Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-11-15

IZETrE: FORT WORTH.
cross Thers vas no guess work in that
prayer; no ''if' in that supplicalion.
The left hand cross huug itself At the
foot OF The Middle cross, expecting mer
cx Faiths only just opening tue hand
10 10 y. ,nk So What q. Sa's, 49, u.s. the work
enough for MS Gil to walk over. Tap not
at the door Of Gods mercy with the tlp
of your Fingers, but as a warrior with
with gauntletted lists beats at The cast g
gate; so, with all the aroused energies Of
our souls. let us pound at the gate OF
heaven That gate is locked You go
to II with bunch OF keys. You try phil
losophy. That will not open IL. A large
door generally has ponder us kew. l
take the cross and place the foot Of II in
the lock, and by the two arms Of the
cross turn the lock, and the door opens.
This left hsnd cross was pardoning
cross The crosses were only two or
three yards apart. IL did not take long
for Christ TO hear. Christ might have
turned away and said: GLOW darest
thou speak 10 MeY | am the lord of
heaven AND earth. have seen your vio-
lence. When you struck down that man
In the darkness, saw you. You are get
ting just reward. Die In oarkuess-Ciie
for ever" But Jesus said not so, but
rather; "This day thou shalt be with me
In Paradisei" as muchg as to say: 81 see
you there; don't worry. | Will not only
bear my cross, but help ron with yours"
Forthwith the left hand cross becomes
the abode OF conteutmett. The pillow of
the malefaotor, soaked In blood, becomes
like the crimson upholstery Of kings
couch. When the body became still, and
the surgeons feeling the pulse said one TO
another; "He is dead" the last mark OF
pain had
| GONE FRoM'HIs FACE.
Peace had smoother his forehead
Peace closed his eyes. Peace closed his
lips. Now you see why thefo were two
transverse pieces on the cross, Tor II has
become a ladder into the skies That
dying head is easy which has under It
the promise: "rhis day thou shalt Nbe
with me in Paradise" Ye whose lips
have been filed with bl .sphemy, We whose
hands for many years have wrought un-
righteousness, ye who have compauioned
with the unclean, we who have scaled
every height Of trapgression, and faith
omed every depth, and passed evety ex.
treme Of iniquity-mercyl mercy
"The dying thief reiolced to see
That fountain In his day;
And there may ], as Vile a , he,
Wash all my sine away"
have shown you the right-hand cross
and the left-hand cross; now come to the
middle cross. We stood at the one and
found IL yielded poison. We stood at the
other and found 1t yielded bitter aloes
Come now to the middle cross and shake
down apples of love. Uncover your
head. You never saw so tender scene
as this. You may have seen father, oil
mother or companion, or child die, but
never so affecting a scene as this The
railing thief looked FROM one way and
! saw only the right side of Chrisrs face
The penitent thief looked fiom the other
way aud saw the left side OF Christs
face. But from where you sit to-day In
the full blaze Of gospel light, you see
Christs full face. 1t was suffering
cross. II the weapons OF torture had
gone only through the fatty portions Of
the body, the torture would not have
been so great, but they went
!, through the hands and feet and
temples; the most sensitive portions. Il
, was not only the spear that went into Hi:
|
sand spears--plunge after plunge,
, DERPER AND DEEPER,
! until the silence and composure thst be
, fore characterized Him gave way into I
groan, through which rumbled the scr
i rows of time and the woes OF eternity
4 Human hate had done its worst, and he'll
| had hurled fits sharpest javelin, and devil
J had vented their hottest rage, when, witt
, every nerve OF His body IN torture, ant
! every fibre of His heart in excruclatioD
: He cried OUT "My Cod my Godi VIII,
hast thou forsaken mel"
y 1t was a vicarious cross--the right
hand cross suffered for itself, the left
. hand cross for itself; but the middle eros
I for you. When king was dying younl
man cried; "Pour my blood into hi
veins, that he die not" The veins Of th'
: Young man were tapped, and the bloot
( transferred; so that the king lived, hu
! the young man died. Christ saw thi
q race perisbing He cried; "Poor M
. blood into their veins, that they die not. ;
' My hand is free now, because Christi
1 was crushed. BY brow Is painless now
o because Christ's was torn. NV soul es
. capes, because Christ's was boutd
\ gain heaven, because Christ for me en-
Y dured the horrors of nell. When the
SWlsS were many years ago conlchulhs
| against their enemies, they saw thes'
J enemies arrayed 10 solid phalanx, ant
Z knew not how TO break their rank bu
one of their heroes rushed out in front 0
4 his regiment and shouted: "Make wa.
for liberty" The weapons OF the enem.
, were plunged into his heart, but Will
! they were staying him. of course thel
, ranks were broken, and through that gal
: in the ranks the Swiss marched 10 victory
Z. Christ saw all the powers OF darkness as
: sailing men. He cried out: "Make VS..
/ for the redemption Of the world" All tn
/ 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. showe'
> you the right-hand cross in order that yol
= might see
I WHAT AN AWFUL THING
s 1t ia TO be unbelleving. Ishowed you tn
D leit-hand cross that you might see wha
i 1t is to repent. Now | show you Tn
, middle cross that you may see wha
J. Christ has done to save your soul. Poet