Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-30

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it IVA p', m has been six weeks under |
ont ~ ~ ms energies have been wrung
fnaa ,,na ne IS TOO weak to lift his little |
You see the full havoc of tSe dise snun
NOW SIN in this world is nm a;lmant
w.. IS only in its very first stages:
n "u' Jet II get under full way and it is nm
an consuming typhoid. Oh, if we could |
see 81 our unpardoned sins as God sees |
.heM our teeth would chatter, and orr |
knees would knock together, and orr
respiration would be choked, and orr
eeaft would break. If your sins are I'M.
forgiven, they are bearing down on Won.
ana you are sinking -sinking away from
n;anplhess' sinking away from God.
sinhlhg away from everything that is
good and blessed. -"' 20
1hen what do we want? A swimmer!
"A sirong swimmer! A swift swimmer!
ana blessed be God, in my text We have
n!m announced. He shall spread forth
ms hands in the midst of them, as he
that swimmeth spreadeth forth his
hands to SWIM You have noticed that
When swimmer goes out to rescue any
one he puts off his heavy apparel. He
must not have any such impeachment
ABOUT him If he is going to do this great
deed. And when Christ stepped forth
to save us He shook off the sandals of
Heaven, and His feet were free; and
then He stepped down into the wave of
our transgressions, and it came up over
HIS wounded feet, and it came above
the spear stab in His side-aye, 1t
dashed to the liberated temple, the high
water mark of His anguish. Then, ris-
ing above the flood, aHe stretched forth
His hands in the midst of them, as he
that swimmeth spreadeth forth his
hands to swim"
1t you have ever watched swimmer,
you notice that his whole body is
brought into play. The arms are fexed,
the hands drive the water back, the
knees are active, the head is thrown
back to escape strangulation, the whole
body is in propulsion. And when
Christ sprang into the deep to save us,
He threw His entire nature into tall
His Godhead, His omniscience, His
goodness, His love, His omnipotence-
head, heart, eyes, hands, feet. We We're
far out on the sea and SO deep down in
the waves and SO far out from the shore
that nothing short of an entire God
could save us. Christ leaped out for
our rescue. saying: "Lo! 1 come to do
thy will, end all the surges of human
and satanic hate beat against Him, and
those who watched Him from the gates
of Heaven feared he would go down
under the wave, and instead of saving
others would Himself perish; but put
ting His breast to the foam, and shaking
the surf from His locks, He came on and
on, until He is now within the reach of
every one here. Eye omniscient, heart
infinite, arm omnipotent. Mighty to
save, even unto the uttermost. Oh, it
was not half God that trampled down
believing Gennesaret. 1t was not a
quarter of a God that mastered the
thirds of God that lifted Lazarus into
the arms of his over oyed sisters. 1t
was not fragment of God who offered
pardon and peace to all the the race
No. This mighty swimmer threw His
grandeur, His glory, His might, His
wisdom, His omnipotence and His
eternity into this one act. 1t took both
hands of God to save us-both feet.
How do prove it? On the cross, were
not both hands nailed? On the cross
We're not both feet nailed! His entire
nature involved in our redemption!
If you have lived much by the water,
you notice also that if any one is going
out to the rescue of the drowning he
to go alone. There may be time when
he must spring out to save one and he
cannot get lifeboat, and he goes out
and has not strength enough to bear
himself up, and bear another up, he will
sink, and instead of dragging one
corpse out of the torrent you will have
two to drag out. When Christ sprang
out into the sea to deliver us He had no
life buoy. His father did not help Him.
Alone in the wine press. Alone in the
paug. Alone in the darkness. Alone
in the mountain. Alone in the sea. o,
it He saves us He shall have all the
credit, for there was none to help" No
oar. No wing. No ladder. When Ma
front of his troops, he had a whole
army to cheer him. When Marshal Ney
sprang into the contest and plunged in
the spurs till the horses flank spurted
blood, all France applauded him. But
Jesus alone! "Of the people there was
none to help" "All forsook Him and
fed" o, it was not q hotilla that sailed
down and saved us. 1t was not clus-
ter of gondolas that came overths wave.
1t was one person Independent and
alone, spreading out His hands among
us as a swimmer spreadeth forth his
hands to SWIM"
Behold them to- day, the spectacle of
a drowning soul and Christ the SWIM
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there were six English soldiers of the
Fifth Fusiliers who were hanging to the
bottom of capsized boat-a boat that
had been upset by a squall three miles
from shore. 1t was in the night. but
one man swan nightly for the beach,
guarded by the dark mountains that
lifted their tops through the night. He
came to the beach. He found a shore
man that consented to go with him and
save the other men, and they put out. It
was some time before they could find
the place where the men were, but after
awhile they heard their cry: Help!
Help" and they bore down to them, and
they saved them, aud brought them to
shore. Oh, that this moment our cry
might be lifted long, loud, and shrill
till Christ the swimmer shall come and
take us lest We drop thousand faith
oms down.
If YOU have been much by water, you
know very we'll that when one is in peri
help must come very quickly, or it will
be OF no use. One minute may decide
everything. Immediate help the man
wants or no help at all. Now, that is
lust the kind of a relief we want. The
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