The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-01-30

Bible any more? Before cry over my sins
any more?" Yes, this moment. Believe
with all your heart and you are saved. Why,
Christ il only waiting to get from you what
you give to. scores of people every day.
What is that? Confidence. II these people
whom you trust day bg day are more worthy
than Christ, if they are more faithful than
Christ, if they have done more than Christ
ever did, then give them the preference; but
if you really think. that Chr st is as trust
worthy as they are, then deal with him as
fairly "Oh, says some one in d light way,
Il believe that Christ was born in Bethle-
hem, aud / believe that he died on the
cross" DO you believe it with your head
or your heart? / will illustrate the differ
ence You are in your own house. In the
morning you open a newspaper, and you
read how Capt Braveheart OH the sea
risked his life for the salvation of his pas
sengers. You say: "What grand fellow
he must have been! His family deserves very
well OF the country" You fold the newspa-
per and sit down at the table, and perhaps
do not think OF that incident again. That is
historical faith, But now you are on the sea-
and 1T is night, and you are asleep. and are
awakened by the shrek of "frel'' You rush
out on the deck. You hear, amid the wiring
ing OF the hands and the fainting, the cries:
mo hopel we are lostl we are lostl" The
sail puts out it's wings offiTe, the ropes make
burning ladder in the night heavens the
spirit OF wreck Kisses in the waves, and on
the hurricane deck shakes out it's banner of
smoke and darkness. down with the life
boats!" cries the captain. Down with the
lie boats!" People rush into them. The
boats are about full Room only for
one more man. You are standing on the
deck beside tie captain. Who shall it be?
You or the captain? The captain
says: You You jump and are saved
He stands there and dies. Now, you believe
that Capt Braveheart sacrificed himself for
his passengers. but you believe it with love-
with tears, with hot and long continued ex-
carnations, with grief at his loss and Joy at
your delverance. That is saving faith. In
other words, what you believe with all the
heart. and believe in regard to yourself On
this hinge turns my sermon; aye, the saliva
tion of your immortal soul.
You often go across q bridge you know
nothing about. You do not know who built
the bridge, you do not know what material
il is made Of but you come to it, and walk
over 1T. and ask no questions. And here is
an arched bridge blasted from the Crock of
Ages and built by the architect OF the
whole universe, spanning the dark gulf be-
tween sin and righteousness, and all God
asks you is to walk across it; and you start
and you come to it, and you stop, and you
go little way on and you stop, and you fall
back and you experiment. You say: "How
do know that bridge will hold me?' instead
questions, but feeling that the strength of
the eternal God is under you, o, was there
ever prize offered so cheap as pardon and
beaI en- are offered to you? For how much?
A million dollars? 1t is certainly worth more
than that. But cheaper than that you can
have it, Ten thousand dollars? Less than
that. Five thousand dollars? Less than
that: One dollar? Less than that One
farthing? Less than that. Without
money and without price" No money to
pay. No journey to take. No pepance to
suffer. Only just one decisive action of the
soul Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. and
thou shall be saved" Shall 1 try to tell
you what it is to be saved? l can
not tell you. No man, no angel can tell
you. But 1 can hint at it. For my text
brings me up to this point: Thou shalt be
saved: 1t means happy. lie here, ard a
peaceful death and a blisslul eternity, 1t is
grand thing to go to sleep at night, and to
get up in the morning, and to do business all
day feeling that all is right between nv heart
and God. No accident, no sickness, no per
secution, no peril, no sword can do any per
manent damage. am forgiven child of
God, and he is bound to see me through
The mountains may depart, the earth NAV
It "hA stars may he blown