Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-07-08
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much ABOUT tnen. lOu may nave All
the thrones in heaven; l do not care so
much about them. But give me Jesus
that is enough heaven for me. oh,
Jesus! l long to see thee. Thou "chief
among ten thousand, the L altogether
lovely"
There may be some here who have come
hardly knowing why they come. Per-
haps it was as in Paul's time-you have
come to hear what this babbler sayeth;
but / am glad TO meet you face to face,
I'D TO strike hands with you in n earn
est talk about your deathless spirit. Do
you know, my friend, that this world is
not good enough for you? 1t cheats. 1t
fades. II dies. You are immortal. /
see it in the deathless spirit looking out
from your eye, 1t is a mighty spirit. 1t
is an immortal spirit. 1t beats against
the window of the cage. leone out to
feed it. During the past week the world
has been trying to feed it with husks. l
come out this morning to feed it with
that bread Of which If a man eat
he will never hunger. What has the
world done for you? Has 1t not
bruised you? Has il not betrayed
you? Has it not maltreated your Look
me in the eye, immortal man, and tell
me if that is not So. And yet, will you
trust il? o, | wish that you could forget
me, the weak and sinful man-that /
might vanish from your sight this morn
ing, and that Jesus might come in. Aye,
he comes here this morning to plead for
your soul-comes in all covered with the
wounds Of Calvary. lie says: 20, i'm
mortal man! l died for thee, / pity
thee. / come to ave thee. With these
hands, torn and crushed, ! will lift thee
up into pleasures that never die" Who
will reiect-who will drive him back2
When Christ was slain on the cross, they
had a cross, and they had nails, and they
had hammers. Ysu cruelty by your sin,
o impenitent soul! the Lord Jesus Christ.
Here is a cross; but where are the nails?
Where are the hammers? "Ah," says
some one rejecting ChriSt-some one
standing "A long way of, II will fur
nish the nails. l don't believe in that
Jesus. | will furnish the nails" Now we
have the nails; who will furnish the ham,
mersl 'Ah," says some hard heart, Il
will furnish the hammers" Now we have
the nails and the hammers. We have
no spears; who will furnish the spears?
'Ab," says some one long in the habit
Of sin andHejection of Christ's mercy:
81 will furnish them" Now we have
all the Instruments: the cross, the nails,
the hammers, the spears; and the cruci-
fixion goes IN. o, the darkness! o,
the pang! o, the tearsl o, the death!
behold the Lamb of God, that takes
away the sin of the world"
Lord Jesus, help that man. He sits
far back today. lie does not like TO
come forward. He feels strange in a re-
ligious assemblage. He thinks, perhaps,
We do not want him. Oh, Jesus, take
that trembling hand. Put thine ear to
that agitated heart and hear how it
heats. Oh, lift the iron gate Of that
prison house and let that mar go free.
Lord Jesus, help that woman She is
a wanderer. No tears can she weep.
See, Lord Jesus, that polluted soul, see
that blistened foot. No church for her.
No good cheer for her. No hope for her.
Lord Jesus, 60 tothat soul. Thou wilt not
stone her. Let the red hot chain, that
burns to the bone till the bloody ichor
misses in the heat, snap at thy touch.
Oh, have mercy on Mary Niagdalene.
Lord Jesus, help that young man. lie
took money out of his employers till.
Didst thou see i'll The clerks were all
gone. The lights weredown. The shut
tiers were up. Didst thou sec it? o, let
him not fall into the pit. Rememberest
thou not his mothers prayersi She can
pray for him no more Lord Jesus,
touch him on the shoulder. Touch him
on the heart Lord, save that young
man. There are many young men here.
l got q letter from one of them who is
probably here today, and / shall have no
other opportunity of answering that let
ter. You say you believe in me. o, do
you believe in Jesus? Icannot save you,
my dear brother. Christ can. He wants
and waits to save you. and he comes to-
day to save you. Viii you have him? I
do not know what our young men do
without Christ-how they get on amid
all the temptations and trials 10 which
they are subjected. o, young men,
conn 10 Christ today, and put your soul
and your interest for this life and for the
next into his keeping. In olden times,
you know, a cub bearer would bring
wine or water to the king, who would
drink it, first tasting it himself, showing
there was no poison in it, then passing it
TO the king, who would drink ii. The
highest honor ] ask is that / may be cup
bearer today TO your soul. / bring you
this water Of everlasting life. ] have
been drinking Of il. There is no poison
in it. II has never done me any harm.
It will do you no harm. o, drink it,
and live forever. And let that aged
man put his head down on the staff, and
let that poor widowed soul bury her
worried face in her handkerchief, and
these little children fold their hands in
prayer, while we commend you TO him
whowas wounded for our transgrcssions,
and bruised for our iniquities; for 10 you
which believe he is precious.