Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-08-15
NUMBER 7
no BLOOD. NO AroSEMESf.

of blood. What do you want7 You
seem to want religion Of brains. Tho
Bible. says, '"1n the blood is the llfe.v
No atoncment without blood. Ought
not the apostle to know7 What did h,
say2 "Ye;are redeemed not with coi-
ruptible things. .siich as silver. and gold.
but by the precious blood of Christ
You put your lancet. into the arm OF
our holy religion and withdraw. til (,
blood. and you leave it mere. corpse,
At only for the. grave. VIII. did Col
command the priests Of. old TO strik,
tile knife into. tile. kid. and the goat,
and the pigeon: and the bullock. anil
tile lainb1 1t was SO that when til /,
bloo;lrushed out FROM these animal.
on the floor: ot-tIle ancient tabernacl.,
the: people should be compelled to
think of the coming carnage of the Son
OF Cod. No blood, mo ntonelnont.
I,tlink that God, intended to impress
,us with aNividness OF. that color. Tie
green. of the grass, the: blue of. the sky.
would not have. startled and aFousedM,
like this deep crimson, 1t is as If Col
had said: Nov, sinner wake up ami
see what the. Saviour endured for you.
This is not water This is not wine. Is
'lsblood. It Is the Blood of my own Son.
IT is the blood of the immaculate. It's
the blood Of God" Without tile she'd
ding of'blood is no remission. There
has been many man who in courts of
law has pleaded mot guilty" who
nevertheless has been, condemned be-
cause there was blood found on his
hands, or blood found. in his room.
And what shall we do in the last day if
it be found TINT we. have recrucitie'l
the Lord OF Glory and have never re-
pointed of it? You must believe in the
blood or die. No escape. Unless yol,
let the sacrifice of Jesus go in your
stead you yourself must suffer. 1t is
either Christ's blood or your blood.
"otl," says some one, thought Of
blood siclens ne" Good. God in
tended it to- sicksn you with your sin.
Do not net as though you had nothing
to do with that Calvarian massacre.
You he'd Your sins were the iu,ple-
mepts of torture. Those implements
were not made of steel and iron anil
wood, so much. -as out of your sins.
Guilty OF this homicide. and this regs-
eide. and this decide. confess your
guilt today. Ten thousand voices Of
heaven bring in the verdict against yo,
Of guilty. guilty. Prepare to die, or
believe in. that blood: Stretch your
self out for the sacrifice, or accept the
Saviour's sacrifice; Do not fling away
your one chance. 'a1's - -
.lt.seems to NE rs IL all heaven were
trying to bid IL, your SOUL, The first
bid lit makes is. the tears of Christ at
the tomb of Lazarus; but. that is not II
high, enough price. The next bill
heaven makes is the sweat, of. Getl-
setnane; but it is 100 cheap Il price.
The next bid heaven makes seems to b.,
the whipped back Of Pilates hall; but
it is not high enough price: Can u
be possible that heaven cannot buy you
in? Heaven tries once moro. 1t says:
II bid this time for that mans soul the
tortures of Clrist's nartyrdom, tho
blood on his temple, the blood on his
cheek, the blood Drills chin, the blood
co his hand, the blood, on his side, tho
blood OH his knee, the blood on his
foot-the blood in drops. tho blood in
rills, the blood in pools .coagulated be-
meath the: cross; the. blood that.wet tho
tips of the soldiers spears, the blood
that FLASHED warm in the faces of his
enemies.
Glory to God, that bid wins it'll Tho
highest price that was ever paid for
was paid for your.soul. Moth
ing could buy it but blood. THE es-
tranged property is bought back. Takc
it. .'Ye have sold:yourselves fornaugllt;
and we shall. be redeemed without
O atoning. blood, cleansing
blood. life giving. blood, sanctifyiny
blood. .glorifyil,g blood of .Jesusl Why
not burst into tears at the thought that
for thee he shed t--for. thee the hard
hearted, for thee the lost'
his BLOOD BIZ on US.
No" says some one: 81 will have
nothing to do with it.except that, like
tho enemies of Christ, put both my
hands. into that carnage and scoop up
both palms full, md tlirowit on my
head and cry, Ills blood be.on US and
OH our children E"" Can you do such
a. shocking thing: as thnta. Just rub
your. handkerchief across your brow
and look at it. 1t is the. blood Of the
Son Of God whom you have .despised
and driven back all these years. Oh,
do not do that any longerl Come ous
boldly and frankly. and honestly, and
tell Christ you are sorry. You: cannot
afford to so roughly treat him upon
whom everything depends. Ike =:
donot 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 ares three per
sons who come efter you today--God
tue. Father, God .tlie.Son, -and- God:the
Holy Ghost They unite their three
completeness in one movement for
- .
your salvation. Yoi viii not take up
arms against the triune God, will ,you2
Is there enough muscle in your arm for
such u combatl BY the highest throne
in heaven, and by. the deepest .chasln in
he'll, beg you look out. Unless you
allow Christ: to carry away your sins,
they will carry You away Unless yon
allow Christ to LIT you up. tIiey will
drag you down. There lis only one
hope. for you, and, that. is the blood.
Christ, the sin offering, bearing your
transgressions Christ, the surety, pay
ing your debts, Christ; the divine Cy-