Telegram-herald., 1890-01-20


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f-.z.t au5 1saallful heasf II be nl1ss Gle
les a-n expire sn.l1 a. ssodlY ztIenticrz
~. Ibe word nusl hear the hammers o. ths
l.als y TIE slkeS tie World must listen
b. g1e deaea rattle ot tae sufferer fhs
world anus, feel hE warn blood dropping on
- chez @hlse p looks up into the face
a as anguish And 50 tae cross must h.
s.es an3 the lols Is icg - the tap q Ca,
wary uus hs aus t1Fes foes seep and
ne ress s .e'4 on tae greusa and lhe
sufferer Is stretched uscn e and Zee nails srs
f.sarfei thfeusa aerVe sac E.use-e and hone.
ruroega tte nght hand. tarougR 1he lsft
hama ana teen taes shake lls fisa- hsnd %
So &. IS fa>f sn- raey SHAKE hr ieft tooi 20
So it 3. q fasii ana t1eu iney heaEe Up ne
wooi half dozen sao1iaers under the
veigbt, sni tae} l'ut iae enl ct ths croSs 70
tbe mouth ci tee hole, s,1 iAe5 plunge Il 10,
a.l TIE weight II BIS tr'dy coming down Tor
ire Grsr t'ne on the SPIKES ana "hiie some
art and tramp-7 % down, Sn1 uAnpie II
hard 90, plant that tree vel aud ta7r-
oughly. for d Is 20 bear iTut such
a. no other tree ever pore way u'a
Christ endure iti lie could have taken
those rOcks, and vita theln crushed ms
cruc.aers lie could have reached up and
graspoi the sword cf the omnipotent God
and WIKI one clean cut have tuGbied them
into perditioa But no, he was - dle' he
must die. His life for my life. liis life for
your lito In one ot the European ciliSs
young man died or the scahoid Tor tne crime
of murder. Some time after, tne mother of
this young man was dying, ana tue priest
camo in, and she made confession - the
priest that she was the murderer and not her
son; in a moment of anger she had struck
her husband blow that slew him. The son
came suddenly into the room, and was WASH
ing away the wounds aud trying 10 reSuscl-
tate kis father, when some one looked
through the window and saw him. and sup
posed him 10 be the criminal That young
man died for his own mother You say: 1T
was wonderful that be never exposed her.
But | tell YOU Of a grander thing. Christ,
the Son OF God. died not for his mother, not
for his father, but FOR his sworn enemies o,
SucN q A0LlSt u dDr-Sp lDN A4l-s ~ sci
rificing-can you not trust himi
HOW TO TRUST HIN
think there are many under the spirit Of
God who are saying: Il will trust Him If
YOU will only tell me how;n and the great
question asked by thousands in this assem-
Llage is: "Howi howP And while / an
swer your question look up and utter the
PRAYER which Rowland Hin 50 often uttered
l. 1T
How are you 10 trust in Christi Just ns you
trust anv one. You trust your partner in
business with important things II com
lnercial house gives YOU note payable three
months hence. vou expect the pavrneut OF
that note at the end Of three months. You
have perfect confidence in their word and in
their ability. You 90 home today. You ex-
poct there will be food on the table. Yon
have confidence in that. Now, I ask you
70 have the same confidence in the Lord
Jesus Christ. He SAYS: you believe:
take away vour sins and they arc
all taken away. What YOU say. before
I prav any r1orel Before I read my Bible
any norel Before cry over my sins any
morer Yes. this moment. Believe with all
your heart. and you arc saved Why, Christ
is only waiting TO get from you what you
y
that3 Confidence. If these people whom
YOU trust dav by day nre more worthy than
Chris. il 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. "Oh, -
saws some one. in light wov, Il believe that
Christ was born in Bethlehem. and believe
that ne died Oh the cross" Do you believe it
with vour head. or your heart.
Az ILLUSTRATION.
7 viii illustrate the difference You arc in
your house. In tho morning you open a
newspaper. and YOU read how Capt Brave
heart on the sea riskcd his life for the saliva
ton Of his passengers. You say: What a
grand fellow no must have been His family
deserves very well OF the country You
fold the rev-spaper and sit down at tbe
table. and perhaps do not think of that in
ci4ert ncsin. That is historical faith
Pvt now Won arc on the sea. and il is
night. md vou ere asIeop and are awaken
ed bv the shriek Of "Firer' You rush out on
the Grck You hear. amid tho wriuging Of
tbe hands and tho faiuting. the cries: NO
hopol We are lost We are lost" The soil
puts ont its wing Of are. the ropes make a
burning ladder in tho night heavens, the
spirit ~ wreck hisees in tho waves, and
on the hurricane deck shakes ont its
banner Of smoke and darkness Down
with tho hieboatsi" cries the captain
Down With The lifeboatslr People rush
into than The boats are full Room only
for one more man. You are standing on the
deck beside tue captain Who shall It be'
Y0u or the caotainl The captain says
YOU Ton Jump and are saved HI