The free press., 1892-10-20

rr;1btao,,s rnn and are saysd-and our diseu,-
barkation at last in the evening aulIu uio
! lights that CLEAN from the snore OF nsaSe ne u
J The trouble is that the vast majority Oh Dtols
voyages stop at Coblenz, "nere 'ne cn'e'
2 The "a ~ Gods Word is not like ten
nsssaret. twelve miles by six, but bound,
| less. and in any one direction you can sah
7 On forever. Why then con1ne yourself 70
a short psalm or TO few verses Oh an
epjstle9 The largest fish are not near tine
/ shore. Hoist all sail TO the winds OF heaven.
! Take hold of both oars and pull away. be
| like some of the whalers that went out from
| Now Reiford or Portsmouth to be gone Tor
two or three wears. Yea, calculate on
Iifetirne VOYAGE. You do not want to land
until Won land in heaven. Sail away. o ys
mariners, for eternityl Launch out lnoo
the deepl uo,,-.-.;o,
T-se fext il aopropriate to all Christians OF
sbaiIoyy eTnerience. Doubts and fears have
iy, our day been almost elected to the parma
ynant of Christian graces. Some consider III
a rad sion not to have any doubts. Douo6s
and fsars are not signs OF health, but testers
and carbauces You nave valuable mouse
or farm, 1t is suggested that the ut.e is
not good. You employ counsel; a. on ,,n1.d Ia n1
the deeds examined. You search the record
for mortgages judgments and liens. You
are not satisfied until you have certlnc9te,
sirned bv the grent seal of the state, asSur-
ing you that the title is good. Yet now many
leave their title to heaven an undecided mat,
teri Why do you not go to the records ana
find outs Give yourself no rest, day or nlght
until you can read your tltie cleaI W man
sions in the skies.
Christian character is TO come up to hi9h-
er standards. We have now to hunt
through our library to find one Rooer6
MCheyne. or one Eiward Payson, or one
Harlan Page. The time Will come "hen we
I 6 han eff
earna saat with US The grace OF b0l can
maze n great deal better men than those L
have msntioned. Christians seem afraid
| they will get heterodox by gong 100 lar.
| frbev do not believe in Christian PERFECTION.
| There is no danger of your being perfect lor
some time vet. 1 will keep watch ana give
you notice in time, If you get 100 near pei-
fection for the safety OF your theoiosyi r,olv
One-half of you Christians are Simply
sfucI, in the mud Whv not cut loose from
| everything but God? Give not to Him tna5
| formal petition male up OF ~
! Tor1n this and 30 Lord" that. When peo-
ple are cold and have nothing to say 70 0oi
they straw their prayers with "Os" and
/ "Eoreyer and ever, Amen" and things to
I'll up. Tell God what you want with the
feeling that He is ready to give it, and be-
| lieve that you will receive, and you shall
have it. Shed that old prayer you have
been making these ten years. 1t is high
time that you outgrew it. Throw it aside
with your old ledgers. and your old hats,
and your old shoes, Take review of YOUR
present wants, of your present sins and OF
your present blessings. With sharp blade
cut away your past half AMI half Christian
life and with new determination, and new
plans, and new expectations launch out into
the deep.
The text is appropriate to all the unfor-
given. Every sinner would come to God IL
Ii l,f.t IT.,. I.. ,irv,+ inst pn YS
People talk az though the pardon OF God
were narrow river, like the Kennebec or
the Thames, and that their sins draw too
much water to enter it. No; it is not river
nor a bay, but a sea. [ should like to per.
suade YOU to launch out into the great deep
Of Coils mercy. | atu merchant. | have
bought cargo of spices in India. l have
through a bill OF exchange, paid for the
whole cargo. You are ship captain.
give you the orders and say, Bring me
those spices" You land in India. You go
TO the trader and say, Here are the orders"
and you find everything all right. You do
not stop to pay the money yourself 1t is
not your business to pay 1t. The arrange
ments were made before you started. so
Christ purchases your pardon. He puts the
paosrs, or the promises, into your hand. Is
il wise to stop and say, 81 cannot pay for
my redemptiong God does not ask you to
pay. Relying on what has been done, launch
out into the deep.
The Bibles promises Join hands, and the
circle tney make will compass all your sins,
ana all your temptations, snl all your sor.
rows. The round table Of King Arthur aud
his knights had room tor only thirteen ban
queters but the round table of Gods supply
Is large enough for all the present inhabit'
ants of earth and heaven to sit at, and for
the still mighter populations that are yet TO
be.
Uo mt soil cOoS+rvise oIon, your old ha hits
AMI old sins. Keep clear of the shore. Go
ouJ where the water is deepest. Oh, for tine
mid sea of God mercy "Be it known unto
you, men and brethren, that through this
Man IS preached unto you forgiveness of
SINS / preach it with as much confidence
to tho eighty-year-old transgressor as to the
maiden. Though your sins were blood red
they shall be snow white. The more ragged
the prodigal the more compassionate the
Father Do you say that you are too badf
The high water mark of Gods pardon is
higher than all your transgressions. " The
blood Of Jesus Christ cleanseth from all sin"
Do you say that your heart is hard3 Sup
/. pose it were ten times harder. Do you say
that your iniquty is long continued Sup
pose it were ten times longer. Do you say
that your crimes are black? Suppose that
they were ten times blacker. Is there any
lion that this Samson cannot slay' Is there
any fortress chat this Conqueror cannot
taHeY IS there any SIN tnat lhls heneeher
cannot pardon?
Iti said that when Charlemagne's host
was overpowered by the three armies of the
Saracens in the pass of Roncesvalles his
warrior, Roland, in terrible earnestness
seized trumpet and blew it with such ter
rife strength that the opposing army reeled
back with terror, but at the third blast of
the trumpet it broke in two. see your soul
fercey assailed by all the powers of earth
and hell. put the mightier trumpet Of the
Gospel to my lips and blow it three times.
Blast the "Whosoever will let him
come.n Blast the second-''Seek ye the
Lord while He may be found" Blast the
third-"Now is the accepted time; now is
the day Of salvation"
Does not the host of your sins fall back?
But the trumpet does not, like that of Roland,
break in two. AS it was handed down to us
/ from the lips of our fathers, we hand it down
to the lips of our children, and tell them to
/ sound it when we ara dead that all the gem
erations of men may know that our God is a
par1oning Coda sympathetic Coda low
| ing God-and that more to Him than the
anthems of heaven; more TO Him than the
throne on which He sits; more to Him than
are the temples of celestial worship is the JOY
of seeing the wanderer putting his hand on
the door latch of his Fathers house. Hear
it, all We Nationsl Bread for the worst hun
ger. Medicine for the worst sickness. Light