The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-05

and talked with the shepherd about
the lost sheep. Oh, we mig ! ga.aeTI
even the stars Of the SKY and
twis them like 70 get-me-nots IN the gar
land of Jesus We must briug every hing
{ to hitn-the wealth Of language, the tel
derness f sentiment, the delicacy OF NOR l.
ing dew. the saffron Of Il 1atIng clio q, the
trangled surf f the tossing sea, tie burst
ing thunder gu IS of the storms bombard-
meut. Yes. every star must ant down 20
him, every heliOtrOpe must breathe hls
praise every drop in the summer sh wer
must fash b glory, all the tree branches
of Tie forest must rum their music ths
grand march which snail cele rate world
redeemed
Now, all this being 50, what is the com
mon sense thing for YOU aud Tor me dof
What we / tiiak viii depend upon J1rse
great facts. The first fact that sin has
rui led u.s. Il has bltstei body, mind and
soul We wait no b ble to prove that we
are sinners Any man VIII is not wiling to
ack Owle lge III rs If an imperfect al a
sinful being is simply a fool a1t not 20 be
argued with We all fee tn { 81 has dis
organized our ent re nature. That IS one
fact Another fact IS that Oh isl clme 70
rec instruct t. restore, 10 reyls=, TO correct
10 red .em. rat i a sec)ni TACT. inc
third fact is that tn only time we are
SURE 0uTlsG Will I)Ai Jun 10 - bAA~ - N'
emit Now, what is the common sense thing
for US To do in view of thee three facts!
Y u will all agree With me to quit sin, take
Christ and take MIN now. Sup loss some
business man in whose skill you had perIec
co lfidencs luld tell you that tomorrow
NJ Ondayl morning, between II O'Clock ana
i2 o'c ock you could, by certain financial
transactlol make i've tl0usa ID dollars, but
that on Tuesday, perhaps, YOU might make
II n nor yuBuld IA DDgItI XNQeSS
ab ut it, and on We'd Iesday IN re
would not be SO much, aud Thurs
day less, Friday Lass, and 50 on
less and les,-when would you attend to the
matterl Why, your common sense wouli
dictate: Immediately | i'll attend to that
matter, between IL and II o'clock tomorrow
(Mond ~ morni g. for then can surely
acc )mplish it, but on Tue5dly | may not,
and on Wednes lay there is | IS prospect. |
| will attend to it tomorrow" Now let US
b ing our ommol sense in this matter of
religion. Here are the hopes Of the gospel.
We may get them now. Tomorrow We
may get the and We may not. Next day
we may and we may not The prospect less
and less ald les aud less.
The only sure time now-now. | would
not talk to you in this way if | did not
know That Christ was able to save all the
people, and save thousan Is as cas- ly as save
on. | would not 60 INFO hospital aud
tear off the bandag IS from the wounds II
had no balm to apply. | would not have
the face to tell a man he is sinner less |
had at the same time the autlo 'ity Of say
ing he may be saved Suppose in
Venice there is Raphael, IA faded
picture, great in its time, bearing
some marks OF its greatness. History
away. You say: ooh, what a pity
that SO wonderful a picture by Raph ael
should be nearly defaced" After a while
a maa comes up, We y uuskiilful in art aud
ne proposes to retouch 1t. You say:
"Stand off / would rather have it Just as
it is; you will only make it W rse." After
a while there c me an artist who was the
equal of Raphael. He says: Il will bring
nut all its original poHern You have full
confidence i his ability. He touches it
here and there. Feature after feature
CO ues forth, and when he Is done with the
picture it is complete in all its origina.
power. Now God impre Ssed his
lmmage on our race, but
that image has been defaced for hundre Is
and for Thousands Of years, getti < fainter
a ID fainter. Here comes up divine
Raphael He says: IL can restore that
picture He has all power in heaven and
o earth. He is the eq Ial Of the one who
made the picture, the i'm age of the o g who
drew the image of God in our soul. He
touches this >in and it is gone, that trans
erosion and it disappears, and all the de-
facement vanIshes, aud "where sin
abou lded, grace doth much more
abound VIII you have the deface-
ment, or will You have the restoration!
| am well persuaded that if l could by
a touch If heavenly pathOs in two minutes
put before YOU what has been done to save
your soul, there would be an emotional tide
overwhelming. Mamma" s nd n it'll
child to her mother when she was being put
to bed at night, mamma, what makes your
| hand so SCARED and twisted and unlike
other peoples hands" "Well." said the
mother my child, when you we're Junger
| than you are now, years ago, one night
after had put you to bed | beard cry,
a shrek upstairs. came up and
| found the bed was on fire, and III
were on fire, and l took hold of you
| and l tore off the burning garments, and
| while l was tearing the n off and toying 10
| got you away | burned my hand and it
| has been burned and SCARED eve since, and
| hardly looks any more like hand; but |
got that, my child, in trying to save yol.'
| 0 mani o woman | Wish to-day | could
show you the Du ned hand of Christ
burned in plucking You out of the fire
| burned in snatching you away from the
| flame Ave, also the burned foot, and the
| burned brow, and the lrIe1 heart
burned for you. BY his stripes We are
healed.