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discover the abyss of eternity? Who can para
eyerP"
That right hand cross-thousands have per-
physical pain compared to remorse, at the
last, that life has been wasted, and only q
tleeting moment stands between the soul aud
its everlasting overthrow? on Godl let me die
anywhere rather than at the foot of that
right hand cross. Let not one drop of that
blood fall upon my cheek. Rend not my
ear with that cry. l see It now as never be-
belief. That dying malefactor was not so
much to blame as /. Christianity was not
established, and perhaps not until that day
had that man heard the Christ But after
Christ has stood almost nineteen centuries.
working the wonders OF His grace, you reject
Him. That right.hand cro's with Its long
beam, overshadows all the earth II is planted
come when the spirit OF God shall, with its
AK, hew down that right-hand cross, until II
shall fall at the foot of that middle cross and
unbeief. the railing maleisctor OF the they world, Sl,
me, thou spirit of unheliei | hate thee
with this sword OF God thrust thee back and
thrust thee through. Down to hell; down,
most accursed monster Of the earth, and talk
to the millions thou hast already damned.
Talk no longer to these sons of God these heirs
Of heaven.
"Ifthou be the Son or God." Was there any
"ir' about 1t? Tell me: thou star, that in robe
Tell me, thou sea, that dldst put ny hand
over thy lip when He bid thee be still Tell
ye desa gSib 20 seS qG
pull down over thy face thy veil of darkness:
Tell me, ye lepers who were cleansed, ye dead
who were raised, Is He the Son of God ~, Aye!
aye! responds the universe. The flowers
breathe It,, the stars chime 1t, the re-
deemed celebrate IT, the angels raise up on
their thrones to announce It. And yet on that
miserable malefactor's 'If' how many shall
be wrecked for all eternity That little "If ;
death Of the soul. No ''if' about it. / know
it. Eeee Deus feel !! thor9ughlymthrough
faculty of my mind, and through every
energy of my soul, Living, Will preach III
dying, will pillow my head before its consola'
tions-Jesus, the God
Away, then, from this right hand cross. The
red berries Of the forest are apt TO be poison-
Gus, and around this tree of carnage grow the
red, poisonous berries, of which many have
hand cross except 1t be used as lever with
which to upturn the unbeiet of the world.
Here, from the right hand cross | 60 TO the
left. Pass clear. TO the other side. That VIC,
tim also twists himself upon the nails to look
at the center cross-yet not to scof IL Is To
worship. He, too, would like to get his hand
loose; not TO smite, but to deliver the sufferer
OF the middle cross. He cries to the raileI
cursing on the other side: "5ilencel between
us is innocence, is agony. We suffer for Olll
crimes. SlenCel Gather around this lct
herbs are sometimes tonic for the body, aud
the bitter aloes that you grow on this tree
sLall give strength and lie to thy soul,
This leit-hand cross is representing cross
AS men who have been nearly drowned tell III
that in one moment, while they were unde
the water, their whole life passed before them
so suppose in one moment the dying male
factor thought over all his past life. or tina
| night when he went INTO an ungnarded doc
and took all the silver, the gold, thel lewcs
| and as the sleeper stirred he put knit
| through his heart OF that day when, ln tn
| lonely pass he met the wnyfarer and regard
| less Of the cries and prayers aud tears ant
struggles of his victim, he lung tho inanglel
corpse into the dust of the highway or heapet
upon Il the stones. lie says, "oh, am agni't
my CURING That will not stop the pain
| There is no need of blaspheming Christ, for II
has done me no wrong; and vet cannot az
the tOrtures of my soul. The past Is scene o
misdoiug. The present .crucihXion,, IN
| future nm everlasting undolng. Come DacR
lhou hiding Iaidday sum Kiss my cheek WY
| from nbOve-nO help from beneath? Then
must turn to my companion in sorrow, IN
One on 90 middle cross cross q, lro,n nav
man when he Is In trouble. nave helr'
that lie can cure the wounded. ! haye near.
that lie can pardon the sinner. surely, III az
| Ills wauderings up and down the eArth, IL
never saw one more in need OF Ill forgiveness
blessed One turn to Thee Wilt Tho
look for the moment away nom Thy owl
panps, to pity me? Lord, 1t Is not to have N
torture. can stand all this; but oh my sins
my sins my sins they pierce me throug
and through. They tell me ] must die e
ever. They win push me out into the darl
all. Hear the cry of the dying thief: Lord, r.
member me when Thou comest into IN
kingdom. | ask no great things, seek 4
no throne in heaven, no chariot to take me
the skies but lust think of me when this day
horrors have passed. Think of mo a little
me, the one now hanging at Thy side-whe
the shout of heavenly welcome taxes Ihe
J back into Thy glory. Thou Wilt not iors'