The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-06-26

It. proclaim Him tho Lord God, mer
ciful, gracious and long suffering, abun.
dant in goodness and truth. Lost you
would not believe Him, lie goes W
Golgotha, and while the rocks are rend-
ing, and the graves are opening, and
tho mobs arc bowling, and the sun
is hiding, lie dies for you. See
1Iiml See Him on the Mount OF
Crucifixtion, the sweat on His brow
tinged with the blood exuding from His
lacerated temples! See His eyes swim
ming in death! Hear inc loud breath
ing Of the sufferer as lie pants with a
world on His heart! lIark TO the fall OF
the blood from brow, and hand, and
| foot, on the rocks beneath--drop! drop!
drop! Look at the nails. How wide the
wounds are! Wider do they gap as His
body comes down upon them. Oh! this
crucifixion agony! Tears melting into
tears. Blood flowing into blood. Dark
ness dropping on darkness. Hands of
mon Joined with hands of dovils to tear
apart the quiverIng heart of the Son Of
Godl
Oh! Will lie never speak again? Win
that crimson face never light up again?
He will speak again; while the blood is
suffusing His brow, and rcddening His
cheek, and gathering on no stril and lip,
and you think He is exhausted and can
not speak, lie cries out until all the
ages hear Him: Father, forgive them,
they know not what they do" Is there
no emphasis in such a scene as that to
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hearts break? Will you turn your back
upon it, and say by your actions what
| the Jews said by their words: His
blood be on Us, and on our children!'
| What does it all mean, my brother, my
sister? Why, it means that for our lost
race there was Fathers kiss. Love
brought Him down. Love opened the
gate. Love led to tho sacrifice. Love
shattered the grave. Love lifted Him
up in resurrection. Sovereign love!
Omnipotent love! Infinite love! Bleed.
ing love! Everlasting love!
oh. for this love let rocks and hills
Their lasting silence break;
And all harmonious human tongues
The Saviour's praises speak.
Now. will you accept that Fathers
kiss? Tho holy Spirit comes to you
with His accusing, melting, alarming.
inviting, vivi lying, influence. Hearer,
what creates in thee that unrest? 1t is
the Holy Ghost. What influence now
tells thee that it is timo to fly, that to-
morrow may be too late; that there is
one door, one load, one cross, one sacri
fee, one Jesus? 1t is the Holy Ghost.
My most urge ut word is to those who,
like the young man of my text are a
great way off, and they will start for
home, and they will get home. Thee
will yet preach tho Gospel and on COM
munion days carry around the consecrat
ed bread, acceptable to every body, be-
cause of their holy life, and their con-
secrated behavior. Tho Lord is going
to save you. Your home has got to be
rebuilt. Your physical health has
got to be restored. Your world
ly business has got TO be re-
constructed. The Church of God il
going to rejoice over your discipleship.
You are not Gospel hardened. Youhave
not heard or read many sermons during
the last few years You do not weep,
but the shower is not far off. You sigh,
ana you have noticed that there is al
ways sigh in the wind before The rain
falls. There are those who would give
any thing if they could find relief in
tears. They say: "Oh, my wasted life!
Oh, the bitter past! Oh, the graves over
which have stumbled! Whittier shall
fly? Alas for the future! Every thing is
dark-so dark so dark. God help me! God
pity mc!' Thank the Lord for that last
uttenrace. You have begun to pray,
and when a man begins to petition that
sets all Heaven flying this way, and God
steps in, and beats back the hounds Of
temptation to their kennel, and around
about the poor wounled soul puts the
covert of His pardoning mercy. Hark!
hear something fall. What was that?
1t is the bars of the fence around the
sheep-fold. Tho shepherd lets them
down, and tho hunted sheep of the
mountain bound in; some of them their
| fleece torn with the brambles, some OF
them their feet lame with the dogs; but
bounding in. Thank God! Saved fcJ
| time, and saved for eternity.