The Cecil Whig., 1875-08-21

tuition in the Garden of Eden. "Aud
Abel, he also brought of the fatlings of his
flock and of the fat thereof; and the Lord
had respect unto Abel and his offerng.'
Undoubtedly on the morning of creation
| God marked out the way a man might come
to Him; and Abel walked in Gods way,
and Cain in his own. Perhaps Cain said
he could not bear the sight of blood, and
he took that which God had cursed and
laid it upon the altar. And there are a
good many Cainites in the Church to-day;
and some have got into the pulpit, and
they preach that it is not the doctrine of
the blood, and that we can get to heaven
without it. The first thing Noah did when
he got out of the ark was to build an altar
and slay the animals, thus putting blood
between him and his sin. The second dis
pensation was founded upon blood, and it
is most important that these animals were
taken through the flood expressly for this
purpose. We find Noah walking by that
highway, and all the men of God have
been walking that way, for it is the blood
that atones for sin. "And Abraham lifted
up his eyes and looked; and behold! ram
caught behind him in thicket by his
horns; and Abraham went and took the
ram and offered him up for burnt offering
instead of his son." The ram was typical;
he was offered up instead of Abraham's S
son. God loved Abraham so much that He
spared his son; but God loved US so much
that He did not spare His Son, but freely
gave Him up for all. Jehovah opened the
curtain Of time, and Abraham saw Christ
comine He saw his sins on Christ and
was glad; He saw III lis day and was glad.
All Aoraham's seed lost t6eHsssr t6ess SINS as much
by Christ as we. The difference is ts. tii:s.we we
look back to Calvary and they looked for
ward. "And the blood shall be to you for
token upon the houses where you are;
and when see the blood will pass over
you, and the plague shall not be upon you
to destroy you when 1 smite the land of
Egypt" | can imagine some Of the lords
and dukes and great men as they rode
through and saw the poor Hebrews sprin-
king their dwellings, saying they never
saw such foolishness, for they were spoil
ing their places. 1t was not what they
were. He did not say, When see your
you;" but when I see the blood l will
pass over you" A little child that night
behind the blood in Goshen was as safe as
Moses. Some people say it isn't the death
of Christ, but His life. Suppose some one
had said, 81 will have live lamb; l will
tie my little white lamb against the door,
Death would have passed over that lamb
and into the house. The Lamb not only
atones for our sins, but we are to feed upon
the Lamb. We don't start, as some people
suppose, from the cradle to heaven. We
start from the Cross. We must be born of
the spirit and sheltered by the blood, and
then we become pilgrims for heaven
From the time Adam fell there has
been no other way a man can ap-
proach God but by the blood. Even
Aaron could not come to God until he
sprinkled blood round about the altar.
"And he slew it ; and Moses took of the
blood of it and put it upon the tip of
Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of
his right hand, and upon the great toe of
his right foot.' had used to read a pas
sage like this and say it seemed absurd,
think l understand it now. The blood
upon the ear, that man can hear Gods
voice. The blood upon the hand, that
man can work for God. You cannot work
for God until you are sheltered behind the
blood, and until you are sheltered it all
stands for naught. You cannot do any
thing to please God until you believe. As
an illustration, suppose I should say to my
little girl, emma, so and get me drink
of water" and she would say, 81 don't
want to do it, papa" She goes into an
other room, and some one gives her
cluster of grapes, which she decides to give
to her papa. Do you think these grapes
would be acceptable if she did not want to |
get the water9 The blood upon the foot
is that man may walk with God Before
lie fell he fell out of communion with God. |
God is full of truth and justice. His JUS
tice must be met, and after that is met he |
is satisfied. God never walked with men |
until He put them behind the blood at Co.
shen. l would rather have ten men separ-
ated from the world, than 10, 900 nominal
Christians. Some one said to me, 81 de
test your God, He demands blood; don't
believe in such God, for my God is mel
ciful to ALL" Suppose Queen Victoria
didn't like any man to be deprived of his
liberty, and she threw all her prisons open,
and was so merciful that she could not bear
any one to suffer for guilt, how long would
she hold the scepter? Not twenty four
hours. Those very men who cry out about
God being merciful would say, "we don't
want such Queen" God demands blood
because he said to Adam, "On the day thou
sinnest thou must die" Gods words must
DC kept. l must either die or get some
body to die for me, and in the fulness of
lime Christ comes forward to die for tho
sinner. He was without sin, but if He had
one sin, He would have had to
lie for his own sin. The life of the flesh
S in the blood, and it is not blood He
demands really, it is life, and life has been
If you read the Bible carefully
1ou will find the scarlet thread running
through it. 1t commenced in Eden and
lows on to Revelations. cannot find any
hing to tell me the way to heaven but by
he blood. If an angel should come and
preach anything else, don't believe it.
The blood has two cries. 1t either cries
or my condemnation, which means damna-
the strong expression-or
or my salvation. If l make light of the
'lood and trample it under my feet, then it
ries out for Gods condemnation; but if 1
IN sheltered behind the blood, there is no
for me. The blood of the
cross speaks peace.
MIR. SANKEY'S SONGS.
The sermon from which the above SEN
ences are taken, in Mr.. Moody's own