The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-05-11
spirit, What Is bid for iti" Satan says,

SPIRIT What Is bid for it?" Satan says,
"I'll bid the world" You say BE
gonel that Is no equivalent. Sell my
soul for the worlda MOI Begoner But
there Is some one else In the audience
not so wise as that He says: "What
Is bid for my immortal soul?" Satan
says: "I'll bid the world" THE world?
Going at that. going at that. going
Gonel" Gone forever!
What is the thing OF greatest price.
The whole creation round'
That which was lost In Paradise.
THAT which In Christ Ia found.
Then let us gather round the Cross
That knowledge to obtain;
Not by the souls eternal loss
liu everlasting gain
Well, there are a great many people IN
the house who say IL will not sci. my
soul for the world find the world
Is an unsatisfying portion. What.
then. will you do with your soul? Some
one whispers here IL will give my SOU.
to Christ Will you? That is the
wisest resolution you ever made. Will
you give it to Christ? When? To-mor'
row. No: now congratulate you If
YOU have come to such 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 be! what a
moment this would bel Do you know
that Christ has bought your soul1 Do
you know that he has paid an infinite
price for it? Do you know that he is
worthy of it' Will you give it to him
now2
was reading of sailor who had just
got ashore. and was telling about his last
experience at sea. He said THE last
rife time. After we had been out three
or four days the machinery got disar-
ranged 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 machinery at
the peril of his life, we must all be de-
stroyed. 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 last warm
ing. If there is no one here willing to
imperil his life and go down and fix
that machinery, we must all be lost. A
plain sailor said: I'll go, SIR and he
wrapped himself in coarse piece of can
vas and went down. and was gone but a
few moments when the escaping steam
stopped. and the machinery was cor
rected The captain cried out to the
passengers: All 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 all! Oh. do you suppose that those
people on the ship ever forgot, ever can
forget that poor fellow? moi" they
say: lit was through his sacrifice that l
got ashore" The time came when our
whole race must die unless some one
should endure torture and sorrow and
shame. Who shall, come to the rescued
Shall it be one Of the seraphim9 Not one.
Shall it be one of the cherubim2 Not
one. Snau IL Oe an lnnaDlCanC
of some pure and unfallen world?
Not one. Then Christ said. "Lol
l come to do thy will o God;' and he
went down through the dark stairs of our
sim and wretchedness. and misery. and
woe, and he stopped the peril. and he
died, that you and might be free. Oh,
the love- oh. the endurance! oh. the hor-
rors of the sacrifice Shall not our souls
this morning go out coward him. saying
"Lord Jesus Christ. take my soul Thou
art worthy TO have it. Thou hast lied
70 save it.
God help you this morning rightly 70
cipher out Ibis sum in Gospel arithmetic:
What shall it profit man, il he shall
gain The whole world. and lose his own
soul?''