The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08


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th. lett hand, and then shai, Il.
right hand to ses II II 10, fast, and
they heevs up the wood, half Q dossn
sanoolasn .ao under the weight, and they put
me sne mo no oithe cross IN the mouth Of the hole.
body coming down ior the 6rst tine on the
spikes; and while some hold the cross mp.
right Others throw in the dirt and trample
ae down, and trample It hard. Oh, pleut
that tree well. and thoroughly for II b to
6esf truit such a. no Other tree ever bore.
Why did Christ endure it? He could have
erucihers. he could have rsschsd up and nd.
grasped the sword Of ths ouiinipotsnt God
and With one clean cut havs ;tumbled them
aneo perdtticn. But NO; hs was to die. Hs
must die. His hs for your lie. In .
european city eyouny nan disd on the scat.
to!d Tor the crime Of murder. 0ons time
Attn The mother Of this young man was dy-
isssion to ths priest that shs wss S' The nur. sa
dsrsr and not her son; In moment OF anger
shs had struck her husbands . blow that
sIew him. The son cane suddenly into the
room a1d was washing away the wounds and
trying to rssuscitate his father whea some
one looked through the window and saw
1an &oV UuPPOeoQ MN 20 % Gn0 criminal.
The The young man man died for hi, own mother.
exposed her" But tell you grandsr
thing. Christ, the son Of God, died not for
hts mother nor for his father, but for his
sworn enemies. Oh, such =. Christ a. that
30 loving, 80 patient, 30 selEsacrihcine-can
You not trust him? think there are many
under the influence Of the spirit OF God who
are saying; Il will trust him il you will only
tell me how" and the question asked by
thousands Is: "How? how?" And while
answer your question look up and utter
the prayer which Rowland Hill 10 often ut
tered 10 the midst of his sermons: "Master
help!" How are you to trust in Christ? Just
as you trust anyone. You trust your partner
in business With important things. Ifa COM
merclal house gives you note payable three
months hence you expect the payment OF
that note at the end Of three months. You
have perfect confidence in their word and in
their ability. Or, again, you go home ex.
pecting there will be food on the table. You
have confidence in that. Now, ask you to
have the some conadence in the Lord Jesus
your sins and they are all taken away"
What" you say. "before pray any more2
Before 1 read my bible any more: before
cry over my sins any mors?" Yes. this mo-
ment. Believe with all your heart and you
are saved. Why, Christ is only waiting to
get from you what you give to scores Of peo-
pie every day. What ia that? Confidence
are more worthy than Christ, il they are
more faithful than Christ, if they have done
more than Christ ever did. then give
them the preference; but if you really think
that Christ is as trustworthy as they are.
then deal with him as fairly: "oh," says
some one in light way, II believe that
that hu Aiod nm, tho nn holso
it with your head or your heart? will illus.
trate the difference. You are in your own
house. In the morning you open news
paper and you read how Capt. Braveheart
on the sea risked his life for the salvation of
his passengers: You soy: What grand
very well Of the country" You fold the
newspaper and sit down at the table and
perhaps do not think of that incident again.
That is historical faith.
But now you are on the SEQ, and it is
night. and you are asleep, and you are awak.
ened by the shrek of "Fire!" You rush out
on the deck. You hear amid the wringing
hope! no hope! We are lost! We are lost!"
make burning ladder m the night
heavens, the spirit Of wrecks Kisses In the
waves and on the hurricane-deck shakes out
ito banner Of smoke and darkness. Down
with the lifeboats!" cries the captain.
::'Down with the liteboats!" People rush
only for ono more man. You are standing
on the deck beside the captain. Who shall
it be? You or the captain? The captain
says "You." You jump and are saved. He
stands there and dies. Now, you believe
that Capt Braveheart sacrificed himself for
his passengers, but you believe it with love-,
with tears. with hot and long.continued ex.
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your deliverance. That 10 saving faith. In
other words, what you believe with all the
heart and believe in regard to yourself. On
this hinge turns my sermon; aye, the saliva
tion of your immortal soul. You often 20
across bridge you know nothing about.
You do not know who built the bridge, you
do not know what material it 10 made
ask no questions. And here 10 an arched
bridge blasted from the Rock OF Ages" and
built by the architect of the whole universe,
spanning the dark gulf between sin and
Righteousness, and all God asks you is to
walk across it, and you start and you come
to it and you stop, and you fall back and
that bridge Will hold me?hS' instead Of march.
ing on with firm step. asking no questions.
but feeling that the strength Of the eternal
God is under you. Oh, was there ever
prize pronered to you? For how much? A
million dollars? It is certainly worth more
than that. But cheaper than that you can
have it. Ten thousand dollars? Less than
that. One dollar? Less than that. One
farthing? Less than that. without money
and without price," No money to pay. No
journey to make No penance to suffer. On.
ly just one decisive action of the soul: "Be-
lieve on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt
be saved.
Don't Know 1t.