Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-10

thought that for thee he shed it--for thee
the hard hearted, for thee the lost2
mo" says some one; II will have moth
ing to do with it except that, like the enc
mics of Christ, put both my hands into
that carnage and scoop up both palms full,
and throw 1t on my head and cry, His
blood be on us and on our childrenpp Can
you do such shocking thing as thatP Just
rub your handkerchief across your brow
and look at it. II is the blood of the Son
Of God whom you have despised and driven
back all these years. Oh, do not do that
any longeri 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,
BEwAREl DEwAREl
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 today--God the Father, God the
Son and God the Holy Ghost. They unite
their three ON nipotences in one movement
for your salvation. You will not take up
arms against the trune God, will your Is
there enough muscle in your arm for such
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 trans
gressions. Christ, the surety, paying your
debts. Christ, the divine Cyrus, loosening
your Babylonish captivity
Would you not like TO be freeS Here is
the price of your lberation-not money
but blood. | tremble from head to foot,
not because | fear your presence but be-
cause fear that you will miss your chance
for immortal rescue This is the alterna
tive 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 release as it would
have pleaded If you had repented, will
plead against you.
o Lord God of the judgment dayi avert
that calamity Let us see the quick flash
of the scimeter that Stays the sin but saves
the sinner. Strike, omnipotent God, for
the souls deliverancel Beat, o eternal
seal 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 secondl
ALL MAY BE SAVED.
Some years ago there came down fierce
storm on the seacoast, and a vessel got in
the breakers and was going to pieces.
They threw up some signal of distress and
the people on shore saw them. They put
out In lifeboat, They came on, and they
saw the poor sailors, almost exhausted
clinging to raft; and so afraid were the
boatmen that the men would give up be.
fore they got to them they gave them three
rounds of cheers, and cried; "Hold on,
therel hold OnI Well save your 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, pulp
The people on the land were afraid the
lifeboat had gone down. They said: GLOW
long the boat stays. Why, it must have
been swamped and they have all persisted |
together" And there were men and WON
en- on the pier heads and on the beach |
wringing their hands; and while they |
waited and watched they saw something |
looming up through the mist, and it turned |
out to be the lfeboat. 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 them?" And as the |
boat swept through the boiling surf and |
came to the pier head the captain waved |
his hand over the exhausted sailors that |
lay fat on the bottom of the boat and cried;
"All savedl Thank God! All saved"
So may it be today The waves Of your
sin run high, the 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 harbor of Gods
mercy. And when these Christian men
gather around to see the result of this serv
ice, and the glorified gathering on the pier
heads of heaven to watch and to listen,
may we be able to report all savedi Young
and old, good and badl All saved Saved
for time. Saved for eternity. "And so it
came to pass that they all escaped safe to
land"