The Red Cloud chief., 1889-08-23

You 80 . patient IN it, hrst stages Of
typhoid fever. The cheek 10 somewhat
nushed, the hands somewhat hot pre-
coded by . slight chill. "Why," you say,
''typhoid fever does mot seem to b much
OF Q disease" Bat wait until the patient
has bssn blk weeks under II, and all his
energies have been WTung out and he Il
too wsak to lift his little Anger, and his
intellect II gone, then yoa see b full
havoc Of the di0sa0a Now. sin in this
world 10 an ailment which Is only in it,
very first stages; but lot it get under full
way and II 10 IN all.consuming typhoid.
O. IL We could see our unpardoned sins q
God sees them, q teeth would chatter
and q knees woul Id knock together, and
our respiration would be choked. and on
heart would break. II your sins are un-
forgiven they are bearing down on you.
and you are siDkinG-sinking away from
happiness. sinking away from God, sink
ing away fiom every thing that Is good
and blessed.
Then what do We want? A swimmer
A strong swimmer A swift swimmer
And, blessed be God, In my text we have
him announced. He shall spread forth
his hands in tho midst Of them. rs he that
swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to
swim" You have noticed that when
. swimmer goes out to rescue any n he
puts OF his heavy apparel. He must not
have any such impeachment about him il
he 10 going to do this great deed And
when Christ stepped forth to save rs BE
shook OF the sandals Of Heaven, and His
feet were free; and then He stepped down
into the wave Of our transgressious, and
it came up over His wounded feet and IL
came above the spear stab in b side
aye.i it 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 spreadeth forth his hands to
swim"
II You have over watched . swimmer,
you notice that his whole body 10 brought
into play. The arms arc flexed, the hands
drive the water back, the knees are active,
the head is thrown back to escape strangu.
lation. tho whole body il. in propulsion.
And when Christ sprang into the deep to
ave VI He threw His entire nature into
AuSO 1C-0A us 0VO000us 41S Ou4usoe
cience, His goodness, His love His
omnipotence-hesd, heart, eyes. hands,
feet. We were far out In the sea and
SO deep down in the ave and so far
out from shore that nothing short Of IN
entire God could ave us Christ lsaped
out for q 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 60 down under
the wave and instead Of saving others
would Himself perish; but putting His
breast to the foam and shaking tho surf
from His locks He came on and on until
He 10 now within tho reach Of every one
here. Eye omniscient heart infinite, arm
omnipotsnt Mighty to sav W to the
uttermost. O, it vas not half . God that
trampled down following Gennesaret. It
was not . quarter OF . God that mastered
the demons Of Gadara. It was not two.
thirds Of God that lifted up Lazarus into
tho arms OF bis overjoyed sisters. 1t was
not q fragment Of . God who offered par.
don and peace to all tho race. No This
mighty swimmer threw His grandeur. His
glory, His might. His wisdom, His omnip.
otence and His eternity into this ono act
It took both hands Of God to save us-both
feet. How do I prove it? On the cross,
were not both hands nailed? On the cross,
were not both feet nailedf His entire nat.
ure Was involved in our redemption!
II you have lived much BY the water
you notice also that IL any one 10 going
out to the rescue of tho drowning he must
be independent, self-rsliant, able to 60
~0nAo 1NhnHA man hAA tsnnA S~h~~ hn-u.t
spring out to saw n and he can NOT get
. lifeboat and he goes out and q not
strength enough to bear himself up and
bear another mp he will sink, and instead
Of dragging corpse ont Of the torrent
you will have ~ to drag out When
Christ sprang ont into the sea to deliver
US He had NO life buoy. His father did
not help Him. Alone in tho vine press.
Alone in the panG. Alone In the dark.
ness. Alone in the mountain. Alone in
the sea. o, il He saves Ms He shall have
all the credit for 'there was none 70
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. Whom Marshal
Ney spraug into the contest and plunged
In the spurs till the horses TANKS spurted
blood all France applaudsd him. But
Jesus alonel '-Of the people there was
none to help. All forsook Him and fed"
o, it. was not . flotilla that sailed down
and saved Us. It wal not . cluster Of
gondolas that came over the . It
was one person, Independent and alone.
spreading out his hands among us As q
swimmer spreadeth forth his hands to
swim"
Behold them to-day, tho spectacle Of q
drowning soul and Christ tho swimmer.
I believe it was 1873 when there were six
English soldiers Of tho Fifth Fusiliers
who were hanging to the bottom Of . cap
sized boat-a boat that had been upset BY
. squall three miles from shore 1t was
in the night, but one man swan nightly
for the beach, guided BY the dark mount.
aims that lifted their top through the
night. He came to the beach. Hs found
q shoreman that consented to 90 with him
and ave the other mon. and they put out
It was some time before they could find
the place where the men wore but after
awhile they heard their cry: Help!