The Forrest City times., 1890-01-25

heave up the wood, half dozen shoulders under the weight ani they put the end of the cross to the mouth or tho hole, and i they plunge it in, all the weight of his body cois,ng down for the first time on the spikes and while soms hold the cross up. right, others throw in the dirt and tramplc it down, and trample it hard. O, plant that tree wei anl thoroughly, for 1t is 10 bear fruit such as no other tree ever bore. Why did Christ eadure it' He could have taken those rocks, and With them crushed his cruciers. He could havc reached up and grasped the sword of the omnipotent God and with one clean cut have tumbled them into perdt- ton. But no, ha was to die. He must die His life for my life His lifo for your life. In one of the European cities young man died on the scaffold for the crime Of mur- der Some time after, the mother of this young man was dying. and the priest came in, and she made confession to the priest th,t she was tho murd ,rer, and not her son; in a moment of anger she nod struck her husband blow that slew him. The son cam, suddenly 1 into tho room and WIS washing away tho wounds and trying to resussltate his father, when some one looked through the window and saw him. and supposel him to oe ths criminal. That young man dtei for his own mother. You say ''It was wonder ! ful that he never exposed her" But tell l you of grander thing. Christ, the Son Of 1 God, died not for his mother, not for his l father, but for his sworn enemies. O, such 1 Christ as that--so loving, so sacrificing can you not trust hint
 1 l think there are many under the spirit of ] God who arc saying: 'I will trust him if 1 you will tell me how" and tue great ques | iiou asked by thoas luds i'll this assem- l biage is ''How how!i And while I an l swer your question look up anl utter the ] prayer which Rowland Hiil often uttered in the midst of his sermons: "Master, helpn How are you 10 trust i in Christ, Just as you trust any one. l You trust your partner in business with i import ,ut things, If a eommcrc al 1 house give yoa note payable three 1 months hence, you expect the payment of that note at the end of thr months. You have perfect confidence in tn ,ir word and in their ability. You go homa to o-day. You expect there will bs food on the table You | have confidence in that Now l ask you to have the same confidence in the Lord Jesus Christ He says: "You believe; 1 take | away your stus,n and they are all taken away What you say, "before pray any moret Before l read my Bible | any morei Before l cry over my sins any more." Yes, this mo meut Believe with all your heart and you are saved. Why, Christ is only waiting to get from you waat you give to scores Tpsople every day. What is that' Confidence If these people whom yoa i trust day by day are more worthy than Christ if they are moro faithful th in Christ, if they have done more than Christ ever did, then give them the preference, :, but if you really think that Christ is as trustworthy as they arc, then deal with him as fairly "Oh" says some one in il light way ''i believe that Christ was born in Bethlehem. ani l believe that he died on the cross Do yol believe it 1 with, your head or your heart will illus trate the difference You are in your own house. In the morning you opon a news paper, and you read how Capt. Braveheart on the sea risSed his life for the salvation of his passengers. You say. "Nhat a ! grand fellow he must have been Ills fam fly deserves very well of the country. l 1ou fold the newspaper and sit down al the table, and perhaps do not think of the 1 incident again. That is historical faith. But now you are ou the sea and 1t is night, and you are asleep, and ! are awakened by the shriek of "fIrel9 You rush out on the deck. You hear, amid the wringlug of the hands and l the fainting, tho cries: No hope we are l0stn The sail puts out it's wings of fire, the ropes make burning ladder in the night heavens. the spirit of the wreck hiss es u the waves and on the hurricane de k shakes out its banner of smoke and dark ness. "Down with the life boats r cries the captain Down with the life boats ,'' People rush into them The boats arc about full Room only for one moro man. l You are standing on the deck beside the captain. Who shall 1t be- You or tho captaiu The captain says; "You. " You jump and are saved He stands there, and dies. Now. you believe that Capt Braveheart sacrificed himself for his pas sengcrs, but yon believe it with love, with tears with hot and long continued OK, clamatious, with grief al his loss and with jov at your deliverapce. That is saving faith. In other words, what you believe with all the heart ami believe in regard to yourself On this his hinge turns my ser mon; aye, the salvation of your immortal soul.
 You often go across bridge you know nothing about You do not know who built the bridge, you do not know what material it is made Of; but yon come to it. and walk over it. and ask no questions. And here Is an arched bridge blasted from the Rock of Ages" and built by the ar ehiiect of the whole universe, spanning the dark gulf between sin and righteousness &
 and all God asks you is to walk across it i;
 and you start. and you como to Il, and you stop. and you go a little way ou and you stop and yoa fall back and you experiment. Nol say: 'siiow dc 1 know that bridge will hold metH instead of marching on with firm step asking no questions, bns feeing that tho strength Of the eternal God is under you Q, was there ever prize offered so cheap as pardon and heaven arc offered to you' For how much
 X million dollars; IL is certainly worth " more than that iIut cheaper than that you can have it Ten thousand dollars Less than that Five thousand doilarsl Less than that One dollart Less than that One farthngl Less than that "Nithoat money anu without price. "
 No money to pay. No journey 10 take.
 No penanee to suffer, Oaly tast oae de cisive action Of the soul "Believe on the
 Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt b, sRvel,a a shall try to tell you what it is
 to be savedt l cannot tell you No man
 no angel gan tcil you But l can hint at it.
 or my text brings mo up to this point
 "thou shalt he saved It means n happy
 lie here, and peaceful death and bliss
 faI eternity IL IS a grand thing to go tC
 sleep at night, and io get up in the mora
 ins, and 10 do business all day feeling thai
 ast ts right hctweea my heart and Col.
 No aeoidenL no sickaess, no persecution,
 ua peril, no sword can do ule any perma.
 uent damage, am A forgiven ,hiid of Col
 and he is hosad to see me through fh,
 mountains may depart tho earth may burn
 the light ot the starr ua be blown ont by the blast of the iud ansut hurricane, but
 life and death. thlnys pressat aud things ts come, are mine Yea, farther thla that
 it means peaceful death,
 Mrs. hemans, Mrs Stsoarney. Dr
 Young and almost ali the noets have sait
 handsome thing aoo1t death There i,
 uolhng leautiIal about it When ",
 stand by the white and rigid features O
 those whom We love, and they give no an
 swering pressure of the hand, and no re
 turning kiss of ths lip. VIC do not want any
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