The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-05-18
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Heaven will not the amaranth bloom? OH
the amethystine walls Of Heaven viii NOT
the jasmine climb? "My beloved is come
down in his garden to gather lilies" No
flowers in HeavenS Where, then, do they
get their garlands for the brows OF the
righteous?
Chris is glorious to our souls now, put
how much grander our appreciation after
awhile. A cOnqueror comes back after
the battle. He has been fighting for us.
He comes upon the platform. He has one
arm in a sling, and the other arm holds
crutch. As he mounts the platform, oh.
the enthusiasm of the audiencel They
say: 'eThat man fought for us, and imper-
lied his life for us, /" and how wild the hug
"a that follows huzzal When the Lord
Jesus Christ shall at last stand out before
the multitudes of the redeemed of Heaven,
and we meet Him face 10 face, and feel
that He was wounded in the head, and
wounded in the hands, and wounded in
the feet, and wounded in the side for as,
methinks we will be overwhelmed. We
will sit some time gazing In silence, until
some leader amidst the white -rObed choir
shall lift the baton of light, and give the
signal that it is time to wake the song OF
jubilee, and all Heaven viii then break
forth into: 'tHosanna! hosanna! hosannal
Worthy is the Lamb that was slain."
/ calculate further the value Of the soul
by the price that has been paid for it. In
st. Petersburg there is diamond that the
government paid two hundred thousand
dollars for. "Well," you say, sit must
have been very valuable, or the govern
ment would not have paid two hundred
thousand dollars for it." / want to see
what my soul is worth, and what your soul
is worth, by seeing what has been paid for
it. For that immortal soul, the richest
blood that was ever shed, the deepest
groan that was ever uttered, all the gTiefs
of earth compressed into one tear, all the
sufferings Of earth gathered into one
rapier Of pain and struck through His
holy heart. Does it not imply tremendous
valueg
1 argue, also, the value of the soul from
the home that has been fitted up for It In
the future. One would have thought q
street Of adamant would have done. No;
it is a street of gold. One would have
thought that wall of granite would have
done. No; il is the flame of sardony1
mingling with the green of emerald One
would have thought that an occasional
doxology would have done. No; 1t is
perpetual song. If the ages of Heaven
marched in a straight line, some day the
last regiment, perhaps, might pass out OF
sight; but no, the ages of Heaven do not
march in straight line, but In a circle
around about the throne Of God; forever,
forever, tramp, tramp! A soul so bought,
so equipped, so provided for, must be
priceless soul, q majestic soul, tremend-
GUS soul.
Now, you have seen the two properties
the world, the soul. One perishable, the
other immortal One unsatisfying, the
other capable of everlasting felicity.
Will you trade? VIII you trade event
Remember, il is the only investment you
can make. If a man sell bill Of goods
worth So, 600, and he is cheated out Of it, be
may get 50, 900 somewhere else; but man
who invests his soul, invests all. Losing
that, he loses all. Saving that, he saves
all. In the light of my text, it seems 20
me as If you we're this morning offering
your soul to the highest bidder; and
hear you say:
'Whatis bid for it, my deathless spiritf
What is bid for it?"
Satan says:
"I'll bid the world"
You say:
"Begoneg That is not equivalent Sell
my soul for the worldY No? Begone"
But there is some one else in the audi
ence not so wise as that. He says:
''What is bid for my immortal sOulG"
Satan says:
''I'll bid the world"
''The worldg Going at that, going ai
that, goingl Gonew
Gone foreverl
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 around the cross
That knowledge to obtain;
Not by the souls eternal loss,
Bot everlasting gain.
Well, there are great many people n
the house who say:
II will not sell my soul for the world.
find the world is an unsatisfactory pOr-
ton"
What, then, will you do with your soulf
Some one whispers here:
81 will give my soul 10 Christ"
Will your That is the wisest resolution
you ever made. Will you give IL To Christi
When? Tomorrow No, now. / con-
gratulats you il you have come 10 such d
decision. Oh, If this morning the eternal
spirit of God would come down upon 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 home
this would be What an hour this would be
What a moment this would be Do you
know that He has paid an infinite price fOp
it, Do you know that He is worthy OF itF
viii you give it TO Him nOwT
Twas reading of a sailor who had just got
ashore, and was telling about his last ex-
perience at sea. He said:
'sThe last time / crossed the ocean we
had a terrific time. After we had been
out three or four days the machinery got
disarranged and the steam began 10 eB-
cape, and the captain, gathering the peo.
pie and the crew on deck, said: 'UuleBs
some one shall go down and shut on that
steam and arrange that machinery at the
peril Of his life we must all be destroyed
IL a.. 4 III
No one seemed willing TO go. The
passengers gathered al one end Of
the steamer waiting for their fate. The
captain said: Il give you last warning
If there is no one here willing to imperil
his life and 20 down and fix that ma
chinery, we must all be lost A plain
sailor said: 'I'll go, SIR and he Wrapped
himself in a course piece Of canvas and
went down, and was gone but few mo-
ments when the escaping steam stopped
and the machinery was corrected. The
captain cried out to the passengers: 'All
saved Let us 60 down below and see
what has become Of the poorfellow.' 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 forget that poor
fellow? mo" they say, ''it was through
his sacrifice that | got ashore" The time
came when our whole race must die unless
some one should endure torture and sor-
row and shame. Who shall come 10 the
rescues Shall il be one Of the seraphims
Not one. Shall il be one Of the cherubimy
Not one Shall it be an inhabitant Of
some pure and unfallen world Not
one. Then Christ said @LOl
come TO do Thy will, o God;"
and He went down through the dark
stairs Of our sin and wretchedness
and misery and woe. and He stopped
the peril, aud He died that you and I 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,