The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-08-24
THE cAA1P-ArEErINe.
a Large Attendance at the Grove Last
"Wednesday Night-A Powerful Ser
mon by Mrs. Robinson.

,Oueu . grove wednesday was as large ES
my which has gathered there during
he camp-meeling with the exception Of
Sunday night, and the services were ex-
profitable and interesting.
Mrs. Robinson preached, selecting for
her text the words: How shall ye es-
cape if Ye neglect so great salvation 81
Before proceeding 10 the,delivery of her
discourse she observed that were she |
ordained minister she |
would be tempted to make an apology, |
that she was not fully pre-
pared for the work before her, and that
she would need all the help which the
could offer her by their
sympathy and prayers. But in the
judgment Of The writer and many others
whom we have heard express themselves
in relation to the matter, this untiring
messenger OF the Master never seemed
to speak with grander inspiration than
she did in setting forth the complete
ness of ChrisL's salvation TO her hearers
last night.
The speaker announced that she
would treat her subject under three
heads, as follows: This salvation is
great, first by reason of its wonderful
cost second in its boundiess extent;
third in view of its eternal depth.
We value all things in this world by
their cost, and we prize anything which
we possess just in proportion to the
price which it will bring. Viewed in
this light, how great. is the salvation
which was obtained by bankrupting
heaven of its glory, and by the gift OF
the only begotten son q Godi When
we contemplate the agony of Christ in
the garden and behold his bloody sweat
we think we can form some idea of the
fearful cost at which our redemption
was secured. And yet Gethsemane
embraced the anguish of but one short
night. When we see Christ hang
ing upon the cross with the
blood streaming from his wound
ed side, hands and feet, and be-
hold the sun veil his face in the
presence of tragedy which caused the
solid earth TO tremble and the dead to
come forth from their graves, we i'm
agine we can form some conception of
the awful sacrifice offered for the pro-
priation of our sins, and yet the terri
bic drama enacted on Calvary occupied
but little over three hours. Think, then,
of life extending over period OF
thirty-three years, almost every moment
of which from the manger at Bethlehem
to the heights of Olivet was crowded
with the anguish involved in the plan
of redemption, and borne by Him who
was man and God, but whose divinity
was exercised only to alleviate the woes
of others and not His own, and we may
feebly approximate the great cost of the
salvation which makes US free.
This salvation is great, second, in it:
boundless extent. Its provisions are sc
generous that the only condition i'm
posed for saving through its agency i:
the willingness of men 10 receive it
And then il adapts itself TO all classes
of men. The loftiest intellect cannot
grasp the sublimity of the plan of re
demption, and yet the simplest child
can lay hold by faith upon its promises
The old, old story of the cross is fraugbt
with as much interest TO the cultivated
and refined sons and daughters of civil
cation as Il is to the poor, benighted
heather, who is hungering for the bread
oflife. This salvation meets every wanI
of our natures; it satisfies all of our
longings; it is present help in every
time of trouble and a satisfying portion
| forever
| And then this salvation is great IN lis
unfathOmable depth. Man forgives and
remembers; God forgives and forgets
The record OF a bad man is never forgot
ten by his neighbors. His sins with
them stand always as witness against
him. But the hand through which the
cruel nails were driven IS passed over
| the page on which are written the short
comings that no human charity can full
| ly cover, and the record is obliterated
and only the blood Is seen. And then
this salvation goes down to the very
| depths of mans nature, causing him &c
love the things he hated and to hate the
things he once loved, and makes him q
new man IN Christ Jesus.
And now, this great salvation, with all
of its priceless cost; with its wonderful,
adaptability to the wants of men; will
its unsearchable depths, is offered Il
you tonight. VIII you neglect it? You
have but to let it pass to lose it; NJ
active agent of destruction is more po'
tent in accomplishing any work of ruiz
than neglect; the farmer need not de
molish his fences or tear the board.
from his house to make wreck of hi:
home; if he but neglects it, it will so tC
ruin fast enough.
Once, the legend runs, somewhere il
the regions of the lost, Satan held q
convocation of his arch-fiends to devise
measures TO arrest the encroachments OF
Christ in the earth and to overthrow Hi!
dominion among the sons of men. Anc
one flend said: LET me Go forth among
the sons of men, and l will tell then
that the Bible is fable and that God il
myth" Aud Satan replied: "Tha
will not do. God has so impressed Him
self upon all of His works that men viii
refuse to accept such sophistry." AnC
another fiend said: "Let me 60 up anC
down the earth and will tell then
that part of the Bible is true, that there
is q God, but that there is no hell" AnC
Satan made answer: THAT plan would
fail. There is in the hear
of man sense of justice which
revolts at such belief" AnC
then fallen angel, fairer in form bu
darker in spirit than all the rest, said
"Send me; and will whisper to human
ears that the Bible is true; that there i!
heaven TO gain and hell to shun
that Christ offers salvation 10 sinners
but will tell them not to accept it til
tomorrow" And Satan said: &c
forth" My dear hearers, that fiend
came to the encampment tonight. He
is sitting by your side and pouring
his subtle poison into your ear. Oh
give no heed to his words, but accept
this great salvation tonight.
At the close of Mrs. Robinson's pow,
erful appeal, the invitation extended to
seekers was responded to promptly by q
number of anxious souls, and half q
score were converted, and many united
with the church.
Penheld's Version OF 1t
| READING Kan Anr II 1850