The Penn's Grove record., 1889-09-07

energies have been wrung out, and he
is too weak to lift his little finger, and
his intellect is gone, then you see the
full havoc of the disease. Now sin III
this world is an ailment which is only III
its very first stages; but let it get under
full way and it is an all-consumlng
typhoid. Oh, if we could see our I'M
pardoned sins as God sees them
our teeth would chatter and our knees
would knock together, and the respira-
ton would be choked, and Il heart
would break. If your sins are unfor-
given, they are bearing down on you,
and you are notwithstanding away
from happiness, sinking away from God,
sinking away from everything that is
good and blessed, :.
Then what do VT wanty swimmer!
A strong swimmer A swift swimmer!
And blessed be God in my text we have
him announced. che shall spread forth
His hands in the midst OF them. as ne
that swimmeth spreadeth forth his
hanus 70 swirl. LOU hate noviSeu ena.
he
n,rrs oyr RI. - ,p,,nr,
He must not have any such impeachment
about him if he is going to do thisgreat
deed. And when Christ stepped forth
to a v us He shook off the sandals of
heaven, and His feet were free; and
then He stepped down into the of
our transgressions, and it came up over
his wounded feet, and it came above the
spear stab in His side-aye, it dashedto
the lacerated temple, the high-water
mark of His anguish, Then, rising
above the food, ale 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,
you motive that his whole body IS
brought into play. The arms are hexed,
the hands drive the water back, the
knees are active, the head is thrown
back to escape strangulation, the whole
body is in propulsian. And when
Christ sprang into the deep to save us,
He
THREW HIS ENTIRE NATURE INTO IT
u;a.mn,ao;.n.o u;a
an ms uoaleau, tsomnisoienee ms
goodness, MS love n's mhipotehcy W-
head' heart, eyes hahas, iee.' we
were ~ 1ut pn we ssa' anu 50 eoep
down IN me waves, ana 50 lar oet rom
tne snore' that notnln8 snort OF an en-,
tire God couid save Us: ChFls' i9ape4
u o u rescue, Saying; Lo!1
come 70 Do t9y YIN, ahn " ..e suises
OF human ahu satanic na.e 9eat asains'
nm, ana .hose WING waech9u ~ iioin
tne gates Oh heaven ieareu N Mouiu W
Town noe the wave, anu instead OF
saving otners w1ulu nln u.s. perish,
put, Putting nus preast 70 .ne ioaln' ano
shaking the SUI Q ms iocAs, He
came on ana on, untli ne IS now wi'lih
the reach OF every n mere: rye omni,
sclent, heart lhnhite, arln lPo
mighty 70 sage, eSen nalo tne utter
most
9n ~ was h III Gomnnsarat
was not a Quarter of a God That master
ed The lemon Of Gadara. II was not
two1tbirJs of a God ;haI I;s;ad mn Laz-
rms ;nfn The arms of his oyerioyed
sisters II was not q fraomentof a God
who offered pardon and neace to all the
race No This mighty swimmer
threw His orandeur. His glory. His
m;obt His w;sdom His omninotence
and His atarn;fv into this one act, II
tool both bands If f$odt IN save ns~both
Fact How do Tnrove it, On the cross
We're not both feat na;lede His enti.e
natn,a ;nnolvad IN our redamnt,oni
IF Won have lived mnch nv the water.
Won notice also that if anv one is going
ant to fine rescne of the drowning he
must he indenendent s~elf-rel;ant' able
tn oo Lone There NAV he atime hen
he must snrino ont to save one. and he
came. aet a I;fahnat and If he ooes ont
and has not TRENCH enouob To bear
himself IN. and hear another mn, he will
sink and instead ofdraogino one cornse
ont ~ tbe torrent Won vii have two to
drae ont. When Christ sprana ont in
to Ire sea TO deliver rs. He
rI;u 1
81 inan rassi AIona n tho nonat Alone
in Inc darknessi Alone in tbe NOM.
ta;ni Alone in The seal Oh II He saves
ne He shall have oil The credit for
stbore NOS moro u ha1n No oorI No
w;noi No o1dsr When Notban;aI
T,van fell in the hattie charge in front
~ his troons be had a whole army to
cheer him When Marshal New sDranp
into The contest and nJnnoed n the
snnrs til the horses flanks snnrted
Hood ali Frsnoa ann,auded him Rut
Jasus aIonei ssOf aIf the neonle there
were none to helm" can forsook Him
and aed Oh, E was not a Aot;lIa that
sailed down and saved ms. II was not a
cluster of oondolas that cama over ths
wave II was one person. in~denendent
and alone. .sspreadine out His hands
among ms as a swimmer spreadeth forth
his hands 10 swim"
Behoid. then. to-day. the spectacle OF
a drowning sonl and Christ the swim.
MGR believe II was in iSlS. when
there were six English soldiers OF the
nun : a5i ae wao Wsse haa W ="
capsi|eo ooa'-" poa' eia' n"u oeen
UPSET BY seoAI4L
three miles from shore. 1t was IN the
night, but one man swan NIGHTLY tor
the beach guided by the dark noun
talns that lifted their top through the
night. He came to the beach. dc
found Q shoreman that consented to go
with him n save the other men, and
they put out II was some time before
they could ind h place where the
men were, but alter o while they heard
their cry: Help! Help, and they
bore down to them, and brought them