Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-06-04

and heaven poured out Vi nis o"h u"iu.
They offered him an intoxicating draught
made out of wine and myrrh, but ne declined
it He wanted to die sober. No water.
Then, nv friends, there was the absence Of
light Darkness always exasperates trouble
l never shall forget the night In the summer
of 1873, i'm the steamer Greece, mid Atlantic,
every moment expecting the steamer to go
down All the lights in the cabin were blown
out The captain came crawling on his
hands and knees, for he could not stand up
right, 30 violently was the vessel pitching,
and he cried: Light up, light upP The
steward said: "We can't light up; the can
dies are gone and the holders are gone" The
captain said: Il can't help that; light upl"
The storm was awful when the lights were
burning; worse when the lights went out
Then there was the absence of faithful
nurses. When you are Ill, it is pleasant to
have the head bathed and the hands and feet
rubbed Look at the hands and feet of
Christ, look at the face of Christ. There were
women there who had cared for the sick, but
none Of them might come up near enough to
help There was Christ's mother, but she
might not come, up near enough to help.
They said: 'Stand back, stand back; this is
no place for you" The high priests and the
soldiers wanted it their own way; they had it
their own way.
The hours pass on and it is 10 O'Clock of the
Saviour's suffering, and it is O'Clock, and it
is o'clock, and it is almost 3 O'Clock. Take
the last look at that suffering face; wan and
pinched, the purple lips drawn back against
the teeth, tine eyes red with weeping and
sunken as through grief had pushed them
back, blackness under the lower lid, the whole
body adroop and shivering with the last chill,
the breath growing feebler and feebler and
feebler and feebler until he gives one long.
deep. last sigh. He is deadl
OF my soul, he is dead Can you tell whyi
Was he q fanatic dying for principle that
did not amount to anythingi Was he a man
infatuatedi No; to save your soul from sin,
and mine, and make eternal life possible he
died There had to be a substitute for sin.
Who shall it bel "Let it be me, :" said Christ,
'let it be me" You understand the mean
ing of that word substitution You were
drafted for the last war; some one took your
place, marched your march, suffered your
wounds and died at Gettysburg. Christ
comes to us while we are fighting our battle
with sin and death and hell, and he is our
substitute. He marches our march, fights
our BATTLE suffers our wounds and dies our
death Substitution substitution
How do you feel in regard to that scene de-
scribed in the text, and in the region around
about the texti Are your sympathies
arousedi Or are you SO dead in sin, and so
abandoned by reason of your transgressions
that you can look upon all that fearless and
unmoved. No, no; there are thousands of
people here this morning who can say in the
depths OF their soul: mo, no, no; If Jesus
endured that, and all that for me, ought to
love him | must love him. will love him,
1 do love him. Here, Lord, give myself to
thee; tits all that can do"
But how are you going to test your love,
and test your earnestnessi My text gives a
test. 1t says that while Christ carried a
cross for you, you must be willing to carry a
cross for Christ. We'll" you say, Il never
could understand that. 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 crucified, and yet in the pulpit and
in the prayer meetings you al keep talking
about carrying a cross What do YOU mean,
sirr' mean this: That this is cross which
Christ calls ycu to do, which is unpleasant
and hard 'Or' you say, later hearing the
story of this Christ and all that he has en-
dured for me, am ready to do anything
for him Just tell me what have TO do and
mn 40 II Ian, r..dv n, ,a,rv o,,v r-rSs y
c,n,oso i shon,d osL Won a. the c,os. ~ a
,s,;g;nns sarvica 10 risa mn anronnc;ng vour.
-, On tho .ord,s sida-co,,ld xo,, 40 ;ti 40,
no n Won saw II have a sbr;ntino and a cen.
s;,;ys natnra .nd n xo,,ia ha impossible for
ma to rise before a large assemblage an.
,,rnc;ra mvsalf ON tba Iordls sido . Iuc,
as feared You cannot stand that cross
Tba first one that is offered Won Won reiect
Chr;st carried a mopntx;n Christ carried !
Himalavs Christ carried a world for Won,
and vo, cannot I,f. an ounca for hin,
R,,, har. I. . man w bosa cross will ba r.
ernonnos .moro his bus;nass assoc;.tas ,o.
n,orrov n,ornine ON aIcbangs that ba has
haonn a nav life. that vbi,a ba wants 70 h.
s.;thf,l IN h;s worldly drt;es he ia uv;no for
.notbar uorId and ba ongbt 10 aav;sa sll
those who ara his associates SO far as he car
in6uepc. them To begin with h,m the Chris
t;,n lifs Could Won do that INV brother
..Oh M " Won saw ..not inst that tbink
relio,on ia ralioiop and bI,s;ness is business
and II would he imnossible for me TO recon-
mend the Christian religion in n,aces q,
worldly bnsiness.n Just as l feared Their,
Ia second cross offered YOU, and YOU can
NO. carry IL Christ lifted a mountain 70,
von. Won cannot lift an ounce for him
Tbera IA soma one whose cross will he tc
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bso.har sna .;st.r v.ra Iook;rg a, yo,
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t.n,;Iy .ro,,,d vo, and rood Of Crbr;ct snf
he.ysn and vour im.nortal sonI, Could vor
tha,, krs.., and nr,v for a b,ess;no ON vo,u
hou,.holds .Obrn Won saw "pot e,actl,
that. con,dn,t o,,;te do that. because | hav,
a v.rv ou;ck temner and II I nrofessed re
ligion and tried to talk religion in INV house
hold and then after that / should lose m,
tanner thew would scofY at me and saw
Won are a pretty Christianrn So YOU ar,
cowed down and their sarcasm keeps yo,
ON. ~ heaven and awav from Christ whep
nndsr God Won ought to take your who'll
family into the kingdom Christ lifted