Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-04

sad Please, slf, take El1 - Jrs~- now
/ want 70 70 now On. that It might
hs nov with such simplicity Of expert
eace that YOU ani JOIN hands and seek
after Christ aad get al expression Of his
bsnefsetion and bis mercy
Yoa aay take Christ into your conf
dsnce. III you cannot trust nm, whom
can you trusts | do not offer you dry,
theological technicality. simply asa
you TO come and par both feet on the
Rock Of Ages" Take hold Of Christ's
hands and draw him GO your soui with
perfect abandonment and hnri yourself
into the deep sea OF his mercy. lie
comes ana ssys, Il viii save you" Ii
you do not think he Is a hypocrits and
q liar when he says that believe him
and say: Lord jesus. believe; here Is
NY heart. Wash II. Save IL Do II
sow. Aye, il Is done; for l obey thy
srofnise and come. can do DO more
That Is ali thou hast asked come.
Christ Is mine. Pardon Is mine. Heay-
en- - mine
Why. my friends, you put more trust
in everybody than you do IN Christ. and
Il
crossing ths stream, III the ladder Up 10
the loft; more trust IN the stove that
confines the fire; more trust IA tho cook
that prepares your food; more trust III
the elsfk that writes your books, N 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 exception
universal pardon TO ali who want It.
Now is not that cheap enough-aIl
things for nothingl
This is the whole of the Gospel as
understand lt-that II you believe that
Christ died 10 save you you are saved.
When? Now No more doubt about it
than that you sit there. Nomore doubt
about it than that you have right
hand No more doubt about 1t than
that there is God. Ii you had COM
mitted i've hundred thousand transgres-
sions, Christ would forgive you just as
freely as il you had never committed
bat one; though you had gone through
tho whole catalogue Of crimes-arson,
and blasphemy, and murder-Christ
would pardon you inst as freely, you
coming To him, as though you had COM
United only the slightest sin Of the
tongue.
THE BoUNDI.Ess LOVE-
Why, when Christ comes to pardon .
soui he stops for nothing. Height IL
nothing. Depth is nothing. Enormity
Is nothing. Protractedness Is nothing.
Der sins like mountains for their dss,
The 500 70 sovereign grace expand.
Ths 500 Of sovereign grace arise.
Lord Jesus, l give up all other props.
| give up al other expectations. Ruined
and undone, lay hold thee. plead
thy promises. ny 10 thy arms. Lord.
save me; ! perish.
When the Christian commission went
into tho army during the war there
| were q great multitude Of hungry men
and only few loaves Of bread, and the
delegate Of the commission was cutting
the bread and giving it out to wounded
and dying men. Some one came up and
said, ..Cut those slices thinner, or there
viii 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 econ
omy In this Gospel Bread for all; bread
enough and to spare. Why perish with
hunger?
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-in-
herent attractiveness. and then what he
does in the way Of kindness toward us.
Now Christ Is In both these positions.
Inherent NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. than the
|, children Of men, the luster of the morn
ing in his eye, the glow of the setting
sun In his cheek, myrrh and franklin
cense in the breath Of his lip. In q
heaven Of holy beings, the best. In a
heaven Of mighty ones, the strongest.
In heaven Of great hearts, the tender.
est and the most sympathetic.
Why. sculpture has never yet been
able to chisel his form nor painting 10
present the flush Of his cheek nor music
TO strike his charms; and the greatest
surprise Of eternity will DO tho first mo-
ment when we rush into his presence
and with upfifted hands and streaming
eyes and heart bounding with rapture
We cry out, This IL Jesus!'
All over g,oriDus b my Lord.
He must Be- loved and yet adorsd;
His worth. II ell the nations knew,
Sure. the whole earth would love him too,
THE SUBLIME SACRIFICE
Has he not done enough 10 win our
affections? Peter the Great, laying aside
royal authority. went down among the
ship carpenters to help them. bat Russia
got the chief advantage Of that conde-
scension. John Howard turned his back
upon the reinements and went around
prisons TO spy out their sorrows and to
relieve their wrongs, bat English Grim
mails got the chief advantage OF that
ministry. But when Christ comes II ia
for you aud me. The sacrifice for You
and me. The tears for you and me. The
crucihxion for you and me.
II were hopeieesly in debt and some
one came and paid my debts, and gave
me q receipt IN full. and called of the
pack Of bounding creditors. il I were on
laundering chip. and you came in a
hfeboat and took me OF. could ever
forget your kindnesse Would | ever
allow an opportunity to pass without
rendering you service or attessing my
gratitude and lover Oh. how ough. we
% feel toward Christ, who plunged into
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