The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-08-12

and the pigeon, and the bullock, and
the lamb? 1t was SO that when the
blood rushed from these animals on the
floor Of the ancient tabernacle the
people should be competed TO think Of
the coming carnage Of the Son Of God,
No blood. no atonemept
think that God intended to impress
us with viyidness Of that color. The
green Of the grass, the blue Of the sky,
would not have startled and aroused rs
like this deep crimson. It Is as If God
had said: Now, sinner wake up and
see what the Saviour endured for you.
This is not water. This Is not wine, II
is blood. 1t is the blood Of My own
Son. 1t Is the blood OF the Immacu-
late. 1t is the blood Of God. Without
the shedding of bloodis no remission,
There has been many man who In
courts Of law has pleaded mot guilty" :"
who nevertheless has been condemned
because there was blood found on his
hands, or blood found in his room; and
what shall we do in the last day If 1t be
found that we have recrucified the Lord
of Glory, and have never repented Of 1t?
You must believe in the blood or die.
No escape. Unless you let the sacrifice
Of Jesus go in your stead you yourself
must suffer. 1t is either Christ's blood
or your blood.
"0,' says some one, 'the thought Of
blood siclSens me-" Good. God in
tended It to sicken you with your sin.
Do not act as though you had nothing,
to do with that Calvarian massacre.
You had. Your sins were the imple-
ments of torture. Those Implements
were not made of steel, and iron. and
wood, so much as out of your sins,
Guilty Of this homicide, and this regi-
eide, and this deicide, confess your guilt
to-day. Ten thousand voices Of Heaven
bring in the verdict against you Of
guilty, guilty. Prepare to die, or be-
lieve in that blood. Stretch yourself
out for the sacrifice, or accept the
Saviour's sacrifice. DO not fling away
your one chance
II seems to me as II all Heaven were
trying 10 bid in your soul. The first
bid 1t makes is the tears OF Christ at
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 a price
The next bid Heaven makes seems TO
be the whipped back Of Pilates Hall;
but II Is not a high enough price. Can
il be possible that Heaven can not buy
you in? Heaven tries once more. II
says: ~ bid this time for that mans
soul the tortures 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
FLASHED warm in the faces Of his en-
emies" Glory to God, that bid wins III
The highest price that was ever paid for
anything was paid for your soul
Nothing could buy II but blood The
estranged property Is bought back
Take it. ''You have sold yourself for
nought; and ye shall be redeemed with
out money" o, atoning blood, cleans
ing blood. life-giving blood, sanctifyin9
blood, glorifying blood Of Jesusl Why
not burst into tears at the thought that
for thee He shed it-for thee the hard
hearted, for thee the lost?
"No," says some one; 81 will have
nothing to do with Il except that, like
the enemies Of Christ put both my
hands into that carnage and scoop up
both palms full, and throw Il on my
head and cry: His blood be on us and
on our childrenr" Can you do such
shocking thing as that? 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 o, do not do that
any longeri Come out boldly and frank
ly and honestly, and tell Christ you are
sorry. You can not afford TO so roughly
treat Him upon whom everything de-
pends
] do not know how you win 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 to-day: God the Father, God
the Son, and God the Holy Ghost. They
unite their three omnipotences in one
movement for your salvation. You will
not take up arms against the Triune
God, will you? Is ther. enough mus
Gle in your arm for such combat? BY
the highest throne In heaven, and by the
deepest chasm in hell, beg you look
out. Unless yon allow Christ TO carry
away your sins, they win carry you
away. Unless you allow Christ TO lift
you up, they viii drag you down. There
is only one hope for you, and that is the
blood, Christ, the sia-offering, bearing
your transgressions. Christ, the surety,
paying your debts Christ, the Divine
Cyrus, loosening your Babylonish cap
tivity.
/ Would you not like 10 be free? Here
is the price Of your liberation--not
money, but blood. tremble from head
to foot not because fearyourpresence,
but because l fear that you win miss
your chance for immortal rescue. This
is the alternative divinely put: "Ie that
believeth on the Son shall have ever
lasting life; and he that believcth not on
the Son shall not see life, but the wrath
Of God abideth on him" In the last
day, II you now reject Christ, every
drop Of that sacrihciol blood. instead of