Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-08-25
the serpent Sinl And then il you
add three letters To that word IL de-

sinner, We have outraged the law
of God, not occasionally, or now and
then, but ~perpetually. The Bible de-
clares it. Harkl II thunders two
claps The heart is deceitful above
all things and desperately wicked"
The soul that sinneth, it shall die"
What the Bible says our own con
science atiirms. After Judge Morgan
had sentenced Lady Jane Grey to death
his conscience troubled him so much
for the deed that he became insane,
and all through his insanity he kept
saying; Take her away from me.
Lady Jane Grey. Take her away!Lady
Jane Grey" Ii was the voice of his
conscience. And no man ever does
anything wrong, however great or
small, but his conscience brings that
matter before him, and at every step
of his m~isbehavior it says, Wrong,
wrong" Sin is n lcprosy, sin is u
paralysis, sin is a consumption, sin is
pollution, sin is death Give il a fair
chance aud II will swamp you, body.
mind and soul forever. In this world
L only gives a faint intimatiou of its
vlrulence, You see a patient in the
first stages of typhoid fever. The
cheek is somewhat flushed, the hands
somewhat hot, preceded by a slight
chill. why. you say, typhoid
fever does not seem 10 lie much of a
disease" But wait until the patient
has been six weeks under 1t, and all
his energies have been wrung out,
and he is too weak To lift his little fin
ger, and his intellect is gone. then
you see the full havoc Of the disease.
Now sin in this world is an ailment
which is only in its very first stages;
but let il get under full way and it is
an all consuming typhoid. Oh, if we
could see our unpardoned sins rs 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 u~nforgiven, they are bearing
down oil you, and you are sinking
sinking away from happiness, sinking
away from God, sinking away from
everything that is good and blessed.
A SWIFT SWIMMER WANTED.
Then what do we wantl 4 swim
merl A strong swimmer! A swift
swimmerl And, blessed be God, in
my text we have him announced. HE
shall spread forth his hands in the
midst of them, as he that swimmeth
spreadeth forth his hands to swim"
You have noticed that when a swim
mer goes out TO rescue any one he puts
off his heavy apparel. He must not
have any such impediment about him
If he is going 10 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 il 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, ''he
stretched forth his hands in the midst
of them, as he that swimmeth spread
eth forth his hands TO swim"
II you have ever watched a SWIM
mer, you notice that his whole body
is brought into play. The arms are
tiexed, 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 in
TO it-all his Godhead, his omnisci-
ence. his goodness, his love. his ON.
nipotence-head, heart, eyes, hands,
feet. We were 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 ave 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 go down under the
wave, aud instead of saving others
would himself perish; but, putting
his breast 10 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 omni.
scient, heart infinite, arm omnipotent.
Mighty % save. even unto tile utter
most. Oh, it was not half a God that
trampled down believing Gennesaret
II vas not a quarter Of "A God that
mastered the demons of Gadara. Ii
was not two-thirdso of a God that lifted
up lazarus into the arms of his over.
jOyed sisters. II was not a fragment
Of a God who offered pardon and
peace to all the race. No. This
mighty swimmer threw his grand.
eur, his glory, his might, his wisdom,
his omnipotence and his eternity into
this one act. 1t took both hands Of
God 10 save us-both feet. How do |
prove il! On the cross, were not both
hands nailedl On the cross, were not
both feet nailedl His entire nature
involved in u redemption!
THE REsCUER MUST BIZ FEARLESS.
If you have lived much by the
water, you notice also that if any
one is going out 10 the rescue Of the
drowning he must be independent,
self reliant, able TO go alone. There
may be a time when ho must spring
out to save one and he cannot get a
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 ont When Christ enranp ont
into the sea to deliver US lac had no
life buoy. His father did not help
him. Alone in the wine press. Alone
III the pang, Alone in the darkness.
Alone in the mountain. Alone
in the sea. o. If he saves US he
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