The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-08-14

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II is the blood Of the Immaculate, II Is
the blood OF God" Without the shed
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 II
II be found that we have recrucified
the Lord Of Glory and have never re-
pented of III 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.
"Oh," says some one, Thought Of
blood sickens me-" Good, God In
tended 1t 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 nipple
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 decide, confess your
guilt today. Ten thousand voices of
heaven bring in the verdict against you
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.
1t seems to Inc as If all heaven We're
trying to bid in your soul The first
bid it 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 Geth.
semane; but 1t is too cheap a price.
The next bid heaven makes seems to be
the whipped back of Pilates hall; but
it is not a high enough price. Can 1t
be possible that heaven cannot buy you
in2 Heaven tries once more 1t says
II 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 be-
meath the cross; the blood that wet the
tips of the soldiers spears, the blood
that FLASHED warm in the faces of his
enemies"
Glory to God, that bid wins it The
highest price that was ever paid for
anything was paid for your soul. Moth
ing could buy it but blood. The es-
tranged property is bought back. Take
1t. "Ye have sold yourselves for naught;
and ye shall be redeemed without
money" o atoning blood, cleansing
blood, life giving blood, sanctifying
blood, clarifying blood of Jesus! Why
not burst into tears at the thought that
for thee he shed it-for thee the hard
hearted, for thee the lost2
HIS BLOOD BE ON US.
NO" says some one; II will have
nothing to do with it except that, Ike
the enemies 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 childrenn" Can you do such
a shocking thing as thatf 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 Logger! Come ont
boldly and frankly and honestly, and
tell Christ you are sorry. You cannot
afford to SO roughly treat him upon
whom everything depends.
do not know how you will get awsy
from this subject. You see that you
are sold out, and that Christ wants to
buy you back There are three per
sons who come after you today-God
the Father, God the Son, and God the
Holy Ghost. They unite their three
completeness in one movement for
your salvation. You will not take up
arms against the triune God, will you2
Is there enough muscle in your arm for
such combat By the highest throne
in heaven, and by the deepest chasln 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
transgressions. Christ, the surety, pay
ing your debts. Christ, the divine Cy-
rus, loosening your Babylonish captiv-
ity.
DO YOU WANT TO BE FREE?
Would you not like to be free2 Here
is the price of your iberation-not
money, but blood. | tremble from
head to foot, not because | fear your
presence, but because fear that you
will miss your chance for immortal res
cue. This is the alternative 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 sacrifical
blood, instead of pleading for your re
lease 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 sciIneter that Stays the
sin but saves the sinner. Strike, ON
nipotent God, for the souls deliver
ance! 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
Some years ago there came down
fierce storm on the seacoast, and YES
sci got In the breakers and was going TO
pieces. They threw up some signal of