The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-07


of heaven, will not jasmine cllmbf My
| beloved is come down in his garden to
| gather lilies" No flowers in heavenl
! Where, then, do they get their garlands for
! the brows of the rlghteousl
| Christ is glorious to our souls now, but
| how much grander our appreciation after
awhile! A conqueror comes back after the
battle. He has been fighting for us. He
comes upon the platform. He has one arm
| in "A sling and the other arm holds a crutch.
| As he mounts the platform, Oh, the euthu-
siasm Of the audiencel They say: THAT
man fought for us, and imperilled his life
| for u.s. and bow wild the huZza that fol-
! lows huzzal Whom tue Lord Jesus Christ
| shall at last stand out before the multitudes
of the redeemed of heaven, and we meet
| him face to face, and feel that he was
wounded in the head, and wounded in the
hands, and wounded in the feet, and
wounded in the' side for us, methinks we
will be overwhelmed. We will sit some
time gazing in silence, until some leader
amid the white-robed choir shall lift the
baton Of light and give the signal that it is
| time to wake the song Of jubilee, and all
heaven will then break forth into: "Ho-
2annal hozannal hozanna Worthy is the
| Lamb that was slain"
l calculate further the value of the soul
| by the price that has been paid for it. In
| st. Petersburg there is diamond that the
|
dollars for. "Well,n you say, 'it musb
have been very valuable, OF the government
would not have paid two hundred thousand
| dollars for it" | want to see what my soul
is worth, and what your soul is worth, by
seeing what has been paid for it, For that
immortal soul, the richest blood that was
ever shed, the deepest groan that was ever
uttered, all the griefs of earth compressed
into one tear, all the sufterings of earth
gathered into one rapier of pain and struck
through his holy heart Does it not imply
tremendous 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 e street
of adamant would have done. No; it is
street of gold. One would have thought
that wall of granite would have
done. No; it is the flame Of sardonyx ming
ling with the green of emerald. One would
have thought that an occasional doxology
would have done No; it is perpetual
song. If the ages Of heaven marcned in
straight line, some day the last regiment,
perhaps, might pass out of sight; but no,
the ages of heaven do not march in a
straight line, but in a circle around about
the throne of God; forever, forever, tramp,
trampl A soul so bought, so equipped, SO
provided for, must be priceless soul,
ajestic soul, a tremendous soul.
Now, you have seen the two properties
tho world, the soul One perishable, the
other immortal One unsatisfying, tn
other capable Of ever-increasing felicity.
Will you trade? Will you trade even2 Re-
member, it is the only Investment you can
make. If man sell bill of goods worth
five thousand dollars, and he is cheated out
of il, he may get five thousand dollars
somewhere else; but man who invests his
soul, invests all. Losing that, he loses all.
Saving that, he saves all. In the light of
- -. AI-s
morning offering your soul TO the highest
bidder and hear you say: "What is bid
for it, my deathless spiriti What is bid for
itg Satan says: 'I'll bid the word.n
You say, "BegoneI that is no equivalent
Sell my soul for the wOrlds MOI BECOME"
But there is some one else in the audience
not so wise as that. He says: "What is
''Tll bid the world" 1.-THE worldl Going
at that, going Gonep Gone forever!
What is the thing of greatest price,
The whole creation roundf
That which was lost in Paradice,
That which in Christ is found.
''Then let us gather round the cross.
That knowledge to obtain;
Not by the sOui's eternal loss,
But everlasting gain"
Well, there are a great many people in
the house who say: 81 will not sell my
soul for the world. find the world is an
unsatisfying portion" What, then, will
you do with your soula Some one whispers
here: 81 will give my soul to Christ"
Will you! That is the wisest resolution
you ever made. viii you give it TO Christi
Whom Tomorrow No; now l con-
graduate 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 house this
would be what an hour this would bel
what moment this would bel Do you
know that Christ has bought your soull
Do you know that he has paid an infinite
price for itl Do you know that he is
worthy of it9 viii you give it to him
nowi
l was reading of a sailor who had just
got ashore, and was telling about his last
experience at sea. He said: ''The last time
| crossed the ocean we had a terrific time.
After 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: Unless some one shall go down and
shut off that steam, and arrange that ma
chinery at the peril of his life, we must all
be destroyed' He was not willing to go
down himself. No one seemed willing TO
go. The passengers gathered at one end Of
the steamer waiting for their fate The
captain said: i give you a last warning If
there is no one here willing 10 imperil his
life and go down and fix that machinery we
must all be lost A plain sailor said: 'rll
go, sir3 and he wrapped himself in a
coarse piece Of canvas and went down,
and was gone but few moments,
when the escaping steam stopped,
and the machinery was corrected.
The captain cried out TO the passengers:
IAN saved Let us go down below and see
what has become Of the poor fellow They
went down. There he lay dead" Vicarious
suffering Died for ALI Oh, do you sup
pose that those people ON the ship ever for
got, ever can forget that poor fellowl
MOP they say; ''it was through his socri-
fee that | got ashore" The time came
when our whole race must die unless some
one should endure torture and sorrow and
shame. Who shall come 10 the rescuei
Shall it be one of the seraphiml Not one.
Shall it be one Of the cherubml Not one
Shall 1t be al inhabitant of some pure and
unfallen worldl Not one Then Christ
said: "Loi come to do thy will, o God;'
aud he went down through the dark stairs
OF our sin and wretchedness, and misery
and woe, and he stopped tho peril, and he
died that you and might be froe. Oh, the
love oh, the endurancel oh, the horrors of
the sacr fcol Shall not our souls tins morn