The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-07-06
NUMBER 3.

You may have all the robes In heaven; do
not care SO much about them. You may
have all the scepters In heaven; do not care
90 much about them. You may have all the
thrones In heaven; do not care 20 much
about them. But give me Jesus-that q
enough heaven for me- o Jesusi I long to
see thee Thou ''chief among ten thousand,
the one altogether lovely"
There may be some here who have come
hardly knowing why they come. Perhaps it
was az In Paul's time-you have come TO hear
what this babbler sayeth; but am glad to
meet you face TO face, and 10 strike hands
with you In one earnest talk about your
deathless spirit Do you know, my friend,
that this world IL not good enough for youi
It cheats. Il fades. Il dies You are immortal.
Isee 1T in the deathless spirit looking out from
your eye. IL Is q mighty spirit is an inn
mortal spirit. It beats against the window
Of the cage. come out to feed It. During
the past week the world has been trying to
feed 1t with husks I como out this morning
to feed 1t with that bread Of which II man
eat he viii never hunger. What has the
word done for your Has 1t not bruised youi
Has it not betrayed youf BIAS It not NAL
treated youf Look me in the eye, immortal
man, and tell me IL that is not not 50. And yet,
viii you trust tit o, wish that you could
forget me, the weak and sinful man-that !
might vanish from your sight this morning,
and that Jesus might come In. Aye, be
comes here this morning to plead for your
soul-comes In all covered with the wounds
Of Calvary. he says: 80, immortal mani
died for thee Ipity thee. come to save
thee. With these hands, torn and crushed, /
win lift thee up int pleasures that never
die" Who will reject-who will drive him
5acki When Christ was slain on the cross,
they had a cross, and they had nails, and
they had hammers You cruelty by your
sin, o impenitent soul, the Lord Jesus Christ
Here Is a cross; but where are the nails7
Where are the hammersi "Ah," says some
one rejecting Christ, some one standing a
long way of, II will furnish the nails !
don't believe in that Jesus will furnish
the nails" Now we have the nails; who win
furnish the hammersi "Ah," says some hard
heart, II will furnish the hammers" Now
we have the nails and the hammers. We
have no spears; who will furnish the spearsi
"Ah," says some one long in the habit Of sin
and rejection Of Christ's mercy: 81 win fur
nish them" Now we have all the instru-
ments; the cross, the nails, the hammers, the
spears, and the crucifxion goes on. o, the
darknessl o. the pangI o, the tearsl o,
the DEATH behold the Lamb of God, that
takest away the sin Of the world.n
Lord Jesus, help that man. He sits far
back today. He does not like to come for
ward He feels strange In religious assem-
blage. He thinks, perhaps, we do not want
him. o, Jesus, take that trembling hand.
Put thine ear to that agitated heart and hear
how it beats o, lift the iron gate of that
md Lat hot
Lord Jesus, help that woman. She Is q
wanderer. No tears can she weep. See,
Lord Jesus, that polluted soul; see that Bills
tered foot No church for her. No good
cheer for her. No hope for her. Lord Jesus
60 to that 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. o, have mercy on Mary Mag
dalene
Lord Jesus, help that young man. he took
money out of his employers till Didst thou
see iti The clerks were all gone. The lights
were down The shutters were up. Didst
thou see itf 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.
AhcAO dAO many gOu1AS AAich hcEC HOb y
letter from one Of them, who Is probably
here today, and shall have no other oppor-
t1snity of answering that letter. You say
you believe in me- o, do you believe in
Jesus2 cannot save you, my dear brother.
Christ can. He wants and waits to save you,
and he comes today to save you. Win
you have himf do not know what
our young men do without Christ-how
they get on amid all the temptations and
trials to which they are subjected o, young
men, come to Christ today, and put your soul
and your interest for this life and for the
next into his keeping. In olden times, you
know, q cup bearer would bring wine or
water to the king, who would drink it, first
tasting it himself, show that there was no
poison In it, then passing 1t to the king, who
would drink it. The highest honor that !
ask is that may be cup bearer today to
your soul bring you this water Of ever
lasting life. have been drinking Of Il. Il
has never done me any 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 who was wounded for our trans
grcssions and bruised for our iniquities; for
to you which beheve he is precious.