The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-02


Where is your motherl Your child7 Your
brotherl Your sisterl Oh, how cruel does
death seem to bel win he pluck every
tlowerl Win he poison every fountains
VIII he put black on every door-mobs
VIII he snap every heart-stringl Can |
keep nothug9 Are there no charmed
weapons with which to go out and contend
againit hmi Give mo some keen sword,
sharpened in Gods armory, with which |
may stab him through. Give me some
battle-ax, that may clutch it, and hew
him from helmet to sandal Thank God,
thank God, that he that rideth on the pale
horse hath more than a match in him who
rideth on the white horse st. John heard
the contest, the paving of the steeds, the
rush, the battle cry, the onset, until the
pale horse came down on his launches, and
his rider bit the dust, while Christ, the con
querer, with uplfted voice declared 1t:
"Oh, DEATH l will be thy plague; oh,
grave, | will DO thy destruction
The sepulcher is lighted castle on the
shore of heavenly seas, and sentinel angels
walk up and down at the door to guard it.
The dust aud the dampness of the grave
are only the spray Of the white surf of
celestial seas, and the long breathing of the
dying christian, that you call his gaSping,
is only the long inhalation of the air of
heaven O bless God for what Christ is to
the christian soul, here and hereafter!
| heard a man say some time ago, that
they never laugh i'll heaven. ] do not know
where he got his authority for that. think
they do laugh in heaven. When victors
come home, do we not laugh9 When for
tunes are won in day do we not laughl
After we have been ten or fifteen years
away from our friends and we greet them
again. do we not laughi Yes, we will laugh
in heaven. Not hollow laughter, not mean
inglesS laughter but a full, round, clear,
deep, resonant outbreak of eternal gladness.
O, the glee Of that moment when we first
see Jesus | think we will take the first two
or three years in heaven to look at Jesus;
and if, in ten thousand years, there should
be moment when the doxology paused,
ten thousand souls would cry out Sing
Singl" and when the cry was "What shall
we singW the answer would be: Jesus!
Jesusp o, you may have all the crowns in
heaven; | do not care SO much about them.
You may have all the robes in heaven | do
not care so much about them. You may
have all the scepters in heaven | do not
care 50 much about them. You may have
all the thrones in heaven; l do not care so
much about them. But give me Jesus
that is enough heaven for me. O jesus |
long to see thee. Thou "chief among ten
thousand, the one altogether lovely"
There may be some here who have come
hardly knowing why they come. Perhaps
L
hear what this babbler sayeth; but | am
glad to meet you face to face, and to strike
hands with you in one earnest talk about
your deathleSS spirit. Do you know, my
friend, that this world is not good enough
for youi 1t cheats. 1t fades. 1t dies.
You are immortal. | see it in the deathless
spirit looking out from your eve. 1t is
mighty spirit. IL is an immortal spirit. 1t
beats against the window of the cage. |
come out to feed it. During the past week
the world has been trying to feed it with
husks. / come out this morning to feed it
with that bread of which, if a man eat, he
will never hunger. What has the world
done for youf Has it not bruised youi Has
it not betrayed youi Hhas it not NAL
treated youi Look me IN the eye, immor-
tai man, and tell me if that is not so. And
yet, will you trust itg o, | wish that you
could forget me, the weak and sinful man
that might vanish from your sight this
morning, and that Jesus might come in.
Aye, he comes here this morning to plead
for your soul-comes i'll all covered
with the wounds OF Calvary. He says: 30,
immortal mani | died for thee | pity
thee. come to save thee. With these
hands, torn and crushed, / will lift thee up
into pleasures that never die" Who will
reject-who will drive him backs When
Christ was slain on the cross, they had a
cross, and they had nails, and they had
hammers. You cruelty by your sin, o
impenitent soul! the Lord Jesus Christ.
Here is a cross; but where are the nails
Where are the hammersl "Ah,n saws some
one rejecting Christ-some one standing
a long way off: II will furnish the nails.
don't bolive in that Jesus. | Will furnish
the nails" Now we have the nails; who
will furnish the hammers "Ah," says
some hard heart, 81 will furnish the ham
mers." Now we have the nails and ham
mers. We have no spears; who will furnish
the spears1 "Ah," says some one long in the
habit of sin and rejection of Christ's mercy:
II will furnish them.n Now we have all
the instruments: the cross. the nails, the
hammers, the spears and the crucilixion
goes on. O, the darknessl o, the pangi o,
the tearsl o, the death! Behold the lamb
of God, that takest away the sin of the
world"
Lord Jesus, help that man. He sits far
back today. He does not like TO come for
ward. He feels strange in religious assem-
blage. He thinks, perhaps, we do not want
him. O, Jesus, take that trembling hand.
Put thine ear TO that agitated heart and
hear how it beats o, lift the iron gate Of
that prison house and let that man go free
Lord Jesus, help that woman She is a
wanderer. No tears can sho weep. See,
Lord Jesus, that polluted soul, see that bis
tered foot. No church for her. No good
cheer for her. NO hope Tor her. Lord
Jesus, go to that soul Thou wilt not stone
her. Let the red-hot chain that burns to
the bono till the bloody ichor misses in the
heat snap at thy touch. o, have mercy on
Mary Magdalene.
Lord Jesus, help that young man. He took
money out of his employers till. Didst
thou see iti The clerks were all gone. The
lights we're down. The shutters were up.
Didst thou see itl o, let him not fall into
the pit Rememberest thou not his mothers
prayersl She can pray for him no more
Lord Jesus, touch him on the shoulder
Touch him on the heart Lord, save that
young man. There are many young mon
here. | got letter from one of them who
is probably here today, and / shall have no
other opportunity Of answering that letter
You say you believe in me- o, do you
believe in Jesus1 l cannot save you, my
dear brother Christ can. He wants and
waits TO save you, and he comes to-day 10
save you. VIII you have himf do not
know what our young men do without
Christ--how they get on amid all the temp
tations and trials 10 which they are suO-
jected. o, young mon, come to Christ to-
day, and put your soul and your interest
for this life and for the next
into his keeping. In olden timos,
you know, a cup-bearer would bring
wine or water 10 the king, who would drink
it, first tasting it himself, showing there
was no poison In it, then passing 1t to the
king, who would drink it. The highest
honor ask is that ! may be cup-bearer TO-