The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-12

tions as that, il proves that you have mis-
taken your way; and II you VIII only look
MP and see the dnger-board above your
head, you may read upon IL the words:
sThere Is a say that seemeth right unto a
man hut the end thereof is death" With
ont holiness no man shall see the Lord and
If YOU have any idea that you can carry
along your sins, your lusts, your world
Hnsss. and vet get TO the end OF the Christian
race Won are SO awfully mistaken that, in
The name of God, this morning snatter
the delusion.
Still further, the road spoken OF is a
plain rosi The wayraring men, though
fools shall not err therein" That is, if a
man is three-fourths an idiot, he can find
this road just as well as If he were a phil
C,sopher The imbecile boy, the laughing
stock Of the street, and follow by mob
hooting at him, has only just to knock once
at the gate Of heaven, and it springs open;
while there has been many q man who can
lecture about pneumatics, and chemistry,
and tell the story of Faraday's theory Of
electrical polarization, and yet has been
shut out OF heaven. There has been many
q man who stood in an observatory and
swept the heavens with his telescope, and yet
he has not been able 20 see the morning
star. Many q man has been familiar with
all the higher branches OF mathematics, and
yet could not do the simple sum, What
shall It profit q man II he gain the whole
world and lose his own soulf' Many a man
poems, and yet could not 'read his title
clear to mansions in the skies" Many a
man has botanixed across the continent,
and yet did not know the "Rose of Sharon
and the Lily OF the Valley" But il one
shall come in the right spirit, asking the
way to heaven, he will find IL plain way.
The pardon is plain. The peace is plain.
Everything is plain.
He who tries to get on the road to heaven
through the New Testament teaching will
get on beautifully. He who goes through
philosophical discussion will not get on at
all. Christ says: ''Come 70 me and l will
take all your Sins away, and will take all
your troubles away" Now what is the use
of my discussing it any more Is not that
plain II you wanted 20 60 to London and
pointed you out a highway thoroughly
laid out, would be wise In OBTAINING you
by geological discussion about the gravel
you viii pass over, or a physiological dis
cussion about the muscles you will have TO
bring into play No. After this Bible
has pointed you the way TO heaven, is 1t
wise for me 20 detain YOU with any dis
cussion about the nature Of the human will,
or whebher the atonement is limited or IN
limited There is the roed-go on IL. Il
"fhis is a faithful saying, and worthy Of
all acceptaton that Christ Jesus came into
the world TO save sinners" And that is
YOU and that is me. ANY little child here
you become as a little child, you cannot see
the kingdom of God" II you are saved il
will not be as a philosopher, it will be as q
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 10 heaven IL a
safe road. Sometimes the traveller in those
ancient highways would think himself per-
fectly secure, not knowing there was a lion
by the way, burying his head deep between
his paws, and then, when she right moment
came under the fearful spring, the mans
life was gone, and there was a mauled car
oass by the roadside. But, says my text,
''No lion shall be there" wish could
make you feel this morning your entire So
curity. tell you plainly that one minute
after man has become a child OF God he Is
as safe as though he had been ten thousand
years in heaven. He may slip, he may
slide, he may stumble, but he cannot be de-
stroyed. Kept by the power of God,
through faith, unto complete salvation.
INCREASINGLY safe.
The severesl trial to which you can sub.
ject Christian man is to kill him, and that
Is glory. In other words, the worst thug
that can happen a child Of God is heaven.
The body is only the old slippers that he
throws aside just before putting on the
sandals Of light His SOUL you cannot hurt
it No fires can consume it No floods can
drown it. No devils can capture it,
Firm and unmoved are they
Who rest their souls on God;
Fixed as the ground where David stood,
Or where the ark abode. y
His soul is safe. His reputation IL safe.
Everything is safe. But you say, ''sup-
pose his store burns upi" Why, then, 10 will
only be change Of investments from
earthly to heavenly securities. But" you
say, suppose his name goes down under the
hoof OF scorn and oontemptp The name will
be so much brighter in glory. Suppose
his physical health failsi" God will pour
into him the foods Of everlasting health,
and 1t will not make any difference Earthly
subtraction is heavenly addition. The tears
OF earth are the crystals Of heaven. As they
take rags and tatters and put them through
the paper mill and they come out beautiful
white sheets OF paper. SO often the rags OF
earthly destitution under the cylinders of
death come out a white scroll upon which
shall be written eternal emancipation.
There was one passage OF scripture, the
force Of which never understood until one
day at Chamounix, with Mont Blanc on one
side and Montanvent on the other, / opened
my Bible and read: "As the mountains are
around about Jerusalem, 60 the Lord Is
around about them that fear him." The
surroundings were an omnipotent common
tary.
Though troubles assail and dangers alright;
Though friends should all fail and foes all unite:
16t buluB SECURES uht Whatever DEUCE,
The scriptures assure US the Lord will provide
Still further: the road spoken of is q
pleasant road. God gives a bond of In =
demnity against all evil to every man that
treads 1t. IAN things work together for
good to those who love God" No weapon
formed against them can prosper. That Is
the bond, signed, sealed and delivered by
the President Of the universe. What is the
use or your fretting, o child of God, about
foodl behold the fowls of the air: for they
sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather
into barns; yet your heavenly Father
feedeth them" And will he take care of the
sparrow, will he take care OF the hawk. and
let you die! What is the use Of your fret
ting about clothesl CONSIDER the lilies of
the field. Shall he not much more clothe
you, o ye Of little faith" What is the use
worrying for fear something will happen to
your homel HE blesseth the habitation of
the just" What is the use of fretting lest you
will be overcome of temptationsl 'God Is
faithful, who will not suffer you to be
tempted above that ye are able; but will
with the temptation also make a way to
escape, that ye may be able to bear it."
Q, this Kings highway Trees Of life on
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