The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-01-23

of the spikes. The world must listen to the |
death rattle OF the sufferer. The world |
must feel His warm blood dropping on each |
cheek. while 10 looks up into the face of His
anguish. And 50 the cross must be lifted
and the hole is dug on the top of Calvary.
1t must be dug three feet deep, and then the
cross Is laid on the ground. and the sufferer
is stretched upon 10, and the nails are
pounded through nerve, and muscle, and
bone through the right hand, through the
left hand; and then they shake His right
hand to see II IL is fast, and they shake His
left foot 10 see IL 1t is fast, and then they
heave up the wood half dozen shoulders
under the weight, and they put the end OF
the cross TO the mouth of the hole, and they
plunge II in, all the weight of His body com
ing down for the first time on the spikes;
and while some hold the cross upright,
others throw in the dirt and trampe It
down. and trample it hard. q. plant that
tree well and thorou yhy, for it is TO bear
fruit such as no other tree ever bore. why
did Chr ST endure IL, He could have taken
those rock and with them crushed His cruci-
fiers. He co Id have reached up and grasped
the sword OF the omnipotent God and with
one clean cut have tumbled them into perdi-
ton. But no, He was TO di He must d e.
His life for my life. II S life for you life.
In on of the European cities young man
died on thu scaffold or The crime OF muir
der. Some time after, the mother of this
youug ma was dying, and the prizes. came
IN, and she made con ession to the
pr est that she was the murde"e an /
not ner son, moment OF anger she
had struck her husband blow that slew
him. The son came suddenly into the room,
and was washing away the wounds and try
ing 30 resuscitate his father, when some one
looked through the window and saw him, and
supposed him 10 he the criminal. That
young man died for his own mother. You
say. "It was wonderful that he never ex-
D n 4. - Nn..s 4 salI L..
thing Christ, the Son OF God, died not for
His mother, not for His father, but for His
! sworn enemies. q. such n Christ rs that-so
loving, so self sacriiicing-can you not trust
Himg
think there are many under the spirit Of
| God who are saying III will trust Him IL you
will only tell me how - and the great qucs
| ton asked by thousands in this assemblagc
/ is: "How? howY And while | answer your
| question look up and utter the prayer which
/ Rowland Hill so often uttered in the midst
/ of his sermons: Master, helpw How are
you to trust in Christi Just rs you trust
any one. You trust your partner In busi
ness with important things. If com
mercal house give you note payable
/ three months hence, you expect the pay.
mont of that note at the end OF three
months You have perfect confidence
in their word and in their ability. You &c
home to-day. You expect there will be food
on the table. You have confidence in that
( Now, | ask you to have tho same confidence
in the Lord Jesus Christ. He says: "Sot
believe: | take away your sins and they ar,
all taken away. What YOU say, before
pray any more9 Before | read my Bible any
morel Before cry over my sins any moreF
Yes, this moment. Believe with all youl
heart aad you are saved. Why. Christ l.
only waiting to get from you what you give
TO scores of people every day. What is that
Confidence. IL these people whom you trust
day by day are more worthy than Christ II
they are more faithful than Christ, II they
/ have done more than Christ ever did, then
give them the preference, but II you really
think that Christ is as trustworthy as they
are, then deal with Him as fairly. "Oh,
says some one in light way, II believe that
Christ was born in Bethlehem, and believ,
that He died ON the cross" Do you believ,
IL with your head or your heart
| will illustrate the difference. You
are in your own house. In the morning yot
open newspaper, and you read how Cap
tain Braveheart on the sea riskcd his lif'
for the salvation of his passengers. YoI
say "What a grand fellow he must hav'
been. His family deserves very well OF tn,
country" You fold the newspaper and ST
down ut the table, and perhaps do not thinl
of that incident again That is historict.
faith. But now you are on the sea, an,
it is night. and you are asleep
aud are awakened by the shrek o
Fire. You rush out on the deck
You hear amid the wrnging of tn
hands and the fainting, the cries: IN,
hope we are lost. we are lostW The sdi
puts out its wings of fire the ropes make
burning ladder in the night heavens, tn
spirit OF wreck Kisses in the waves, and ol
the hurricane deck shakes out its banner OF
smoke and darkness Down with the liz,
boats" cries the Captain. "Down with tn
life boats" People rush into them. Th'
"N..n g..
more man You are standing on the decl
beside the Captain. Who shall il be- Hoj
or the Captain The Captain says: You
You jump and are saved. He stands ther
and dies. Now, you believe that Captain
Braveheart sacrificed himself FOR his passen
gers, but you believe it with love, with tears
with hot and long continued eXclamntions
with grief at his loss and with JOY at YOU
dcliverance. That is saving faith. In Other
words. what you believe with all the heart
and believe in regard TO yourself. On thl
hinge turns my sermon; aye, the salvation
of your immortal soul.
You often go across a bridge YOU know
nothing about. You do not know who bull
the bridge you do not know what materia
IL is made Of; but you come to IL, and wall
over il, and ask no questions. Aud here /
an archcd bridge blasted from the "Rock o
Ages and built by the architect Of TIN
whole universe, spanning the dark gulf be
] tween hlh anu lbHAtbh9hNNo anu WV
asks you is 10 walk across il; and yol
start, and you come TO IL, and yol
stop, and you go little way ON an'
you stop, and you fall back and yo,
experiment. You say; How do | know
that bridge will hold meF' instead of march
ing on with firm step, asking no questions
but feeling that the strength OF the eterna
God is under you. o, was there ever prz,
offered SO cheap as pardon and heaven arr
offered To your For how much? A million
dollars IL is certainly worth more thar
that But cheaper than that you can hav,
it, Ten thousand dollarsy Less than that
Five thousand dollars Less than that On,
dollarg Less than that One farthingy Les
than that. without money and without
price" No money To pay. No journey u
take. No penance to suffer. Only just on'
decisive action OF the soul Believe on tn,
Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shall be saved
Shall try 10 tell you what it is 20 be saved
cannot tell you. No man, no angel
can tell you. But / can hint at IL. For
my text brings me up 10 this point; "Thor
shalt be saved Itmeans happy life here
and peaceful death and blisstul eternity
It is grand thing 20 go TO sleep al
night, and to got up in the morning, and
To do business all day feeling that al
is right between my heart an,
God. No accident, no sickness, nc