Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-10

blood. What do you want? You seem
to want q religion Of brains The Biole
says: SIN the blood Is the life." NO
atonement without blood. Ought not
the apostle to know? What did he say!
eye are redeemed not with corruptiole
things, such as silver and gold, but oy
the precious blood of Christ" You put
your lancet into the arm OF our holy re-
ligion and withdraw the blood, and you
leave it a mere corpse, fit only Tor the
grave. Why did God command the
priests of old to strike the knife into
the kid, and the goat, and the pigeon,
and the bullock, and the lamb? 1t was
so that when the blood rushed out from
these animals on the floor Of the ancient
tabernacle the people should be COM
PEELED to think Of the coming carnage
Of the Son of God. No blood, no atone
ment.
think that God intended to impress
US with vividness Of that color. The
green Of the grass, the blue OF the sky,
would not have startled and aroused US
like the deep crimson. 1t is as II 600
had said: snow, sinner, wake up and
see what the Saviour endured for you.
This is not water. This Is not wine.
1t is blood. 1t is the blood of my own
Son. 1t is the blood of the Immaculate.
1t is the blood of God" Without the
shedding of blood Is noremission. There
has been many a man who in courts OF
law has pleaded mot guilty, who never
theless has been condemned because
there was blood found on his hands, or
blood found in his room; and what shall
we do on the last day If it be found that
we have recrucified the Lord OF Glory
and have never repented Of 1t? You
must believe in the blood or die. No
escape. Unless you let the sacrifice OF
Jesus go In your stead you yourself
must suffer. 1t is either Christ's blood
or your blood.
"Oh," says some one, "the thought Of
blood sickens me-" Good. God intend
ed it to sicken you with your sin. Do
not act as though you had nothing to
do with that Calvarian massacre. You
had. Your sins were the implements
Of torture. Those implements were not
made of steel, and iron, and wood, 80
much as out of your sins. Guilty OF
this homicide, and this regicide, and
this decide, confess your guilt to-day.
Ten thousand voices Of heaven bring
in the verdict againsts you OF guilty,
guilty. Prepare to die, or believe In
that blood. Stretch yourself out for
tn Q. sacrifice, or accept the Saviour's
sacrifice. Do not fling away your one
chance.
1t seems to me as II all heaven were
trying to bid in your soul. The first
bid it makes is the tears OF Christ at
the tomb of Lazarus; but that is not a
high enough price. The next bid
heaven makes is the sweat of Gethse-
name; but it is also too cheap price.
The next bid heaven makes seems to be
the whipped back of Pilates Hall; but
it is not high enough price. Can 1t
be possible that heaven cannot buy you
in? Heaven tries once more. 1t says:
fortunes of Christ's martyrdom, 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 |
ioot-the blood in drops, the blood in |
pools coagulated beneath the cross; the |
blood that wet the tips of the soldiers |
spears, the blood that splashed |
warm in the faces of his enemies. |
Glory to God, that bid wins it! The |
highest price that was ever paid for
was paid for your soul. Moth
ira i'I property hH blood! The .. as-
Take it. ''You have sold yourself for
nought, and ye shall be redeemed with
out money" o, atoning blood. cleans |
Ing 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?"
"No," says some one; 81 will have
nothing to do with it except that, like
the enemies Of Christ, put both my |
hands into that carnage and scoop up
palms full, and throw it on my head
and cry: His blood be on US and on our
Can you do such a shock
ing thing as that? Just rub your hand |
kerchief across your brow and look at |
it. 1t is the blood Of the Son OF God |
whom you have despised and driven J
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 every
thing depends.
CHRIST WILL BUY YOU BACK.
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 persons |
who come after you to-day: God the |
Father, God the Son, and God the Holy |
Ghost. They unite thier three omnipo-
fences In one movement for your saliva
ton. You will not take up arms against
the Triune God, will you? Is there
enough muscle in your arm for such a
combat? BY, the highest throne in
heaven, and by the deepest chasm 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
transgressions. Christ, the surety, pay
ing your debts. Christ, the divine
Cyrus, loosening your Babylonish cap
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