The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1891-08-13

ont for the sacrifice or accept the Ea.
viour's sacrifice. Do not fling away
your one chance.
1t seems to me as if all Heaven were
trying to bid in your soul The first
bid it makes is the tears of Christ and
the tomb of Lazarus, but that is not a
high enough price. The next bid
Heaven makes is the sweat of Geth-
semane, but it is 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
it be possible that Heaven cannot buy
you in? Heaven tries once more.
1t says: II bid this time for that
mans soul the 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 foot-the blood
in drops, the blood in rills, 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 anything
was paid for your soul Nothing could
buy it but blood! The estranged prop
exty is bought back. Take it. You
have sold yourselves for nought; and
We shall be redeemed without money"
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 to-day: God
the Father, God the Son, and God the
Holy Ghost. They unite their three
completeness in one movement for your
salvation. You will not take up arms
against the Triune God, will YOU? 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
Tor you, and that is the blood Christ,
the sin offering, bearing your trans
gresslons Christ the surety, paying
your debts. Christ, the divine CYRUS,
loosenlng your Babylonish captivity.
Would you not like to be free? Here
IS the price of your liberation-not
money, but blood. tremble from head
to foot, not because fear your presence,
but because fear that you will miss
your chance for immortal rescue. 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 sacrifcial blood. in
stead of pleading for your release as it |
would have pleaded if you had repented,
will plead against you.
Some years ago there came down a |
fierce storm on the sea coast, and YES |
sci 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 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 I'D.
One man was saved by having the boat
hook 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, pullr' The
people on the land were afraid the life
boat had gone down. They said: How
long the boat stays. Why, it must have
been swamped and they have all per-
ished 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 something looming up through the
mist and it turned out to be the life
boat. AS soon as it came withinSpeak-
ing distance the people on the shore
cried ont: 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 fiat on
the bottom of the boat and cried: "All
saved! Thank God All saved!' SO
may it be to-day. The waves of your
sin run high, the storm is on YOU but l
cheer you with this gospel hope. God
grant that within the next ten minutes
we may row with you into the harbor
IF Gods mercy And when these Chris
ian men gather around to see the re-
suit of this service, and the glorified
gathering on the pier heads of Heaven
20 watch and to listen, may we be able
20 report all saved! Young and old,
rood and bad All saved Saved for
lime. Saved for eternity. And so it
,ame to pass that they all escaped safe
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