The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-11-18

| His body in torture, and every fibre of His
heart in excruciation, He cried out: shy God,
my GOdl why hast thou forsaken meP
1t was a vicarious cross The right hand
cross suffered for ITSELF the left hand cross for
! itself, but the middle cross for you. When a
king was dying young man cried; "Pour
my blood into his veins, that he die not. "
The veins of the young man were tapped and
| the blood transferred, so that the king lived,
but the young man died. Christ saw the race
] perishing He cried: "Pour my blood into
their veins, that they die not"
My hand is free now, because Christis was
crushed. My brow is painless now, because
| Christ's was torn My soul escapes, because
! Christs was bound. I gain heaven, because
! Christ for me endured the horrors of hell.
| When the Swiss were many years ago con-
tending against their enemies, they saw these
| enemies arrayed in solid phalanx, and knew
not how to break their ranks; but one of
their heroes rushed out in front of his regi-
ment and shouted: "Make way for liberty"
! The weapons of the enemy were plunged
| into his heart, but while they were Staying
him of course their RANKS were broken, and
through that gap in the ranks the Swiss
marched TO victory. Christ saw all the pow
ers of darkness assailing men. He cried out:
"Make way for the redemption of the world "
All the weapons of Internal wrath struck
Him, but as they struck him our race marched
out free.
To this middle cross, my dying hearers
look, that your souls may live. l showed you
the right hand cross in order that you might
see what an awful thing it is to be ulbe
lieving. I showed you the left hand cross,
that you might see what it is to repent. Now
show you the middle cross, that you may
see what Christ has done to save your soul
Poets have sung its praise, and sculptors have
attempted TO commemorate it in MARBLE and
martyrs have clung to it in the fire, ard
Christians dying quietly in their beds have
leaned their heads against it. This kour
may all our souls embrace 1t with an
ecstasy of affection. Lay hold of that
cross, sinnerl Everything else will fail you.
Without strong grip on that you perish.
Put your hand on that and you are safe,
though a world swing from beneath your
feet. o, that might engrave on your souls
ineffaceably the three crosses, and that if in
your waking moments you will not heed,
tl.en that in your dream this coming night,
you might see on the hill back of Jerusalem
the three espectacles: the right hand cross show
ingunbelief dying without Christ, the left hand
showing what it is to be pardoned, while the
central cross pours upon Jour soul the sun
burst Of heaven at it says: "By all these
wounds plead for thy heart. 1 have loved
thee with an everlasting love. Rivers cannot
uuench it. Floods cannot drown it." And
while you look, the right hand cross viii fade
out of sight, and then the left will be gone;
nothing Will remain but the middle cross and
even that in your dream will begin to change,
until it becomes a throne; and the worn face
of Calvary will become radiant with glad
ness; and instead of the mad mob at the foot
of the cross will be a multitude kneeling
And you and l will be among them
But mol we will not wait for such
drealn. In this our most aroused
mood we throw down at the foot
of that middle cross sin, sorrow, life, DEATH
everything We are slaves; Christ gives
deliverance to the captive. We are thirsty;
Christ is the river of salvation to slake our
thirst. We are hungry; Jesus says: ~ am
the bread of life" We are condemned to
die; Christ says: "Save that man from going
down to the pit; 1 am the ransom" We are
tossed on a sea of trouble: Jesus comes over
it, saying: at is I, be not afraid" We are
in darkness; Jesus says: Il am the bright
and morning star" We are sick; Jesus
is the balm of Gilead.'" We are
dead; hear the shrouds rend and the grave
hillocl1s heave, as He cries: Il am the
Resurrection and the Life; he that believeth
in Ne, though he were dead, yet shall he
live" We want justification; Being justi-
fled by faith, we have peace with God
through our 41DTO OGSuS SuIASI VIC WANT
to exercise faith; "Believe in the Lord
Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved" I
want to get from under condemnation;
"There is now, therefore, no condemnation
to them who are in Christ Jesus" The
cross-He carried it. The flames of hell-He
suffered them. The shame-He endured it.
The crown-He won it. Heights of heaven
sing it. and worlds of light to worlds of light
all round the heavens cry: "GlOryl glory!'
of us 90 forth and gather the fTOr1hinG for.
Jesus. From Golconda min eS we gather the
diamonds, from Ceylon banks we gather the
pearls, from all lands and kingdoms we
gather precious stones, and we bring tho
glittering burdens and put them down at the
feet of Jesus and say: "All these are thine;
Thou art worthy" We go forth again for
more trophies, and into one sheaf we gather
all tho scepters of the Caesars, and the
Alexanders, and the cars and the sultans,
and of all royalties and dominions; and then
we bring the sheaf of scepters and put it
down at the feet of Jesus and say: "Thou art
king of kings; and these Thou hast con-
quered." And then we go forth again
to gather more trophies, and we bid
the redeemed of ages, the sons and
daughters of the Lord Almighty, to come.
And the hosts of heaven bring crown, and
palm, and scepter, and here by these bleeding
feet and this riven side, and by this wounded
heart, cry: "Blessing, and honor, and glory,
and power unto the Lamb, for ever and ever.n
Women We Read About.
Mrs, GarfieId's large brick house at Cleve-
land, o., with columns of Bay of Fundy
granite has been closed during the summer
and early autumn. The Garfield monument,
two or three miles distant, is still unfinished
Mrs Garfield Is said to have paid $50, 900 for
the house. Her husbands memory is Loyalty
cherished by his old friends and admirers in
Cleveland. Even the hacBmen, while en-
gagged in showing the city to strangers, speak
with enthusiasm Of Gen Garfield -Harper's
Bazaar.
Mrs. Lucy H. Hooper has been investigat-
ing the condition of American girls who go