The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-09-08

lN; the Egyptian lord did not mean muir.
der and death; but he meant delivrapce
and life when ne announced to us on
that day, "Ye shall not see my face un-
less your brother be with vou.'"
Well, my friends, this world is famine
struck of sin. II does not yield sim
gle crop of solid satisfaction. 1t is dy-
ire. tits hunger bitten. The fact that
it does not, can not, feed mans heart
was we'll illustrated IN the life of the
English comedian. All the world hon.
ored him-did every thing for him that
the world could do. He was applauded
in England and applauded in the United
States. He reused up nations into
laughter. lie had no equal. And yet,
although many people supposed him en-
tirely happy, and that this world was
completely satiatiny his soul, he sits
down and writes: 81 never in my lie
put OH new hat that it did not rain and
ruin IL. l never went out III shabby
coat because it was raining and thought
all who had the choice would keep in.
doors that the sun did not burst forth in
It's strength and bring out with it all the
butterflies of fashion whom l knew and
who knew me. l never consented to
accept part hated, out of kindness to
another, that did not get Kissed by the
public and cut by the writer. | could
II II take drive tor a few minutes with
Terry without being overturned and
having my elbow bone broken, though
my friend got off unharmed. 1 could
not make covenant with Arnold, which
| thought was to make my fortune with
out making his instead, than in an in-
credible space OF time-I think thirteen
months-I earned for him twenty thous-
and pounds and for myself one. am
persuaded that if were to set up as a
beggar, every one IN my neighborhood
would leave Off eating bread" That
was the lament of the worlds comedian
and joker. All unhappy. The world
did everything for Lord Byron that 1t
could do, and Yet in his last moment he
asks friend TO come and sit down by
him and read, as most appropriate to
his case, tho story of "rhe Bleeding
Heart" Torrigiano, the sculptor, exc
cuted, after months of care and carving,
madonna and the Child" The royal
family came in and admired it. Every
body that looked at it was in ecstacy.
But one day, after all that toll and all
that admiration, because he did not get
as much compensation for his work as
he had expected, he took Il mallet and
dashed the exquisite sculpture into
atoms. The world is poor compensa-
tlon, poor satisfaction, poor solace.
Famine, famine in all the earth; not for
seven Years, but for six thousand. But,
blessed be God, there is a great corn
crib. The Lord built il. 1t is in anoth-
Ell land. 1t is large place. An angel
once measured it, and as far as l can
calculate it in our phrase that corncrib
is fifteen hundred miles long and fifteen
hundred broad aud fifteen hundred high,
aud it is full. Food for all nations.
"Oh!' say the people, I'VE will start
right away and get this supply Tor our
SOUL" But stop a moment. tor from
the keeper of that corncrib there comes
this word, saying. "You shall not sec
my face except your brother be with
you." In other words, there ls no such
thing as getting nfNeaven pardon and
comfort and eternal life unless we bring
with us our Divine Brother, the Lord
Jesus Christ. Coming without him we
shall fall before we reach the corncrib,
and our boGies shall be portion for the
jackals Of the Wilderness; but coming
with the Divine Jesus, all the granaries
OF heaven will swing open before our
soul and abundance shall be given us.
We shall be invited to sit in the palace
OF the king and at the table; and while
the Lord OF heaven is opportioning from
his own table TO other tables, lie will
not forget us; and then aDd there it will
be found that our Benjamin's mess ls
larger than all the others, for so it ought
to be. Worthy is The Lamb that was
slain to receive blessing and riches and
honor aud glory aud power"
NO ADMISSION WITHOUT CHRIST.
want to make three points. Every
frank and common sense man will &C.
knowledge himself to be sinner.
What arc you going to do with your
sins? Have them pardoned, you say.
How? Through the mercy of God. What
DO you meau by the mercy Of God? Is
1T the letting down Of bar for the adj
mission OF all, without respect to char
acter? BE not deceived. l see soul
coming up to the gate of mercy and
knocking at the corncrib Of heavenly
supply, and voice from within says,
"Are you alone?'~ The sinner replies,
"All alone" The voice from within
says, "You shall not see my pardonlng
face unless your Divine Brother, the
Lord Jesus, be with YOU" Oh, that is
the point at which so many are discom-
forted. There is no mercy from God
except through Jesus Christ. Coming
with him we are accepted. Coming
without him, we are rejected.
Peter put it right in his great sermon
before The high priests when he thun-
dered forth: "NciLher is there saliva
tion in any other. There is no other
name given under heaven among men
whereby we may be saved" o anx.
ious sinner! o dying sinner! . lost
sinner! all you have got TO DO Is to Lave
this divine Benjamin along with you.
Side by side, coming to the gate, all the
storehouses of heaven will swing open
before your anxious soul. Am | right
in calling Jesus Benjamin? Oh, yes!
Rachel lived only long enough TO give
name tfabhat child, and with dying
kiss she called HIM Benoni. Afterward
Jacob changed his name, and he called
him Benjamin. The meaning of the
name she gave was ''Son of my Pain"
The meaning OF the name the father
gave was "Son of My Right Hand"
And was not Christ the Son of Pain?
All the sorrows of Hachel in that hour,
when she gave her child over into the
hands OF strangers was nothing COM
pared with the struggle of God when he
gave up his only Son. The omnipotent
God in birth throe! And was not
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