The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-20

Wne1 theN saw Anrlst coming dtuuE L44l
street, they ran into their houses, and they
wrapped up their invalids as quick as they
could and brought them out that he might
look at them. o. there was something SO
pleasant, so inviting, SO cheering IN every =
thing he did. IL his very look. When these
SICK ones were brought out did be say
Take away these sores; do not trouble me
with these leprosies! No, no; there was a
kind look, there was q gentle word, there
was a healing touch. They could not Keep
away from him.
In addition to this softneSs OF character,
there was fiery momentum How the oil
hypocrites trembled before him. How the
kings of the earth turned pale. Here IS
plain man with a few sailors at his back,
coming off the Sea Of Galiiee, going up to
the palace of the CAESARS, making that pal
ace quake to the foundations and uttsrlng
word OF mercy and kindlsss which throbs
through all the earth, and through all the
heavens, and through al the ages. o. he
was a loving Chri.t But II was not
e.feminacy, or insipidity Of character; 1t
was accompanied with ma jestY, infinite and
omnipotent- Lest the world should not
realize his earnestneSS this, Christ mounts
The cross. You say: IF Christ has TO die,
why not let him take some deadly potion
and lie on a couch in some bright and beau
iiful home! If he must die, let him expire
amid all kindly attentions No, the
world must hear the hammers on the heads
uf the spikes. The world must listen to the
death rattle of the sufferer. The world
roust feel his warm blood dropping
Cin each cheek. while il looks up
into the face OF his anguish. And 50
the cross must lie lifted, and the hole Is dug
on the top Of Calvary. It must DO dug
three feet deep and then the cross is laid on
the ground, and the sufferer is stretched
upon it, and the nails are pounded through
a.,I. ar,dh ta~A
right hand through the left hand; and then
they shake his right hand to see if it IS fast,
aud they shake his left foot TO see If 10 Is
fast, and then they heave up the wood, half
q dozen shoulders under the weight, and
they put the end of the cross to the mouth
of the hole, and they plunge it in, all the
weight Of his body coming down for the
i5rst time ON the spikes and while some
hold the cross upright, Others throw in the
dirt and trample 1t down, and tranple It
hard. o, plant that tree we'll and thor
tlughly, for it is to bear fruit such as no
r)ther tree ever bore. Why did Christ
endure it, He could have taken those
rocks, and with them crushed his crucitiers.
He could have reached up and grasped
the sword OF the omnipotent God and
with one clean cut have tumbled them
into perdition. But no, he was TO die. He
must die His life for my life. His life for
your life In one of the European cities
young man died GA the scaff1ld for the
crime of murder. Some time after the
mother of this young man was dying, and
the priest came in, and she made confession
TO the priest that she was the murderer,
and not her son; in moment of anger she
had struck her husband a blow that
slew him. The son came suddenly
into the room, aud was washing away
the wounds and trying 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: sit was wonder
ful that he never exposed herr But | tell
you of grander thing Christ the son of
God. died not for his mother, not for his
father, but for his sworn enemies. O, sucl
a Christ as that-s0 loving, SO self sacrific-
ing-can you not trust him.
/ think there are many under the spirit
of God who are saying: II will trust him
if you will only tell me how" and the eat
question asked by thousands in this
Rssemblage is: How! howgn And while |
answer your question l look up and utter
the prayer which Rowland Hill so often
uttered in the midst of his sermons: MAS
ter hepln How are you to trust in
Christi Just as you trust any one. You
trust your partner in business with import
ant things. If a commercial house
gives you note payable three
y
ment of that note at the end of three
months. You have perfect confidence in
their word and in their ability You 60
home to-day. You expect there will be
food on the table. You have confidence in
that Now. ask YOU to have the same
confidence in the Lord Jesus Christ He
says: you believe; take away your
SINS" and they are all taken away.
"Whatw you say, before pray any mores
Before 1 read my Bible any mores Before
l cry over my sins any morem Yes,
this moment Believe with all your
heart and you are saved. Why, Christ is
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, 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 Christ is as
trustworthy as they are, then deal with him
as fairly. "O,' says some one in a light
way, II believe that Christ was born
in Bethlehem, and l believe that he
it with your head or your heart9 | will
illustrate the difference: You are in your
own house. In the morning you open a
newspaper. and you read how Capt Brave
heart on the sea risked his life for the saliva.
tion of his passengers. You say: What a
grand fellow ne must have been! His
family deserves very well of the country. y
You fold the newspaper and sit down at the
table, and perhaps do not think of that in.
cident 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
'sFire!" You rush out on the deck. You
hear amid the wringing of the hands and
the feinting, the cries: mo hope! we are
iostl we are lostn The sail puts out its
Virgins of fire, the ropes make a burning
ladder IN the night heavens, the spirit OF
wreck misses in the waves, and on the hur.
ricane deck shakes out its banner of smoke
and darkness. Down with the life boats y
cries the captain. Down with the life
boatsl' 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
captain2 The captain says: YOU You
Jump and are saved. He stands there, anc
dies Now, you believe that Capt Brave
heart sacrificed himself for his passengers
but you believe it with love, with tears
with hot and long continued EXPLANATIONS
with grief at his loss, ard with Joy at YOU
deliverance That is saving faith In Other
words, what you believe with all the heart
and believe in regard to yourself. ION thi,
hinge turns my sermon; aye, the salvation
of your immortal soul
You often go across a bridge YOU know
nothing about Y on do not know NVhf