The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-05-11
NUMBER AZ.

eminent paid $9O0, 200 for "welI," you
say, sit must have been very valuable, or
the government would not have paid 500, 900
for It." ! want to see what my soul is
worth, and what your soul Is worth, by seq
ing what has been paid for it. For that i'm
mortal soul, the richest blood that was ever
shed, the deepest groan that was ever ut
tered, all the griefs Of earth compressed into
one tear, all the sufferings Of earth gathered
into one rapier Of pain and struck through
bis holy heart Does It not imply trench
dous valuel
argue, also, the value Of the soul from
the home that has been fitted up for it in the
future One would have thought a street of
adamant would have done. No; 1t is q street
Of gold One would have thought that q
wall of granite would have done No; it is
the fame Of sardonyx mingling with the
green of emerald. One would have thought
that an occasional doxology would have
done. No; 1t is a perpetual song. II the
ages of heaven marched In q straight line,
some day the last regiment, perhaps might
pass out Of sight; but no, the ages Of heaven
do not march in q straight line, but In a cir
Gle around about the throne Of God; forever,
forever, tramp, trampi A soul SO bought,
80 equipped, SO provided for, must be aprice
less soul, a majestic soul, q tremendous soul
Now, you have seen the two properties
the world, the soul One perishable, the
other immortal. One unsatisfying, the other
capable of ever increasing felicity. Win
you trade event Remember, 1t Is the only
investment YOU can make II q man sell q
bin of goods worth %, 900, and he is cheated
out of 1t, he may get 200 somewhere else;
bit man who invests his soul invests all.
Losing tnat he loses all Saving that, he
saves all. In th. ..,ht Of my text, it seems
to me as If you were this morning offering
you say: "What is bid for it, my deathIess
spirita What is bid for itq' Satan says:
''i'll bid the world" You say: "Begonel
worlda Mol Begoner' But there is some
one else In the audience not SO wise as that
He says: "What IL bid for my immortal
soulr Satan says: "Tl bid the world. {"
'The worldf Going at that, going at that,
goingl GoneI" Gone foreverl
What is the thing Of greatest price,
The whole creation roundf
That which was lost In paradise,
That which In Christ Is found.
Then let US gather round the cross,
That knowledge to obtain;
Not by the souls eternal loss,
But everlasting gain.
Well, there are great many people In the
house who say: 81 will not sell my soul for
the world. find the world Is an unsatisfy-
ing portion" What, then, will you do with
your souli Some one whispers here: 81 will
give my soul to Christ" VIII youi That Il
the wisest resolution you ever made. VIII
you give 1t to Christi When7 Tomorrow
No; now. congratulate 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 q house this
would bel what an hour this would bel what
q moment this would bel Do you know that
Christ has bought your souli Do you know
that he has paid an infinite price for it, Do
you know that he Is worthy Of ita VIII you
giveit to him nowi
was reading Of sailor who had Just got
ashore, and was telling about his last expert.
ence at sea He said: 'The last time /
crossed the ocean we had a terrific time AZ
ter we had been out three or four days, the
machinery got disarranged, and the steam
began to escape, and the captain, gathering
the people and the crew on deck, said: I'm
less 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 60 down himself No
one seemed willing to 60 The pas
sengers gathered at one end Of the
steamer waiting for their fate. The captain
said: Il give you last warning. If there Is
| e.;
down and fix that machinery, we must all be
lost A plain sailor said: I'll 60, sir; and
he wrapped himself in a coarse piece Of can
vas and went down, and was gone but few
moments, when the escaping steam stopped,
and the machinery was corrected. The cap
tain cried out to the passengers: All savedl
Let us go down below and see what has be-
come Of the poor fellow They went down.
There he lay dead" Vicarious sufferingi
Died for ALI Oh, do you suppose that those
people ON the ship ever forgot, ever can for
get that poor fellow "Non they say, lit
was through his sacrifice that got ashore"
The time came when our whole race
must die unless some one should en-
dure torture and sorrow and shame Who
shall come to the rescuei Shall it be one Of
the seraphimi Not one Shall it be one Of
the cherubimi Not one. Shall it be an in
habitant of some pure and unfallen worldi
Not one. Then Christ said: "LoI come to
do thy will, o God" and be went down
through the dark stairs Of our sin, and
wretchedness, and misery, and woe, and he
stopped the peril, and he died that you and
might be free Oh, the Lowell Oh, the en-
duranceI oh, the horrors Of the sacrificed
Shall not our souls this morning 60 out to-
4 m
my soul! Thou art worthy to have It'll Thou
hast died to save itp'
God help you this morning rightly to
cipher out this sum In Gospel arithmetic:
"What shall it profit man, IL he shall gain
fhe who1a world and lose his own solllT,