Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-10

mood. You find that all heaven is offered
you. You wonder how you can get 1t for
yourself and for your family. You won
der what resources it will give you now
and hereafter. You are dividing pence
ana comfort and satisfaction and Chris
tan reward in your soul. You are divid-
ing the spoil.
On Sabbath night at the close OF the
service ! said to some persons: "N hen
ala you first become serious about your
sOulW and they told me "ro.night." And
| said to others: "Wheu did YOU give
your heart 10 GodY and they said
Tonight" And | said to still others:
when did you resolve to serve the Lord
all the days of your liteY and they said
"Ts-uight." saw by their APP
parel that when the grace Of God
struck them they were devouring
the prey; but saw also in the
raptures on their brow and In their eXbil-
arant aud transporting utterances that
they were dividing the spoil. At night
with one touch Of electricity all these
lights blaze. Oh, would TO God that the
darkness OF your souls might be broken
up, ana that by one quick, overwhelming
instantaneous flash of illumination you
might be brought INTO the light and the
liberty of the sons of God
You see that religion is "A different thing
from what some Of you people supposed.
You thought 10 was decadence; you
thought religion was cancellation; you
thought il was highway robbery; that 1t
struck one down and left him half dead;
that 1t blocked out the eyes; that 10
plucked out the plumes of the soul; that
it broke the wing and crushed the beak
as 1t came clawing with its black talOns
through the air. No, that is not religion.
What is religion? IL is dividing the
spoil. IL Is taking defenseless soul and
panoplying IL for eternal conquest. 1t is
the distribution OF prizes by the Kings
hand, every medal stamped with a coro-
nation. 1t Is an exhllarati0n, an ex-
pansion. IL is imparadisation. 1t
Is enthronement. Religion makes
a man master of earth and death and
hell. 1t goes forth to gather the medals
ofvictOry won by Prince Emmanuel, and
the diadems of heaven and the gl0ries of
realms terrestrial and celestial, aud then,
after ranging all worlds for everything
that is resplendent, 10 divides the spoil.
What was it that James Turner, the
famous English evangelist, was doing
when in his dying moment he said:
"Christ is ALL Christ is alp Why, he
was entering into light; he was rounding
the cape OF Good Hope; he was dividing
the spoil. What was the aged Christian
Quakeress doing when at S0years OF age
she arose in the meeting one day aud
said: "The time OF my departure is
come. My grave clothes are falling off,"
She was dividing the spoil.
"she longed with wings to fly away,
And mix with that eternal day"
What is Daniel now doing, the lion
tamerY and Eli ah who was drawn by the
flaming cOursers? and Paul, the rafting
of whose chains made Kings quake? and
all the other victims of flood ana fire and
wreck and guill0unef Where are they?
Dividing the spoil.
.'Ten thousand Cimos ten thousand,
In sparkling raimtnt bright,
The armies Of the ransu rned SANTA
Throng up the sleeps OF light
",Tts finished, all Is flushed,
Their light with death and sin;
Lift high your golden gates
And let the victors in."
Oh, what a grand thing it is TO be a
Christianl We begin on earth to divide
the spoil, but the distribution will rot be
completed to all eternity. There is
poverty-struck soul, there is a business
despoiled soul, there IS a sin-struck soul,
there is bereaYed sOul-why do you not
come and get the spOils of Christian char
acter? The comfort, the joy, the peace,
the salvation that am sent 70 offer you
in my Masters manner Though your
knees knock together in weakness;
though your hand tremble in fear; though
your eyes rain tears OF uncomfortable
weeping, come and get the spoils. Rest
for all the weary. Pardon for all the
guilty. Labor for all the beStormed.
Life for all the dead. 1 verify believe
that there are some who have come In
here outcast because the world is against
them. and because they feel God is
against them, who will 90 away today
saying:
~ came TO jesus as was.
Weary and worn and sad;
found In Him resting place,
And he has made me glad"
Though you came in children OF the
world, you may go away heirs of heaven.
Though you were deyOuring the prey,
now, all worlds witnessing, you may d.
vide the spoil.