The Red Cloud chief., 1892-07-15

Why, my friends, you put more trust
In everybody than you do in Christ, and
In everything: more trust in the bridge
crossing the stream: in the ladder up to
| 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 exccp-
| ton. universal pardon 70 an who want
IL. Now, is not that cheap cnough-all
things for nothing?
This Is the whole Of the Gospel as I
understand it-that IL youfbcIicvc that
Christ died to save you you are saved.
When? Now. No more doubt about IL
than that you sit there. No more doubt
about IL than that you have a right
hand. No more doubt about IL than that
there is n God. II you had committed
five hundred thousand transgrcssions,
Christ would forgive you just as freely
as II you had never committed but one;
though you had gone through the whole
catalogue of crimcs-arson, blasphemy
and murder-Christ would pardon you
just as freely, you coming to Him, IA
though you had committed only the
slightest sin of the tongue. Why, when
Christ ONE to pardon u soul lie stops
for nothing. Height is nothing. Depth
Is nothing. Enormity is nothing. Pro-
tractedness Is nothing.
Ger sins like mountains for their size,
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 undonc, lay hold Thee. l plead Thy
promises. | fly to Thy arms. lord ave
me, I perish" When the Christian COM
mission wen into the army during the
war there were n great multitude of
hungry men and only n few loaves of
bread and the delegate of the com
mission was cutting the bread and Civ
ing IL out to wounded and dying men.
Some one came up and said: Gut 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 no. 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 hunger?
Again, | advise you, rs one of the best
things you can do with Christ, to take
him into yous love. Now there are
two things which make MS love any one
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he does in the way of kindness toward
us. Now Christ is in both these posi-
tons. Inherent NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
than the children of men, the luster of
thc morning in his eve, the glow of the
setting sun in his check. myrrh and
frankincense in the breath of his lip.
In u Heaven of holy beings, the best.
In a Heaven Of mighty ones, the strong
est. In n Heaven of great hearts, the
tcnderest and the most sympathetic.
Why, sculpture has never yet been able
TO chisel his form, nor painting to pre-
sent the flush of his cheek, nor music to
strike his charms; and the greatest sur
prise of eternity will be the first mo-
mcnt when we rush into his presence
and with uplifted hands and streaming
eyes and heart bounding with rapture
we cry out, "This is Jesus!"
All over glorious Is my Lord.
He must DO loved and yet adorcd;
His worth. II all the nations knew,
Sure, the whole earth would love him too.
Has He not done enough to win on
affections? Peter tho Great laying
aside royal authority, went down among
the ship carpenters tn help them, bu'
Russia got the chief advantage of tina
condescension. John Howard turned
his back upon tho refinements and wen
around prisons to spy out their sorrows
and relieve their wrongs, but English
criminals got the chief advantage o.
that ministry. But when Christ comes
1t is for you and me. The sacrifice fol
you and me. The tears for you and me
The crucifixion for you and me-.
II ! were hopclessly in debt, ant
some one came and paid my debts ant
gave me a receipt in full, and called of
the pack Of bounding creditors; II
were IN a laundering ship, and 20,
came in n life-boat and took mt OFF
could ! ever forget your kindness
Would ! ever allow an opportunity t.
pass without rendering you u service o.
attcsting my gratitude and love? Oh
how ought we feel toward Christ, VIII,
plunged into the depth of our sin ant
plucked MS out?
Ought II not TO set the very best emo
tions of our heart into the warmest-
aye, u red hot glow? The story is s.
old that people almost get asleep Will
they are hearing. And yet there h
hangs-Jesus the man, Jesus the God
Was there anything before OF since
anything to be compared to this spec
tacle of generosity and woe? Did hear,
strings ever snap with n worse torture
Were tears ever charged with a heavie
grief? Did blood ever gush, in cac'
globule the price Of n soul? The wav
, of earthly malice dashed its blood
foam against one foot, the wave of in
| fernal malice dashed against his othe
foot, while the storm of Gods wrat
D against sin beat on his thorn-picrce
: brow, and MI the hosts of darkness
| with cleaning lances rampaged throug
His holy soul.
I Oh, See the d~ethronement OF Heaven