The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-01

| strong grip of that you perish. Put your
| hand on that and you are safe, though q
worll swing from beneath your feet. Obi
that might engrave on your souls inefrace-
ably the three crosses, and that if in your
| waking moments you will not heed, then
that in your dream this coming night you
might see on the hill back Of Jerusalem the
three spectacles-the righthand cross, show
ing unbelief dying without Christ-the left
hand, showing what it is to be pardoned-
while the central cross pourS upon your soul
the sunburst of heaven rs it says; by all
these wounds plead for thy heart Ihave
loved thee with an everlasting love. Rivers
cannot quench it. The foods cannot drown
tt!' And while you look the right-hand
cross will fade out of sight, and Then the
left will be gone; nothing will remain
but the middle cross, and even that In
Four dream will begin to change until it be.
comes throne, and the worn face Of Calya-
ry Will b,come ra1aut with gladues5; and
instead Of the mad mob at the foot Of the
cross will be q multitude kne,ling. And you
and will be among them. But no! we will
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, 81 am the
bread of life" We are condemned to
die; Christ says: "Save that man from 60.
ing down to the pit; am the ransom" We
are tossed on sen Of troubles; Jesus comes
over it, saying: "It is I, be not afraid" We
are in darkness; Jesus says: 81 am the bright
and the morning star" We are sick; Jesus
is the balm Of Gilead. We are dead; hear
the shrouds rend and the grave hillocks heave
as he cries: II am the resurrection and the
life: he that believeth in Me, though he, were
dead yet shall he live" We want justification.
Being justified by faith, we have peace
with God through our Lord Jesus Christ"
We want to exercise faith; believe in the
Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved"
+ 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: GLORY, gloryW
Let us 90 forth and gather tho trophies for
Jesus. From Golconda mines we gather the
diamonds, from Ceylon banks we gather the
pearls, from all lands and kingdoms we
aather precious stones, and we bring the
glitsering burdens and put them down at the
feet of Jesus, and say: "All these ara Thine.
Thou art worthy" We go forth again for
more trophies, and into one sheaf we gather
all the sceptres OF the CesarS, and the Alex.
anders, and the Cars, and the Sultans, OF
all royalties and domiuions, and then We
bring the sheaf of sceptres and put it down
at the feet of Jesus, and say: 80 Thou art
King of kings, and these Thou hast con.
queI.d." And then we go forth again to
gather more trophies, and we bid the
redeemed of all ages, the sons and daughters
Of tho Lord Almighty, to come, and tins
seeptre, and here by these bleeding feet and
by this riven side, and by this wounded
heart, cry: blessing, and honor, and glory,
aud power unto the Lamb forever and for
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