Firth
of Tay and a few others But this Great Gulph was without a bridge So there
was no comming and going nor no escape for him out of that place of torment
So realizing how he was placed for all Eternity he remembered his 5
Brethren still left on this side of time and knowing that they were in the
same state of soul as he had been his desire was for Abraham to send
Lazarus to warn them lest they also would come in to this place of torment.
But he was informed by Abraham that they had Moses and the prophets and if
they Believed them they would be saved. This is i believe the mistake he
had made He had rejected God’s word and had died in His sins So where
Lazarus was he could not be allowed to enter No unsaved sinner will ever be
where Jesus is There names must all be in the Lambs Book of Life. They must
all belong to God and be His Children by Faith in the Christ that died for
them or else they will find them selves in that place or destiny where this
rich man found Him self. Thank God for every one that can say they are
saved. The Question might be asked what are you saved from. Well you are
saved from the penalty of your sins. If the Lord Jesus has not died for
them as a subsistute for you, then you must suffer for them in that place
that God has prepared for the Devil and His Angels Instead of everlasting
life it will be everlasting Fire and torment for you No escape. How shall
ye escape who neglects so great a salvation. That was what this rich man
had done. And he found out his mistake when it was to late. No prayers
could be answered no Gulph crossed to late to late was his cry. This is
what the death of our Lord Jesus has done for us who are saved and that is
the reason we can sing O Happy day when Jesus washed our sins away. Now the
Lord Jesus the Great God and Saviour knew what he was talking about when He
gave out this warning and this is the reason He came down from Heaven above
to die on Calvary for Poor fallen Humanity. If there had been no Hell to
shun there would have been no need of a Saviour He loved us, Sinners though
we were and He only asks us to believe it. No works No religon He asks for
nothing to be done by us. But simply for us to Believe that He finished the
work God His Father gave Him to do. So He declares if we confess with our
mouth and Believe in our heart that He died for our sins and that God
raised Him from the dead we shall be saved and made happy for all Eternity.
May you do so to night. Now we have read in the 19th Chapter of Luke
concerning Zacchaeus. He was a rich man a chief among the Publickans and he
had a desire to see Jesus. I am sure he would have heard much about Him.
The great miricales He had performed and the Good He was doing to all He
came in contact with So learning that He had to pass by His way He was
determined to have a look at this unique Person who was declaring that He
was Son of God. But owing to the multitude that was following Him he
thought within him self he was going to have no chance of seeing Him. He
was very little in stature and this accounted for that. However he saw in
the distance a sycomore tree so he ran in front of the Crowd and perched
him self up the tree But the Lord who came to seek and save the lost fixed
His eye on this Zacchaeus and He knew he wanted to come in contact with
Him. So He cries up to Him to make haste and Come down There was no time
for delay He was never going to pass that way again and if Zacchaeus was to
be saved it was now So the wee chap came down he obeyed his Lords call
There was no other way but to trust and Obey. And i think i see him when he
came down from his perch shaking His hand and receiving Him joyfully going
on making his confession before that Great throng of having received the
Lord and Jesus allso confessed to having received wee Zacchaeus as a sinner
who was lost and also a son of Abraham. Now I may say this old old story
puts me in mind of a wee Zacchaeus i was intimate with he was a little over
4ft in height and a colliery winding engine man. Many a time he winded me
up and down the shaft to my work below. His name was George Richmond a
native of Fergushill And he had three Brothers saved but George was still
in his sins untill the Ayrshire tent came to the village 6 years after I
was saved. The preacher was Mr James Forbes and the meetings began. So Mr
Forbes got George and his wife to attend. I can see him yet sitting 3 or 4
seats in front of me drinking in the truth of God concerning him self with
the result wee Gordy and his wife both got saved. And I can tell you that
was a happy night in his experience. We had a meeting in the open at 10
oclock and wee Gordy standing in the midst of the ring confessed the Lord
who had saved Him a short time after this George was called home. He
retired at 11pm on a Saturday night and never again opened his eyes on this
side of time He was absent from the body But present with the Lord How was
he saved He simply believed He was a sinner by practise and by birth. And
he joyfully like Zacchaeus of old received the Lord Jesus as his saviour

May the Lord take a dealing with you if you are here to night still in your
sins as wee Gordy was. And may you act as he did Receive the Lord Jesus as
your Saviour and go on as the Eunuch rejoicing on his way

Now I have been considering that wonderfull old story of how Nicodemus was
saved. This man seemed to be a fine religious man, a ruler of the Jews, and
he had been hearing of the Great mircales this [illegible] man was
performing and he thought to him self he would steal down in the darkness
of the night and have a talk with him. And I think I hear him knocking at
the door of the house where the Lord resided that memorable night in
Nicodemus’es life. He is admited in to the company of the most wonderfull
man on earth. He was performing mircales that no other man could perform
and it was this that attracted Nicodemus to Him. And as soon as he entered
in to His presence he made known to Jesus how he had come to visit Him. He
says you must be a teacher sent from God for no man except one sent from
God could perform such. Jesus answered him Except a man be born again he
cannot see or enter into the Kingdom of God. Nicodemus was thunder struck
by that remark. Born again he says I cannot understand how a man can be
born again. He was quite aware of how a man was born for the first time,
but to be born the second time when a man was old was beyond Nicodemus’es
apprehension. O He says marvel not be not surprised to be born of the flesh
comes first But to be born of the spirit is the spiritual aspect of being
born again. So before a man can enter in to the Kingdom of God or become a
child of God or be one of the Great Family of God He must be born again I
rember 8 or 9 years before I was saved I was working in the pit beside a
man who was one of the Bretheren His name was John Reid. So we began to
discuss the need of being saved and he began in his discourse to cast down
the minsters of religion in that day And of course it did not go down with
me. I told him that if Mr Lee Kerr. ma. did not know the right way to
heaven I did not believe he a poor illiterate miner knew. And I think I see
him yet turning round to me and telling me that though I played the organ
in the big Kirk I would have to be born again So that was old Jocks way of
it and he had the best of the argument which I learned 8 or 9 years after
that day in the Pit. Well Nicodemus got his understanding opened up i
believe by the Lord taking him back to the children of Isrells time when
they sined against God and for such God came down on them in Judgement by
sending firey serpents amongst them which bit them and the result was that
many was dying and others suffering much from the posionus bite of these
serpents and they aproached Moses asking him to pray to God to take away
the serpents So Moses prayed to God and after God heard their confession of
their sin and heard Moses prayer. He answered by directing Moses to erect a
firey serpent up on a pole and the moment one was bitten and gave a look at
the serpent on the Pole they would be cured. So the Lord reminds Nicodemus
of that incident and He says just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the
wilderness so must the Son of Man be lifted up that who so ever beleived on
Him should not Perish but have Eternal Life. and I have not a doubt but
that man got his eyes opened at that moment. To be born again came by Faith
not by religon or Good works but by beleiving and in the 7th Chap of John
Nicodemus appears again defending Jesus and He came out bright with Joseph
of Arathamea and was at the Burial of our Lord when all the other disciples
had fled from that scene. Except a few dear Bold sisters 

I wonder if all that is sitting in front of me are born again. Dear sinner
if you are hear to night I trust you understand from what you have heard to
night from the Life of your Saviour It is either believe what you have
heard and accept the Lord as you Saviour or perish for all Eternity Who so
ever beleives that Jesus is the Christ is born of God And all who beleives
in Him are saved are His Children and are one of the Family of God.

Christian or Christ Like one

I have been taken up with the word Christian. It is only mentioned in the
Scriptures three times. In the 11th chapter of Acts we read that the
disciples was first called Christians. Previous to that they were called
disciples or followers of Christ or Believers or Brethren. But strange to
say Paul never once calls them Christians. Saints or Sinners saved by Grace
or dear Brethren. Now if you ever mean to spend Eternity in the presence of
Christ you must become a Christian. No sinner unsaved will ever be in His
presence of Christ. So it is most important that you should be a Christian.
You might ask the question what have I to do to become a christian. Well I
must say you have got nothing to do to become a Christian Except to Beleive
the word of God or record of God and Receive the Lord Jesus as your Saviour
who came into this world to save sinners. The moment a man or a woman
receives the Lord Jesus that moment you are born into the family of God.
You be come a Child of God by Faith in Christ. We Read of a King after
having listened to the apostle Paul expressing him self to Paul that he was
allmost Persuaded to become a Christian. We never read He was Persuaded. So
there is many like Him. But i trust there will be someone here to night be
persuaded and will leave this meeting a happy Christian. Rejoicing in the
knowledge that Christ is your Saviour that your sins has all been forgiven
and that you are now on your Road to Heaven 

A short meditation

Being one who has little to do except meditate on the love and worth of my
Blessed Saviour I was led to think on how we have been created, it is very
strange to think amongst the millions of Human beings that have been
created there is not two alike. We some times say concerning twins they are
so like one another that we do not know much difference. yet when they are
examined closely there is a difference. In many cases one is a little
taller one a little heavier one different in temper one different in cullor
of Hair and so on The first twins Born into this world was two boys. The
one was a hairy boy that is to say he had more hair that His wee Brother
His wee Brother was smooth. So owing to that they would be easy
distinguished being not both alike. It is wonderfull yet it is esential, it
would never have done to been other wise in this world. But in the world to
come it is going to be different we read there is a great change to take
place. We must be all changed who belong to Christ for flesh and Blood can
not inherit the Kingdom of God So the curruptible and the mortal must be
changed. And we are informed that Great change has to take place in the
twinkling of an eye. And when we that are His is ushered into His presence
we are all going to see Him and be like Him. What a beautifull thought the
Psalmist reveals to us in the 17th psalm. He says we shall be satisfied
when we awake in His likeness. So some bright day we are going to be
changed and we shall all bear his likeness We are going to awake in His
likeness. Not like Him in some aspect and like Him in another. We are
really going to be His real self. Some children are taken note of because
they are so like their Father. Their natures are nearly like their Fathers.
They walk very like Him and they talk like Him yet they are not Him. Others
are very like their mother But very like is not actually like Her. So we
have to conclude there is not two in this world alike. But in the world to
come we who belong by Faith to Christ are going to be made or fashioned
like Him Self. Now we read concerning the Thessalonians after having
received the Lord as their Saviour they became a waiting people waiting for
the return of the Lord from Heaven. Who would change their vile body and
fashion it like His own. Allmost 1900 years has passed and gone since that
But we read in 2nd Peter 3 chapter that a thousand years is as one day with
the Lord. So the Lord is cumming back again first to mid air, and then as
the son of man with His people in their glorified state. That is all
changed into their new body’s.

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Mr. Chairman Brothers and sisters I may say that I am very glad to be hear
to night Having received a kind invation from our Bro and sister Mr. and
Mrs. Montgomerie. My wife and Daughter and I find our selves in response to
be in your company to night Owing to it being a sisters meeting I thought
the Brethren would have got to sit and be quite. However it is very
considerate of them to allow us to have a wee word for their benift. I may
say that our Ayrshire Poet declared that the happyest nicht that he ere had
spent was in amang the lassies o. So I trust we will all have a nice little
time among oor sisters in the Lord and that we will leave this place to
night saying it was good for us to be here Now in the old Book there are
many sisters spoken about. But there is a few who get a prominent place.
For instance there is Martha and Mary and Mary Magdalene and Mary the wife
of Cleophas and Mary who was Marks mother and many others who was dear to
the heart of the Lord Jesus for love and kindness shown to Him in return
for His love to them There is one specail on my mind to night whom I like
to read about time after time. She is a dear sister to the heart of the
apostele Paul that is namely our sister Phebe. We read concerning her, she
was a sister a servant and a succourer of many and of Paul Him self So we
read she was about to take a journey to come a distance of about 600 miles.
What her [gap in original] was I do not know But Paul had just written a
beautifull letter from Corinthus to the roman Believers. A letter
containing great truth and Revelations and Guidance for the Believer's at
rome and as Phebe was going there He entrusted sister Phebe to convey the
letter, and when it was read sister Phebe was comended as a dear sister a
servant of the Church at Cenchrea and a Succourer of many and of the writer
of the letter. Waht a beautifull commendation for one to carry with her
into that Great Assembly at rome. Now I do not know what her service was
quite possible she kept the little hall clean or attended to the fires and
in the interwall she visited the poor sister’s who valued her help while
they lay in beds of afflictions for it is said of her she was a succourer
of many So there had been many at Cenchrea who was benifed by that Dear
Sister namely Phebe The great apostle had many that he spoke about in
indearing terms such as Timothy Epaphraditus Epaphrars and many others and
I just like to go over them time after time to take the honey out of them
that they contain


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Forenames: Robert
Surname: Morrison
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Decade of birth: 1870
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Age left school: 11
Upbringing/religious beliefs: Protestantism
Occupation: Miner / Colliery fireman
Place of birth: Fergushill
Region of birth: N Ayr
Birthplace CSD dialect area: Ayr
Country of birth: Scotland
Father's occupation: Limestone Miner
Father's place of birth: Kilwinning
Father's region of birth: N Ayr
Father's birthplace CSD dialect area: Ayr
Father's country of birth: Scotland
Mother's occupation: Housewife

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