The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-06-15

mid Atlantic, every moment expecting
the steamer to go down. All the lights in
the cabin were blown out. The captain
came crawling in on his hands and knees,
for he could not stand upright, soviolently
was the vessel pitching, and he cried out:
'Light up, light upl" The steward said:
1--WE can't light up; che candles are
gone, and the holders are gone" The
captain said:
81 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 i'll 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 backl stand backi 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 twelve
O'Clock of the Saviour's suffering, and it is
one O'Clock, and it is two o'clock, and it is
almost three O'Clock. Take the last look
at that suffering face, wan and pinched,
Il TIC HuEDlS Fps OEdWu DaCk against LQ6
/ teeth, the eyes red with weeping and
! sunken as though 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 ia
dead.
! OF my soul, He is dead. Can you tell
| whyf Was He a fanatic dying for princi-
pie that did not amount to any thing?
| Was He a man infatuated? 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
beG "Let it be me-" said Christ, ''let it be
me-" You understand the meaning of
that word subs tuition. 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
described in the text, and in the region
around about the text? Are your sympa-
thies aroused, or are you so dead in sir
and so abandoned by reason Of your
transgressions that you can look upon al
that fearless and unmOved? No, no;
there are thousands of people here this
morning who can say in the depths o.
their souls:
''No, no, no; if Jesus endured that and
all that for me, l ought to love Him.
must love Him, will love Him, do love
Him. Here, Lord, 1 give myself to Thee;
tits all that 1 can do"
But how are you going to test your love
and test your earnestness? My text giye
a test. 1t says that while Christ carried
cross for you, you must be willing to car.
ry a cross for Christ.
''Wel," you say, Il never could under
stand that. There are no crosses to b.
carried in this land; those Prese cutOn
have passed, and in all the land there L
I no one to Je crucifed, and yet in the pull
pit and in the prayer settings you al
: keep talking about carrying a cross
What do you mean, sir?"
mean this: that is a cross which Chris
calls you to do, which is unpleasant ant
! hard.
: "OhV" you say, CATER hearing the stor,
, of this Christ and all that He has endure,
for me, 1 am ready to do any thing 70
= | Him. just tell me what I have to do an,
! I'll do it. / am ready to carry any cross
! Suppose I should ask you at the clos
of a religious service to rise up annOunc
- | ing yourself on the Lords side-could yO
, do it?
!, "OI no." you say, ''I have a shrinking
/ and sensitive nature, and it would be i'm
! possible for me to rise before a larg
a assemblage, announcing myself on tn
Lords side"
= just as 1 feared. You can not stan,
, that cross. The first one that is offere
you, you reject. Christ carried mount
/, ain, Christ carried a HimalRya, Chris
Z | carried a world for you, and you can no
y, lift an ounce for Him.
: But here is a man whose GROSS Will be t
announce among his business associate
tomorrow morning on Exchange that b
. | has begun a new life; that while he want
to be faithful in his worldly duties, he
. living for another world, and he ought t
I ! advise all those who are his associates, S
a far as he can influence them, to begi
with him the Christian life. Could you d
, that, my brother?
: "OI no." you say, 'not just that.
> think religion is religion, and business
= business, and it would be impossible fo
- me to recommend the Christian religio
= in places of worldly business" Just as
- feared. There is a second cross offere
! you, and you can not carry it. Chris
y lifted mountain for you; you can ne
lift an ounce for Him.
There is some one whose cross will b
= | to present religion in the home circle
- Would you dare to kneel down and pra,
. if your brother and sister were looking
you? Could you ask a blessing at th
"a table? Could you take the Bible an
: | gather your family around you, and rea
i Of Christ and Heaven and your immortI
~ soulP Could you then meel and pray 70
~ a blessing ON your household.
, sop you say, mot exactly that.
"a couldn't quite do that, because 1 have
4 very quick temper, and if 1 professe
religion and tried to talk religion in N
IN household, and then after that 1 shoul
lose my temper, they would scott at n
10 and say: you are pretty Christianp
,r SO you are cowed down and the
is sarcasm keeps you out of Heaven an
m away from Christ, when under God yc
IN ought to take your whole family into IL
n Kingdem. Christ lifted a mountain, LITE
" a world for you; you eau not lift an ounC
II for Him. 1 see how it is; you want to I
as favorable to religion, you want to suppo
Christian institutions, you like to be as
ISOLATED with those who love Jesus Chris
II but as to taking positive step on tn
- subject, you can nOt-you can not, an
"a my text, like a gate of a hundred bolt
~ bars you away from peace on earth al
- glory in Heaven.
~ There are hundreds of men and wo1ne
2 here brave enough in other things in Ii
Of who simply for the lack of manliness 81
Of womanlipess stay away from God. The
ii dare not say:
le Forever and forever, Lord Jesus.
ia take Thee. Thou hast redeemed me /
N Thy blood, here is my immortal spiri
{. Listen, all my friends. Listen, all Il
a. world.0
le They are all lurking about the Kingdo
of God-they are all lurking around aboj
s, it, expecting to crawl in some time wht
% nobody is looking, forgetful of the TT
le mendous words of my text: H
Y, whatsoever doth not bear his cross Al