Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-08-29

BtDiG went, ! our lea aSIi 3ElL- iOui oOi
went. When a sheriff under a writ from
the courts sells a man out the officer gener-
ally lea YES a few chairs and a bed, and a Jew
cups and knives: but in this awful Ve1due ID
which you have been engaged the auction
GERS nallet has come down uoon body, mind
and SOul-golng, gone 1e nave soIo
yourselves for naught.
How could YOU do 50 Did You think that
your soul was a mere trlnket which Tor a few
pennies you could buy in a toy SHOP: Did
YOU think that your soul, il once lost,
might be found again ii You went out with
/ torches and lanterns' DID you think that
vour soul was short lived, ami that painting,
you would soon lie down FOR extinction? Or
had Won no IDEA what Your soul was WORTH
DID Won ever put Your foretingers on its
et-In nal pulse-2 Have you not felt the culver
Of il, peerless wing Have YOU not known
that after leaving the body, the first step Of
yCur soul reaches u the stars, and the next
step 70 the farthest outposts of Gods uni
verse, and that il will not die until the day
when the everlasting Jehovah expires: Oh,
nv brother. what possessed you that you
should part with your soul 50 cheap: "Ye
have sold yourselves for naught.
Dut / nave some good news TO tell you. /
want to engage in a litigation for the recov-
cry of that soul Of yours. | want to show
that YOU have been cheated out Of it. I want
to prove. as [ will, that you were crazy on
that subject, and that the world. under such
circumstances had no right to take the title
deed from YOU; aud if you will Join me | shall
get q decree from the High thancery Court
Of Heaven reinstating Won in the possession
fsof your soul. on you say, Il am afraid
of lawsuits; they are SO expensive, and / can
not pay the cost Then have YOU forgotten
the last half of my text? "Ye have sold
yourselves for naught and ye stall be re
deemed without money.
Money Is good fer a great many Things,
but it cannot 90 anything III the matter OF
the soul. You cannot buy your way through.
Dollars and pounds sterling mean nothlng at
the gate Of mercy. II YOU could buy your
salvation. heaven would be- a great specula-
ton. an extension Of Afall street. Bad men
would 90 up and bay oat the place, AMI
leave rs to shift for ourselves. But a. money
is not a lawful tender, what Is? | will
answer, Blood, WHOSE Are We to 20
through the slaughter Oh, no; il wants
richer blood than ours II wants Il kings
blood. 1t must be poured from r3Yai arteries.
It must he -sinle>> torrent. But where is
the king.
sea- great many thrones AMI i great
many occupants, Vet lIDu- seem to Dt ON
ing down to the rescue. But after awhile the
clock OF night in Bethlehem strikes L.. and
the silver pendulum of a star swings ac"oss
thesky. and | see the kiug OF Heaven rising
up, and He descends aud steps down from
star to star, and from cloud to cloud, lower
aud lower. until He touches the sheep coy
erki hills, ana then on to another hill, this
Lash skull shaped, and there, at TIL, sharp
stroke Of persecution, u rill incarna1lne
trickles down, and we who could not be
redeemed by monev are redeemed by precious
and imperial blood.
We have III this day professel Christians
who are so rarefied AMI etherealiza1 that
they 10 not want a religion Of blood. What
do YOU want. You seem to want Il religion
ofbrains. The Bible says, "In the blood is
the life. No atouemrsut without blood.
Ought not the apostle to know? What did
liz say We are releeIla1 not with cor
luptiOle things, such aS silver aud gold, but
10y the precious blood OF Christ You pnt
your lancelet into the arm OF our holy re.ig-
ion and withdraw the blood. AMI YOU leave
itamere corpse, fit only for the grave. Why
did God command tue priests of old to strike
the knife into the kid, and the goat. aud the
pigeon, and the bullock. aud the lamb2 1t
was 50 that when the blood rushed out from
these animals on the floor of the ancient
tabernacle the people should be compelled to
think OF the coming carnage of the Son of
God. No blood. no atonelnent.
| think that God intended to impress US
with a yividnesS of that color. The green OF
the grass, the blue of the sky, would not
have startled and aroused US like this deep
crimson. 1t Is as If God hal said: Now,
sinner, wake up and see what the Saviour
endured for YOU. This is nor water. Thi,
isnot wine. THIS is blood. 1t is tue blood
of My Son. 1t is the blood Of the immacu
late. 1t IS the bloo1.of God Without tue
shedding OF blood is 40 remission. There
has been many i man who, III courts Of law.
has pleaded mot guilty. who nevertheless
has been condemned because there was bloc |
found on his hands or blood found in hi,
room, and what shall we 90 III the last dav If
Il 1t he found that We have recrIcifiei the
Lord Of Glory and have never repentad of
IT. lou nust believe III the blood or die.
No escaped | Mess you let the sacrifice Of
Jesus cl IN Won. stead Won Uorr-alf ,nuS+
suffer. It IS either Christ's blood or your
blood
oh" say some one, 'tha thought Of
blood sickens me" Good. GCi intelded il
10 slcken you with your sin. Do not act a.
though you had nothing to do with that Cal
varian massacre. You had. Your sins wers
the implements Of torture. Those i'm
| E~,lelnents were not made of steel and iron
: anu wood 50 much as out of your sins.
: Guilty OF this homicide, and this regicide.
{ ana this delc+ie. confess Your guilt to-day.
len thousand voices of heaven bring in the
verdict against you of guilty. guilty Pre-
!. pare to die or believe in that blood. Stretch
I yourself out for the sacrifice or accept tbs
! SaNIoufS sacrifice. Do not fling away voul
one chance.
lug to BID IN your soul. The first bid it makes
Is the tears Of Christ at the tomb of LaZa
: rus, out that is not a high enough price
: The next bid heaven makes is the sweat OF
Gethsenlane. but it Is too cheap j price. The
next bid heaven makes seems to be the
whipped back Of Pilates hall, but it is not a
llgh enough price. Can it be possible tina,
heaven cannot buy you in Heaven trie,
; once more. 1t says: Il bid this time for
: that mans soul the fortunes of Christ's mar
tyrdom. the blood on His temple, the blood
on His cheek. the blood on His chin, the
hloolon His hand, the blood on His side, The
! hlooi on His knee, the blood on His foot-th
! blood II drops, the blood in rills, the blood il
pools coagulated beneath the cross; the blood
. that wet the tips Of the soldiers spears, ths
blood that plashei warm in the face of Hi
enemies
Glory to God, that bid wins it, The high
/, eSt price that was ever paid for ANYTHING
was paid for your soul. Nothing could bn'
!. It but blood Tn eStrangei property Is
:. brought back. Take it. You have sol,
Yourself for naught; and We shall be re
! deemed without money . atoning blood
! cleansing blood, lie giving blood, sanctify
sng blood, giorifying blood Of Jesusl VIII,
: not burst into tears at the thought unar 10
thee He shed it-for thee III. hard hearted