The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-02

God has forgiven the most oil my SINS, put |
there is one sin cannot forget" What |
is il? / do not want to know what II is,
but take the responsibility OF saying that |
God will forgive II as willingly asany other
sin.
'o'er sins like mountains for their sire,
The seas of sovereign grace expand,
The seas Of sovereign grace ARISE
There was very good man, about |
seventy-hve years OF age.sthat once said;
II believe God has forgiven me, but there |
was one sin which l committed when l
was about twenty years OF age that never |
forgave myself for and cant feel happy |
when think OF it," lie said that one
sin sometimes came over his heart and
blotted out all his hope of heaven. Why,
he lacked In faith. The grace that can
forgive small sin can forgive large sin.
Mighty TO save. Mighty TO save. Who Is
the God like unto our God, that pardoneth
that believe in him. The soul looks up
into Christ's face and says: '"To what ex.
tent wilt thou forgive meg' And Jesus
looks back into his face and says 'To
the uttermost." The soul says "Will II
never be brought up again2" "Never,"
saws Christ. dwon't il be brought up
again in judgment dayT' "No," says
| Christ never In the judgment day."
| What bread is 10 the hungry, what har-
Dor is to tho bestormed, what light is TO
the blind, what liberty IL TO the captive;
that, and more than that, is Christ TO the
man who trusts him.
| Just try TO get Christ away from that
| Christian. Put on that man the thumb
screw, Twist il until the bones crack.
| n... Al laat tnf.. ha trnt nt
ton until IL il mashed TO pulp. Stretch
that man on the rack Of the inqusition,
and louder than all the uproar OF the per-
secutors, you will hear his voice like the
voice OF Alexander Ia Croix, above the
cracking iaggots as he cried out 20
Jesusl . my blessed Jesusl o divine
Jesusl who would not die for thee2'
Again: remark. that Christ is precious
10 the believer as friend. You have
commercial friends aud you have family
friends. To tho commercial friend yon 20
when YOU have business troubles. You
can look back 10 some day-it may have
been ten ortwenty years ago-when II you
had not had that friend you would have
been entirely overthrown In business. but
, want 10 tel YOU this morning OF Jesus,
the best business friend man ever had. lie
There are people in this audience who
have got In the habit OF putting down all
J their worldly troubles ut the feet OF Jesus.
, | Why, Christ meets the business man on
the street and saws 30 business man,
, know M thy troubles. will be with thee.
will soc thee through" Look out how
You try 10 corner or trample Qua man whc
Q Is backed up by the lord God Almighty
= Look out how you uamplo on him. 7
there is hnancier that many OF our busi
| ness men have not found out Chris
!. owns all the boards Of trade, all the insur
|. ancc companies and all tho banking
. houses. They say that the Vanderbilt
q own the railroads; but Christ owns th'
/ Nandcrbilts and the railroads, and all TN
q plottings Of stock gamblers shall be put 4
4 confusion, and God with his little hngc
/. shall wipe out their infamous projects
|. How often u has been that we have scel
!. men gather up riches by fraud, In a pyra
A mid vi strength aud beauty, and the llor
4 came and blew on II and u was gons
n whilo there are those herc today who.
d they could speak out in this assemhlagC
y or dared 10 speak out, would say; 9Th
u best friend lad In 1887; the best friend
n had in 1857; the best friend had at tli
!. opcning OF the war; the best friend eve
4 had hss been the Lord Jesus Christ.
4 would rather give up all other friends thal
Il this one"
/, But We have also family iricnds The
n come In when We have sickness Ia th
Il household. Perhaps they say nothing
y but they will sit down aud they weep u
n The light goes out from the bright eyc'
@ and the white petals OF the lily ARE scat
Y tered In the blast Of death. They waic
o through the long night by the dying couc
> aud then, when the spirit has gone, sooth
;, you with great comfort They say Don
!, cry. Jesus pitics you. All n wei. lo
. viii meet tho Lost one agrin." Then, whc
s y..ns esa vent on, breaking your hear
i did they not come and put the story In III
n very best shape. and prophecy the return
J, the prodigal1 Were they not In your hous
:. when the birth angel flappcd IL wing
4 over your dwelling7 And they have bee
, there al the baptsms and the weddings
" Family iricndsl But ! have 10 tell yo
II that Christ IL the best iamil
, friend. Oh, blessed Ia that cradle o,,
Il which Jesus bends Blessed Ia that nul
scry where Jesus walks. Blos,cd Is thl
n sick brow from which Jesus wipes th
At dampncsa. Blessed IL that table whcr
n Jesus breaks the bread. Blessed Ia thl
4 grave where Jesus stands with his SCARE
'c icet on the uptuned sod, saying II NJ
"a the resurrection and the life; hc that N
II licvclh In me, though ho were dead, "
m shall he live" Have you n babe In tl
~ housc2 Put II into the arms of the grci
W child.loycr. II thero n sick one In tll
a housc2 Think Of him who said: ''Dau
u sol, arise" Are you afraid you will CON
o. 20 want7 Think Of him who fed the 800
~ Il there a little one In your house that yo
are afraid will b. blind, or deaf or lame
II Think Of him who touched the blindc
10 eve and snaichcd back the boy from ep
~ lcpiic conyulsiOn. Oh. lao u the bo
N friend. Look over your iHmily friends :,
el day aud lind another that can bo compare
n b. him. When We want our friends ihc
10 are sometimes out of town. Christ
Vi always In town. We find that some vi
10 stick 10 us In prosperity who will not
70 advepiiy. But Christ comes throug
10 darkest night, aud amid ghastlicst sono
aud across toughest sea 10 comfort yol
10 There are men and women here VII
A would have been dead twenty years ae
| but Tor Jesus They have gone throug
In trial enough 10 exhaust ten times the
n. physical strength. Their property wen
al their health went, their families wei
:" scattered. God only knows what the
NJ suffered. They are an amazement
Il, themselves that they have been able
al stand Il. They look at their once hap
home surrounded by all comfort. Con
~ They think Of the time when they us'
o, 10 rise strong In the morning and wa
he vigorously down the street. and had exp
III rienced a health they thought inexhaus
4 tia Gonoi EvervfltinU zone but JcHr