The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-11-25

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and the woes of eternity. Human hate had
done its worst, and hell had hurled its
sharpest javelin, and devils had vented
their hottest rage, when, with every nerve
of His body in torture, and every fiber OF
His heart in excIuciation, He cried out:
My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken
Met"
It was vicarious cross. The right hand
cross suffered for ITSELF the left hand cross
for itself, but the middle cross for you.
When a King was dying young man
cried: "Pour my blood into his veins, that
he die not" The veins Of the young man
were tapped and the blood transferred, so
that the King lived, but the young man
died. Christ saw the race perishing. He
cried: "Pour my blood into their veins,
that they die not"
My hand is free now, because Christ's
was crushed. My brow is painless now,
because Christ's was torn. My soul es-
capes, because Christ's was bound. Igaln
Heaven, because Christ for me endured the
horrors of hell When the Swiss were
many years age contending against their
enemies, they saw these enemies arrayed
in solemn phalanx, and knew not how to
break their ranks; but one Of their heroes
rushed out in front Of his regiment and
shouted; snake way for liberty" The
weapons were plunged into his heart, but
while they were staying him OF course
their ranks were broken, and through that
gap in the ranks the Swiss marched to vic
tory. Christ saw all the powers OF dark
ness assailing men. He cried out: snake
way for the redemption OF the world"
All the 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. l showed
you the right hand cross, in order that you
might see what an awful thing it is to be
unbelieving. / showed you the left hand
cross, that you might see what it is to re-
pent. Now show you the middle cross,
that you may see what Christ has done to
save your soul. Poets have sung its
praise, and sculptors have attempted to
commemorate it in marble, and martyrs
nave clung to it in the fire, and Christians
lying quietly in their beds have leaned
their heads against it. This hour may all
our souls embrace it with an ecstacy Of
affection. Lay hold of that cross, sinner,
Every thing else will fail you. Without
4 strong grip on that you perish. Put
your hand on that and you are safe,
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o, that ] might engrave on your souls in
effaceably these three crosses, and that if in
your wakngmoments you will not heed theI
that in your dream this coming night you
might see on the hill back Of Jerusalem
the three spectacles-the right-hand cross
| showing unbelief dying without Christ,
the left hand showing what it is to be par
doned while the central cross pours upon
your soul the sunburst of Heaven, as il
says: &C BY all these wounds plead for thy
heart l have loved thee with an everlast-
ing love. Rivers can not quench it,; floods
can not drown it.n And while you look
| the right-hand cross will fade out of sight,
and then the left will be gone; nothing but
the middle cross will remain, and even that
in your dream will begin to change, unit
it becomes a throne; and the worn face OF
Calvary will become radiant with gladness
and instead of the mad mob at the foot Of
| the cross will be a multitude kneeing. Anc
you and Twill be among them,
But no, we will not wait for such
dream. In this our most aroused mood we
throw down at the foot Of that middle cross
sin, sorrow, life, death, every thing, W.
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: II am the Bread OF
Life.n We are condemned to die; Christ
| says "Save that man from going down tc
| the pit; am the ransom" We are tossed
| on sea of trouble; Jesus comes over it
saying: SIT is l, be not afraid" We are
| in darkness; Jesus says: ~ am the bright
and morning star" We are sick; Jesus
is the Balm of Gileadp We are dead
hear the shrouds rend and the
grave hilloc5s heave, as He cries; II am
the Resurrection and the Life; he that be,
| lieveth 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 Christi
| We want to exercise faith. "Belieye in the
Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved"
1 want to get from under condemnation.
"Thera is now, therefore, no condemnation
I to them who are in Christ Jesus" The cross
He carried it. The flames Of hell-He suf.
fered 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
Glory!
Let us go forth and gather the trophies
lor Jesus. From Golconda mines we gather
the diamonds; from Celon banks we gather
the pearls; from all lands and kingdoms
we gather precious stones, and we bring
the glittering burdens and put them down
at the feet Of Jesus and say: GAN these are
Thine; Thou art worthy" We go forth
again for more trophies, and into one sheaf
we gather all the scepters Of the Caesars
and the Alexanders, and the Cars,
! and the Sultans, and of all royal
| ties and dominions; and then we bring
the sheaf OF scepters and put it down at the
| feet Of Jesus and say: "Thou art King Of
kings and these Thou hast conquered"
And thon we 60 forth again and gather
| more trophies, and we bid the redeemed of
| ages, the sons and daughters Of the Lord
| Almighty, to come. And the hosts Of
Heaven bring crown, and palm, and scep-
ter, and here by these bleeding feet and
riven side, and by this wounded heart cry:
"Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power
| unto the Lamb. for ever and eVer."