New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-05-16

1 calculate further the value of the soul by
the price thai has been...paid for it. In ST
I Petersburg there is diamond that the gov
eminent paid $4,000 for. t'Well,' you
/ say, 'it must have been very valuable, OF the
| government would not have paid 50 20, 0oO for
| IT," l want to see what nv soul is worth.
! and what your soul IS wor b, by seeing what
| has been paid for it. For that imme rial soul,
the richest blood that was ever shed, tne
deepest groan that Was ever uttered. all the
| grlefs of earth comp. essed into one tear, all
e suff9nngs OF earth gathered into one
rapier OF pain and struck through His holy
heart. Does it not Imply tremendous value!
argue, also, the value of the soul from
the home that had been fitted up for it in the
future. One would have thought street OF
adamant wouldss have done. No; lit is a
street of gold. One world have thought
that a wall of granite would have done. No:
| it is the flame ofthe sardonyx minglng with
the green of emerald. One would have
thought that an occasional doxology would
| have done. No; it is perpetual song. IT,
the ages of heaven marched in straight
line some day the last regiment, perhaps,
might pass. out of sight; but no, the ages oil
heaven do lot march in straight line, but
in circle around about the. throne of Ged:
forever, forever, tramp, tramp. A soul 20
bought, 50 equipped, so provided for, must he
Price ess soul, majestic soul, trench.
dolls soul.
Now, you have seen the two properties
the world, the SOUL One perisbable, the
other immortal One unsatisfying, the other
capable ever-increasing felicity. Will you
trade? VIII you trade even? Remember,
it is the only investment you can make. II
man sell a bill of goods worth So, 600 and
he is cheated out of it, he may get So, 600
somewhere else; but a man who invests his
Saving shat, he saves all. In the light of my
text it seems to me as if youwere this morn
ing offering your soul to the highest bidder,
and I,hear you say: '.What is bid for it, my
deathless spirit? What is bid Tor it?' Satan
says: CPL bid the world" You say: 'sBe-
for the world? No! Begone!' But, there
is someone else in the audience not so wise
as that. He says: What is bid for my i'm
mortal soul?' Satan says: .sTll bid the
world" "The world? Going at that going
at that, going at that, going! Gomez 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 to obtain;
Not by the souls eternal loss,
But everlasting gain.
Well, there are great many people in the
house who say: ''I will not sell my soul for
the world. l find the world is an unsatisfy-
ing portion.' What, then, will you do with
your soul? Someone whispers here's 81 will
The Wisest resolution you ever made. Will
you give it to Christ? When? Tomorrow?
No; now. congratulate you if you have come
to such decision. Oh, if this morning the
eternal spirit of God would come down uton
this audience, 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
would be! what an hour this would be? what
moment this would be-! Do you know that
Christ has bought your soul? Do you know
that He has paidsan infinite price for it? Do
you know that He is worthy oft? Will you
give it to Him now?
was reading of a sailor who had just got
ashore and was telling about his last expert
ence at sea. He said: The last time cross
ed the ocean we had terrific time. After
we had been out three or four days the ma
gan to escape, and the captain, gathering the
people and the crew on deck, said: t'Unless
someone shall go down and shut off that
steam and arrange that machinery at the
peril Of bis life we must all be destroyed"
He was not willing to so down himself. No
gathered at one end Of the steamer waiting
for their late. The captain said: 'tI give
you last warning. If there is no one here
willing to imperil his life and go down and
hN That machinery we must all be lost" A
plain sailor said ".Pll go, sir" and he wrap
ped himself in coarse piece of canvas and
went down, and was gone but Il few mo-
ments when the escaping steam stopped and
the machinery was corrected. The captain
clled out to the passengers: s'All saved !!
Let us go down below and see what has be-
come OF the poor fellow" They went down.
There he lay dead. Vicarious suffering!
Died for all! Oh, do you suppose that those
people on the ship ever forgot ever can for
get that poor fellow? "Now they say: lit
was through his sacrifice that got ashore"
The time came when our whole race must
die unless some one should endure torture
ana sorrow and shame. Who shall come to
the rescue? Shall it be one of the seraphim?
Not one. Shall it be one of the cherlbim?
Not one. Shall it be an inhabitant OF some
pure and unfallen world? Not one Then
Christ said: $50! [ come to do Thy will.
0 God" and He went down through the
dark stairs of our sin, and wretchedness, and
misery, and woe, and He stopped the peril,
and He died that you and l might be free.
Oh, the love! Oh, the endurance! Oh, the
horrors of the sacrifice! Shall not our souls
this morning go out toward 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: 'sWhat
shall it profit a man if he shall ga in the
whole world and lose his own soul?''