The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-08-10

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and you cannot lift an ounce for Him
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But here is a man whose cross viii be TO
announce among his business associates to-
morrow morning on exchange that he mas
begun a new life. that while he wants TO be
faithful In his worldly duties, he is living for
another world, and he ought TO advise all
those who are his associates. so far as be can
influence them, tn begin with him the CHRIS
tian life. Could you do that. my broth=ri
''Oh, no, you say. mot just that 1 think
religion Is religion. AMI business is business,
and IL would be impossible for me to recon-
mend the Christian religion in places OF
worldly business Just as feare1 There
is a second cross offered you, and you can
not carry il. Christ lifted a mountain for
you; you cannot lift an ounce for Him.
There is some one whose cross will be 70
present religion in the home circle. Would
YOU dare to kDeel down and pray, if your
brother and sister were looking at youi
Could you ask blessing at the tea table,
Could you take the Bible and gather your
family around you, ard read OF Christ and
heaven and YOUR immortal soulf Could you
then kneel and pray for a blessing on your
household "Ohr' you say, mot exactly
that: couldn't quite do that, because | have
a very quick temper, and il profeSsed re-
lgion and tried to talk religion in my house
hold. and then after that / should lose my
You are pretty ChristianNn So you ara
cowed down. and their sarcasm keeps you
out OF Heaven and away from Christ, when,
under God, you ought TO take your whole
family into the kingdom Christ lifted n
mountain, lifted a world, for you; you cannot
lift an ounce for Him. l see how it is you
want 10 be favorable to religion, you want
TO support Christian institutions You like to
be associated with those who love Jesus
Christ. but as 10 taking a positive step on
this subject, you cannot-you cannot; and
my text, like gate Of hundred bolts, bars
you away from peace on earth and glory in
heaven.
There are hundreds of men and women here
brave enough in other things in life who sim
ply for the lack OF manliness and womanli-
mes. stray away from God They dare not
say: Forever and forever, Lord Jesus.
take Thee Thou has redeemed me by Thy
blood, here is my immortal spirit. Listen,
all my friends. Listen, all the world They
are lurking around about the kingdom OF
God-thev are lurking around about it, ex-
pecting TO crawl in some time when nobody
is looking forgetful OF the tremendous words
OF my text. "Whosoever doth not bear his
cross. and come after Ne, cannot be Ny dis
cipe.n
An officer of neighboring church told me
that he was in a store in New YOrk-just
happened in-where there were many clerks,
and gentleman came in and said to a young
man standing behind the counter: Are you
the Young man that arose the other night in
the Brooklyn Tabernacle and asked for pray
ersn Without any flush of check he replied:
Il am. ! haven't always done right, and l
have been quite bad: but since / arose for
prayers think am better than was.n 1t
was only his was Of announcing that he had
started for the higher life. God will not cast
out q man who IS brave enough to take a
step ahead like that.
/ tell you these things this morning be-
cause, my dear friends, l want to show you
how light the cross is that we have to carry
compared with that which Christ carried for
rs You have not had the flesh torn of for
Christ's sake in carrying your cross de
tainted dead away under his cross You
have not carried the cross until it fetched the
blood Under his there was a pool Of car
mage that FLASHED the horses fetlocks You
have friends to sympathize with you in
carving the cross. Christ trod the wine
press Of Coils wrath alone, alonei The cross
TINT you and ] ought to carry represents
only a few days or a few years OF trial. The
cross that Christ carried for US had COM
pressed into it the agonies of eternity.
There has some one come here to-day whom
I you have not Observed. He did not come
D through the front door. he did not come
/ down any Of these aisles; vet | know he IS
here. He is from the East, the far East. He
/ comes with blistered foot, and with broken
L.
with blood from the temples. | take hold OF
his coat and l say; at does not seem 10 fit
D thee No he saws, III is not mine; II IS
| borrowed. Il dos not belong to me now.
D For my vesture did they cast lots" And l
I ssy 10 Him: Thine eyes are red as though
/ from loss # Sleep He says: Yes, the Son
Of man had not where To lay His head.
/ aud 1 touch the log on His back and say;
| -Why earliest Thou thisf7 "Ah" He says,
I that is a cross carry for thee and for the
/ sins Of the whole world That Is cross
/ Fail into line, march on with Ne in this pro-
/ cesson. take YOUR smaller crosses and your
| lighter burdens, and iOin me in this march to
| heaven and we join that procession with
our sma Ter crosses and our lighter burdens,
I and Christ looks back and He sees some are
I hating because they cannot endure tine
shame or hear the burden, and with voice
which has in IL majesty and omnipo.,,,n,.ee'
. He cries until all the earth trembles: W no
soever doth not bear his cross, and come after
Ne, cannot be Ny disciple.
OF my brethren my sisters-for do not
speak professionally, / speak as brother
would speak 20 a brother or sister-ny
brother, can you not hear cross II at iast
] YOU can wear a cr0yni Come, now, let Us
divide OF Who IS on the Lords sidef VINO
Is ready to turn his back upon the Lamb OF
Z God that taketh away the stu OF the World'
A Roman emperor said TO a Greek archi-
taet. ..You build me a coliseum, grand
coliseum and il it suits me will crown you
. in the presence Of all the people, and VIII
make great day OF festival on your &c
count The Greek architect did his work,
did il magnificenily planned the building
Iooled after its construction The building
was done The day for opening arrived IN
the coliseum we're the emperor and the great
architect The emperor arose amid the Iiaud-
il Of a vas. assembly and said: we have
gathered here today 70 open this coliseum
and To honor the Greek architect 1t is
vreat day for the Roman empire
let this building be prosperous, ana let
Sonor ha mt upon the Greek architect
/ on we must have a festival to-day BRING
ont those Christians and let US have them
uut % death at the mouth of the lions ne
! CHRISTIANS were put into the center OF lne
amphitheatra Il was to be great ee.euiA-
non in their destruction Then the hoIis,
hungry and three-fourihs starved; were ies
l oIIt from their dens in the side OF the ainpnl
tSsstra and they came forth with mighty
suring 10 destroy and read the CHRISTIANS,
ard ali the galleries shouted: "Huzza pun pun
/ Long live the emperor Then the GreeK
architect arose in one Of the galleries, and
shouted until in the vast assemblage an
heard him: Il. too, am a Christiahl" and
thew seized him in their fury and flung MN
70 the wild beasts. until his body. bleeding
and dead. was tumbled over and over again
in the dust OF the amphitheatre
Could you have done that for Christ .
Could YOU in a vast assemblage, all az
whom hated Christ, have said: Il am a
Christian - or Il want to be a Christian
Would you have had the ten thousandtn
mart Of the enthusiasm and the courage on
the Greek architect Nay, ] ask you anothsr
question: Would you in an esseinblage where
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