Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-08-04

nave uone more tl0n NlflSt ever ulu,
then give them the preference; but
il you really think that Christ
is ms Trustworthy as they are,
then deal with him as fairly, oh"
says some one in a light way. Il he.
lieye that Christ was born iu Hothle.
hem, and ! believe that he died ON the
cross Do you h"lioye il with your
head or your hearth will illustrate
the difference. luu nr' ,u Your own
house. Ia the morning yoW ulrn Il
newspaper and you read bow Capt,
EIIvrEcart ou the sCa ri.'.nN las Ike
for the SlIyatiun of hEs passengers
You say, What Il grand fellow he
must have hcenl His family deserve
very well o fthc country" loulo!a the
newspaper and sit down Ut the table,
and perhaps do not think 81 that Incl
dent again That is historical faith.
VOC ARE SAVED
But now you are on the SEA, and il is
night, aud you are asleep and you
are awakened by the Shrek OF Fire.
You rush out ON the deck You hear
amid the wringing Of the hands and
the laiutiug the cry, No hope! no
hope, We are lOstl we are LOST The
slil puts OUT its wings of fire, the ropes
make a burning ladder in the night
heavens, the spirit of wrecks Kisses in
the wave, and Oh the hurricane deck
shakes out its banner Of smoke and
darkness. Down with the lifcboatS!'
cries the captain. Down with the
lifeboatsl" People rush into them.
The boats are about full. Room only
for one more man. You are standing
on the deck beside the captain. Who
shall it bel You or the cap
tain! The captain says, You"
You jump and are saved. He
stands there aud dies. Now, you be.
lieve hat Capt. Braveheart sacrificed
himself for his passengers, but you
believe it with love, with tears, with
hot and long continued EXPLANATIONS.
with grief at his loss, and JOY at your
deliverance. That is 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 salvation of your
immortal soul. You often 90 across a
bridge you know nothing about. You
do not know who built the bridge,
you do not know what material it is
made of; but you come TO it and walk
over it and ask no questions. And
here is an arched bridge blasted
from the Rock Of Age" And built
by the architect of the wholeuniverse,
spanning the dark gulf between sin
and righteousness, and all God asks
you is to walk r it; and you start,
and you come to il, and you stop, and
you 60 a little way on and you stop,
and you fall back, and you expert.
ment. You say, How do | know
that bridge will hold mef' instead Of
marching on with firm step. asking
no questions. but feeling that the
strength OF the eternal God is under
you. Oh, was there ever a prize prof
fered so cheap as pardon and heaven
are offered TO your For how muchl
A million dollarsl 1t is certainly
worth more than that. But cheaper
than that you can have il. Ten thou.
sand dollarsl Less than that. Five
thousand dollarsl Less than that.
One dollarl Less han that. One
farthingi Less han that. without
money and without price" No money
TO pay. No journey to take. 10 pen
ance TO suffer. Only just one decisive
action Of the soul: Believe on the
Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be
saved" Shall | try to tell you what
it is TO be savedl ! cannot tell you.
No man, no angel can tell you. But
| can hint at it. For my text brings
me up TO this point. Thou shalt be
saved" 1t mean a happy life here,
and a peaceful deSh and a blissful
eternity. 1t is a grand thing TO go
to sleep at night and TO get up in
the morning, and TO do business all
day feeling that all is right between
my heart and God. No accident, no
sickness, no persecution, no peril, no
sword can do me any permanent dam
age. am a forgiven child Of God,
and lac is bound TO see me through.
The mountains may depart, the earth
may burn, the light of the stars may
be blown cut by the blast Of the iudg.
ment hurricane; but life and death,
things present and things to come, are
mine. Yea, further than that - il
means a peaceful death. Mrs. He.
mans, Mrs. %Sigourncy, DR.. Young,
and almost all the poets have said
handsome things about death. There
is nothing beautiful about il. When
we stand by the white and rigid fca-
lures Of those whom wc love, and
they give no answering pressure of
the hand and no returning kiss of the
lip, we do not want anybody poetizing
around about us. Death is loathsome
ness, and midnight, and the wringing
Of the heart until the tcndrils snap
and curl IN the torture, unless Christ
shall DC with us. ! confess To YOU an
infinite fear. a consuming horror OF
unless Christ shall be with me.
/ would rather go down into a cave of
wild beasts DR. jungle of reptiles than
into the grave, unless Christ goes
with me. Will you tell me that / am
TO be carried out from my bright home
and put away in the darknessi can.
not bear darkness. AT the first com.
ing of the evening | must have the
gas lighted, and the further on in life
l get the more | like 10 have my
friends round about me.
No Won EH.n Rn.nn
And atn | TO be put of for thousands
OF years in a dark place with no one
to speak TOT When thc4lolidayS come