The Penn's Grove record., 1891-08-21

Dhu Jou over Vut youE LofUuuK8s u ~
kernal pulsesi Have you not fstt the quivsr
Of its peerless wfngs Have you not known
that after leaving the body, the nrst step Of
your soul reaches to the stara and the next
step to the farthest outposts Of Gods uni
verse, and that IL will not die until the day
when the everlasting Jehovah exptresf Oh,
my brother, what possessed you that you
should part with your soul 90 cheapf Y
have sold yourselves for naught.n
But 1 have some good news TO tell you. l
want to engage in q litigation for the recov-
cry Of that soul Of yours. I want to show
that you have been cheated out Of II. ! want
to prove, as l will, that you were crAsy on
that subject, and that the world, under such
circumstances, had no right to take the title
get a decree from the High Chancsry Court
Of Heaven rsinststigg you in the. possession
Of your soul. 'Oh," you say, II am afraid
of lawsuits; they are so expensive and l can
not pay the cost" Then have you forgotten
the last half of my tsrts aye have sold
yourselves for naught; and ye shall b 70.
deemed without money"
Money is good for q great many things,
but 1t cannot do anything In the matter OF
the soul. You cannot buy your way Through.
Dollars and pounds sterling mean nothing 1t
the gate of mercy. II you could buy your
salvation, heaven would be Q great specuia-
tion, q extension Of Wall stroee. Bad men
would go up and buy out ths phoe q
leave us to shift for ourselves. But - money
ID not a lawful terdsr, what tf I will
answer, Blood Whosef Are we to 70
through the s~laughteri Oh, no; IL wants
richer blood than ours. 1t wants Q kinGs
blood. 1t must be poured from royal arteries.
It must be q sinless tarrent. But WHARF 10
the kingf
see a great many thrones and q great
many occupants, yet none seem 70 be COM
ing down to the rescue. But after awhile the
CLOCK OF night in Bethlehem strikes "a and
the silver pendulum Of Q star swings across
thesky, and I see the King Of Heaven rising
up, and He descends aud steps down from
star to star, and from cloud to cloud, lower
and lower. until He touches the Sheep GOV
cred hills and then on to another hill, this
last skull shaped, and there. at the sharp
stroke Of persecution, Q rul i~ncarnadins
trickles down, n we who could not be
redeemed by money ara redeemed by precious
and imperial blood.
We have in this day professei Christians
are SO rarefied and etherealizsi that
they do not want q religion Of blood. What
do you wants You seem TO want q religion
Of brains. The Bible says, I'm the blood Is
the life" No atonemsnt without blood.
he sayf "Ys are redeemed not With cor.
ruptible things, such as silver and gold, but
by the precious blood of Christ" You put
your lancsIet into the arm OF our holy relig-
ion and withdraw the blood, and you leave
It a mere corpse. fit only for the grave. Why
did God command the priests Of old to strife
the knife into the KID, and the COST and the
pigeon, and the bullock, and the lambi IL
was 80 that when the blood rushed out from
these animals on the floor Of the ancient
tabernacle the people should be compsilsd to
think OF the coming carnage OF the Son OF
God. No blood. no atouement
l think that God intended to impress Us
with q vividness Of that color. The green Of
the grass. the blue Of the sky, would not
startled and aroused Us fire this deep
crimson. It is as IL God had said. snow,
sinner, wake up and zee what tia saviour
endured for you. This Is not water. This
Is not wine. This is blood. Il b the blood
Of My Son. 1t Is the blood Of the immacu-
late. It Is the blood Of God" Without the
shedding Of blood 10 no remission. There
has bean many . man who, in courts of law,
has has b bsssu cond s9s sp osS:u, ~ 49, rsv -. s'ooi
found on his hands or blood found in his
room. and what shall We do In The ~ daytf
II 1t be found that we have rscruoinad the
Lord OF Glory and nave never ropoutod Of
itf You must believe in the blood or die.
No escape. Unless you let the mcriAcs Of
Jesus 90 in your stead you yourself must
suffer. 1t Il either Christ's blood o. your
blood.
sOh," says some q sths thought Of
blood sickens me-" Good. God intsnded II
70 sicken you with your En. Do not 80 -
though you had nothing to do with that Cal
varian massacre. You had. Your sins Were
the implements Of torture. Thoss i'm
plements were not made Of steel and iron
and wood 80 much as out OF your sins.
Guilty Of this homicide, and this regicidA
and this decide. confess your guilt to-day.
verdict against you OF guilty. guiltyi Pre-
pare to die or believe in that blood. Stretch
yourself out for the sacrifice or accept the
saviour's sacrifice. Do not fling away your
one chance.
It seems to me as IL all heaven we're try.
ing to bid In your SOU. tn first bid 1t makes
Is the tears OF Christ at the tomb Of Lazs-
The next bid heaven makes Ia the sweat OF
Gethsemane, but it 10 too cheap . price. The
next bid heaven makes seems to b tbs
whipped back Of Pilates hall, but 1t Il not q
high enough price. Can It be possible that
heaven cannot buy you Inf Heaven tries
once more. It says: 81 bid this time for
that mans soul the tortqrss Of christ's mar.
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-ths
blood In drops, the blood in rillx the blood I'm
pools coagulated beneath the cross; the blood
that wet the tips Of the soldiers spears the
blood that FLASHED warm in the face Of His
enemies-n
Glory to God, that bid wins i'll The high
est price thai was ever paid for anything
was paid for your soul. Nothing could buy
it but blood The estranged property IS
brought back, Take 1t. 'You have sold
yourself for naught; and ye shall b re-
deemed without money" o atoning blood,
cleansing blood, life giving blood. sanctify-
not burst into tears At the thought that for
thee He shed it-for thee the hard hearted,
for thee the lostf
s.No," says some one; II will have moth
ing to do with it except that, like the sos-
miles Of Christ, l put both my hand 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 childrenf" Can
you do such o shocking thing ~ thatf Just
rub -FOUR handkerchief across your brow
and look at It. 1t is the blood Of the Son Of
God whom you nave despissd aud driven
back all these years. Oh, do not do thai any
iongerl Come out boldly and frankly and
honestly, and tell Christ you are sorry. You
cannot afford TO so roughly tress Him upon
whom everything depends.
I 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 ara thrss persons who come after you
to-iay-God the Father, God the Son and
God the Holy Ghost. They unite their three
omnipoteuces in one movement for your sal
walton. You will not take up arms against
the triune God, will youi Is there enough
in your arm for such a combat BY
the highest throue in heaven. and by the
deepest chasm in he'll, l beg you look out.
Unless you allow Christ to carey away your
sins, they will carry you away. Unless you
allow Christ to lift you up, they will drag
you down. Therei is only one hope for you,
and that is the blood. Christ. the sin offer.
ing, bearing your transxressions- Oh rist,
the divine Cyrus ioosening your Babyionish
captivity.
Would you not like to be freef Here is
the price OF your liberation-not money, but
blood. / tremble from head to foot mot be-
I fear your presence, but because I
fear that you will miss your chance for i'm
rescue. This Ia the alternative
divinely put, "He that bslisvsth on tho Bon
shall have everlasting life; and he that be-
lieveth not on the Son shall not SEQ life, but
the wrath OF God abideth on him." In the
day, II you now reject Christ, every
drop OF that sacridcial blood, instsad Of
for your release as it would have
IL you had repentsd. will plead
you.