The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1890-07-04

Cbrists atonement and Gods sover.
eighty are theoretically received by
them. But, alasl there they stop. IL
Is only the she'll of Christianity, con
tanning no evangelical life. They stand
looking over into Heaven and admire
its beauty and its song, and are so pleas
ed with the looks from the outside that
they can no. be induced to enter. They
could make better argument for tho
truth than 10, 600 Christians who have in
their hearts received il. II syllogisms
and dilemmas and sound propositions
and logical deductions could save their
souls they would be among thc best Of
Christians. They correctly define re-
pentence and faith and the atcnement,
while they have never felt one sorrow
for sin nor exercised moment's
eonfdence In the great sacrihsa-
Aey ace aImost sspmcssbleSs <ksfr a.
ssistt.foH. 10 can not present sssy sa:..y,
about the religion OF Christ that they DO
not know. Tho Saviour described the
fate of such one in his parable: And
that servant which knew his Lords will,
and prepared not himself, neither did
according TO His will, shall be beaten
with many stripes" Theories in re-
ligion have beauty Of their own, but
IL they result in no warmth OF Christian
life 1t is the beauty of hornblende aud
feldspar. Do not call such coldness and
hardness religion. The River OF Life
never frcezes over. Icicles never hang
on the caves OF Heaven. Soundncss OF
intellectual belief Is & beautiful cloak,
we'll woven and well cut, butin the hour
when God shall demand our souls 1t will
not Of itself be su fficient TO hide our in
EQUITIES
My friends, can IL be that have been
unkind, and torn from you some hope
upon which you we're resting for time
and eternity Verify, would be un-
kind II, having taken away our cloak,
did not offer you something better.
This is cold world and you want some
thing to wrap around your spirit.
Christ offers you a robe to-day. He
wove it Himself and He will now with
His own hand prepare 1t just to fit your
soul. The righteousness He offers Is
! like the coat He used to wear about
Judea, without seam from top to bottom.
be IL did not dare tell you this. 1t
shall be day OF unutterable disappoint-
ment to those who have trusted in their
official dignity, in their elegant man
ners, in their outward morality, in their
soundness OF intellectual belief But
see soul standing before God who once
was thoroughly defled. Yet look
at him and you can not find a single
transgression anywhere about him.
How is this? you ask. Was he not once
a Sabbath breaker, blasphemer, a rob
Der, perjurer, a thief, a murderer?
Yes, but Christ hath oleansed him.
Christ hath lifted him up. Christ hath
rent off his rags. Christ hath clothed
him in a spotless robe Of righteousness.
That is the reason why you can not see
his former degradation This glorious
hope in Christ's name is preferred to-day.
ss->Nss.aosfng ann way ward WIN, ~ nov tnis
salvation worth coming for. worth serfv-
ing FOR? Do you wonder that so many
with bitter weeping have besought it,
and with a very enthusiasm Of sor-
row for Divine compassion? Do you
wonder at the carnestness OF those who
stand in pulpits beseeching men to be
reconciled to God? Nay, do you won
der at the importantly OF tho Holy
Ghost who now striveth with thy soul?
IL many Of the palaces OF Europe the
walls are mosaic. Fragments of shells
and glass are arranged by artists and
aggregated into pictorial splendor.
What! made out of broken shells and
broken glass! oh, yes; God grant that
by the Transforming power of His Spirit
we may all be made part of the etor-
nal palaces, our broken and fragment
airy natures polished and shaped and
lifted up TO make part OF the ever
lasting splendors of the heavenly tenn
pie!
For sinners, Lord. Thou cam'st to bleed,
And I'm sinner vile indeed
Lord believe Thy grace is freei
oh magnify Thy grace in me.