National Republican., 1888-06-04

How do you feel In regard to that scene
about the textY Are your sympathies arouscdi
or are you so dead In sin and so abandoned
by reason Of your transgressons that you can
No, no; there are thousands Of, people, here
their soul, NO, no, no; II Jesus endured that,
and al that for mes ought t. loye Him
him. Here, Lord, give myself to Thee; It's
all that can do"
But how are you going TO test your love, and
It says that while Christ carried a cross for
carry a, cross FOR Christ. We'll"
There are no crosses TO be carried In this
land; those prosecutions have passed, and IN
all the land there Is no one TO be cruciied, and
you all keep talking about carrying cross.
What do you mean, siri' mean this: That is
a cross which Christ calls you TO do, which Is
hearing the story OF this Christ and all that
He has endured for ne, am ready to do any.
thing for Him. Just tell me what have TO do
and mi dS am dTeay sS ca az bs sHy
religious service to rise up, announcing your.
self on the Lords side could you do ~ 70!
tive nature, and Il would be Impossible for
me to rise before n large assemblage, an.
nouncing myself on the Lord : side" Just as
feared. You cannot stand that cross Tho
carried mountain, Christ carried iiima-
laya Christ carried q world for you, and you
cannot lit an ounce for Him.
But here is man whose cross will be TO an.
nouncc among his business associates to-nOr-
row on exchange that he has begun a new
life, that while he wants to he faithful In his
worldly duties, he Is living for another world,
and he ought to advise all those who are his
associates so far as he can influence them, to
begin with him the Christian life. Could you
do that, my brother2 "Oh, no. you say, mot
ness is business, and It would be impossible
for me to recommend the Christian religion
in places of worldly business Just as !
feared. There Is second cross offered You,
and you cannot carry II. christ lifted u noun.
Him.
sent religion In the home circle. Would you
dare to kneel down and pray II your brother
and sister were looking NJ youy Could You ask
u blessing at the tea tableS Could you take
the Bible and gather your family around You
and read of Christ and heaven and your i'm
mortal soulS Could you then kneel and pray
say, mot exactly that. couldn't quite do
that, because have very quick temper, and
II ] professed religion and tried to talk rcli.
Gion in my household and then, after that
should lose my temper, they would scOff at
me and say: You are pretty Christian! SO
you are cowcd down and their sarcasm keeps
| you out of heaven and away from Christ
| when under God you ought to take your whole
| family into the kingdom Christ lifted u
| mountain, lifted a world for you you cannot
| lift an ounce for Him. see how II Is; you
| want 10 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 positive step on this sub
| like gate of hundred bolts, bars 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 nanliness and womanli
| ness stay away from God. They dare not say:
| Forever and forever, Lord Jesus take
| Thee. Thou hast redeemed me by Thy blood,
here is nay immortal spirit. Listen, all my
| friends. Listen, all the world.n They are
| lurking around about the Kingdom of God;
| they are lurking around about II, expecting TO
crawl in some time when nobody Is looking,
forgetful of the tremendous words of my text:
"Whosocverd doth not bear his cross and come
| after Me cannot be My disciple"
An officer of a ncighboring church told me
| that lie was in store In New York--iust hap
| pencd in-where there were many clerks, and
| II gentleman came In and said TO q young man
standing behind the counter Are you the
| young man that arose the other night In the
| Brooklyn Tabernacle and asked for prayers
| Without any flush Of check, lie replied: Il am
| haven't always done right, and have been
| quite bad; but since arose for prayers, think
| am better than | was 1t was only his
way of announcing that he had started for the
| higher life. God will not cast out man who
| Is brave enough to take n step ahead like that.
| | tell you these things this morning because
| my dear friends, want to show you how light
|
with that which Christ, carried for us, You
have not had the flesh torn of for Christ 8
sake in carrying your cross. He tainted dead
the cross until It fetched the blood. Under
| His there was a pool of carnage that FLASHED
| the horses fetlocks. You have friends 10 sym.
pathize with, you in carrying the cross Christ
trod the winepress of Gods wrath alone,
alone! The cross that you and ought to carry
| represents only few days or few years OF
trial. The cross that Christ carried for lis
| hn.I cad nj tln nf nj
There has some one come here to-day whom
you have not observed. He did come
through the front door; lie did not come down
any of these aisles; yet know lie is here, lie
is from the east, the far cast, He comes with
blistered foot and with broken heart, and
cheeks red. not with health, but with
coat and say: IT does. not seem TO 1T Thee,
No" He says, ut is net mine; II is borrowed
i does not belongto me now, For my vestnre
aeg easr are red n: AII thonrS S from l %
not Where to lay lay Ills head" And touch III,
fE on hs f 0@?H %"f lie sags GaFrS crS
| carry for thee and for the sins of the who'll
world. That Is cross. Fall into line, marcl
on with me in this procession, take YOU
smaller crosses and your lighter burdens, ,an'
Join me In this march to heaven" And W
join that procession with our smaller crosse
and, our lighter burdens, and Christ look
burden, and with Il voice which has in |
majesty and omnipotcnGSi He Gres mt nntil al a,
heal, his. cross, and come after Me, cannot b
My disciple"
o, my brethren, my slsters-for do nc
speak professionally, speak as brothe
brother, can you not bear cross II AT las
diviGe of. Who is on the Lords slider VIII
is ready TO turn his back upon the Lamb q
God that taketh away the sin of the worldS
A Roman emperor said to Il Greek architect
You build me n coliseum, grand coliseum
and II II suits me will crown you IN the pre-!
ence Of all the people, and win make grea
day of festival on your account" The Gree
architect did his work, did II magninccntly
planned the building, looked after It's col
structon. The building was done, The da
for opening arrived. In the coliseum were III
, emperor and the Greek architect. The emp,
and said: I'VE have gathered here today /
; open this coliseum and to honor the Greek Al
! chtect. II Is g great day for the Roman en-
, pire. Let this building be prosperous, and lS
, we must have, q festival to-day. Brin
. out those Christians, and let us hay
GGp tbo PTt to The death at waTs hS p m9@ ni
the center of the amphithcatcr. II was 20 b
, a great celebration IN their destruction. The
, the lions, hungry and tlreetourths Staryet
: amphitheater, and they came. forth wit
| mighty spring to destroy and rend the Chr
: tians, and all the galleries shouted, "llu2li
0 huzZn! Long live the emperor'n Then IL
$ Greek architect arose In one of the galeri,
a and shouted until In the vast assemblage a
Z heard him, ~ too am Christlan.' and the
2 seized him In their fury and flung him to II
o wild beasts, until his body, bleeding and dea,
was tumbled over and over again In the du
{ of the amphithCater,
. COuld you have done that for Christi Coul
+ you, In vast assembage all OF whom hate
, Christ have said Il am christian, or
0 want 10 be a Christiani' Would You NAY
n had the ten thousandth part of the enthl
= siasm and the courage OF the Greek arChiteC
D Nay, ask you another questions Would 20
1 In an assemblage where they are nearly q
|! Chrstians-n an assemblagc n vast mul
i | tude of whom love Christ and are willing
/ live, and, ifnecds be, TO die for Ilim-wou
3 | Won lnrc TO snY, " am n lhristlnn ~ nr