The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-10
You cannot afford TO 50 roughly treat Him
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You cannot afford TO 50 roughly treat MIN
upon whom everything depends
/ do not know how you VIII get away
from this subject. You see that you are
sold out, and that Christ wants % ouy you
back There are three persons VINO c1 Ii
| after you to-day: God the Fatber, Uou tle
/ Son. and God the Holy Ghost. Ihey unite
/ their three omninotences in one movement
! for vour salvation. You will not take up
| arms against the Triuue God VIII youf Is
| tbars enough muscle in your arm Tor such
| combat BY the highest throne ia ueaVen'
| and nv the deepest chasn IN nell, Deg you
! look ont Unless you allow Chtlsb 10 carry
away your sins they will carry you away.
! TTrIess Won allow Christ to lift you up, they
will drag you down. mere go ls o" Gh- Gue
| home for YOU. and that IS the blood. Chrlst,
| the sin.oFering, bearing your transgres-
! sions Christ, the surety, paying your
| Johts Christ the divine Cyrus, loosenlng
YOUR Babylonish captivity.
WouId YOU not like to be frees Here is
the Drice Of your liberAtion-not money,
INIT blood. ! tremble from head to foot, not
because fear your presence, but because
fear that you will miss your chance for i'm
mortal rescue This is the alternative di-
vineIv put: He that belieyeth on the Son
shall have everlasting life; and he that be-
Eeveth 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, 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 day. avert
that calamity Let US see the quick flash
Of the cimeter that Stays the sin but saves
the sinner Strike, omnipotent God, for
the souls deliverance! Beat, o eternal sea,
with all thy waves again the barren beach
OF that rocky soul and make it tremble.
Oil the oppressivsness of the hour, the
minute, the second, on which the SOULS
destiny quivers, and this Is that hour, that
minute, that second!
Some years ago there came down fierce
storm on the seacoast, and u 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 a lfeboat. They came on end they saw
the poor sailors, almost exhausted. clinging
to a raft, and 80 afraid were the boatmen
that the men would give up before they got
to them, they gave them three rounds of
cheers and Dried: Hold on, there hold on!
Well save you" After awhile the boat
came up. 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"
soJo WIG NoPSoAN' ASA 80 SN'S'~'
away. now. pullw The people on
the land were afraid the life-boat had gone
down. They said How long the boat
staysl Why, it must have been swamped
aud they have all persisted together" And
there were men and women on the pier
heads and on the beach wringinR their
hands, and while they waited and watched
they saw something looming up through
the mist, and il turned out to be the life
boat. AS soon as it came within speaking
distance the people on the shore cried out:
ibid you save any of tbeml Did you save
any of themf 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 IAN
saved Thank God! All saved" So may
Il be to-day. 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
Nth you intoithe.harbor OF Gods mercy. And
when these Christian men gather around to
ee the result of this service. and the glo-
flied gathering on the pier-heads of heaven
o watch and to listen. may be able to report
II savedi Young and old, good and badi
III saved Saved for time and saved for
ternfty. And so il came to pass that they
II escaped safe to land