West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-12-02

| IN oil IFS wanderings up aud down the earth
ne never saw one more In need OF His for
| givcnes.
Blessed onoi turn TO Theei wilt Thou
! look Tor the moment away from Thine own
| Iangs 60 pity met Lord, 10 Is not % have my
hands relieved or my feet taken from the
Torture. can stand all this; but Obi my
| SnsL my siDsl my sinsl they pierce me
| through and thrc ugh They tell mo l must
j die Tor over. They will push me out into the
darkness unless Thou wilt help. confess IL
| all Hear the cry OF the dying thief lori
| rehember me when Thou CONTEST into Thy
kingdom. ask no great things / seek FOR
i no thronQ- Ia heav0n-no chariot 10
take mo 10 the skies; but Just
have passed Think vi me httle-of me
the one now hanging at Thy side; when
| the shout Of heavenly welcome takes Thoo
back INTO glory, EhoE wilt not forget me,
wilt Thou Lord, remember me whom Thou
contest into Thy kingdom-only just remenl-
! Der me.
Likewise must we repent You saw; 81
! haze stolen nothing reply: We have all
beqa guilty OF the mightiest felony OF tho
/ M verso, Tor we bavp robbed God-robled
/ Him OF our time, robbed Him of our talonts.
/ robbed Him OF our service 2uppose Won
s5nd man West ms an agent OF your
! nrm, and every month you pay him
/ his salary, and at the end OF ten years
you lind out that he has been serving another
! firm, but taking your salary: would yoi NOT
at once condemn him as dishonoStl God sent
/ Us into this world TO serve Him He las
/ given US wages all the time One half ~ ~
/ haze been serving another master When n
man Is convicted OF treason, he IL broiio,b
| out; regiment surround him. and the com
nand Is given; Attention, company. Take
aim, tirep And the man falls with hun
ured bullets through his heart. There come
times IN mans history when the Lord emil,
| up the TROOP OF his iniquties nnd at Gods
command they pour into him concentrated
volloy OF torture. You say; 81 don't feel
I ENl ~ II.
Wslk along by the cliffs ehi Vol
see sunlight and flowers at To. month
! or thecave aud chandelier OF taIactite
. ING opening OF the cave: but tase
| torch and go in, and before YOU have gong
] Tar you SEA tho flashing eye OF n wild hast
| or near the hiss OF n serpOnt. SO the world
seems IN tho sunlight OF worldlines,: but ne
wave the torgb OF Gods truth, and go down
/ lnto the ueep cavern OF the heart-alasi for
the brStlng horrors and the rafting fang.
Rave you ever noticed the climax IN this
passage OF scripture: The heart is deoeitfulr
That Seems enough, But the passage goes on
hni avs; The heart is do ,eitfal above all
things" win you pot sayifhab Is enough /
| bnt the pasSagegocs on further and savs.
no heart Is deceitful above all things and
desperately wicked" Y we oa,Id zee the
Gu9 con i,tion of theAupardoned before
GoI what wringing of hands
there would be- what tbo,,sand
| Noi ed sh lex Of supplication and despairI
bOJ You are sinner-a sinner sneak NOT
10 the rerson who sits next TO You, but TO
| YOU You are sinner. All the transores.
ons Of time have been eatbere1 nm
] lnto an avalanche AT any moment IL NAV
81 , from the cliffs and crush YOU forever
MAJ tho Lord Almighty by His grace, hem
| possible 10
~, NJ left hand cross was a believing cross.
mere was no gGe y work IN that PRAYER. no
l. IA that supplication. The left-hand
cross hung II elf ut the foot OF tho middle
cross expecting mercy. Faith is onIv met
opening the haud TO take what Christ offers
US Tho work is all done, the bridge Is built
strong enough for all Of us to walk over Tap
! not at the door OF Coda mercy with the tin
or Your fingers. bit a a warrior with
eau 'tieted fists helts at the castle gate. SO.
with all The aroused energies of our sonIs'
let Us I o md at the gate of heaven. That
Bate Is Locked. You 20 to il wi b a bunch of
keys. You try philosophy; that viii not
open IL You try good works: that will not
! open II. A large door generally has a pen
derous key. take the cross and place the
/ LOOT OK IL In the socket OF the lock- and by
the Two arms OF tbs cross turn the lock and
! the door Opans.
This left hand cross was pardoning cross
! Inc crosses were OILY two or three Yards
apart IL did not take long for Christ to
he T. hrst might have turned away, and
SAID; How darest thou speak TO Mef ] am
tho Lord OF Heaven aud Earth | have
| seen YOUR violence. When you struck
! down that man in the darkness, | Jaw YOU
Z
! nesa-d forever. But Jesus said not so: hut
rath r: This day shalt thou loo with Ne in
! fui al Sc; as much a To say; II s2e you
there; don't worry. will not Only bear my
! cross, ut help you with yolrs.n
! Forthwith the left-hand cross becomes the
/ nb de of contentment. The pillow OF tho
! maieiactor soaked in blood, becomes like the
| en- upholstery If King couch When
| tie DO " bacame sill, aud the surgeons feel.
! lnS the pu,e saii one. TO another: HE
| 10 dead" the last mark OF pain had
! gore from his face. Peace had
smo thed his forehead; Peace closed his
| eyes Peace closed his lips. Now you SEQ
Why there are two transverse pieces on the
| Cross, for IL has be ONE ladder into the
/ skies. That dying Ia al is easy which mas
aud n It The pr mise: This day shalt thou
ps WIN th Al5 ia ara u e." fewhose lips have
cen allied with hlasphemy, We Whose hands
! Tor many years have wrought liighteous-
| hess, ye who have Compnniuned with the m
lean, ye who have se1led every height OF
transsres3 81, and fathOmed every depth,
a nj pnssel g cry extreme o: iniquity-mercyl
mercy!
The diving thief re iolcel to SEQ
That fountain In his day:
Aud there may /, az vile as be,
Wash all my sins away
have shown you the right-hand cross and
! the lsfthand cross. Now come To themiddls
! cross. We stood at the one ami found h
! Welded poison. We stood at the other and
/ found IL yieldei bitter aloez Como now TO
the middle cross, and shake down apples OF
/ love. I'm over your heal You never saw
| so tender scene as this You may have
| seen rather, or mother, or companion. or
| child die, bat never so ATE ting a scene az
this The railing thief looked from one vay
and saw only the right side OF Christs face.
The penitent thief looked from the other wsv
aud saw the let side Of Christ's face. But
! where You sit to-day ia f1ll klaze OF Gospel
hght you soc Christ's full face.
/ ~ was a suffering cross. IL the weapons
or tor ure had gone only through the fatty
! portions 81 the body, the torture would not
nave been so great; but they went through
the ban -, and feet, aud temples; the most
sensitive portions IL was not only the sppar
that went into His sde. but the sins OF Ali
tns race-a thousand spears-plunQs after
/ plunge deeper and deeper, until tho silence
and cOmpOsure that before characteriIed
/ HID gave way tn a grOan, through which
| fuWbied the sorrows OF time aud the woes OF
| eternity Human hate hal done its worst
AID bell had hurled IT, sharrest javeiin. and
devils had vented their hottest rage when,
! with every nerve IN His body in torture. and
/ every fibre ~ His heart in excruciation. he
criod out; Ny God, my God, Why hast Thou
/ ~ was fic1rioes. cross-the rigi,f-hans
/ cross 5unere Tor itself. the Do nsnd cro.,
/ l0r 10 elti but the middle cross for Won,
/ wen a KIM was dying, O young man eTicd
/ -Four roy blood into 3 veins. that he d't
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