Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-07-07

sSann rne-e ana weep, Dur c8n 40 no good.
IL Is no place for the tender hearted women.
II wants heart that crime has turned into
granite.
The waves Of mans hatred and Of hell's
vengeance dash up against the mangled
feet, and the hands Of sin and pain and tor
ture clutch for his holy heart. Had he not
been thoroughly fastened TO the cross they
wouh have torn him down and trampled
him with both feet. How the cavalry
horses arched their necks and champed
their bits, and reared and snuffed at the
blood Had a Roman officer called out for
a light his voice would not have been
heard in the tumult; but louder than the
clash Of spears, and the wailing Of woman
hood, and the neighing OF the chargers,
and the believing Of tho crucifiers there
comes voice crashing through = loud.
clear, overwhelming, terrific. 1t is the
groaning of the dying son of GodI Look.
what a scenel Look, world, at what you
have donel
CALL TO THE UNcoHvERTED.
l lift the covering from the maltreated
Christ to let you count the wounds and
estimate the cost. Oh, when the nails
went through Christ's right hand and
through Christ's left hand, that bought
both your hands with all their power tn
work and lift and writel When the nails
went through Christs right foot and
Christ's left foot, that bought your feet,
with all their power to walk or run or
climb. When the thorn went into Christ's
temple, that bought your brain, with all
its power to think and plan. When the
spear cleft Christ's side, that bought your
heart, with all its power to love and re-
pent and pray.
Oh, sinner, come, come backl If aman is
in no pain, If he is prospered, II he is well,
and he asks you to come, you take yodr
time and you say; 81 can't come now. pl
come after awhile. There is no haste.
But II he is in want and trouble you say.
81 must go right away. must go now"
Today Jesus stretches out before you two
wounded hands and he begs you to come.
Go and you live. Stay away and you die.
Oh, that to him who bought us we might
give all our time, and all our prayers, and
all our successes. would we could think
of nothing else, but come to Christ He
is so fair. He is so loving. He is SO SYM
pathizing. He is SO good. wish we could
put our arms around his neck and say,
"Thine, Lord, will be forever" Oh, that
you would begin to love him. Would that
could take this audience and wreathe 1t
around the heart of my Lord Jesus Christ.
When the Atlantic cable was lost, in 1865,
do you remember that the Great Eastern,
and the Medway, and the Albany went
out to find it? Thirty times they sank the
grapnel two and half miles deep in wa
ter. After awhile they found the cable
and brought it to the surface. No sooner
had it been brought to the surface than
they lifted shout of exultation, but the
cable slipped back again into the water
and was lost. Then for two weeks more
they swept the sea with the graphing
hooks, and at last they found the cable,
and they brought it up in silence. They
fastened it this time. Then, with great
excitement, they took one end of the cable
to the electricians room to see if there
were really any life in it, and when they
saw a spark and knew that message
could be sent, then every hat was lifted,
and the rockets flew and the guns sound
ed until all the vessels on the expedition
knew the work was done and the conti-
nents were lashed together.
Well, my friends, Sabbath after Sabbath
down for your souls. We have swept the sea
with the graphing hook of Christ's Cos
pei. Again and again we have thought
that you were at the surface, and we began
to rejoice over your redemption; but at the
moment of our gladness you sank back
again into the world and back again into
sin. Today we come with this Gospel
searching for your soul. We apply the
cross of Christ first to see whether there is
any life left in you, while all around the
people stand, looking to see whether the
work will be done and the angels of God
bend down and witness, and oh if now we
could see only one spark of love and hope
and faith, we would send up a shout that
would be heard on the battlements of
heaven, and two worlds would keep jubilee
because communication is open between
Christ and the soul, and your nature that
has been sunken in sin has been lifted into
the light and the joy of the Gospel.