Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-02
But you say: ''These th1ngs are NOT annrn.

But you say: "These things are not appro-
pirate to me, for am moral man." How
about your thoughtsS You see my right hand
and you see my left hand. and one just as
plainly as the other. So with the sin of the
heart and the sin Of the life-one is Just as
plain in Gods sight as the other. You have
not been guilty of murder, you say. Are you
sure about that? Have you ever hated any
body? Then you are a murderer. l. John,
lii, Is: "Whos0 hateth his brother is a mur-
derer." You say you have never been guilty
of theft. Are you sure about that? l ac-
knowledge you have never taken anything
from your feilOwman; but have you not taken
days and hours that belonged to God for your
own purposesr If 1t Is wrong TO steal from a
man, 1t Is more wicked to rob God.
II could marshal before you all the sins of
the best man in this house to- day this whole
audience would shrek out with horror Sins
against God and man; sins against Sabbath
and sacraments; sins against body and soul:
sins against light and knowledge; sins against
Sinai and Calvary; sins against the grave and
the resurrection: sins against the ju1 gmeut:
sins against the throne of God and the man
slons of glory, blow the trumpet and II
up all the sins of your past life. wave them
here from the past. / stamp them up from
beneath gather them into companies of hun
ureds; into regiments of thousands: into brig
AIDES Of ten thousands. We have a host yaster
than that of XerXes. Let the largest of the
hundred sins be captain over the cOmpany
Let the largest OF the thousand iniquities be
coIohel over the regiment. Let the sWarthiest
transgresslon of your lifetime be general over
all the host. Together let them wheel and
march and fire. How the couriers of death
the great batteries of woe helch
forth the sulphurOns smoke Of hell and boom
with the cannenading of eternal destruction
The host OF the siGs lnnumerable marching
million armed iniquities! Who can 80 forth
to meet them? we must fall back and fail
down Are there no allies to help? In all the
round of Gods universe is there no one To
Gaa nd al fI,
most! strike We Hghtnings and consume the
foe! But the wave strikes the beach and falls
back crying: mo help in me-" The light
ming sheathes itself in the black scabbard of
the midnight cloud and says: mo help in
mew "
But yonder see white horse in hot haste
coming thls way. Make room for the courier
tie swings his sword. Good news! Good
news! The captain OF salvation comes to the
rescue. Fall Dack, my sinSi fall back my
sorrows: allies of light and love, to arms! to
arms! Inc most OF our Sins scatter in defeat
and our delivered soul shout "VictOry through
our Lord Jesus Christ" Al the sea shore YOU
go down on the beach and into the waters
hand in hand, 10 battle. None hut those who
have tried it know the exhilaration. would
that we might all join hands and go down bv
scores and by hundreds and by thousands to
Dathe In the great sea of Gods forgiveness.
Let us not stand on the margin and paddle
the rlpples with our feet, but plunge In until
the waves go over our heads, and we come up
again washed clean from all our sins Crv
mlghllly that the blood of the cross may avail
lOr you. Ii IL cleanse you not, it will plead
against you; and all those gaping wounds oi
christ through an unknown eternity will
haunt your soul with the thonght of what you
might nave been. Oh, take your feet out of
your brothers. blood. Go not down condemn
ed at last for fratricide and regicide and
Decide. Better for thee that Calvary had
never borne its burden and the lips of Christ
had never addressed thee in Invitation if
rejecting all. thou goest into eternal desola-
ton, thy hands and feet bedabbled with the
blood of the Son of God. o ye dying but i'm
mortal menI Ye blood bought, Judgment
bound hearers! Repent and believe and hear
ana live! "How shall we escape if we neglect
so great salvation?"