Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-07-02

woria cannos he about you nor abuse YOU as
much as they did Christ, and Jesus stands to-
day III every courtroom, in every house, in
every store. and sayse "Coaragei By all
my hours OF maltreatment and abuse. | will
protect those VINO are trampied upou.n And
when Christ forzets that two O'Clock mora
ing scene, and the stroke OF thu ruff m on
thu 0 ! an | the bowling of the uuwashei
crowd, then He will forget You and me in
the iujustices Of life that may BE- inflicted
upon Us.
Further, I remark Tbs last great INSTALL
ment paid for our re iemption was the de-
mise OF Christ. The world has seen many
dark days. Many summers ago there was a
very dark day when the sun was eciipsed.
The fowl at monday went 10 their perch,
AMI we felt a gloom as w loo<e1 at the as
Economical wonier. 1t was a DARK day in
London when TIE piagus WAS at its h light.
and the dead with uncovered facas wers
taken in open cars ami dumped in the
trenches. 1t was a darS day when the earth
opened and Lisbon sauk. but the darkest
day sincs the creation of ths world was
when the carnage OF Cslv trv was enacted.
1t was about nool when tha cartain be-
gan TO be drawn. 1t was not the co ming on
Of a night that soothes aui retreshes; it was
the swinging of q great gloom all around
the heavens. Col hung it. As when there
is a dea | one in the house YOU bow the shut
ielo tf tuil JUS ltitits, 50 11l III tue alter
nooa shut the windows OF the world. As it
is appropriate to throw a black pail upon
the colin as it ptsssS along SO it was appro-
pirate that everything shauii be somber
that day as the great hearse OF the earth
rolled on, be iriny the eorpe of the King.
The waves of a mans hatred ami OF heiis
vengeance dash up against the manglaifeet
and the hands OF sin aud pain and torture
clutch tor His holy hears. Ha He not been
thorou yhly fastene I 20 the cross thew would
hive torn Him down and trsmnlad Him with
both feet How the cavalry horses arclel
their meets and Clamp "A their hits, au1
reared aud snuifed at the blooli Had a
70 nan officer cailet cut for a light his
voice Won not have b zen haari in the tn
mutt; but lou Ter tran ths clash OF spears,
aud the waiting OF w~ontnhool, and the
neighing o. the chargers, ami the believing
OF the crucltisrs there catne 4 voice crashing
throu yh-lout, clear, overwhelming, ter
rifle. IL is the grolnin OF the dying Son OF
God Look what a scene! Look, world,
at what you have donsl
lit the covering Iron the msltreatei
Christ to let you count tn, wounds and
estimate the cost, On. when the nails went
Through Christs right hand AMI throu III
Christs left hand, that bought both your
hands with all their power to WORK and lift
and writel When the nails went through
Christ's right loot and Christ's lett foot,
btdN bbi@ht you lttts WIN ~ tltiI HuNCf
to walk or run or climb. When the thorn
went into Christ's temple, that bought your
brain, with all Its pow Ar to think an plan.
When the spear cleft Christ's side, that
bought your heart. with all its power to
love ami repent ami pray.
Oh, sinner, come, come back Ii a man is
in no pain, II no is pros pered, il he is well,
and he asks You to come, you take your tims
and you say Il can't come now. I'll come
after a while. There is no haste" But If
he is in want and trouble you say. al must
go right away. / must go now" To-day
Jesus stretches out before you two wounded
hands and He beSs you 10 coms Go and you
live. Stay away and you die.
When tho Atlantic cioie was lost. in 1855,
do you rem sm5sr tlat thu Gtsaf EASTERN,
aud the Melway, AMI ths Albany went out
TO find It'll Thirty times they sank the Crap
mel two and a half miles deep in water.
After awhile they found tho cable and
brought it to the surface. No sooner had it
been brought To thu surface than they lifted
a shout of eXultalion, but the cable slipped
back again into the water aud was lost.
Then for two weeks more they swept
the sea with the graphing hooSs, and
at last they fouut the cable, and
they brought it up in silence. They
fastened it this time. Then, with great ex.
element, they took one eni of the cable to
the electricians room to see ii there we're
iSai1 dl1 ~ III IT, anu WhHu NusN saw u
spark and knew That a message could be
sent, then every hat was lifted, and the
rockets few and the guns SCUM led until all
the vessels ON the expedition knew thu work
was done, and the continents were lashsd
together,
Well. my friends, Sabbath after Sabbath
Gospel messengers have come searching
down for your sous. We have swept the sea
with the graphing hook of Chrlst's Cos
pei. Again and again we rave thought
that you were at the surface, and we began
to rejoice over your redemption, but at The
moment OF our gla tness YOU sank back
again into the worlt and back again into
sin. To-day we come with this Gospsl
searching for your soul. We apply the
cross of Christ first TO see WHISTLER there is
any life left in YOU, while all around the PEG.
pie stand, looking to see whether the work
will be done and the angels OF God beui
down and witness, an / Obi il now we could
see only one sparS OF love aui hope aud faith,
we would send ~ a shout that would bs
heard ON the battleuentS of heaven, aud
two worlds would keep jubilee because COM
munication is open between Christ and the
soul, and your nature that has been sunken
in sin has baen lifted into the light AMI the
Joy of tho Gospel.