The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11

him. The son came suddenly into the room
and was washing away the wounds and try
ing TO resuscitate his father, when some one
looked through the window and saw him, and
supposed him to be the criminal. That
young man died for his own mother. You
say: 'It was wonderful that he never ex
posed her.n But 1 tell you Of a grandeE
thing. Christ, the Son of God died not fol
His mother, not for bis father, but for His
sworn enemies. o, such Christ as thas-sc
loving, so self sacrifcing-cau you not trust
Hmm
I think there are many under the spirit oi
God who are saying: 81 viii trust Him II you
will only tell me how" and the great cues
ton asked by thousands in this assemblAge
is: "How? howY' And while l answer your
question 1 look up and utter the prayer which
Rowland Hill so often uttered in the midst
of his sermons: '.Master, helpP How are
you to trust in Christ? Just as you trust
any one. You trust your partner in bust
ness with important things. II q COM
mercial house give you note payable
three months hence, you expect the pay
ment of that note at the end OF three
months You have perfect confidence
in their word and in their ability. You go
home to-day. You expect there will be tood
on the table. You have confidence in that.
Now, 1 ask you to have the same condolences
in the Lord Jesus Christ. He says: you
believe; take away your sins" and they are
all taken away. "Whatp you say, before
pray any more? Before / read my Bible any
mores Before cry over my sins any moreT
Yes, this moment. Believe with all your
heart aad you are saved. Why, Christ IS
only waiting 70 get from you what you give
to scores Of people every day. What IS that
Confidence II these people Whom you trust
day by day are more worthy than ChrlsI, II
they are more faithful than Christ, II they
have done more than Christ ever did then
give them the preference, but IL you relny
think that Christ is as trustworthy as 1ney
are, then deal with Him as fairly: On,
says some one in a highway, Il believe that
Christ was born in Bethlehem, and l believe
that He died Ell Ell tbs eF-Ss---zsi va
it with your head or your hearty
l will Illustrate the difference. You
are in your own house. In the morning you
open newspaper, and you read how Cap
tain Braveheart on the sea risked his lifo
for the salvation of his passengers. You
sayi What a grand fellow he must have
beeni His family deserves very well of the
country" You fold the newspaper 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, ard
it is night and you are asleep,
and are awakened by the shrek of
"Firem You rush out on the deck.
You hear, amid the wTinging Of the
hands and the fainting, the cries: HNo
hopei we are lost we are lostH The sail
puts out its wings of fire, the ropes make a
burning ladder in the night heavens, the
spirit of wreck Kisses in the waves. and on
the hurricane deck shakes out its banner OF
smoke and darkness. Down with the life
boatsP' cries the Captain. Down with the
life boatsp' People rush into them. The
boats are about full. Room only for one
more man. You are standing on the deck
beside the Captain Who shall it be? You
or the Captain? The Captain says: "You.n
You jump and are saved. He stands there
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 EXPLANATIONS,
with grief at his loss aud with joy at your
1eliverance. That is saving faith. In other
words, what you believe with all the heart,
and believe III regard to yourself. On this
hinge turns my sermon; aye, the salvation
Of your immortal soul.
You often go across bridge you know
nothing about. You do not know who built
the bridge, you do not know what material
t is made of; but you come to it, and walk
over it, and ask no questions. And here is
IN arched bridge blasted from the ''Rock of
ages" and built by the architect of the
whole universe, spanning the dark gulf be-
iween sin and Righteousness, and all God
lsks you is to walk across it; and you
start, and you come to it, and you
top, and you go a little way on and
Fou stop, and you fall back and you |
experiment.. You say: How do l know |
hat bridge viii hold meY' instead of march |
ng on with firm step, asking no questions, |
tut feeling that the strength OF the eternal |
sod is under you. o, was there ever prize |
'ffered so cheap as pardon and heaven are |
,ffered to youg For how much? A million |
lollarsi It is certainly worth more than |
hat. But cheaper than that you can have 4
T. Ten thousand dollars? Less than that.
i've thousand dollars? Less than that. One |
lollar? Less than that One farthing? Less |
han that without money and without I
rice.n No money to pay. No journey to
axe. No penance TO suffer. Only Just one |
decisive action of the soul: believe on the |
ord Jesus Christ, and thou shall be saved"
Shall try to tell you what it is to be sayed9 /
cannot tell you No man, no angel
an tell you. But 1 can hint at it. For
ny text brings me up to this point: Thou
halt be saved" Itmeans happy life here,
nd a peaceful death and blissfriI eternity.
t is a grand thing to go to sleep at
light and to get up in the morning, and
. do business all day feeling that all
right between my heart and
rod. No accident, no sickness, no
ersecution, no peril, no sword can do me
ny permanent damage. 1 am a forgiven
hid of God, and He is bound to see me
through. He has sworn He will see me
trough. The mountains may depart, the
arth may burn, the light of the stars may
e blown out by the blast of the Judgment
hurricane; but life and death, things present
nd things to come, are mine. Yea, farther
han that-it means = peaceful death.
Mrs. Henans Mrs. Sigourney, DR.. Young
nd almost all the poets have said handsome
lings about death. There is nothing beau
full about it. When we stand by the white
nd rigid features of those whom we love
al they give no answering pressure of tine
and, and no returning kiss of the lip,
e do not want anybody poetizing around
bout US. Death Is lOathsOmeness and mid
ght, and the wringing of the heart until the
ndrils snap and curl in the torture I'M
IS Christ be with US. l confess to You to
l infinite fear a consuming horror, Of
sath unless Christ shall be with me.
would rather 90 down into cave of wild
sasts or jungle Of reptiles than into the
ave, unless Christ goes with me. win you
Il ne that / am to be carried out from nv
light home, ana put away IN the darkness?
cannot bear darkness. At the first coming
the evening l must have the gas lit, and
e further on in life I get, the more I like |
have my friends around about me. And
n / to be put off for thousands of years in
|
e holidays come, and the gifts are dis !
ibuted, shall l add no Joy to the [
Merry Chr stmaso or the Happy New
ears An, do not point down to the hole
the ground, the grave, and call it beauti-
| placs; unless there os some supernatur ii '
UNI nation shu der back from My
cole nature revolis a it. But row this
rious lamp is lifted above the grave ami
the darkness is gone, and the way ,
clear. l look into it now without
lgle shudder Now my anxiet5 is
t about death: my anxiet is that l
~ live Alright, for I know that it
7 life is consistent when come to the last
ur, and this voice is silent, and these eyes
Q closed, and these hands with which beg
your eternal salvation to-day are folded !
er the still heart, that then 1 shall only be-
q to live. What power is there in anything
chill me in the last hour if Christ wraps
ound me the skirt of of His
m garment What darkness can
i upon my eyelids then, amid {
e heavenly daybreak? o death, will not I
AZ thee thenl Back to thy cavern of dark
IS, thou robber of all tho earth. Fly, thou
spoiler of families. With this battle ak 1
" thee in twain from hemlet to sandal, the
ice of Christ sounding all over the earth. !,
d through the heavens; 80 death, 1 will !
thy plague. o grave, will be thy de- l