The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-06-15

Llc. never shall forget the night IN the
summer of 1873, in tLe steamer GrecGe, mid
Atlantic, eyerySmOment eNpeCting,thc SEAM
cr to 90 down. All the lights III the cabin
wCr, blown out The captain came crawl
ing on his hands and knees, for he could not
stand upright, SO violently was the vessel
pitching, and no cried out: Light up, light
up" The steward said: 1--WE can't light
up; tie candt's arc gone and the holders
are gone" The Capr0iu sa d: 81 can't
help that; light up" The s,Orm was awful
when the lights we're burning, worse when
the lights went OUT.
Then there was the absence of faithful
nurses. When YOU are Ill it is pleasant to
have the head bIthed and the hands and
feet rubbed. Look at the hands and feet of
Christ. Look at the face of Christ. There
were women there who had cared for the
sick, but none of them might come up near
enough to help. There was ChTist's mother,
but ,hc might not come up near enough to
help. They said: ''Stlnd back! stand
back. This is no place for you" The high
priests and the soldiers wanted 1t their own
way they had it their own way.
Tie hOuIs pass on, ana it is II o'clock Of
S4VlO's suffering, and il is | o'clock, and it
Is ; O'Clock. and it is almost ) O'Clock. Take
the last look at that suffering face; wan and
punched, the purp.c lips drawn back against
the teeth, the eyes red with weeping and
sunkcn aS though grief had pushed them
back, blackne,s under the lower lid, the
WLO.c body adrOOp and shiycriug with tie
last chill, the breath growing ieebler, and
tcrbler, and tCebler, aud t euler until lie
gives one lo?g, deep, last slgh. He Is dead!
9, my soul, lie Is dead! Can you tell
why? W as lie Il fanatic dying for 4 princi.
pie that He did not amount to anything
Was lie i man infatuated? No; to save
your soul from sin, and mine, and make
eternal lite possible lie died. There had TO
Ia ., -, ,. fft,,t.. fNr O., W.T. ,1,.II "a I.y
Let 1t be me- said Christ. LET it be me-"
You understand the meaning OF that word
substitution. You were drafted for the last
war, some, one took YOUR place, marched
your march, suffered your wounds, and dIed
ut Gettysburg. Christ to us while
We are lighting our buttie wit sin and death
and hell, aud He Is our substitute. He
marches our march, rights our battle, suffers
our wounds, ana dies our death. SuDstltu-
ton Substitution!
How do GU feel in re gard TO that scene
described in the text ana in tie region
around ABOUT the teNty Are your sympathies
aroused or are you so dead in Sin and so
abandoned by reason of your transgressions
that you Can look upon all that fearless and
unmOved? No, no ;tilere are thousands ofpeo-
pie here this morning who can say, in the
depths OF tIeir soul: "No. no., no if Jesus
endured that and all that for me, / ought to
love HIM. Unjust love Him; l viii love Him;
| do love Him. Here, Lord, | give nysif t.
Thee tits all tlat can do"
But how are YOU going to test your love
and test yOTr earnestness! My text gives a
test. 1t says that while Christ carried q
cross for you, you must be willing to carry a
eros for Christ. "Well," you say, 81 never
could understand that. There are no crosses
TO be carried in this land; tLose prosecutions
have p issed, and in all the land there is no
one to be crucitied, and yet in the pulpit and
in the p~rayer-meetins IS YOU all keep talking
about carrying a cross. WHAT do YOU mean,
sir?" l mean this: That is "a cross when
Christ calls you to do which Is unpleasant
and hard. ''OhH' you say, "att3r hearing
the story OF this ChIist and all that He has
endured for me l am ready 10 do anything
Tor Him. just tell me what l have 10 do and
III do it. / am ready to carry any cross"
suppose I should asa YOU at the close of a
religious service 10 rise up announcing your
self on the Lords side-cOulu YOU dOiLg "Oh,
no" yoC say, 81 have Il SHRINKING and a
sensitive nature, and it would be inn
possible for me to rise before a large
aSsemblage, announcing myself GA the Lords
side" just as i feareu. You cannoE stand
that cross. The first one that is offered you,
you reject. CHRIST carried Il Hmalaya,
Christ carried a world for you, ana you can
not lift IN ounce for him.
But heTe Is a man whose cross Will be TO
announce among his business associates to-
morrow morning on exchange that he La be-
qua a new life, that, while he wants 10 be
faithful in his. worldly duties he isliying tor
another world, and lie ought 70, advise all OF
his associates, so far as he can influence
them, to begin with the Christian life. Could
you uo that, my brotherg i,Oh. no. You say,
moi just tlat. / think religion Is religion,
and business Is business and It would be im-
possible Tor me to recommend the Christian
religion in places OF worldly business Just
"a 4 fagpah#. fTt,gtqn 4. a cannF.a .s,.n3cH n fga.aasl
you and YOU cannot carry it. Christ lifted a
mountain for you and you cannot lift an
ounce for Him.
There is someone whose cross it will be to
present religion in the home circle. Would
you dare to kneel down md pray ii your
brother and sister were looking at you2
Could you ask q blessing at the tea table?
Could you take the Bible, and gather your
family around you and read Of, Christ and
heaven and your immortal s0ull Could YOU
then kneel and pray fer a blessing on your
householdl 't0l,n Won say, mot exactly that.
! couldn't quite do that, because 1 have a
very quick temper, and If | protessed relig-
ion and tried TO ttlk religion in my house,
hold and after that should lose my temper,
they would scofI at me and SLY: You are
a pretty Caristianp" SO you are cowed
down and their sarcasm keeps You out Of
heaven and away from CHRIST. When i'm Ter
God you ought to take away your whole
lai1ilA ITO VIC AlugNJlns 1UTiSJ lilltU a
mountain, lifted 4 whole world for yon; you
can notllft an ounce for Him. j see Cow ii
is; you want to be favorable to religion,
You want to support Christian institutions,
you like 10 be associated with those who love
the Lord Jesus Christ; but Is to taking a pos
tive step on this subject You can noI-you
can not, aud my text, like q gate Of a hun
dred bolts, bars you away from peace on
earth and glory in heaven.
There are hundreds of mon and women
here, brave enough Ia other things I'm lille.
VINO simply for the lackI Of maHiiness stay
away from God. They dare not say; s.For-
ever and forever, Lord Jesus, / take Thee.
Thou hast redeemed me by Thy blood. here
Is my immortal spirit. Listen, all my ftieuds.
Listen, all the world They are lurking
around about the kingdom Of Tod they are
ltrking arcpmd about IL, expecting t9esRwl
in some time when nobody Is looklng !. Tor.
eetful Of the tremendous Words Of my text:
"Whos0eyer doth rot beat His cross and
CONS sftes Ne canpot be My disciple
An officer 81 d neighboring chureE tad me
that he was ia . store In New Yetk-just
happened ln-where there were many clerks,
and a gentleman calne In and said to . Young
man Standing behind the counter: Are you
the Young man that arose the other night IN
tf.o nrr0rfvtt fahorHorla 4nd neta1 for 4afart