Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-05-19
SURGEONS GEMS

SURGEONS GEMS.
IF you want truth to 60 around tLy
world you must hire an express train +,
pull it; but if you want a lie to 20 round
the world, it will fly: it is as light as
feather, and a breath will carry it. 1t IS
well said in the old Proverb, "a lie will 70
round the world while truth is pulling on
its boots Nevertheless, it does not in.
jure US; for if light as feather, it travels
as fast, its effect is just about as tromen-
dous as the effect of down, when it is blown
against the walls of a castle it pro .cos
no damage whatever, on account Of it,
lightness and littleness. Fear not, Chris
tan. let SANDER fly; let envy send forth
its forked tongue, let it hiss at you, your
bow shall abide in strength Oh shield
ed warrior, remain quiet, fear no ILL but,
like the eagle in its lofty eyrie, look thou
down upon the fowlers in the plairA turn
thy bold eye upon them and say, "Shoot
ye may, but your shots will not reach half
way to the pinnacle where stand. Waste
your powder upon me If ye viii; l am be-
yond your reach" Then clay YOUR wings,
mount to heaven, and there laugh them +.
scorn, for ye have made your refuge God
! and shall find u most secure abode.
WHAT would her Majesty think Of her
soldiers, if they should swear they were
loyal and true, and were to say-''Your
Majesty, we prefer not to wear these res
mcntals let us wear the dress of civiliaus
We are right honest men and upright; but
do not care to stand in your ranks, ac.
knowledged as your soldiers; We had
rather stink into the enemy's camp, and in
to your camps too, and not wear anything
that would mark us as being your sol
diers" All! Some of you do the same
with Christ. You are going to be secret
Christians, are you and slink into the d,r.
lis camp, and into Christ's Camp, but ac.
knowledged by none? Well, ye must take
the chance of it, if yo will be so; but
should not like to risk it, It is a solemn
threatening, "of him will 1 be ashamed
when | come in the glory of my father,
and all his holy angels with me-" 1t isa
solemn thing, say, when Christ says,
"Except man take up his cross and fol.
low me, he cannot be my disciple"
LEARN to look upon God as being as
severe in his justice as if he were not low
ing, and yet as loving as ifhe were not St.,
we're. His love does not diminish his lust
ice, in the least degree, make warfare up.
on his love. The two things are sweetly
linked together in the atonement of Christ.
But, mark, we can never understand the
fnllness of the atonement till we have first
graspod the Scriptural truth of Gods i'm
menSe justice. There was never an il,
word spoken, nor an i'll thought conceived,
nor an evil deed done, for which God vii.
not have punishment from some one or
another. He will either have satisfaction
| AtOi4i SOu) VI CloC lIOHl NuTlSL, Ii YOU
have no atonement to bring through Christ
yol must forever be pay ing the debt wLi,h h
you never can pay, in eternal misery; for
as surely as God is God, he will sooner
lose his Godhead than suffer one sin to 10
unpunished or one particle of rebellion up-
revenged.
GEAR not, thou worm Jacob, and yc
men of Israel; l will help thee" Come
bring your fears out tonight, and sorye
them in the worst way you can. Hang
them here upon the scaffold, Come now,
and blow them away at the great guns Of
the promises, let them be destroyed forcy-
er. They are renegade mutineers; let
them be utterly destroyed, and let US go
and sing, "Theretore will we not fear,
though the earth be removed, and though
the mountains be carried into the midst Of
| the sea; though the waters therefore roar
and be troubled, though the mouut.,,,
shake with the swelling thereof" 81 L.
help thee,', saith the Redeemer.
The sun will shine on the dunghill, but
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