Telegram-herald., 1891-08-10

~ cold yoaFselrsS for naa.hts a1d ye
shall bs Toas<nssd wiIheat nssnes.s .
at0niag hood. cleansing blood lire gfSiog
blood, s<sesaf,lns blood. slesifyios sioea
Of Jesasl Why sot burst laLo tears Al The
taozxkt that for tb-~ BE she'd it-~for thee
tee bard hearted. ia tses ths le4ts
No, Gays some enc. Il ~isi have moth
iaz ~ do With IL except that, hAs tas sse-
rniss ~ Chris,. put oota M hands into
tAai carnage and scoop up 6ota palms TAI.
and throw il on ny head and cry, His
blood ie en "a and Oh our eblidrsnf Caa
you do such sshooking thiag as that just
rub your hssa kercbisf across your brow
and look AT it. Il - tue blood of the son
of God WHOM you have uesplsed aud dTissn
back al these yesrs- On, 30 not do that
any longerl CONS out boldly and frankly
aad honestly. aud tell Christ you are sorry.
You cannot AFFORD 10 SO roughly treat him
upon whom everything depends.
BEWARE BEwAEEl
DO not know how you will get away
from this subject. You sec that you are
sold cut, and that CHRIST wants 60 buy you
back. There arc three persons who come
after spu ted.ay--Cod the Father God Tho
son aud Col the Holy Ghost. They unite
their three ON impotence. Ia one mosenlsnt
for your salvation You will not take up
sruls against the triuuc God. will your Ia
there enough muscle In your arm for such
a combatr by the highest throne la heaven.
aud by the deepest ehasm Ia bell. / beg you
look out. Unless you allow Christ TO carry
away your slns, 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-
grcsslons. Christ, the surety. paying your
aebss- Christ, the divine Cyrus, ioosening
your Babylonish captivity.
Would you bot like TO be free, Here Is
the price of your hberation-not money.
but blood. ! trcmble from head 10 foot.
not because I fear your presence. but be-
cause fear that you will miss your chance
for immortal rescue. This is the elterns-
tive divineiy put. "He that believeth on
the Son shall have everlasting life; and he
that bsiisveth not en- the Son shall not ste
life, but the wrath OF God sbideth on him."
In the last day. II you now reject Christ.
every drop OF that sacrifcial blood. instead
Of pleading for your release IS II would
have pleaded IL you had repeuted, will
plead against you.
o Lord God Of the judgment day, avert
that calamity! Let rs see the quick fash
of the scimeter that Stays the sin but saves
the sinner. Strike. omnipotent God, for
the souls deliverance! Beat, o eternal
seal with all thy waves agains, the barren
beach OF that rocky soul and make 1t
trembie. Oh. the oppressiveness OF the
hour, the minute. the second on which the
souls destiny quivers. aud this is that
hour. that minute, that secondl
ALL NAY BE SAVED.
Some years ago there came down fierce
storm ON the seacoast, aud y vessel got ia
tho breakers aud was going to pieces.
They threw up some signal Of distress and
the people on shore saw them. They put
out in lifeboat. They came on, and they
saw the poor sailors. almost exhausted.
ciinging to raft; and so afraid were the
boatmen that the men would give up be-
fore they got TO them rbey gave them three
rounds Of cheers, and cried: Hold on.
therel hold onl Well save you" 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 aud
some In another; but they ail got INFO the
boat. Now" says the captain, 'for the
shore. Pull away now, pulp
The people on tie land were afraid the
lfeboat had gone down. They said: How
long the boat stays. Why. 1t must have
been swamped and they have all persisted
together" And there were men and WON
en- on the pier heads aud on the beach
wringing their hands; and while they
waited aud watched they saw something
looming Ip through the mist. and It turned
out to be the lfeboat. As soon as it came
within speaking distance the people on the
shore cried CUT: did you save any OF them!
Did you save any OF them1" And as the
boat swept through the boiling surf and
came to the pier head the captain waved
his band over the exhausted sailors that
lay fiat on the bottom Of the boat and cried;
'Ail sayedl Thank Godl All savedP'
So may it lie today. The waves of your
sin run high, the storm is on you, but l
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 men
gather around to ace the result OF this serv-
ice, aud the g!oriaed gathering on the pier
heads OF heaven to watch aud 10 listen.
may we be able to report all saved. Young
and old. good and bad! All savedl Saved
for time. Saved for eternity. Aud 30 it
came to pass that they all escaped SAFE 10
land"