The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-09-28

overhanTlng rocks Will TALL, the night
will come down, leaving you at the
mercy of the mountain bandits, and at
| the very next turn of the road you
| will perish. But ii You are really
on this clean road of which / have
been speaking, then you will stop ever
and anon to wash in the water that
stands in the basin of the eternal rock.
| Av, at almost every step Of the journey
you will be crying out: Create within
me a clean heart If you have no such
aspirations as that, it proves that you
have mistaken your way; and If you
will only look up and see the finger
board above your head you may read
upon it the words: "There is way that
saemeth right unto man, but the end
thereof is death" Without holiness no
man shall see the Lord; and if you have
any idea that you can carry along your
sins, your lusts, your worldliness, and
yet get to the end of the human race,
you are so awfully mistaken that, in
the name of God, this morning shatter
the delusion.
Still further the road spoken of is a
plain road. THE wayfaring men,
though fools, shall not err therein. p"
That is, if a man is three-fourths an
idiot, he can find this road just as well
as if he was philosopher. The imbe-
cile boy, the laughing-stock of the street
and followed by mob hooting at him
has only just to knock once at the gate
of Heaven, aud it swings open; while
there has been many man who can
lecture about pneumatics, and chemis-
try, and tell the story of Fareday's
theory of electrical polarization,
and yet has been shut out of
Heaven. There has been many a man
who stood in an observatory and swept
the heavens with his telescope, and yet
he has not been able to see the morning
star. Many a man has been familiar
with all the higher branches of mathe-
mates, and yet could not do the simple
sum- what shall it profit man if he
gain the whole world and lose his own
soul?' Many q man has been fine
reader of tragedies and poems, and yet
could not read his title clear to man
sions in the skies" Many man has
botanized across the continent, and yet
did not know the Rose of sharon and
the Lily of the Valley" Bat if one
shall come in the right spirit asking
the way to heaven, he will find it q
plain way. The pardon is plain. The
peace is plain. Everything is plain.
He who tries to get on the road tc
Heaven through the New Testament
teaching will get on beautifully. He
who goes through philosophical discus
sion will not get on at all. Christ says;
Come to Ne, and l will take all your
troubles away" Now what is the use
of my discussing it any more? Is not
that plain? If you wanted to go tc
London, and / pointed you out high
way thoroughly laid out, would be
wise in OBTAINING you by geological
discussion about the gravel you will
pass over, or u physiological discussion
about the muscles you will have tc
bring into play? No After this Bible
has pointed you the way to He) .uIis
it wise for me to detain tyou xi1n any
discussion about the nature of The hui
man will, or whether the atonement is
limited or unlimited? There is the
road, go on it. 1t is a plain way.
This is a faithful saying, and worthy
Of all acceptation, that Christ jesus
came into the world to save sinners.
And that is you and that is me. Any
little child here can understand this as
well as | can. UNLESS you become a
a little child you cannot see the king
). dom of God" If you are saved it will
not be as philosopher, it will be as 6
y. little child. 'Of such is the kingdom
of Heaven" Unless you get the spirit
Of little children, you will never come
out at their glorious destiny.
Still further: This road to Heaven i
, safe road. Sometimes the traveller il
those ancient highways would thinl
himself perfectly secure, not knowing
there was a lion by the way, burying
his head deep between his paws, anC
then, when the right moment came
under the fearful spring, the mans lif,
was gone, and there was lnauled car
cass by the roadside. But, says my text
mo lion shall be there | wish coult
make YOU feel this morning your entir,
: security. tell you plainly that on
minute after a man has become chill
of God he is as safe as though he haC
: been ten thousand years in Heaven. liz
: may slip, he may slide, he may stumble
but he cannot be destroyed. Kept by thu
power of Cod, through faith, unto com
plete salvation. INCREASINGLY safe.
The severest trial to which you cal
:. subject a Christian man is to kill him
9 and that is glory. In other words, tn
= worst thing that can happen child o
: God is Heaven. The body is only tn
, old slippers that he throws aside jus
= before putting on the sandals of light
!. His soul, you cannot hurt it, No fire
\ can consume it. No floods can drow
= it. No devils can capture it.
Firm and unmoved are they
Who rest their souls on God;
Fixed as the ground where David stood,
4 Or where the ark abode.
4 His soul is safe. His reputation
l. safe. Everything is safe. But 20
r say, suppose his store burns up?
y Why, then, it will only be change c
e investments from earthly to heavenl
is securities. But" you say, "suppos
l. his name goes down under the hoof {
r scorn and contempt?" The name wi
1t be so much brighter in glory. "SuI
Y pose his physical health faiis?' Go
d will pour into him the floods of eve
r lasting health and it will not make an
difference. Earthly subtraction
{ heavenly addition. The tears of cart