The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-08-29

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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 mel
Lady Jane Grey. Take her away Lady
Jane Grey" 1t 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 misbehavior it says, Wrong,
wrong" Sin is leprosy, sin is a
paral ysis, sin is a consumption, sin is
pollution, sin is death. Give 1t fair
chance and it will swamp you, body,
mind and soul forever. In this world
1t only gives faint intimation of its
yirulence. You see patient in the
first stages of typhoid fever. The
cheek is somewhat flushed, the hands
somewhat hot, preceded by slight
chill. why" you say, typhoid
fever does not seem to be much Of
disease" But wait until the patient
has been six weeks under it, 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 fell havoc of the disease.
Now sin in this world is am ailment
which is only in its very first stages;
but let it get under fulf way and It is
an all consuming typhoid. Oh, if we
could see our unpardoned sins as God
sees them our teeth would chatter.
and our knees would knock together,
and our respiration would be choked,
and our heart would break. If your
sins are unforgiven, they are bearing
down on you, and you are sinking
sinking away from happiness, sinking
away from God, sinking away from
everything that Is good and blessed.
SWIFT SWIMMER WANTED.
Then what do we wantl A swim
merl A strong swimmer A swift
swimmerl And, blessed be God, In
my text we have him announced.-nHe
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 to 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 it came above
the spear stab in his side-aye, it
dashed to the lacerated temple, the
high water mark of his anguish.
Then, rising above the flood, ''he
stretched forth his hands in the midst
Of them, as he that swimmeth spread
eth forth his hands to swim"
If you have ever watched a swim
mer, you notice that his whole body
is brought into play. The arms are
flexed, 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 om-
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 save us. Christ
leapea out for our rescue, saying:
'Lol 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, and instead of saving others
would himself perish; but, putting
his breast to 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 to save, even unto the utter
most. Oh, it was not half God that
trampled down believing Gennesaret.
1t was not a quarter of God that
mastered the demons of Gadara. 1t
was not two-thirds of 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 to save us-both feet. How do /
prove it2 On the cross, were not both
hands nailed2 On the cross, We're not
both feet nailedl His entire nature
involved in our redemptionl
THE REsCUER MUST BE FEARLESS
If you have lived much by the
water, you notice also that if any
one Is going out to the rescue of the
drowning he must be Independent,
self reliant, able to go alone. There
may be q time when he must spring
out to save one and he cannot get
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 out When Christ sprang out
into the sea to deliver us he had no
life buoy. His father did not help
him. Alone in the wine press Alone
in the pang. Alone in the darkness.
Alone in the mountain. Alone
in the sea. O, if he saves us he
shall have all the credit, for ''there
was none to 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. When Marshal Ney
sprang into the contest and plunged in
the spurs till the horses fanks spurted
blood, all France applauded him.
But Jesus alonel 'Of the people
there was none to help" "All for
sock him and fled.n 0, it was not
flotilla that sailed down and saved us
1t was not cluster of gondolas that
came over the wave. 1t was one per-
son Independent and alone, spread
ing out his Naras among US as a
swimmer spreadeth forth his hands TO
swim"
Behold then today, the spectacle of
drowning soul and Christ the swim
mer. ! believe it was in 1S4S, when
there were six English soldiers of the
Fifth Fusiliers who were hanging to
the bottom of capsized 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 mountains
that lifted their top through the night
lie came 10 the beach. He found o
shore man that consented to go with
him and save the other men, and they
put out. Ii was some time before
they could find the place where the
men were, but after awhile they heard
their cry: ''Helpi Helpl" and they
bore down TO them, and they saved
them, and brought them to shore.
Oh. that this moment our cry might
be lifted long, loud and shrill, till
Christ the swimmer shall come and
take us lest we drop thousand faith
oms down.
II you have been pauch by water,
you know very well that when one Is
In peril help must come very quickly,
or it will be of no use. One minute
may decide everything. Immediate