Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-02-17

them out that he might lODN At
them. Oh, there was something so
pleasant, so inviting, SO cheering
in everything He did-in His very
look. When these sick ones were
brought out did Hessy "Takeaway
those sores; do not trouble me with
those leprosiesl'' No, no, there was
kind look, there was a gentle
word, there was n healing touch.
They could not keep away from
Him.
In addition to this softness Of
character, there was a fiery mo-
mentum. How the old hypOcTitCs
trembled before himl How the
kings of the earth turned PALE
Here is plain man with a. few
sailors at his back, coming of the
Sea Of Galilee. going up TO the pa
lace OF the C;esars. making that
palace quake to the foundations, and
uttering n word Of mercy and kind
ness which thrOhs through all the
earth and Though all the heavens
and through al the ages. Oh, he
was n loving Christ. But IL was
not eieminacy or inspidity OF char
aeter; it was accompanied with ma
iesty infinite aud omnipotent.
Christ is only wanting to get from |
us what we give to scores OF people I
every day. What is that? Faith! /
II these people whom we trust day /
by day are more worthy than |
Christ, ii they are more faithful
than Christ, If they have done more
than Christ ever did, then give
them the preference; but If we
really think that Christ Is as trust
worthy as they are, then let us deal
with Him as fairly. 'sOh," SAYS
some I'm a light way, 81 believe
that Christ was born in Bethlehem,
and | believe that he died on the
cross" But, my dear reader, do
you believe it with your head or
your heart? l will illustrate the
You are in your own house. Inl
the morning you open n newspaper,
and you read how Captain Brave
heart on the sea risked his life for
the salvation OF his passengers. You
say: "What n grand fellow he must
have beeni His family deserves
very well Of the country, You
fold the newspaper and sit down at
the table, and perhaps do not think
Of that incident again. That is his
tOrical faith. But now you are on
the sea, and it is night, and you are
asleep, and are awakened by the
shrek OF "Firev' You rush out on
the deck. You hear, amid the {
Of the hands and the faint
ing, the cries: 'sNo hope! We are .
osii We are Iosi.'' The sail puts
'ut its wings Of fire, the ropes
make a burning ladder in the
night heavens; the spirit of wreck
lisses in the waves, and on the !
hurricane deck shakes out its ban
ler of smoke and darkness. Down /,
with the life bOatsi'' cries the cap /,
'1in. "Down with the life bOats!';
People rush into them. The boats
ire about full. Room only for one
more man. You are standing on
he deck beside the captain. Who
hall it he? You or the captain? I,
The captain says: ''YOu.' You
imp aud are saved. He STANDS :
here and dies. Now, you believe :
hat Captain Braveheart sacrificed '
himself for his passengers, but YOU
Ielieve 1t with love, with tears, with
lot and long continued exclama- L
ions, with grief at his less and with
oy at your deliverance. That is
aving faith. In other words, that
'ou believe with all the heart and
.elieve in regard to yourself. On &
his hinge turn these lines: aye, the n
aviation Of your immortal soul. f
You often go across a bridge YOU n
now nothing about. You do not n
now who built the bridge; you do
Iot know what material il is made p
(; but you come 10 il, and walk over u
!, and ask no questions. And here II
; an arched bridge blasted from the Y
Rock Of Ages" and built by the "
.rchltect Of the whole universe.
banning the dark gulf between sin v
nd Righteousness, aud all God asks Il
on Is TO walk across il; ami YOU
art, and you come to it, and you W
OPP, and You go n little way on and CT
on stop, and you fall back and Won u
Experiment.. You say: Chow 30 I
now that bridge will hold me?', te
lstead of marching on with firm al
ep, asking no questions. butfeeling IL
lat the strength Of the eternal God
under you.
On, was there ever prize offered
cheap as pardon and heaven are h,
fered TO u? For how much? A 70
lillion dollars? IL is certainly ul
Orth more than that. But cheaner Ia
IAN that we can have il. Ten b,
lOusand dollars? Less than that. h,
i've Thousand dollars? Less than OF
lat. One dollar? Less than that. oil
ne cent? Less than that. "With-
1t money and without prize" No
Ioney TO pay; no pe1ance to suffer.
My one decisive action Of the souE A
Have faith in the Lord Jesus n
hrist, and thou shalt be saved. y
DIR. ED. IsAAcSoS. II,