The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-06-18
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Tho apostle says in one place, 'un-
searchable;" in another, past finding
out" Height overtopping all height;
depth plugging beneath all depth;
breadth comprising all immensity.
o, this love! God SO loved the world
He loves you. Don't you believe It?
Has he not done every thing to make
you think SO? He has given you life,
health, friends, home-the use OF your
hand, the sight Of your eye, the hearing
Of your ear. He has strewn your path
with mercies. He has fed you, clothed
you, sheltered you, defended you, loved
you, importuned you all your life
long. Don't you believe he loves
you? Why, If now you should start
up from the wilderness Of your sin, he
would throw both arms around you. To
make you believe that He loves you, BE
stopped to manger, and cross, and sepul-
cher. With all the passions OF His holy
nature reused, He stands before you to-
day, and would coax you to happiness and
Heaven. o, this Fathers kiss! There is
so much meaning, and love and compass
sion in IT. so much pardon in 1t; so much
Heaven in it. proclaim Him the Lord
God, merciful, gracious and long suffer-
ing, abundant in goodness and truth.
Lest you would not believe Him, He
goes up Golgotha, and while the rocks
are rending, and the graves are opening,
and the mobs are bowling, and the
sun is hiding, He dies for you. See
Him! See Him on the Mount Of Cruelty
ion, the sweat on His brow tinged with
the blood exuding from His lacerated
temples! See His eyes swimming In
death! Hear the loud breathing Of the
sufferer as He pants with a world on His
heart! Hark to the fall Of the blood
from brow, and hand, and foot, on the
rocks beneath-dropl drop! drop! Look
ut the nailsl How wide the wounds are!
Wider do they cape as His body comes
down upon them. OH this crucifxion
agony! Tears melting into tears. Blood
flowing into blood. Darkness dropping
on darkness. Hands Of men joined with
hands Of devils to tear apart the CULVER
Ing heart Of the Son OF Godl
Oh! VIII he never speak againl Will
that crimson face never light up againf
He will speak again; while the blood is
suffusing His brow, and reddening His
} cheeks, and gathering on nostril and
lip, and you think He is exhausted and
cannot speak, He 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 tt
make your dry eyes weep, and youi
heart break? win you turn your bach
| upon 1t and say by your actions wha
the Jews said by their words: "His blood
: be on us and on our children?" Wha
, does 1t all mean, my brother, my sister
Why, 1t means that for our lost rac'
r there was Fathers kiss. Love brough
Him down. Love opened tho gate. Low
D led to the sacrifice. Love shattcsed th'
. grave, Love lifted him up in resurrec
0 tion. Sovereign love! omnipoten
l love! Infinite lovel Bleeding love
Q Everlasting loyel "a 4t,.
Q o, for this love let rocks and hills
1 Their lasting silence break;
= And all harmonious human tongues
The Sayiour's praises speak.
!, Now, will you accept that Father
(. kissp The Holy Spirit comes to 20
= with his arousing, melting, alarming
: inviting, vivifying influence. Hearei
J, what creates in thee that unrestp 1t 4
d, the Holy Ghost. What influence no'
: tells thee that 1t is time to fly, that Il
= morrow may be too late; that there
: one door, ono road, one cross, one sacri
: fee, one Jesus? 1t is the Holy Ghost
Ny most urgent word Is to those who
|. like the young man OF my text, are
: great way of and they will start 70
! home, and they will get home. The
: will yet preach the gospel and on CON
!, munion days carry around the const
= ,ratod bread, acceptable to everybody
a because OF their holy life and their cor
: ,ecrated behavior. The Lord is going
!, save you. Your home has got to be re
J, built. Your physical health has got
!. be restored. Your worldly business ha
= got to be reconstructed. The churc
:, Of God is going TO rejoice over you
= liscipleship. You are not gospt
: hardened. You have not heard or rea
!. many sermons during the last few year.
: You do not weep, but the shower is nc
!. far of. You sigh, and you have notice
!. that there is always sigh in the win
y before the rain falls There are thos
!. who would give any thing II they coul
= find relief in tears. They say: o, m
wasted life! o, the bitter pastl o, tn
y. graves over which have stumbled
y Whittier shall fly? Alas for the futur,
= Every thing is dark-so dark, SO darl
!. God help me! God pity mo! Thank th
= Lord for that last utterance. You hay
= begun to pray, and whom man begins
= : petition that sets all Heaven flying thI
: way, and God steps in and beats bac
= the hounds Of temptation 70 their kei
}. mel and around about the poor wounde
!. soul puts the covert OF His pardonin
!. mercy. Hark! / hear something fal
4 What was that? 1t is the bars Of th
|. fence around the sheepfold. The Shel
!, herd lets them down and the hunte
!. sheep Of the mountain bound in, som
:. Of them their fleece torn with the bran
!, bles, some OF them their feet lame wit
= the dogs, but bounding In. Thank Go,
Saved for time, and saved for eternit.