Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-05-17

ma! hosanna! hosannai Worthy is tae
Lamb that was slain"
calculate further the value of the soul
by the price that has been paid for it. In
st. Peters burg there is diamond that the
Government paid 5000, 600 for. WELL" you
say. sit must have been very valuable, or
the Government would not have paid $500.
Ooo Tor it." want to see what my soul is
worth, and what your soul is worth, by
seei'g 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 sufferings, of earth
gathered into one rapier of pain and struck
through His holy heart. Does it not imply
tremendous value!
l argue, Also the value Of soul from the
home that has been fitted up for it in tho
future. One would have thought street
of adamant would have done. No; it is q
street OF gold. One would have thought
that wall Of granite would have done.
No: it is the fame of sardonyx mingling
with the green Of emerald. One would
have thought that an occasional doxology
would have done. No; it is a perpetual
song. II the ages of Heaven marched in a
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 circle about the
throne of God; forever, forever, trampl
tramp! A soul so bought, so equipped, so
provided for, must be a priceless soul, a
majestic soul, tremendous soul.
Now. you have seen the two properties
the world the soul. One is perishable, tbs
other immortal. One unsatlsfying, the
other capable of ever increasing felicity.
Will you trade! Will YOU trade event
Remember, it is the only investment yo,.
can make. If man sell bill Of goods
worth 5000, and he is cheated out OF it, he
may get 5000 somewhere else; but a man
who invests his soul invests all. Losing
that he loses all. Saving that he saves all.
In the light of my text, it seems to me as
If you we've this morning Offering your soul
to the highest bidder; and l hear you say,
''What is bid for it, my deathless SPIRIT
What is bid for it!' Satan says: "I'll bid
the world" You say, ''Begone! that is no
equivalent. Sell my soul for the worldl
No! Begone." But there is some one else
in the audience who is not so wise as that.
He says: What is bid for my immortal
souls" Satan says: "Ill bid the world"
The worids Going at that, going at that,
going! Gone!" Gone forever!
What is the thing OF greatest price,
The whole creation round?
That which was lost in Paradise,
That which in Christ is found.
Then let US gather round the cross,
That knowledge 10 obtain;
Not by the souls eternal loss,
But everlasting gain.
Well, there are great many people in
the house who say: IL will not sell my soul
for the world. l find the world is an I'M
satisfying portion" What, then, will you
do with your soul! Some one whispers:
Il will give my soul to Christ" Will youl
That is the wisest resolution you ever
made. Will you give it to Christ! When?
Tomorrow No; now. I congratulate
you if you have come to such a decision.
o, if this morning the eternal spirit
OF God would come down upon this audi
ence, 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 wouls
be! what an hour this would be! what a
moment this would be! Do you know that
Christ has bought your soull Do you
it, Do you know that He is worthy OF it'll
Will you give it TO Him nowl
was reading of sailor who had just
got ashore and was telling about his last
experience at sea. He said: The last time
l crossed the ocean we had a terrible time.
Aft er we had been out three or four days
the machinery got disarranged aud tho
steam began to escape, and the captain,
gathering the people and the crew on
deck, said: "Unless some one shall 60
down and shut off that steam, and arrange
that machinery at the peril of his life, we
must all be destroyed" He was not will.
ing to go down himself. No one seemed
willing to 60. The passengers gathered
at one end Of the steamer waiting for
their fate. The Captain said: II give you
a last warning. 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: "rll go, sir;" and he
wrapped himself in 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:
Cali saved! Let US go down below and
see what has become Of the poor fellow"
They went down. There he lay dead. vi
carous suffering! Died for all! O. do you
suppose that those people on the ship ever
forgot, ever can forget that poor fellow!
''No!" they say; sit was through his sacri-
flee 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 seraphima Not
one. Shall it be one of the cheru biml
Not one. Shall it be all inhabitant
of some pure and unfallen world: Not
one. Then Christ said: 10! l come to
do Thy will, o God;" and he went down
through the dark stairs of our sin and
Indebtedness and misery and woe and de
stopped the peril, and He died that you and
might be free. o, the love! ., the en-
DURANGO! o, the horrors of the sacrifice!
Shall not our souls this morning go out to-
ward him, saying: Lord Jesus Christ,
take my soul. Thou art worthy to have it.
Thou hast died to save it."
God help you this morning rightly to
cipher out this sum in gospel arithmetic:
"What shall it profit man if he shall gain
the whole world, and lose his own soul!''
THE GLORIOUS RAINBOW.
fled by Many Peoples.