The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-06-27


: which can scale this height. Giv'
[ mc words with which l can describe
!, this love. The apostle says i'll on'
| place, ''unsearchable:" i'll another
l. past finding out" Height ovcrtop
9 ping all height: depth plunging be
f meath all depth; breadth comprising
! all immensely.
Oh, this love. God so loved the
world. He loves you. Don't you be
, liCvc it? Has He noi 'lnnc everything
+ thing to make you thlh~ So Hc has
given you life, health, fricnda. l.u'ut
, the use of your hand, the sight vi
your eye, the hearing of your car
; He has strcwn your path with mcr
) cics He has fed you, clothed you
sheltered you, defended you, loved
you, importuned yon. al your life
long Don't yo,1' Ic loves YOU.
WY, :s.in, y now ~ y'skBS kEf''te up lr2p n1!
! ,fflow both arms around you. To
make you believe He loves YOU. He
stopped to manager. and cross, and
scpulchrc With all that the pas
SONS of His holy nature reused. He
stands before you today. and would
coax you to happiness and heaven
Oh, this Fathers kissl There is so
,nuch meaning, and love, and com
! passion III it; SO much pardon in it.:
SO much heaven in It. | proclaim
hnm the Lord God mcrciful. gracious
and long suil'crin%, abundant IN good
ness and truth. Lest Won would not
believe him. he gOcsup Golgothn, and
while tho rocks arc rcnding. and the
graves arc opening, and the mobs arc
| bowling. and tho sun IS hiding. he
dies for you. Sec him on the mount
of cruciiXion, the sweat on his brow
tinGcd with the blood cXuding from
his laccratcd temples! See his eyes
swimming in death. Hear the loud
breathing of the sufferer rs hc pants
! with Il world on hia heart. Hark to
tho fall of the blood from brow and
hand and foot, on the rocks beneath
drop! drop! drop! Look Mt the nails.
How wide the wounds arc, Wider
do they gapC rs his body comes down
upon them. OH this crucifixion
agony. Tears melting into tears, Blood
flowing into blood! Darkness drop
ping on darkness! Hands of men
joined with hands of devils to tear
apart the quivcrin- heart OF the Son
of God!
Oh! VIII lie never speak again!
VIII that crimson face never light I'D
again! Ho will speak again: while
the blool IS su1luSing His brow, and
rcddening his check, and gathering
on nostril and lip, and you think He
] is s.e,S eSShaHsted yH anll sapa2t speak I, He
.::Fatncr forefiNe tliein, tf{fy Tdl6st-a 81 z;
what they do!H Is there no 6hipha-7
sis in svch scene rs that to make
your dry eyes weep, and your hard
heart break? VIII you turn your
back upon il, and say byyom actions
what the Jews said by their words:
His blood be on us, and OH our
children" What docs it all mean, my
brother, my sister, Why it means
that for our lost race there was Il
Fathers kiss. Love brought Him
down. Love opened the gate. Love
led to the sacrifice. Love shattered
tho grave Love lifted him up i'll
resurrection. Sovereign love! OmnipO-
tent love, Infinite love. Bleeding
love. Everlasting love.
con, for this love lot rocks and hills
Their lasting silence break;
Aud a!l harmonious human Tongues
Tho Savior's praises speak"
Now, will you accept that Fathers
kiss! The Holy Spirit comes to you
with His arousinS. melting, alarming,
inviting. vivifying influence. llcarcr,
what creates in thee that unrest! 1t
is the Holy Ghost What influence
now tells thee that it is time to fly,
that tomorrow may be too late; that
there is one door, one road, one cross,
one sacrifice, one Jesus! 1t IS the
Holy Ghost.
My most urgent word is to those
who. like the young man of my text,
are great way of, and they will
start for home, and they will get
home. They will yet preach the
Gospel and on communion days carry
around the consccratcd bread, nc
ceptablc to everybody, because of
their holy life, and their. consccratcd
behavior. The Lord is going to save
you. Your home has got to be re-
built. Your physical health has got
| to be restored. Your worldly bust
ness has got to be reconstructed.
| The Church of God is going to re-
joicc over your disciplcship. You are
not Gospel hardened. You have not
heard or road many sermons during
the last few years. You do not weep,
but the shower is not far off. You
sigh, and You have noticed that there
is always a sigh in the wind before
the rain falls. There arc those who
would give anything if they could
find relief in tears. They say: ooh,