West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-06-14

body adroop and shivering with the last chill
the breath growing feebler and feebler and
teebler and feebler until he gives one long,
/ deep, last sigh. He Is deadl
vi my soul, he Is dead. Can you tell whyl
| was he fanatic dying for a principle that
/ did not amount TO anythinRl Was he n man
intatuatedf Mort save your soul from sin,
and mine, and make eternal life possible, no
died. There had 10 be a substitute for sin.
w Who shall 1t bei Let il be me-" said Christ,
''let it be me-" You understand the mean
ing OF that word substitution. You were
drafted for tho last war; some one took your
place, marched your march, suffered your
wounds and died at Gettysburg Christ
/ comes 30 us while we are fighting our battle
with sir and death and hell, and lie is our
substitute. He marches our march. fights
/ our battle, suffers our wounds and dies our
death. Substitution substitution
How do you feel in regard 10 that scono de-
/ scribed in the text, and i'm the region around
about the text Are your sympathies
arousedf Or ar1 you so dead I'm sin, and so
/ abandoned by reason OF your transgressions
that you can look upon all that fearless and
unmovedf No, no; there are thousands OF
people here this morning who can say i'm tho
| depths OF their soul: mo, no, no; il Jesus
endured that and all that for mo, ought TO
/ love him. must love him, / will love him,
/ DO love him. Here, Lord, give myself 10
thee; tits all that can do"
But how are you going TO test your love
/ AMI test your earnestnessl My text gives a
test. IL says TINT while Christ carried a
/ cross for Christ. "Well,n you say, az never
| could understand that. There are no crosses
TO be carried in this land; those prosecutions
have passed, and in all tho land there Is no
one TO be cruclfied, and yet in the pulpit and
/ IN the prayer meetings you all keep talking
! ABOUT carrying cross. What do you mean
sire mean this That this is a cross which
Christ calls you TO do, which is unpleasant
story OF this Christ and ali that no has en- en-,
dured for me, am ready 10 do anything for
him. just tell me what have to do and III
DO IT. am ready to carry any cross"
suppose / should ask you at the close of n
religious service TO rise up, announcing your
SELF on the Lord side-could you do itI "Ol
no, you say, 81 have n shrinking and SEN
sltivc nature, and it would be impossible for
/ me TO rise before a large assemblage an
nonncing myself on the Lords side.n just
rs feared. You cannot stand that cross
I The first one that is offered Won Won reject
InrIst carried mountain, Christ carried a
Himalaya. Christ carried a world for Won.
ana you cannot lift an ounce for Him.
But here is a man whose cross will be 20
announce among his business associates to-
| morrow morning on exchange that he has
/ begun new life that while lie wants to be
/ faithful In his worldly duties he is living for
another world and ne ought to advise ali
| those who are his associates so far as ne can
/ influence them, tn begin with him the Chris
tlan life. Could you do that, my brotherl
%, no. you say, mot just that 1 think
I
and it would be impossible for me TO recon-
mond the Christian religion in places of
worldly business just rs feared There
Is second cross offered you, and you can
not carry IL. Christ lifted mountain for
/ YOU; you cannot lift an ounce for Him
There is some one whose cross will be to
/ present religion in the home circle Would
| you dare to kneel down and pray, if your
brother and sister were looking at youl
/ Could you ask blessing at the tea tablet
Could you take the Bible and gather your
family around you, and read of Christ and
heaven and your immortal soull Could you
then kueel and pray for a blessing on Your
! household "Ohh you say, 'not exactly
that; couldn't quite do that because have
a very quick temper, and il L profeSsed re-
lgl9n anI sf'ied to talk religion in my house
hod and then after that / should lose my
temper, they would scoR at me and say.
y Ou are pretty Christianp" So Won are
ccwed down, and their sarcasm kesps Won
out OF Heaven and away from Christ, when
under God, you ought to take your whole
/ family into the kingdom. Christ lifted n
mountain, lifted world, for you; you cannot
lift an ounce for Him. see how it is: Won
want TO be favorable to religion you want
to support Christian institutions, you like to
be associated with those who love Jesus
Christ; but as TO taking a positive stem ON
tins subject you cannot-you cannot; and
/ my text, like gate of n hundred bolts bars
I you away from peace on earth and glory in
| heaven.
There are hundreds of men and women here
brave enough in other things in life who sim
| ply, for the lack OF manliness and womanIj
ness, stray away from God They dare not
say: Forever and forever, Lord Jesus. 1
TAKE Thee. Thou has redeemed me by Thy
blood, here IS my immortal spirit. Listen.
| all my friends Listen all the world " Tbev
are lurking around about the kingdom OF
God-they are lurking around about it, ex-
/ pecting TO crawl in some time when nobody
IS looking, forgetfql of the tremendous words
| OF my text: "Whosoever doth not beor his
] 10 AZ
/ Cip,e.n
An officer Of a neighboring church told me
that he was in store in New York-iust
happened in-where there were many clerks
and gentleman came in and said TO a Young
man standing behind the counter: Are YOU
the young man that arose the other night i'm
the Brooklyn Tabernacle and asked for pray
ersf Without any flush Of cheek he renIied.
- am. l haven't always done right. and I
nave been quite bal; but since [ arose for
prayers l think am better than wasn 1t
was only his was of announcing that he had
started for the higher life. God will not cast
out man who is brave enough to talxe n
step ahead like that
tell you these things this morning be
cause, my dear friends, | want 20 show you
how light the ross is that we have Ia carrv
compared with that which Christ carried for
as. You have not had the flesh torn or for
Christs sake in carrying your cross. He
tainted dead away under his cross. You
nave not carried the cross until il fetched the
blood Under his there was a pool of car
mage that FLASHED the horses fetlOcks. You
lave friends to sympathize with you in
carrying the cross: Christ trod the wine
press Of Gods wrath alone, alOnel The cross
That you and j ought TO carry represents
only few days or a few years OF trial The
cross that Christ carried for us had COM
pressed into 1t the agonies Of eternity.
lhere has some one come here to-day whom
you have not observed. He did not come
through the front door. he did not come
down any OF these aisles; yet i know he is
here. He is from the East. the far East He
comes with blistered foot, and with broken
heart and checks red not with health but
with blood from the temples. / take hold OF
ms coat aud / say: 1T does not seem TO ht
thee." NO" ne says, ''it IS not mine: IL Is
I borrowed; 10 does not belong to me now
or my vesture did they cast lots - And /
say % Him: Thine Dyes are red as though
from loss N sleep He SAYS. yes the Son
Of man had not where To lay His head ("
and touch the log on His back and say:
why earliest Thou thisg" 'Ahw lie SAYS
that is a cross i carry for thee and FOR the
slus Of the whole world That IS "a cross
Fan into line, march on with Ne in this pro-
cessiOn, take your smaller crosses and your
lighter burdens, and join me in this march TO
heaven And we join that procession with
our smaller crosses and our lighter burdens
ana Christ looks back and He sees some are
mating because they cannot endure the
shame, or bear the burden, and with "a voice
which has in b. ma Ic3ty and omnipOfeuco
1e cries until an the earth trefubIes. "Who-