The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-08-27

deyoured OF the hungry VlctOrs; ana Dredu
was prepared, and many things that can oe
had been sharpened by the long march.
"And tho mamma ceased on the morrow
after they had eaten OF the old corn of the
land"
Blessed be God, we stand in just such
field to-day, the lu 1uriaat grain coming
above the girdle, the air full Of the odors OF
the ripe old corn of ths gospel Canaan.
'Ohpyo say, "she fare is too plain" Then
remember you will soon get tired Of fam
ciful diet. While was in Paris liked for
while the rare and exquisite cookery, but
soon wished was homs again, and had tho
plain food Of my native lanl. So it Is fact
that we soon weary Of tho sirups and the
custards and the whipped foam Of the fanci-
full religionists, and we cry: Give us plain
bread made out Of the old corn of the gospel
Canaan" This is the only food that can
quell the souls hunger.
is the matter with them They have tried
to get together fortune and larger account
Mt the bank and to get investments yielding
larger percentages. They are trying to sat.
isfy their soul with diet Of mortgages and
stocks. Therears others here who have been
trying to get famous, and have succeeded to
O greater or less extent; and they have been
irving to satisfy their soul with the chopped
feed Of magazines and newspapers. All these
men are no more happy now than before they
made the first thousand dollars; no more
happy now than when for the first time they
saw their nsm,s iavoraIJ mentioned Thsy
cannot aualyz, or define th cir feelings; but
will tell them what is the matter-they ara
hungry for the old corn Of the Gospel That
you must have, or be pinche1 an wan AMI
wastel an1 hollow-ayel aa1 shriyele1 up
with an eternity Of famine.
The inadsl scientists Of this day are ofer.
ing US differ ant kind Of soul fool; but thsy
are Of all man, the most miserable. have
known many Of them; but never knew ona
Of them who came within q thouslnl mile;
Of being happy. The great John Stewart
| Mill provided for himsslf nav kind Of por
ridge; but yet, when he cones to die, he &C.
| knowledges that his philosophy never gave
in roundabout way he admits that his life
was q failure. So it is with all inf lei scien-
| tist5 They are trying to live on telescopes
| and crucible5 and protoplas MS, AMI they
| charge us with cant, not realizing that there
is no such intolerable can't in all tho worl1 a.
this psrpetull talk we are hearinz about
'.posfttye philosophy" and "the absolute"
and 1.-THE great to be-" and "the everlasting
no." and "the higher unity" and ''the
latent potentialities," AMI ''the cathedral of
the immensities" I have been tyanslating
have been translating what they have been
ioing, and will tell you what it all means
it means that they want to kill God And
my only wonder IS that God has not killed
them. fhave in other days tasted OF their con-
fections, and I come back and tell you to-day
that there is no nutriment or life or health in
anything but the bread made out OF the old
corn Of tho Gospel. What do I mean by
that? I mean that Christ is the bread OF
life, and taking Him, you live and live for
ever.
But, you say, corn is Of but little practical
use unless it is threshed and ground and
baked. answer. This Gospel corn has gone
through that process. When on Calvary all
| the hoofs of human scorn came down on the
heart of Christ, and all the fails Of satanic
| fury beat Him long and fast, was not the
corn threshed? When the mills Of Gods in
dignation against sin caught Christ between
the upper and neither rollers was not the
corn ground9 When Jesus descended into
hell and tho flames Of the lost world wrapped
Him all about, was not the corn baked2 Oa,
yesl GnrlsJ IS ready; Ills pardon all ready;
His peace, oil really; everything ready in
Christ. Are you ready for HiuP
You say: THAT Is such simple Gospel"
know it Is. You soy you thought religion
was strange mixture Of elaborate COM
pounds No; it Is so plain that any apecn
darian may understand it. In its simplicity
is its power. II you could this morning re-
alize that Christ died to save from sin and
death and hell not only your minister, and
your neighbor, and your father, and your
child, but you, it would make this hour like
tho Judgment day for agitations and, no
Ieap up crying: 'tFor me! for meP' God
grant that you, my brother, may see this
Gospel with your own eyes, and hear it with
-FOUR own ears, and feel with your own heart
that you are lost SOUL but that Christ
comes for your extrication. Can You not
take that truth and digest it, and make it q
part of your immortal life? 1t Is only bread.
You have noticed that invalids cannot
take all kinds Of food, Tho. food that will
40 for one will not do for another. There
are kinds OF food which will produce. in
cases Of invalidism, very speedy death.
But you have noticed that all persons, how
ever weak they may be. can take bread.
| Oh. soul sick with sin, invalid in your
transgressions, I think this Gospel will
agree with you! I think il you cannot take
ANYTHING else you can take this. Lost
fonndl Sunken - raisedi Condemned -
pardoned! Cast out-invited in! That L
the old corn Of the Gospel.
| You have often seen wheel with spoke:
Of different colors and when the wheel wa:
ranidly turned ali the colors blended into 6
rainbow of exquisite beauty. wish
could to-day, take the peace, and the life
and the joy and glory Of Christ, and turn
them before your soul with such speed ant
such strength that you would be enchantet
with the revolving splendors Of that nam
which is above every name-the name writ
ten once with tears Of exile and In blood
martyrdom, but written now In burnishet
crown, ana nrJed sceptre, and transangelic
throne.
There IS another characteristic about
bread, and that is you never get tired Of it.
There are p.ople hero seventy years Of age
petite as they did when, in boyhood, their
mother cut slice Of it clear around the loaf.
You have not got tired OF bread, and that Is
characteristic Of the Gospel. Old Christian
man, are you tirei OF Jesuss If so, let u
take His nam, out Of our Bible, and let u
with pen and ink erase that name whereve,
we seq it. Let US cast it out Of our hymno
logy, and let "There is Fountain" ant
''Rock OF Ages" go into forgetfulness. LIE
us tear down the communion table where ",
celebrate His love. Let US dash down tn
bapismal bowl where we were consecrated *
Him. Let us hurl Jesus from our heart, ant
| ask some other hero to come in. Let US say
''Go away, Jesus want another companion
another friend, than Thou art" Could yol
10 it? The years of your past life, aged man
woull utter a protest against it, and tht
graves Of your Christian dead would charge
! you with being an migrate, and your little
| grandchildren would say: "Grandfather,
don't do that. Jesus is the one to whom We
say our prayers at night, and who is to oper
heaven when we die. Grandfather, don't d.
that" Tiral Of Jesus! The Burgundy ros
fair ami beautiful. Tired Of Jesus? Aswel
get weary of the spring morning and tn
voices Of the mountain runnel, and the quie
Of your own home, AMI the gladness Of youl
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