The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-04-03

man who could stand by deatL bed
making faces and soothing But Chri in
His last honr can not be left alone. What,
pursuing Him yet after 30 long a PURSUIT.
You have been drinking His tears. Do
yOu want to drink his blood They came
up closely 30 that, moi withslarding the
darkness, they can glut their revenge
with the contOriOns of His countenance.
They examine Hi feet They want to
feel for themselves whether those feet
are really spiked. They put out their
hands and ;ouch the 4ikes, and bring
them back wet with blood and wipe them
on their garments Women stand there
and weep, but can do no good. II is no
place for tender-hearted women. Itwants
heart that crime has turned into gran.
ite. The waves of mans hatred and of
hells vengeance dash up against the
mangled feet, and the hands of sin and
pain and torture clutch for His holy heart.
Had He not been thoro ighly fastened 10
the cross they would have torn him dow n
and trampled Him with both feet, How
the cavalry horses arched their necks and
Champed their bits and reared and snuff
ed at the blood Had Roman officer
called out for light his voice would not
have been heard in the tumult
but louder than the clash Of spears ana
the wailing of womanhOod and the neigh
ing of the chargers and the believing the
CruCi6ers, there came voice crashing
through, loud, clear, overwhelming, ter
rife. 1t is the groan of the dying Son of
God Look What scene Look, o
world, at what you have done! | lift the
covering from that maltreated Christ to
let you count the wounds and estimate
the cost. o, when the nails went thro'
Christ's right hand through Christ's left
hand-that bought both your hands, with
all their power owork and lift and write;
when the nail went through Christs right
foot and Christ's left foot-that bought
your feet, with all their power 70 walk or
} run or climb; when the thorn went into
Chriss temple, that bought yonr brain
with all it's power to think and plan
when the spear cleft Christ's side, that
bought your heart with all its power to
love and repent and pray. 0 sinner,
come, come back If u man is in no pain,
if he is prospered, if he is well, and he
asks you to come, you take your time and
you say: II can't come now; I'll come af
ter while. There is no haste" But if
he is in want and trouble you say: IL
must 20 right away; must 20 now" To-
night Jesus stretches out before you two
wounded hands,and He begs you to come,
Co. and you live. Stay away, and you
die. 0, that to Him who bought us we
might give all our time and all our pray
ers and all our successes | would we
could think of nothing elre, that W, cod
do nothing else, but come TO Christ. He
is 30 fair He is so loving He is so
sympathizing, He is 50 good. wish |
could put my arms around His neck aud
say: "Thine, Lord, will be forever" 0,
that you would begin to love Him
Would that could take this audience
and wreathe it around the heart of my
Lord Jesus Christ.
When, in 1865, the Atlantic cable was
lost do you remember that the Great
Eastern and the Midway and the AL
bany went out TO find it? Thirty times
they sank the grapnel two and half
miles deep in water After a while they
found the cable and brought it to the sur
face. No sooner had it been brought to
the surface than they lifted a shout of
exultatiOn; but the cable slipped back |
again into the water and was lost. Then |
for two weeks more they swept the sea
with the graphing hooks, and at last they |
found the cable and they brought it up
in silence. They fastened it this time. |
Then, with great excitement they took |
one end of the cable to the electricians
room to see if there was really any life
in it; and when they saw spark and
knew that a message could be sent, then
every hat was lifted, and the rockets flew
and the guns sounded, until all the YES
sells on the expedition knew the work
was done and the Condiments were lash
ed together. Well, my friends, Sabbath |
after Sabbath we have come searching |
down for your soul. We have swept the |
sea with the grappling-hook of Christ's |
Gospel. Again and again we have tho't
that you were at the surface, and we be. |
gan to rejoice over your redemption; but |
at the moment of oT gladness you sank
back again into the world and back again |
into sin. To-day we come with this Cos
pei searching for your soul. We apply |
the cross of Christ first to see whether
there is any life left in you While all
around the people stand, looking to see
whether the work will be done, and the |
angels of God bend down and witness;
and, o, now We could see only one
spark of love, aud hope, and faith, we
would send up shout that wonld be
heard on the battemeuts of heaven. and
two worlds would keep jubilee, because
communication is open between Christ
and the soul, and your nature that has
been sunken in sin has been lifted into
the light and the joy of the Gospel.