The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-07-20

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the loft; more trust to the stove that
confines the fire; more trust in the cook
that prepares your food; more trust in
the clerk that writes your books; in the
druggist that makes the medicine; in
the bargain maker with whom you
trade; more trust in all these things
than in Christ, although he stands this
moment offering without limit, and
without mistake, and without excep-
ton. universal pardon to all who want
it. Now, is not that cheap enough-all
things for nothing?
This is the whole of the Gospel as
understand it-that if you believe that
Christ died to save you you are saved.
When? Now. No more doubt about II
than that you sit there. No more doubt
about it than that you have right
hand. No more doubt about it than that
there is God. If you had committed
five hundred thousand transgressions,
Christ would forgive you just as freely
as if you had never committed but one;
though you had gone through the whole
catalogue of crimes-arson, blasphemy
and murder-Christ would pardon you
just as freely, you coming to Him, as
though you had committed only the
slightest sin of the tongue. Why, when
Christ comes to pardon soul He stops
for nothing. Height is nothing. Depth
is nothing. Enormity is nothing. Pro-
tractedness is nothing.
No., .;,, Tho ,,ounto;rs TO- ,ha;. ,;.n
The seas of sovereign grace expand
The seas Of sovereign grace arise.
Lord Jesus, give up all other props,
give up all other expectations. Ruined
and undone, lay hold Thee. plead Thy
promises fly to Thy arms. Lord save
me, perish" When the Christian com.
mission went into the army during the
war there were great multitude OF
hungry men and only a few loaves OF
bread and the delegate of the com.
mission was cutting the bread and Civ
ing it out to wounded and dying men.
Some one came up and said: Cut those
slices thinner or there will not be
enough to go around" And then the
delegate cut the slices very thin and
handed the bread around until they all
had some, but not much. But, blessed
be God, there is no need of economy in
this Gospel. Bread for all, bread enough
and to spare. Why perish with hungeri
Again, advise you, as one of the best
things you can do with Christ, to take
him into your love. Now there are
two things which make us love any one
inherent attractiveness and then what
he does in the way of kindness toward
us. Now Christ is in both these posi-
items. Inherent attractiveness-fairel
than the children of men, the luster o
the morning in his eye, the glow of tn,
setting sun in his cheek, myrrh anC
frankincense in the breath of his lip
; In Heaven of holy beings, the best
In a Heaven of mighty ones, the strong
est. In Heaven of great hearts, TIN
tcnderest and the most sympathetic
Why, sculpture has never yet been ~
to chisel his form, nor painting to pre-
sent the flush of his cheek, nor music t.
strike his charms; and the greatest sur
3 prise of eternity will be the first INC
: ment when we rush into his presenc
3 and with uplifted hands and streaming
1 eyes and heart bounding with rapture
-. we cry out, This is jesus"
All over glorious is my Lord,
He must be loved and yet adored
His worth, II all the nations knew,
. Sure, the whole earth would love him too.
a Has He not done enough to win on
off Low ~,
e aside royal authority, went down anon
r the ship carpenters to help them, bu
e Russia got the chief advantage of tina
c condescension. John Howard turne
v his back upon the retinements and wer
4 around prisons to spy out their sorrow
o and relieve their wrongs, but Englis
d criminals got the chief advantage {
= that ministry. But when Christ comes
IS it is for you and me. The sacrifice fc
It you and me. The tears for you and m,
II The crucifxion for you and me.
o If 1 We're hopelessly in debt, an
n some one came and paid my debts an
:, gave me receipt in full, and called o
the pack of bounding creditors; if
is were on a laundering ship, and 70
o came in life-boat and took me of
d could l ever forget your kindness
It Would l ever allow an opportunity
Vt pass without rendering you a service {
S. attesting my gratitude and love? OF
h how ought we feel toward Christ, WI
n plunged into the depth of our sin ar
st plucked us out?
d Ought it not to set the very best EN-
a lions of our heart into the warmest
1t aye, red hot glow? The story is
n old that people almost get asleep viii
d they are hearing. And yet there
a hangs-Jesus the man, Jesus the Go
lie Was there anything before or sine
III anything to be compared to this spe
n tacle of generosity and woe? Did hear
l. strings ever snap with worse tortur
Were tears ever charged with q heavi
g grief? Did blood ever gush, in ca,
10 globule the price of soul? The wa
lie of earthly malice dashed its bloot
is foam against one foot, the wave of i
ii fernal malice dashed against his 9th
" foot, while the storm of Gods wra
10 against sin beat on his thorn-pierc
X brow, and all the hosts of darlSne
IL with cleaning lances rampaged throu,
Sc His holy soul.
ut Oh, see the dethronement of HEAVIER
Id King! the Conqueror fallen from Il
us white horse! the massacre of a &C
it Weep. We who have tears, over the lor
of illness of His exile and the horrors
DIS His darkness. Christ sacrificed on t
IS funeral pyre of a worlds transgressio
the good for the bad, the great for {