Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-31

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deed that he became insane, and a
through his insanity he kept sayin!
Take her away from mel Lady Jan
Grey. Take her away Lady Jane Grey.
1t was the voice OF his conscience. An
no man ever does anything wrong, how
ever great or small, but his conscienc
brings that matter before him, and q
every step of his m~isbehavior II says
Wrong. wrong" Sin is q leprosy, si
Is a paralysis, sin is q consumption, sin
pollution, sin is death. Give 1t a fai
chance and Il will swamp you. body
mind and soul forever. In this world |
only gives a faint intimation Of its viru
lence. You see a patient in the frs
stages OF typhoid fever. The cheek i
somewhat flushed, the hands somewha
hot. preceded by a slight chill. why
you say, typhoid fever does not seem L
be much Of a disease" But wait unit
the patient has been six weeks under It,
and all his energies have been rung out,
and he is too weak to lift his little finger,
and his intellect lie gone, then you see the
full havoc Of the disease. Now sin in
this world is an ailment which Ia only In
its very fret stages; but let II get under
full way and ii is an all consuming ty-
phoid. Oh. II We could see our unpar.
'doned sins as God sees them our teeth
would chatter, and our knees would knock
together, and our respiration would be
choked, and our heart would break. II
your sins are unforgiven, they are bear.
ing down ON you, and you are sinking
sinking away from happiness, sinking
away from God, sinking away from
everything that is good and blessed.
Then what do we want? A swimmer
A strong swimmerl A swift swimmer
And, blessed be God, in my text we have
him announced. HE shall spread forth
his hands in the midst of them, as ne
that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands
to swim" You have noticed that when
a swimmer goes out TO rescue any one he
puts off his heavy apparel. He must not
have any such impeachment about him If
when Christ stepped forth to save US he
shook of 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 ii
came above the spear stab in his side
aye, IL dashed TO the lacerated temple.
the high water mark Of his anguish.
Then, rising above the food, The
stretched forth his hands in the midst of
them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth
forth his hands to swim"
II you have ever watched a swimmer
yeu notice that his whole body 10
brought into play. The arms are fiexed
the hands drive the water back, the
knees art 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
lis entire nature into it all his Godhead,
his omniscience, his goodness, his love,
his omnipotence- head, heart, eyes,
hands, feet. We were far out on the sea
and 30 deep down in the waves and 30
far out from the shore that nothing short
of an entire God could w US. Christ
leaped out for our rescue, saying: 10!
/ come to do thy will" and all the
surges Of human and satanic hate beat
against him, and those who watched him
from the gates OF heaven feared he would
90 down under the wave, and instead of
saving others would himself perish; but,
putting his breast to the foam, and shak-
ing the serf from his locks, he came on
and on, until he is now within the
reach OF every one here. Eye omni-
scient, heart infinite, arm omnipotent.
Mighty TO save, wen unto the utter
most. Oh. il was not half q God that
trampled down believing Gennesaret. II
was not a quarter Of a God that mastered
the demons of Gadara. II was not two
thirds of a God that lifted up Lazarus in
the arm Of his overjoyed sisters. Ii
was not a fragment Of a God who offered
pardon and peace to all the race. No.
This mighty swimmer threw his grandeur,
his glory, his might, his wisdom, his
competence and his eternity into this
one act. 1t took both hands of God to
save us--both feet. How do l prove 1t?
On the cross, were not both hands nailed?
On the cross, were not both feet naileds
His entire nature involved in our re-
demptionl
II you have lived much by the water,
O notice also that IL anyone is going
out to the rescue OF the drowning he must
be independent, self reliant. able to go
alone. There may be q time when he
must spring out TO save n and he can
not get q lifeboat, and he goes out and
he has moi strength enough to bear him
self up, and bear another up, lac will
sink, and instead Of dragging n corpse
out Of the torrent you will have two to
drag out. When Christ sprang out into
the sea to deli-ar us he he'd 40 life buoy.
His father did not help him. Alone in
the wine press. Alone in the pang.
Alone in the darkness. Alone in the
mountain. Alone In the sea. o, IL he
saves us he shall have all the credit, tor
''there was none to help" No oar. No
wing. No ladder. When Nathaniel
Lyon fell in the battle charge in front OF
his troops, he had a whole army to cheer
him. When Msrshal Ney sprang into
the contest and plunged in the spurs till
the horses TANKS spurted blood, al
France applauded him. But Jesus alone
"Of the people there was none to help"
'.All forsook and fed" o, 1t was not
fiotilla that sailed down and saved US. II
was not q cluster Of gondolas that cam
over the wave. 1t was n person indie
pendent and alone, spreading out hi
hands among US as q swimmer spreadetf
forth his hands to swim"
Behold then today, the spectacle Of
q drowning soul and Christ the swimmer
I believe Ii was In 1S48. when there were
six soldiers Of the Fifth Fusiliers who
were hanging to the bottom OF q capsizet
boat-a boat that had been upset by
squat three miles from shore. II was II
the night, but one nan swan nightly
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