The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-11-19

through which rumbled the sorrows Of time
and the woes Of eternity. Human hate had
done its worst, and he'll had hurled its
sharpest javelin, and devils had vented
their hottest rage, when, with every nerve
Of His body in torture, and every dber Of
His heart in excruciatiOn, He cried out:
Ny God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken
Net"
It was . vicarious cross. The right hand
cross suffered for itself, the left hand cross
for itself, but the middle cross for you.
When . 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, %
that the King lived, but the young man
died. Christ saw the race perishing He
cried: "PouF my blood into their veins,
that they die not"
Ny hand Ii free now, because Christ's
was crushed. Ny brow Is painless now,
because Christ's was torn. Ny soul g.
capes, because Christ's was bound. Igain
Heaven, because Christ for mo endured The
horrors Of hell. When the Swiss were
many years ago 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: "Make 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: "Make
he ~ <ha IL
All the weapons Of internal wrath struck
marched out free.
To this middle cross, my dying hearers,
look, that your souls may live. I showed
you the right hand cross, in order that you
might see what an awful thing it is to be
unbelieving l showed you the left hand
cross, that you might see what it il 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
have chung to it in the fire, and Christians
dying 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
q strong grip on that you perish. Put
your hand on that and you are safe,
though world swing from beneath your
feet
o, that might engrave on your souls in
effaceably these 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 right-hand cross
showing unbelief dying without Christ,
the left hand showing what it is to be par
doned, while the central cross p0urs upon
your soul the sunburst of Heaven, as ii
says: "By all these wounds plead for thy
heart. have loved thee with an everlast-
ing love. Rivers can not quench it; floods
can not drown it." 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, until
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 multitude kneeling. And
you and l will be among them.
But no, we will not wait for such q
dream. In this our most aroused mood we
throw down at the foot Of that middle cross
sin, sorrow, life, death, every thing. We
are slaves; Christ gives deliverance to the
captive. We are thirsty; Christ is the river
Of salvation to Stake our thirst. We are
hungry; Jesus says: ~ am the Bread of
Life" We are condemned to die; Christ
says: "Save that man from going down to
the pit; am the ransom" We are tossed
on a sea of trouble; Jesus comes over it,
saying: ut is 1, be not afraid" We are
in darkness; Jesus says: 81 am the bright
and morning star" We are sick; Jesus
is the Balm of Gileadr We are dead
hear the shrouds rend and the
grave hillocks heave, as He cries: ~ am
the Resurrection and the Life; he that be-
lieveth in Ne, 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 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
Gloryl
Let US go forth and gather the trophies
Tor 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: "All 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 dominons; 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 then we go 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"
PROFESSIONAL DIVERS.
Some OF the Thrilling Sensations Expert
enced by the Daring Men.