The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-08-18

vi NY DralH 50 nung, Drawn. ana quar-
tered, tortures me Ike condemned
spirit"
went to see a wording die. AS |
went into the hall | saw its floor was
les sscllatcd, AMI It's wall was picture
gallery. L found his death-chamber
adorned with tapestry unail it seemed as
it the clouds Of the setting sun had set
tied in the room. The man had given
forty years To the world--his wit, his
time, his genius. his talent. his soul.
Did the world come IN to stand BY his
death-bed, and clearing of the vials OF
bitter medicine, put down any compcn-
sation? Oh, no! The world does not
like sick aud dying people, and leaves
them in the lrch. IL ruined this man,
and then left him. lie had a magnlf-
cent funeral. All the ministers wore
scarfs, and there we're fortv-three car
riages in row; but the departed man
appreciated not the obseGuies.
L want to persuade my audience that
this world Is Il poor Investment; that it
does not pay ninety per cent OF satis-
lactlon. nor eighty per cent nor twenty
per cent nor two per cent, nor one; that
IL gives no solace when a dead babe lies
on your lap: that IL gives no peace when
conscience rings its alarm; that 1T Lives
no explanation in the day o! dire trou-
be; and at the time of your decease 1t
takes hold of the pillow case, and shakes
out the feathers, and then jolts down in
the place thereof sighs, and groans, and
eXecrations, and then makes YOU put
your head on it. Oh, ye who have tried
this world, is 1t a satisfactory portion?
oil l,,tc I.,o l.. l.
the investment? No; "Yc have sold
yourselves for nought." Your con-
science went. Your hope went. Your
Bible went. Your heaven went. Your
God went. When sheriff under writ
from the courts sells man out. the ofli-
Ger generally leaves few chairs and a
bed, and few cups and knives; but IN
this awful vendue in which you have
been engaged the auctioneers mallet
has come down upon body, mind and
soul: Going! Gone! "Ye have sold
yourselves for nought."
How could you do so? Did YOU think
that your soul was amerc triuklet which
Tor few pennies you could buy in toy
shop? Did you thuk that your soul. if
once lost, might be found again if you
went out with torches and lanterns?
Did you think that your soul was short
lived, and that, painting, it would soon
lie down for extinction! Or had YOU no
idea what your soul was worth? Did
you ever put your forefngers on its eter-
nal pulses? Have you not felt the
culver of Its peerless wing? Have YOU
not known that after leaving the body,
the first step of your soul reaches to the
stars, and the next step to the iarLherest
outposts OF Gods universe, and that it
will not die until the day when the ever
lasting Jehovah expires? Oh, nv BROTH
er, what possessed you that you should
part with your soul 50 cheap? You
have sold yOurselffor nought."
but L have some good news TO tell
YOU. L want to- engage III a litigation
tor the recovery of that soul of yours. |
want to show that you have been cheat
ed out OF 1t. want to prove, as L will,
that you were crazy on that subject,
and that the world, under such clrcum-
stances, had no right to take the title
deed from you; and if you will Join me
shall get decree IRON the high ;hancery
court CT Heaven reinstatlng you into
the possession of your soul. Oh, YOU
say, 81 am afraid Of lawsuits, they are
so expensive, and cannot pay the
cost" Then have you forgotten the
last half ol my text? "Ye have aold
yourself for noughl; and ye shall be re.
deemed without money!
Money is good for a great many
things, but it cannot do anything in this
of the soul. You can not buy
your way through. Dollars and upds
sterling mean nothing at the gate of
mercy. If you could buy your saliva
tioh, heaven would be great sDecula-
tion, an extension OF Wall street. Bad
me! would go up and buy out The l.lace
and cave us to shift for ourselves. But
as money is not lawful tender, what
is? l will answer: Blood! Whose?
Are we TO go through The slaughter?
Oh, no; L wants richer blood than ours.
1t wants II kings blood. 1t must be
poured from royal arteries. 1t must be
Il sinless torrent. BnJ where Is the
king? l see great many thrones and
Il great many occupants, yet none seem
TO be comm down 10 the rescue. But
after While the clock OF night in Beth
ichem strikes twelve, ana the silver
pendulum tf Il star swings across the
sky, and | see the King OF Heaven ris-
my ~, and he desccnds, and steps down
from star to Star, and from cloud to
cloud, luNtr and lower, until he touches
the empowered hills, and then on to
another hill. this last skull-snnped, and
there, AT C sharp stroke Of persecu-
non. Il rill iucaruudine triukles down,
aud we WHO could not be redeemed by
money aIe redeemed b, precious and inn
perlal blood.
We have iii this day protessed Chris
tians who are so raieliei and ethereal
lied that they do not want religion of
blood What do You want? You seem
to want Il religion OF bralrs. The Bible
says: "In tho blood is the llfe." No
atOncment without blood. Ought not
The apostle - know? What did he say?
"Se are r,Grcmed not with cOrruptible
things. such as silver and gold, but by
The precious blood OF Christ" You put
your lancet into the arm of our holy re-.
ligion and withdraw the blood, and you
leave 1T mere corpse, tit only far the
grave. Why did God command the
priests OF old to strike The knife into the
kid, and the goat, and the pigeon, aud
the bullock, and the lamb? 1t was so
that when tllu blo)d 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.
L think that God Intended to impress us