Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-08-20

blood. Stretch yourself out for the saeri-
fee or accept the Saviour's sacrifice. Do
not ding away your one chance.
HEAVEN WANTS YoU.
Il seems to me as II all heaven were try
ing to bid in your soul The first bid IL
makes is the tears OF Christ at the tomb Of
Lazarus, but that Is not high enough
price. The next bid heaven makes is the
sweat Of Gethsemane, but it is too cheap a
price. The next bid heaven makes seems
to be the whipped back Of Pilates hall, but
IL Is not high enough price. CAN'T be pos
sible that heaven cannot buy you ini
Heaven tries once more. It says: 81 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
FLASHED warn. in the faces of his enemies" /"
Glory to God, that bid wins i'll The
highest price that was ever paid for any
thing was paid for your soul Nothing
could buy it but bloodl The estranged
property is bought back. Take it. yen
have sold yourselves for naught; and ye
shall be redeemed without money" o
atoning blood, cleansing blood, life giving
blood, sanctifying 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 lostS
"No," says some one; 81 will have moth.
| ing to do with it except that, like the enc
mics of Christ, put both my hands into
that carnage and scoop up both palms full,
and throw it on my head and cry, His
blood be on us and on our childrenP" Can
you do such shocking thing as that2 Just
rub your handkerchief across your brow
and look at it. It 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 out boldly and frankly
and honestly, and tell Christ you are sorry
You cannot afford to so roughly treat him
upon whom everything depends
BEwAREl BEWARE!
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 persons who come
after you today-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
there enough muscle in your arm for such
a 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 for you, and that is the blood.
Christ, the sin offering, bearing your trans
gressions. Christ, the surety, paying your
debts. Christ, the divine Cyrus, loosening
your Babylonish captivity.
Would you not like to be free? Here is
the price of your Hberation-not money,
but blood. l tremble from head to foot,
not because | fear your presence, but be-
cause fear tnat you will miss your chance
for immortal rescue. This is the alterna-
tive 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 sacrificial 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 scimeter that slays the sin but saves
the sinner. Strike, omnipotent God, for
the souls deliverance! Beat, o eternal
sea! with all thy waves against the barren
beach of that rocky soul and make it
tremble. Oh, the oppressiveness of the
hour, the minute, the second on which the
SOULS destiny quivers, and this is that
hour, that minute, that second
ALL MAY BE SAVED.
Some years ago there came down fierce
storm on the seacoast, and a vessel got in
the breakers and was going to pieces.
They threw up some signal of distress and
the people ou shore saw them. They put
out in a lifeboat. They came on, and they
saw the poor sailors, almost exhausted,
clinging to u raft; and so afraid were the
boatmen that the men would give up be-
fore they got to them they gave them three
rounds of cheers, and cried: "Hold on,
there hold onl Well save you'll" After
awhile the boat came up. One man was
saved by having the boathook 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
lifeboat had gone down. They said: "How
long the boat stays. Why, it must have
been swamped and they have all perished
together" And there were men and WON.
en- 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 .ifeboat. AS soon as it came
within speaking distance the people on the
shore cried out: "Did you save any of them
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 savedl Thank Godl All savedp'
So may it be today 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 with you into the harbor of Gods
mercy. And When these Christian mer
gather around to see the result of this serv
ice, and the glorifed gathering on the pier
heads of heaven to watch and to listen
may we be able to report all savedl Young
and old, good and badl All saved! Saved
for time. Saved for eternity. "And so il
came to pass that they all escaped safe-tc
land"
Clever Aunty.
Little Jack had returned from weeks
visit to his Aunt Jess farm up the Hud