Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-08-10
he whipped back of Pilates hall; but

the whipped back of Pilates hall; but
it is not a high enough price. Can it
be possible that heaven cannot buy you
in? Heaven tries once more 1t says:
81 bid this time for that mans soul the
fortunes of Christ's martyrdon, the
blood on his temple, the blood on his
cheek, the blood on his chin, the blood
on his hand, the blood on his side, the
blood on his knee, the blood on his
foot-the blood in drops, the blood in
rills the blood in pools coagulated be
meath the cross; the blood that wet the
tips of the soldiers spears, the blood
that FLASHED warm in the faces of his
enemies"
Glory to God, that bid wins it The
highest price that was ever paid for
anything was paid for your soul. Moth
ing could buy it but blood. The es-
tranged property is bought back. Take
it. eye have sold yourselves for naught;
and We shall be redeemed without
money" o atoning blood, cleansing
blood, life giving blood, sanctifying
blood, clarifying blood of jesus Why
not burst into tears at the thought that
for thee he shed it--for thee the hard
hearted, for thee the lost?
HIS BLOOD BE ON US.
NO" says some one; Il will have
nothing to do with it except that, like
the enemies of Christ, | put both my
hands into that carnage and scoop up
both palms full, and throw it on my
head and cry, His blood be on us and
L i L.
a shocking thing as that? Just rub
your handkerchief across your brow
and look at it. 1t is the blood of the
Son of God whom you have despised
and driven back all these years. Oh,
do not do that any longer! Come out
boldly and frankly and honestly, and
tell Christ you are sorry. You cannot
afford to SO roughly treat him upon
whom everything depends.
I do not know how you will get away
from this subject. You see that you
are sold out, and that Christ wants to
buy you back. There are three per
sons who come after you today-God
the Father, God the Son, and God the
Holy Ghost. They unite their three
Omnipotences in one movement for
your salvation. You will not take up
arms against the triune God, will you?
Is there enoNgh muscle in your arm for
such a combat? By the highest throne
in heaven, and by the deepest chasn in
hell, beg you look out. Unless you
allow Christ to carry away your sins,
they will carry you away. Unless you
allow Christ to lift you up, they will
drag you down. There is only one
hope for you, and that is the blood
Christ, the sin Offering, bearing your
Christ, the surety, pay
ing your debts Christ the divine Cy-
rus, Ioosening your Babylonish captiv-
ity.
DO YOU WANT TO BE FREE!
Would you not like to be free? Here
is the price of your iberation-not
but blood | tremble from
head to foot, not because | fear your
presence, but because | fear that you
will miss your chance for immortal res
cue This is the alternative divinely
put. He that believeth on the Son
shall have everlasting life; and he that
believeth not on the Son shall not see
life, but the wrath of God abideth on
him" In the last day, if you now reject
Christ, every drop of that sacrificial
blood, instead of pleading for your re
lease as it would have pleaded if you
had repented, will plead against you.
o Lord God of the judgment day.
avert that calamity! Let us see the
quick flash of the scimeter that Stays the
sin but saves the sinner Strike, ON
nipotent God, for the souls deliver
ance! Beat, o eternal sea, with all thy
waves against the barren beach of that
rocky soul and make it tremble. Oh,
the oppressiveness of the hour, the
minute, the second, on which the souls
destiny quivers; and this is that hour,
that minute, that second!
Some years ago there came down a
fierce storm on the seacoast. and a YES
sci got in the breakers and was going to
pieces. They threw up some signal of
and the people on shore saw
them. They put out in q lifebOat.
They came on, and they saw the poor
sailors, almost exhausted, clinging to a
raft; and so afraid were the boatmen
that the men would give up before they
got to them they gave them three
rounds of cheers, and cried: Hold on,
there! hold on! Wen save you"
After awhile the boat came up. One
man was saved by having the boathook
put in the collar of his coat, and some
IN one way and some in another, but
they all got into the boat Now"
says the captain, for the shore. Pull
away now, pull" The people on the
land were afraid the lifeboat had gone
down. They said: How long the
boat stays. Why, it must have been
swamped, and they have all persisted
together" And there were men and
women on the pier heads and on the
beach wringing their hands, and while
they waited and watched they saw
looming up through the
mist, and it turned out to be the life
boat.
As soon as it came within speaking
distance the people on the shore cried |
out: did you save any of them? Did |
you save any of themG' And as the |
boat swept through the boiling surf |
md came to the pier head the captain
waved his hand over the exhausted |
sailors that lay fiat on the bottom of
5he boat and cried: ''All saved Thank |
Sod! All saved." So may it be to-
lay. The waves of your sin run high,
5he storm is on you, but | cheer you
with this Gospel hope.
God grant that within the next ten
minutes we may row with you into the
larbor Of Gods mercy. And when
5hese Christian men gather around to
zee the result of this service, and the |
ylorified gathering on the pier heads
If heaven to watch and to listen, may |
We be able to report all saved! Young
md old, good and badl All savedl |
Saved for time. Saved for eternity. |
And so it came to pass that they all
escaped safe to land"
Personal Safety in Thunderstorm.
Permit me-" said a man in the
rade, ito give you the real motive that
he woman had when she asked for