Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-29

beings who know his guilt, God and himself
God was present at the time of the tragedy
and IS present now at the Ietrospection and
conscience; conscience with sting, conscience
with pincers, conscience with fail, conscience
with furnaces. is upon him.
What made a farmer after his conversion to
Christ go to his inidel neghbOr and say: II
have four sheep that belong to you; they came
into my field six years ago, and your mark
was on them, but changed it to mine.
want you to have those sheen and the in
crease of the flock and the interest of the
money they were worth and anything you
ask, and II you send me to prison will not
complain" "Well," said the infidel, "if you
have got them sheep you can have them. L
don't want nothing of you if you will only go
away. something must have got hold of you /;
9on.t understand" But the newly made
Christian declining to let matters stand that
way, the infidel said: "Well if you must, you
can pay me for what the sheep were worth
when they got into your fold and per cent.
interest on the amount, and go OF and let me
| alone" What was the matter with the two
| farmers? convicted conscience, calling the
one to be honest and calling the other to quit
! his infdelity.
Thomas Oliver was one of John Wesley's
preachers. The former part of divers life
| had teen spent recklessly and in making
| deDts wherever he could borrow or buy with
| out payment, till he owed money in all drec-
| lions. When converted he started ont to
| preach and pay his debts with some money he
had Inherited. He rode great distance to
| pay siXpence, and before he got there he at
| tested his conversion, not only bv his sermons
1 Out by paying all the money ne owed, princi-
| pal ana interest, although to square his ac-
| counts with God and his fellow man he had to
| sell his horse and saddle and bride. Work of
a converted cOnscicncei
When Frank Thibaut, the rum seller, was
| converted he had large amount of the best
lquor on hand. lie put all the barrels and
| Jugs and kegs and decanters on wagons and
drove them down and emptied them in front
| OF the old meeting house where he had been
converted. Now, that is what | call genuine
| religion.
What is the meaning of the large sums of
money going every year to Washington,
united states Treasury, called conscience
money! 1t seems that great many collectors
ana postmasters and attorneys and govern
mental officials have retained money that did
NOT belong to them, and they are converted or
Ihelr conscience gives them some terrible
fright and they make restitution The fact is
that If all the moneys stolen from State and
National Treasury under some great revival
OF conscience were returned to the rightful
eXchequers all the State debts and the United
states debt would be paid by day after to-
m0irow. mans conversion is not worth
much unless not only his heart is converted,
but his pocketbook converted and the ledger
converted and the fire. proof safe converted,
ana all his pigeon holes of bills and corre-
spondence converted, and the fact of his i'm
prOvement is discovered by the canary bird
that sings in the parlor and the cat that licks
the platter after meals, and the dog that
comes out to greet him from the kennel in the
back yard. a man half converted or a
quarter converted or a thOusandth part con-
verted is not converted at ALL
What will be the book of Judgment in the
last great day? Conscience. Conscience bring
ing up mislmproved opportunities, Consciepce
marsnallng unforgiven trangressions con-
science recalling all the past. There will be
no need of a great and pOnderous book with
llds SO heavy that two mighty angels with
great strain of strength must open it. We
snail take the leaves of the book out of our
own memory and conscience will be there po-
tent and tremendous to echo the welcome or
the doom. There have been great days of
sodlery review in France ard England and
America, but the greatest day of review Will
al the unforgiven SINS of mans
life come up and take their
places in companies and regiments,
and brigades, and all facing the one way, and
with shOuldered arms that shall wait the COM
mand. and COnscience. mounted on the white
morse of judgment shall ride along with sharp
spur and uplnted sword and bid them
''March" and bid them "Take aimg and bid
them ''Firew Who can stand before that
charge of all the battahOns of a sinful and un-
improved past? Not one of us. unless we have
had something better than Pilates wash
basin to cleanse our hands and cleanse our
soul.
Alas for the agitated Judean Governor that
night after the court had adjourned and the
sanhedrsts were gone, and only the tread of
the sentinel at his door was heard. / think he
roe from his tapestried and sleepless couch
ais hands up to the wrists IN the
water and cried "Out out! thou crimson
spot! How thou stickest fast telling the story
10 me ana the night and God! Is there no
alkali that can remove this dreadful stain?
Is there no chemistry to dissolve this carnage?
Must i live and die with the blood of a martyr
on my hands, and the blood of heavenly inno-
ceDce upon my immortal sOul?" One Of the
worst woes is that of an evil conscience, and
one OF the greatest blessings, what Paul calls
a good conscience. But are all our attempts at
moral publication like that of Governor Pom
thus Plate to be dead failure? IL a man is a
sinner once, must he always be an unfOrgiVen
sinner? Is there no laver in which we can
successfully wash? We have all had con-
science after us, but do you tell me that all
the thoughts of your heart, and all the words |
of your mouth, and all the actions of your
life have been exactly perfect2 Then you
don't know yourself, and will take the mild |
responsibility of saying you are a Pharisee;
you are hypocrite; you are a Pontius PLATE, |
and don't know 1t. You have done by your
heartIessness what a Roman Governor did at
the start-you have re-crucifed the Son of
God.
But think that if nine tenths Of this audi
ence are made up of earnest and thoughtful
people, then nine-tenths are beginning to
a9ake under the power of aroused conscience
if there is not something for the cleansing of
the soul better than Governor Pilates wash
basin. Yes Yes Tell il one to another Tell
iJ IN song. Tell it in sermon. Tell it to the
nemlspheres- David, the Psaimist, cried out
for it when he said wash me thoroughly
from my own Iniquity, and cleanse me from
my sin," and again: ''Wash me and / shall e |
whittier than snow" Job deplored his failure |
water and make my hands never SO clean, yet |
shalt thou plunge in the ditch, and mine own |
clothes shall abhor me-" What, then? Where,
then? How, then? Behold the laver of the |
Gospel filed from living fountains. Did you |
ever see picture Of the LAYERS in the ancient
tabernacle and the ancient temple? The one
in the tabernacle was made out of the Wo-
mems metallic looking glasses contributed by
them, a round basin on a pedestal, and it was |
filed with water. But when the temple was |
built the laver was an immense affair and was |
called hT0Znn fha IL
there gathered. Beside this there were ten |
other LAYERS, five to the right OF it and five to
the left of it, each holding 800 gallons of pure
water. and the outside of these LAYERS was |
carved and chased with palm trees so deli |
cately cut the leaves seemed to culver and with |
lions so true 10 life that you could almost see |
the thrOb of their nostrils, and cherubim with |
wings ready for flight. Magnificent laVer of |
the old dspensatioD, feeble type of the greater |
laver of our sunllt dlspensation, laver filed |
from rivers of salvation, its pedestal, the Rock |
Of 4 ges, carved with figure of the Lion of /
Judah's tribe and palm trees of victory and /
wings suggestive OF the SOULS flight heaven /
ward when we worship and the saints flight /
heavenWard when we die. Come all We audi
tors and wash of all your sins, however az
gravated, and all your sorrows. however
agonizing. Come In, the furtherest, the deep
What an opportunity! That is ioy enough
10 swallow all nations. 1t VIII stand on the |
Alps and becl1on Italy, on the Pyrenees and
call Spain, on the Ural and enchant Russia
at the door Of heaven and gather IN the ma
tions. Pardon for all and comfort for all who |
will accept them through Christ Jesus.
''Why did you not tell me how beautiful I
the earth and sky are?" said q little
child, whose eyes, by skillful surgery, had |
been opened. Il did tell you over and over
again." said the mother, Sbut you could not
understand it." Would to God that ali of us
might have our eyes opened and see for our
selves the One altogether lovely. The half |
has not been told US. The army of
Godfrey marching toward the capture of
the city OF Jerusalem gave a great shout at
the first sight of the towers so that the very |
earth quaked under the sound, and eagles
flying IN the air dropped under the atnOs-
pheric percussion. And if we could this day
catch full view of the towers and domes of
this gospel temple into which you are all |
invited to come and wash and be clean the /
hOsannas would be jubilant and resounding /
at the new Jerusalem scene, and the new |
Jerusalem taken and the anthems of higher /
worlds flying mid-air would fold their wings |
and drop into our closing doxology and again9t /
the Intellectual and disappointing Iayer of /
Pilates cOwardice and sin and place the /
'mOlten sea" of Saviour's pardoning mercy. |
The franchise Bill.
LONDON, Sept. 28.-Numerous demon /
strations were held yesterday in various |
cities in favor of the franchise bill. At |
some of the meetings effigies of Earl Sails |
bury were burned.
Two Drowned While Bathing.