The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-05-10

SPIRIT What is bid for it7' Satan says:
ssI'n bid the world, : You say: Be
gonel that Is no equivalent. Sell my
soul for the worldf Mol Begonel' But
there Is some one else IN The audience
not SO wise as that He says: 'sWhat
is bid for my immortal soul?' Satan
says: 'sI'l bid the world. The world?
Going at that. going at that, goingl
Gonep Gone foreveri
5 What Is the thing Of greatest price,
The whole creation roundi
That which was lost In Paradise,
That which In Chriss b found
Then let - gather round the cross,
That knowledge to obtain;
Not hy the souls eternal loss
But everlasting gain
Well, there are great many people in
the house who say: 81 win not sell my
soul for the world. find the world
is an unsatisfying portion" What.
then, will you do with your soul? Some
one whispers here: 81 win give my soul
to Christ. VIII your That Is the
wisest resolution you ever made Win
you give 1t to Christ? When2 To-mor-
rowf No; now. I congratulate you il
you have come to such decision. Oh,
il this morning the eternal Spirit OF God
and show you the vanity of this wofid,
and the immense Importance e G!R5 ,
religion. and the infinite valu6Fo of u
Immortal sCd{s VIA "a ~llsods u -
bel what an hour this would bel what 1
moment this would bel Do you know
that Christ has bought your soul2 Do
you know that he has paid an Infinite
price for it2 Do you know that he is
worthy of its VIII you give it to him
now2
was reading of sailor who had Just
got ashore, and was telling about his last
experience at sea. He said: THE last
time l crossed the ocean we had a ter
rife time. After we had been out three
or four dlys the machinery got disar-
ranged and the steam began to escape,
and the captain. gathering the people
and the crew on deck, said: Unless some
one shall go down and shut off that
steam, and arrange that machinery at
the peril Of his life, we must all be de-
stroyed.' He was not willing to go down
himself. No one seemed willing to go.
The passengers gathered at one end of
the steamer waiting for their fate. The
captain said: i give you last warn
ing. If there is no one here willing to
imperil his life and go down and fix
that machinery, we must all be lost A
plain sailor said: I'll go, sir;' and he
wrapped himself in a coarse piece of can
vas and went down, and was gone but a
few moments when the escaping steam
stopped, and the machinery was cor
rected. The captain cried out to the
passengers: 'All savedl Let us go down
below and see what has become of the
poor fellow They went down. There
he lay dead" Vicarious suffering! Died
for alll Oh, do you suppose that those
people on the ship ever forgot, ever can
forget that poor fellow? "No!' they
say; SIT was through his sacrifice that
got ashore" The time came when oul
| whole race must die unless some one
should endure torture and sorrow and
shame. Who shall come to the rescuei
Shall it be one of the seraphima Not one
Shall it be one of the cherubim2 No,
one. Shall 1t be an inhabitaf1
Of some pure and unfaHen world
! Not one. Then Christ said: ssLo
come to do thy will. o God;" and ht
went down through the dark stairs of oul
sin, and wretchedness, and misery, anc
woe, and he stopped the peril, and HI
died, that you and might be free. Oh
the lovei oh. the endurancel oh. the nor
rors of the sacrifice. Shall not our soul
this morning go out toward him. saying
"Lord Jesus Christ. take my soul. Thol
art worthy to have it. Thou hast diet
to save it.
God help you this morning rightly Il
| cipher out This sum in Gospel arithmetic
"What shall it profit man, if he shal
gain the whole world. and lose his Owl
soul?''