The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-04-14
"o'er sins like mountains for their size
The seas Of sovereign grace expand,
The seas Of sovereign grace arise"

) but not much. But, blessed be God.
there is no need of economy in this Cos.
pel. Bread for all. Bread enough and
to spare. Why perish with hungerP
Again, l advise you as one Of the best
things you can do with Christ, to take
him into your love. Now, there are two
things which make us love any one
inherent Effectiveness, and then what
he does in the way of kindness toward
ms. Now, Christ is in both these posi-
tions. Inherent attraCtiveness; fairer
| than the children Of men, the luster Of
the morning in his eye, the glow of the
setting sun in his cheek, myrrh and
frankincense in the breath of his lips.
In heaven of holy beings, the best; in
a heaven OF mighty ones, the strongest;
in heaven of great hearts, the tender
est and the most sympathetic. Why,
sculpture has never yet been able to
CEisel his form, nor painting to present
the flush of his cheek, nor music to
strike his charms; and the great surprise
of eternity will be-the greatest surprise
of eternity will be, the first moment
when we rush into his presence, and
with uplifted hands and streaming eyes
and heart bounding with rapture we
cry out: "This is Jesusl"
"All oyer glorious is my Lord
He must be loved and yet adOTed;
His worth, If all the nations knew,
Sure, the whole earth would love him too"
Has he not done enough to win our
affeCtions2 Peter the Great, laying asiIe
Royal authority, weat down among the
ship-Carpenters to help them; but Russia
got the great advantage of that conde.
sCension. John Howard turned his back
upon the refnements, and went amid
prisons to spy out their sorrows and re.
lieve their wrongs; but English criminals
got the chief advantage of that ministry.
But when Christ comes it is for you and
me. The sacrifice for you and me. The
tears for you and me. The Crucifxion
for you and me. If / were hopelessly in
debt, and some one came and paid my
debts and gave me receipt in full, and
called off the pack of bounding credit
ors; if we're laundering ship, and you
came in life'b boat and took me off cod
ever forget your kindnessP Would |
ever allow an opportunity to pass with.
out rendering you service, or attesting
my gratitude and loveP Oh, how ought
we to feel toward Christ, who plunged
into the depth Of our sins and plucked
us outl Ought it not to set the very best
emotions of our hearts into the warmest
aye, redhot gloWP The story is 30 old |
that people almost get asleep while they |
are hearing it. And yet there he hangs
Jesus the man, Jesus the God. Was |
there anything before or since, anything
to be compared with this spectacle Of
generosity and woe? Did heart.strinRs
ever snap with worse tOrture2 Were
tears ever charged with a heavier griefP
Did blood ever gush in each globule the
price of a soulH The wave of earthly
malice dashed it's bloody foam against
one foot, the wave of Internal malice
dashed against the other foot, while the
storm of Gods wrath against sin beat on
his thorn-pierCed brow, and all the hosts
Of darkness, with cleaning lances, ram.
PACED through his holy soul o, see the
dethronement of heavens kingl The
conqueror fallen from the white horseI
The massacre Of G1dl Weep, ye who
have tears, over the loneliness of his ex-
lie and the horrors OF his darkness.
Christ sacrificed on the funeral pyre of
worlds transgression; the good for the
bad; the great for the mean; the infinite
for the flute; the God for the mani Obi
if there be in all this audience one per.
son untouched by this story of the sa.
vior's love, show me where he is, that l
may mark the monster of ingratitude
and of crime. II you could see Christ
rs he is, you would rise from your seat
and fling yourselves down at his feet cry.
ng: "My Lord, my light, my love, my :
oy, my peace, my strength, my expecta.
ion, my heaven, my all Jesusl Jesusl'
Oh, can you not love himP Do you want
more of his tearsP Why, he has shed
hem all for you. he has no more. Do
you want more of his blood2 His arter. h
eswere emptied dry and the iron hand d
i agony could press out nothing more h
Would you put him TO worse excrucia. fl
ion2 Then drive another nail into his q
land, and plunge another spear into his e.
ide, and twist another thorn into his "
rown, and lash him with another fame N
t internal torture. HNop says some a
ne; ''stopt stop!" He shall not be smitten Ia
gain. Enough the tears; enough the Al
'loOd; enough the torture; enough the II
gony." 'EnOughP cries earth. Ehoughl Of
ries heaven. Aye, "Enoughp cries .
ell at last, "enoughp Oh, look at him, !,
by butChered Lord, unshrouded and 4
hastily as they flung him from the tree;
is wounds gaping for a bandageI Are
hera no hands to close these eyes9 Then
1t the sun 60 out and there be midnight,
[owl, yewinds; and howl, ye seas; for
our Lord is desdI Oh, what more cod
o have done for you and for me than
9 has done? Could he pay a bigger 7
rice; could he drink a more bitter Cup
Ould he plunge into a worse Cataetro.
he2 And can you rot love him? Gtosn
gain, 0, blessed Jesus, that they may
9el thy sacrifcel Groan agsihl Put
ne four fingers and the thumb OF thy ~
rounded hand upon them, that the cash "
a the, palm may strike their soul. and III
1y warm. life may bleed into them. eC
Iroan again, Q Jesus, and see if they ri
I'LL not feel. oh, what do you do with l,U
1ch Christ as thatP You have got to W "
o something with him this morning. u
Ehst will you do with Jesua2 Will you te
ay him again by your sin? Will you nj
pit upon him agsipP viii you cruelty ~
i'm againP What will you do this morn u
lg with him who has loved you with
lofe than d brothers love; more thania
.thef's love; yea, more than d mothers
we, through all these yearsS Oh, isit
OF enough to make The hard heart Of 81
le rock bresk2 Jesusi Jesusl What shall v
-e do with thee? 'i'o9 'sf M tS'TftfV n al
I have this morning to say that the B
uestion will after while change, and 1t "
ill not be, what shah we do with Christ W