The Brookhaven leader., 1888-05-17

| righteousY
Christ is glorious to our souls now, but
| how much grander " appreciation after
awhile. A conqueror comes back AFTER
the battle. He has been fighting Tor u.s.
He comes upon the platform. He has one
arm in a sling, and the other arm holds a
cgutch. As he mounts the platform, on,
the enthusiasm Of the audience! Ihcy
say: THAT man fought for us, and imper-
lied his life for US" and how wild the huz.
"a that follows huzzal When the Lord
Jesus Christ shall at last stand out before
the multitudes of the redeemed of Heaven,
aad we meet Him face to face, and feel
that He was wounded in the head, and
wounded in the hands, and wounded In
the fe ct, and wounded in the side for us,
methinks we will be overwhelmed. We
will sit some time gazing in silence, until
some leader amidst the white obcd choir
shall lift the baton of light, and give the
signal that it is time to wake the song or
jubilee and all Heaven will then break
forth into: "Hosanna! hosauna! hosannaI
Worthy is the Lamb that was slain"
ICalculate further the value of the soul
by the price that has been paid for 1t. In
st. Petersburg there is diamond that the
government paid two hundred thousand
dollars for. well" you say, 'it must
have been very valuable, or the govern
ment would not have paid two hundred
thousand dollars for it." | want to see
what my soul is worth, and what your soul
is worth, by seeing what has been PAID Tor
it. For that immortal soul, the richest
blood that was ever shed, the deepest
groan that was ever uttered, all the grlels
of earth compressed into one tear, all the
suffcrings of earth gathered into one
4 oh
holy heart. Does it not imply tremendous
value:
| argue, also, the value of the soul from
the home that has been fitted up for it in
the future. One would have thought
street of adamant would have done. No;
it is II street of gold. One would have
thought tina: a wall of granite would have
done No; 1t IS the flame of sardOnyx
mingling with the green of emerald. One
would have thought that an occasional
doxology would have done. No; it is
perpetual song. II the ages Of Heaven
marched in straight line, some day the
last re gimcnt. perhaps, might pass out OF
sight; but no, the ages of Heaven do not
march in straight line, but in circle
around about the throne of God; forever
forever, tramp, tramp! a soul so bought,
so equipped so provided for, must be
priceless soul, majestic SOUL a tremend-
Gus soul.
Now, you have seen the two properties
the world, the soul. One perishable, the
other immortal. One unsatisfying, the
other capable of everlasting felicity.
Will you trade? Will you trade even?
Remember, it is the only investment you
can make. If O man sell a bill of goods
worth 1000, and he is cheated out OF it, he
may get s., 900 somewhere else; but man
who invests his soul, invests all. Losing
that, he loses all. Saving that, he saves
all. Il the light of my text, it seems to
me as il YOU were this morning offering
your soul to the highest bidder; and !
hear you say:
"Whatis bid for it, my deathless spirit:
What is bid for it,"
Satan says:
"Il4 bid the world"
You say:
"Begonc? That is not equivalent. Sell
my soul for the world? No? Begone"
But there is some one else in the audi
ence not so wise as that. He says:
"What is bid for my immortal soul?"
Satan says:
"I'll bid the world
"The world? Goirg at that, going at
that going! GoEe~
Gone forever!
What is the thing Of greatest price,
The whole creation round,
That which was lost in Paradise,
That which in Christ is found
Then letus gather around the cross.
That knowledge to obtaini
Not by the souls eternal loss,
But everlasting gain.
Well, there arc great many people IN
the house who say:
Il will not sell my soul for the world
| find the world is an unsatisfactory por.
| ton"
What, then, will you do with your soul
| Some one whispers here:
Il will give my soul TO Christ"
| viii you? That is the wisest resolution
you ever made. VIII you give it to Christ:
When: Tomorrow? No, now. l con-
graduate you if you have come to such a
decision. Oh, if this morning the eternal
spirit of God would come down upon this
! audience and show you the vanity of this
world and the immense Importance Of
/ Christ's religion, and the infinite value Of
! YOUR own immortal souls, what hOpoe
| this would be What an hour this would be I!
! What u moment this would be! Do You
| know that He has paid an infinite price for
| it? DO You know that He is worthy of it:
! VIII you give it to Him now?
Twas reading of sailor who had just got
| ashore, and was telling about his last ex-
| perience at sea. He said:
THE last time | crossed the ocean We
had a terrific time. After we had been
out three or four days the machinery got
dlsarrauged and the steam began to es-
cape, and the captain, gathering the peo-
pie 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 destroyed
! He was not willing to go down himself
| No one seemed willing to go. Tie
passengers gathered at one end of
! the steamer waiting for their fate. The
! captain said: ~ give you last warning.
| If there is no one here willing to imperil
his life and go down and fix that ma
| chinery, we must all be lost A plain
sailor said: 'I'll go, SIR and he wrapped
himself in a course piece of canvas and
went down, and was gone but a few mo-
meats when the escaping steam stopped,
and the machinery was corrected. The
captain cried ont to the passengers: All
saved! Let us go down below and see
what has become of the pOOrfellow.' They
went down. There he lay dead"
Vicarious suffering. Died for all! 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 sacrifce that got ashore" The time
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