The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1891-09-11

star swings across the sky, and see
the King OF Heaven rising up, and He
| descends and steps down from star 20
star. and from cloud TO cloud lower
and lower, until lie touches the sheep
covered hills, and then onto another
! hill, this last one skull-shapcd, and
there. nt the sharp stroke Of pcrsecu.
ton a rill incaruine tricltles down, and
we who could not he redeemed 10y
money are redeemed by precious and
imperial blood
We have in this day profcsscd Chris.
| tlans who are 40 rarctled and cthcrcaliz-
ed that they do not want religion OF
blood. What do you want2 You seem
! to want IA religion Of brains. The Bible
says: "In the blood Is the life" No
atonement without blood. Ought not
the apostle 20 know? What did he sny2
aye are redeemed not with corruptablc
things, such as silver and gold, but by
the precious blood of Christ" You put
your lancet into the arm Of our holy
religion and withdraw the blood and
| you leave IL n mere corpse, iit only for
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 bullocls, and the lamb? IL was
so that when the blood rushed out from
these animals on the floor Of the nm.
Client tabernacle the people should bc
compelled To think of the coming ear
mage Of the SON OF God. M blood, no
ntoncmcnt
think that God intended 20 impress
| .ta Npit "a yi NiI nf "a a.
green of the grass, the blue of the Sky,
would not have startled and aroused
MS like this deep crimson. 1t Is as II
God had said; "Now. sinner wake up
and see what the Saviour endured for
you. This Is not water. This Is not
wine. II in blood. IL il the blood Of
my own Son 1t is the blood of the Inn
maculatc. II is the blood Of God"
without the shedding Of blood is no re-
mission. There has been many man
who In courts Of law has pleaded mot
guilty" who nevertheless has been con
dcmncd because there was blood found
on his hands, or blood found In his
room; and what shall we do In the last
day II IL Ice found that we have recruci.
fled the Lord Of Glory and have never
the blood or die. No escape Unless
you let the sacrifice of Jesus go in your
stead you yourself must suffer 1t Is
either Christs blood or your blood
oh" says some one, the thought |
Of blood siclScns me. Good. God In.
tended IL To siclScn you with your sin.
DO not act as though you had nothing |
to do with that Calvarian massacre. |
You had. Your sins were the implc- |
ments OF torture. Those implements |
were not made Of steel, and iron, and |
wood, 50 much as out Of your sins. |
Guilty OF this homicide, and rcgicdc, |
and this decide, confess your guilt to-
day. Ten thousand voices of Heaven |
bring In the verdict against you of gull |
ty, guilty. Prepare To- die, or believe |
In that blood. Stretch yourself ont for |
the sacrifice, or accept the Saviour's |
sacrifice. DO not fling away your one
chance
II seems 10 me ms II all Heaven were
trying to bid in your soul The first |
bid IL makes Is the tears OF Christ at the
tomb OF Lazarus; but that is not II high |
enough price The next bid Heaven
makes is the sweat of Gcthscmanc; but |
H. Is too cheap n price. The next bid |
Heaven makes seems % he the whipped |
back OF Pilates Hall; but IL Is not a
high enough price. Can IL bc possible
that Heaven can not buy you in? |
Heaven tries once more. II says;
Il bid this time for that mans soul |
the torturcs OF Christs martyrdom the
blood ON His temple, the blood ON Ills
cheek, the blood on His chin, the blood
on His hand, the blood ON Ills side, the
blood on Ills knee, the blood on Ills foot
the blood in drops, the blood in rills
the blood in pools coagulatcd beneath
the cross; the blood that wet the
tips of the soldiers spears, the
blood that FLASHED warm in the
faces OF Ills enemies Glory To
God, that bid wins II! The highest price
that was ever paid for anything was
paid for your soul Nothing could buy
IL but blood, The cStrnngcd property
Is bought hack. Take H. "Nou have
sold yourselves for noughti and We shall
be redeemed without money" q atom.
ing blood, cleansing blood lifc.giving
blood, sanctifying blood, clarifying
blood Of Jesus! Why not burst into
tears AT the thought that for thee lie
shed for thee the hard-hcartcd, for
thee the lost?
mo" says some one, ~ will have
nothing 10 do with IL, except that, like
the enemies Of Christ put both my
hands into that carnage aud scoop M
both palms full and throw IL ON my
head and cry; His blood bc ON us and
on our children" Can you do such a
thing rs that? just rub your
nCross ynur hrn,v nnJ lo,i, |