Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-27
SORROW FOR SIN.

SORROW FOR SIN,
and they make out an sesier path than
the pilgrim prcgress" that John Buuyan
dreamed of. The road they travel does
not stop where Johns did, 81 the city OF
Destruction, bat nc the gaze of tue uDiver-
sity; ard am very certain that It will
not come rut whore Johns did, under the
Ginning ramparts OF the celestial city. No
repentance, no pardon Ifyou 90 not, my
brother, feel that you are down in the
ditch, what do you want of Christ to lift
you Oul? II you have DO appreciation Of
lac fact that You arc astTay, what do you
want CT him who came to seek AID save
that which was l0si? YOnder ia the City Of
Paris, the swiitest Of the Inmans, coming
8cross the Atlantic. The wind is abaSt, so
that che has not only her engines Mt work,
but all sails up. ] am on board the Um-
bria of the Cunard line. The
boat davitg are swung around.
The boat ia lowered. l get
into il with REQ flag, aad cross over to
'sheTe the City If Paris is coming and |
wave the flag. The Captain LOOKS off from
the bridge, and says; "What DO you
want?" l reply: Il come TO take some of
your passengers across to the other vessel /;
think they will be safer and happier
hege " Toe captain would look down
with indignation and say: Get Oat OF
the way or I viii run you down" Aud
then l would back oars amidst the jeering
II two or three hundred people looking over
the traffrail. But the Umbria and the
CITY Of Paris meet under different eiTcum-
stances after a while, The City Of Paris is
coming out Of a cyclone ; the life boats are
smashed tie hulwarks gone the vessel
rspidly going down The bostswain gives
his las. whistle OF despairiug command
Tue passenger run up and down the deck,
and some pray, and all make grsat 0ntcry
The captain says: "YOu have about fifteen
minutes now 10 prepare for the uext world. F"
'sNo hopew sounds from stem to storm aud
from tne rarlines down to the cabin. l
see tie distress / am let down bv
tire side of the Umbria. l push
of as fast "a l can toward The sinking City
OF Paris. Before 1 come up people are
leaping into the water IL their anxiety 10
yet 10 the boat, aud when I have swuu =
I'D under the side Of the City OF Paris, the
freuzied passengers rush through the gang
way until the officers, with AK and clubs
and pistols, try to keep back the crowd,
each vomiting his turn to come mex. There
IS but one lifs-b,at aud they all want 70
re. into IT., ard the cry is: me nextl Me
uex,n You see the application before !
make IL As long as man going ON IN
his sin feels that all is we'll, that be is COM
ing out at "a beautiful port, and has all sail
SCI. be wants no Christ, he wants no help,
he wants uoTescus; butit the flash OF Gods
conyicting spirit he shall see that BY rea on
1f sin be IS dismastei and waterlogged,
aud going down into the trough OF the sea
where he cannot i've. how soon he puts the
ssa glass u his eve ard sweeps the horizon.
aud at the first sign Of help cries out: l
want TO be saved I want to be saved
nov. 1 want to be saved forever" No
sense OF danger, no application for rescue.
Oh, FOB A SENSE OF sINFULNEss.
Oh. that Gods eteroal spirit would flash
upou MS a sense Of our sinfulness! The
Bible tells the story 10 letters Of fire, but
we get used 90 it. We joke about sin. We
make merry over it. What Is sin? Is it q
trifing thing? Sin is q vampire that is
sucking out the life blood of your immor-
tai nature Sin? It IS a bastile that no
earthly KEY ever unlocked. Sin? IL Is
4xpatriation from God and heaven. Sin?
Ii is grand larceny against the Almighty,
for the Bible asks the question: will "a
man rob God?" answering 1t IN the aihrma-
tive. This Gospel is a writ OF replevin 10
recover property unlawfully detained from
God.
In the Shetland Islands there Is man
with leprosy. The hollow Of the foot has
swollen until il is flat on the ground. The
Joints begin to fall away. The ankle
thickeus until it looks like the foot Of S
Wild beast. A stare unnatural comes to
the eve. The nostril is CONSTRUCTED. The
voice drnps to an almost inaudible hoarse-
ness. Tubercles blOtch the whole BODY,
and from them comes an emulation that Is
uubesrable 10 the beholder. That is lep-
rosv. and we have all got it unless cleanse ed
by the grace of God. See Leviticus. See
III Kings. See Mark. See Luke. See
fty Bible illusions and combinations.
THE BIBLE IS NOT COMPLIMENTARY
in its language. It does not speak mine
gly about our sins. 1t does not talk
alphabetically. There is no vermilon IN
its style. il does not cover mp our trans
pressions with blooming metaphor II
does not sing about them in weak ialsetio;
bpt IL thunders out: "The imagination OF
mans heart is evil from his you'll" "Ev-
erv one has gone back. He has altogether
become filthy. He is abOminable ana
filthv. and drinketh in iniquity like wa
ter y And then the Lord Jesus Christ
limos down no our feet this hum iiatine
catalogue. coat Of the heart Of men pro-
coed evil thoughts, a dulteries, fornication,
murders. thefts, blasphemy." Ihere Is a
text for your ratiOnalists 70 preach from
on. the dignity of human nature! Ihere
il an element Of your science OF man tna'
the anthropOlogist never has had the Cour-
age vet to touch, and the Bible, IN All tne
ms and outs eff the most forcetul style, sets
forth our natural pollution, and represents
iniouity as a irightful thing, az loatn-
some thing. 1t is not mere 6emrlng OF
tbe feet. ii is not a mere betoullDg OF the
hands. il is going down, head and ears I'M
der in a ditch, until our clothes amor u.s.
Nv brethren, shall we stay down where
s;, tbrusts us2 I shall not if you DO. we
c -, afford to. Ibave to-day to tell you
tbat there is something puTer than snow
,sster something more pungent than al
III and tbat is the blood Of Jesus Christ
tIst eleanseth from all sin: Ay, the river
cf ELEVATION. bright, crystalline and heaven
born, PUSHES through this audience with
billowv tide strong enough to WASH your
ans completely and forever away. y
Iesus let the dam that holds it back now
break. and the floods Of saliva ion roll over
as.
Let the water and the blood,
Son, INV side a healing Hood,
a. nj sin the double cure
save from wrath and make me pure
Let us get down on both knees and
battle IN
THAT FLOOD OF MERCY.
A. srike out with both hands and try to
~ a. othsr shore of this river, OF