Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-15

girls at IL with spectacles, 1 say with all
such trouble Christ is in sympathy
That Christ is in sympathy with those VINO
stamIner, or have silenced ears, notlce now
promptly He came to that man with lmpedl,
ment of speech and gave him comnanu OF
the tongue so that he could speak Win ease
and, putting His fingers into the ears; re-
tuned the tympaLum. Is there lack OF
circulation in your arm, think OF HIN "no
cured the defective circulation anu lt one .h. M
active muscles ofa patient who had lost the
useof hand and arm by saying, Stretch
forth thy hand!''
Nothing is the matter with you, but yo9uf u
may appeal to a sympathetic CHRIST. Anu n
You feel yourself to be great sinner; e1, neai
what He said to that repenting Maguaien,
while with scalding sarcasm He oasheu
her hypocritical pursuers. -.
And see how he made an immortal llIuIgh
ont OF the publican's cry, "God be meIciLul
TO me a sinner a prayer so short thab S u.iJ
most overwhelmed offender can utter u, aHI
yet long enough to win ceiestii
dominions. 1t was well put by
man who had been converted and VINO re-
menbered that in his d1ssolute Gays ue
could not present certificate for good , cnaL,
acter. In commencing Christ to the peoPle
he said, "Bless God, have found out thag
Jesus viii take a man without a characte-'
Christ Not Difficult of Access.
Christ on a Level with suffering humanity.
My text says: "Ie came down with them
and stood in the plain" No climbing up
No ascending to the heights of beautiIul
rhetoric of PRAYER. No straining after eieTa-
tions you cannot reach. No hunting tor a
God that vou cannot find. But going rl%ht
straight to him ard looking into his lace anu
taking his hand and asking for ms parooh'
his comfort his grace, his heaven.
Christ on the level. When during the siege
of SebaStopol an officer had commanded
private soldier to stand on the wall exposed
to the enemy, and receive the ammun1tioh
as 1t was handed mp while he, me olllcei,
stood in place sheltered from the enemy
guns. General Gordon leaped upon the wall
to help, and commanded the officer To loi-
low him. and then closed with the Worus,
Never order man to do any thing that you
are afraid to do yourself Glory be TO Goo,
the Captain OF our salvation has Hlmsell
gone through all the exposures in which he
commands MS to be courageous. lie mas
been through it all, and now offers his SYM
pathv in similar struggle.
Oh, join Him on the plain As long as you
stay up in the mountain of your pride you
Will get no help. That is the reason so many
never find the salvation of the gospel. They
sit high up in the Mont Blanc of their onln-
ionaIiTenesS, and they have their opinion
about God, and their opinion about the soul,
and their opinion about eternity. Have you
any idea that your opinion will have any ei-
1ect upon the two tremendous fa"ts, that
yOr are sinner. and that Christ is ready AZ
your earnest prayer to save you"
Opinions Worthless at Judgment.
In the final day of accounts how much will
your opinion be worth? Your opinion will
not be of much importance before the blast
of the Archangels trumpet When the life
of this planet shall be threshed out with the
fail of thunderbolts nobody will ask about
your opinions Come down from the noun
tain of opinionativeness. and meet Christ on
the plain, where you must meet hlm o. never
meet him at all, except as you meet MIN on
the Judgment throne.
A Chri=t tra,y ynf NJ
to challenge you. No ruthless offcer TO
scrutinize the papers you present. lmme-
diate response. Immediate forgiveness I'm
mediate solace Through what struggle peo-
pie must go TO get a pardon from worldly
authority, By what petition, by Wnat nlnu-
drance. by what nervous strain OF anxiety,
by what adroitneSs.
A Count of Italy was condemned to be put
to death at Milan. The Countess, hearing OF
the sentence, hastened to Vienna to seek his
pardon. The death warrant was already on
its way. The Countess, arriving in Vienna
in the night, hastened TO the palace gates.
The attendants forbade her entrance at all,
and especially at night. but she overcame
them with her entreaties, and the Empress
was wakened and the Countess pleaded be-
fore her for the life of her husband, and then
the Emperor was wakened to hear the same
plea.
Two Difficulties Overcome.
Commutation of sentence was granted, but
how could she overtake the officer who had
started with the death warrant and would
she be too late to save the life of her hus
band? BY four relays of horses, and stopping
not a moment for food. she reached the city
of Milan as her husband was on the way to
the scaffold. Just in time to save him, and
not minute to spare, she came up.
You see there were two difficulties in the
way. The one was to get the pardon signed,
and the other to bring it to the right place in
time. Glory be to God, we need go through |
no such exigency. No long road to travel. |
No pitiless beating at palace gate. Pardon |
here. Pardon now. Pardon for the asking. |
Pardon forever. A Savior easy to get at A |
Christ on the plaini