The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-02
VOL. XLVIII---NO. 157

used TO hear good deal about religion |
and about Jesus Christ. don't know that |
| have any religion, or that know any
thing much about Christ, but when was
in mid Atlantic / looked up one day |
through the rigging and there seemed to |
come light through my soul. i have felt |
different ever since, and love those that
/ once hated, and feel Joy can't tell
you. really don't know what is the
matter with me-" A rough sailor got up
and said, 'My lad, know what's the
matter with you. You have found Jesus.
1t is enough to make any man happy"
ellis worth II all the nations knew.
SURF the whole earth would love him, too"
remark again: Christ is precious TO the
believer as a final deliverer. You and |
must after while get out of this world.
Here and there one, perhaps, may come
on 10 eighty, 10 ninety years OF age; but
your common sense tells you that the
next twenty-five years will land the ma
jority Of this audience in eternity. The
next ten years will thin out u great many
OF these family circles. This day may do
the work for some OF us. Now, why do |
say this2 To scare your No; but Just rs
| would stand in your Office, II ! were a
business man and you were n business
man, and talk over risks. You do not
consider il cowardly 10 talk in your store
over temporal risks. ls II base in us this
morning 10 talk little while over tho
risks Of the soul that are for eternity
In every congregation death has the last
year been doing a great deal OF work.
Where Ia your iatherp Where Is your
mother? Your child2 You brother2 Your
sister, O, how cruel does death seem TO
bel Will he pluck every flower3 Will he
poison every iountain2 Will he put black
ON every door-knob2 Will he snap every
heart-string? Can ] keep nothingY Are
there no charmed weapons with which to
| go out and contend against himY Give
me some keen sword, sharpened in Gods
armory, with which ! may stab him
through. Give mo some battle-ax that
may clutch Il aud hew him from helmet TO
sandal Thank God, thank God, that he
that ridcth on the pale horse hath more
than match In him who ridoth on the
white horse. ~. John heard the contest,
the paving of the steeds, the rush, the
battle.cry, the onset, until the pale horse
came down on his launches and his rider
bit the dust, while Christ, the conqncror,
with upliited voice, declared IT. 80, death,
] will be thy plague; ., grave, will bC
thy destruction"
The scpulchcr IL lighted castle on the
shore OF heavenly seas and sentinel angela
walk up and down at the door 10 guard IL
Tho dust and the dampness OF the gray,
are only tho spray. Of the white surf o
celestial seas, aud the long breathing OF Thu
dying Christian, that you call his gasping
is only the long inhalation Of the air 0
heaven. q, bless God for what Christ !
10 the Christian soul, hero and hereafter
heard q man say some time nao tina
they never laugh In heaven. | do mo
know where he got his authority Tor thai
think they do laugh In heaven. Whel
. visitors como home, do We not laugh
When fortunes are Won In day, do "
, not laughi After No have been ten Q
! fifteen yca-t way rom our friends and "
/, greet them again, do We not laugh2 lc'
J We will laugh IN heaven. Not hollo'
, laughter moi meaningless laughter, but
, full, round, clear, deep. resonant outbrca
OF eternal gladncsr. q. the glco OF tha
2 moment when We ilrst see Josusl thin
: We will take the first two or three years !
! heaven 10 look nj Jesus and II, III lO,W
! years, there should bo n moment whe
the doxology paused, 10000 souls woul
J cry out: "sing singh and when III
. cry was "what shall we fingfn the ar
/; ewcr would he: "Jcsusl Jesus" q, yo
y may have all tho crowns In heaven | d
, not care No much about them. You ma
: have all the robes In heaven; ! do not cat
80 much about them. You may have a
b the sccpicrs IN heaven; | do not care
o much about them. You may have all I'll
I thrones In heaven; do not care No niue
u about them. hut give me Jcsus-that
n enough heaven for me. q, Jesus | long
, see thee. Thou "chicf among 10000 III
. one altogether lovely"
There may be somH here who have CON
hardly knowing why they come. Pc
hafs II was a. la Paul's time YOU haN
= come 10 hear What this babbler sayetl
. but am glad 10 meet you face ~ facl
y and 10 strike hands with you IN one earl
est talk about your doatllc@ spirit u
' You know. my friend that this world
. not good enough for you3 II cheats.
y fades. II dies. You are immortal
see II In the dcnfhlcss spirit looking on
: from your eve. II N a mighty spirit
y Il an immortal spirit II beats against th
u window oi the cage. ! come out ~ lee
II. During tho past week the world III
:. been irving 10 feed II with husks. con
y out this morning 10 feed u with thi
2 bread oi which " man cat he will new,
v hunger. What has the world lone !,
G you9 Has II not bruised you9 Has
! not betrayed you7 Has II not malircaic
2 you7 Look me In the face, Immortal maj
) and tell mo II that Ia not N. Aud yc
y will YOU trust ~ %, | wish { Al yo
7, could forget me, the weak aud sinful ma
4 that | might vanish from your sigl
! this morning. anil that Jesus might con
y In. Ave, he comes here this mornin
!, 10 plead for your soul-cOmes
q all covered with the wounds
Calvary. lie SAYS 30, immor
|. mani I died for thee pity thee.
u come 10 save thee. With these hand
. torn and crushed, will liit thee up inl
h pleasures that never die" Who will r
\ lcct, who will drive him back3 Whc
l. Christ was slain on the cross tbcy had
o cross, aud they had nails; and they ha
. hammers. You cruelty by your sin, q IN
u pcnlient soul the lord Jesus Christ. lie
lr u cross, but where are the nailsl Whc
:, are the hammen3 "Ah," says some OF
. rejecting Christ-some ono standing lor
y way on-"I will furnish the nails. don
n believe In that Jesus. will furnish u
10 nails" Now We have the nails, Who vi
y furnish the hammon2 "Ah,' says sou
q hard heart, ~ will furnish the hammers
a Now We have the nails and the hammer
X We have no spears; who will furnish y
?. spears7 "Ah," says somo one long In u
" habit Of sin andrcleciion Of Christ mere
=: III will furnish ihcm." Now We have
q the instruments the cross, the nails, q
'd hammers, the spears, and the crucitxi
NJ goes on. o the darkncnel . the pangl
ic ihe tcar' o the DEATH "Behold I
yc lamb Of God, that takest away the sin