Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-30

enter an ecclesiastical fight I hora no.
men who would talk all dav unon the
ninth chapter of Romans upoN sno
thoroughly helpless before the four+esntb
chapter of John. But thera 90 +hosa
who. having escaped from this cnnd; ,"U,'
are now depending entirely mon their
soundness of religious theory Tha a.
trines of mans depravitv and Cbrist,,
atonemeut and Gods sovers,anit, ~. 'ss - :
theoretically received by them Rn+
alasi there they stop 1t is on1v tbs
| she'll of Christianity containing M avon
gelical life. They stand looking ova-
| into heaven and admire its beautv and ira
| song, and they are SO pleased with tho
| looks from the outside that tbev cannot
be induced to enter. They could malsa a
better argument for the truth than ~ nm
Christians who have in their hearts re-
ceived it. If syllogisms and diIemmas
and sound propositions and logical
deductions could save their souIs
hthey would be among the hest
| otChristians They could CORRECTLY de-
hnerepeutanee and faith and the atone
ment, while they have never felt one
sorrow%or sin nor exercised moments
| con1denes in the great sacrifice. They
are almosrSmmovable IN their position
We Cannot ATesent anything about the
religion of Chit that they do not know
The Savior uesoSbed the fate of such a
one in His parable. "And that servant
which knew his hSEd's will, and pre-
pared not himself. neNber did according
to His will, shall be bA<ten with MANI
stripes.'' Theories in Slipion have y
beauty of their own, but if Nhev respIt in
no warmth of Christian La il is the
beauty of hor -blende and felusner 10
hot call such GOODNESS and hardIass re-
ligion
THE RIVER OF LIFE NEVER FREEZES OVER.
Icicles never hang on the caves of
heaven. Soundness of Intellectual be-
lief is a beautiful cloak, we'll woven and
well cut, but in the hour when God shall
demand our souls it will not of itself be
sufficient to hide our iniqui4es.
My friends, can it be that have been
unkind, and torn from ylu some hope
upon which you were resting for time
and eternity? Verify, l wDnld be I'M
kind if. having taken awayIyour cloak,
l did not offer you something better.
This is cold world and you want some
thing to wrap around your spirit. Christ
offers you robe to-day. He wove it
Himself and He will now with His own
hand prepare it just to fit, your soul.
Inc Righteousness He offers is like the
coat He used to wear about Jadea, with
out seam from top to bottom. There is q
DAY or doom. Coward would l be If l
did not dare tell you this. It.shall be q
daY OF uputterable disappointment to
those who have trusted in their official
dignity, in their elegant manners. in
their outward morality, in their sound
ness of intellectual bslief. But I see a
soul standing before God who once was
thoroughly defiled. Yea look at him and |
you cannot find a SINCE traasgressiop
anywhere about him. How is this. YOU
ask. Was he not once g Sabbath |
breaker, g blasphemer, roEet, a per- |
jurer, a thief, a murdererA Yes but |
Christ hath cleansed him. Christ hath |
lifted him up. Christ hath Telt off his |
rags. Christ hath clothed hin isa snot-
less robe OF righteousness. ThatAis the
reason why you cannot SEQ his
former degradation. This gl1rfous
hope in Christ's name is prOffereoto-
day. Wandering and waywaFd SOUL is
not this salvation worth oUnlng 70.
worth striving for? Do you wonder that
so many with bitter weeping have be.
sought it and with very enthusiasm of
eoIIo" cTiea IGr ulVlne eompsslonE D.
you wonder at the earnestness of those
Who stand in pulpits beseechins men TO
lie reconciled to God? Nay, doyou Won
der at the importantly of the Holy Ghost
who now striyeth with thy soul: In many
of the palaces OF Es-one tho walls are
mosaic. Fragments or vs.~iIa and glass
are arranged by artists and aLs..egated
into pictorial splendor. What! made
out of broken shells and broken glassl
Oh, yes; God grant that by the trans
forming power Of His Spirit We may all
be made part of the eternal palaces,
our broken and fragmentary natures pol
shed and shaped and lifted up TO make a
par of this everlasting splendon of the
ltemplei
For sinners, Lord, Thou cam st.to bleed
And ina sinner vile indes93
Lord, bels@ge Thy gracefa ffee;'
Oh, maghf& Thy graGf7n me,
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