Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-15
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in commenting Christ to the peo.
nla he 4aid. Bless God have tounu
nu, that Jesus will take n man with.
o,rf n chararterr Christ OH lever
with suffering humanity. Ny te&t
avs. He ,a.ue down with them ana
stood ID tl.e plain" No climbing up
throuei, aridhutes you cannot unGeI
stand SO ascending of The heiSntA
ef tr.au.:snl rhetoric Of prayer no
s;isuriEk af5er elevations you canno,
r.a,.h No hunting for t4od that
yon aa;4uot hDi Bdt going r1gn'
straight 10 hiln and looking INTO hls
fare and ~ king his hand and asking
for his PARTON. hIs comfort, hls grace
his heaven.
Christ on the level When during
the siege OF Go0a.stOpl an "fhcer mao
commanded Il private acidlcr TO stand
on the wall exposed 20 the enemy
and receive the ammunition as II was
handed up while he. the oIhcer
stood in a place sheltered from the
enemy's guns ta4npr;tl Gordon leaped
upon the wall to help and com
manded the oG1cer TO follow him
and then clo+s1 with the words,
Never order lnau TO do anything
that YOU are afraid to do yourself.
Glory he to God. the captain 0t our
salvation ha. himself gone through
all the exp4,aures in which he com
lnands us to he courageous. He has
been through it all. and now offers
his sympathy IN similar struggle.
One Of the kings Of England one
night in Disguise walking the streets
of London, and not giving account
of himself, was arrested and put in a
miserable prison. When released
and getting back to the palace, he
ordered thirty tons of coal and a
large supply of food for the night
prisoners of London. Out of his
own experiences that night he did
this And our Lord the king afore.
time endungeoned and sick and
hungry and prosecuted and slain,
out of his own experiences is ready
70 help ALL and pardon all, and com
fort all, and rescue all
Oh. JOIN him in the plain. As long
us 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
opinionativeness, 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 eff
feet upon the two tremendous facts
that you are a sinner, and that Christ
is ready at your earnest prayer tc
save you.
In the final day of accounts how
much will your opinion be worth
Your opinion will not be of much i'm
portance before the blast of the arch
angels trumpet. When the life Of
this planet shall be thrashed out will
the fail Of thunderbOlts nobody viii
ask about your opinions Come
down out of the mountain of opinion
ativeness and meet Christ on the
plain, where you must meet him ol
never meet him at all, except as yol
meet him on the judgment throne
HE Is EASY TO REACH.
A Christ easy to get at No armed
sentinel to challenge you No ruth
less officer to scrutiniGe the paper
you present Immediate response
Immediate forgiveness immediate
solace. Through what struggle peo
pie must go to get a pardon from
worldly authority By what peti
ton, by what hindrance, by wha
nervous strain of anxiety. by wha
adroitness. A count of Italy wa
condemned to be put to death a
Milan The countess hearing Of tn
sentence, hGStened to Vienna to seel
his pardon The death warrant wa
already on it's way.
The counters, arriving in Vienn
in the night, hastened to the palac
gates. The attendants forbade he
entrance at all. and especially a
night, but she overcame them wit
her entreaties, and the empress wa
wakened and the countess pleade'
before her for the life of her hus
band, and then the emperor wa
wakened to hear the same plea.
Communication of sentence wa
granted, but how could she over
take the officer who had started wit
the death warrant, and would she b
too late to save the life of her hus
bandi By four relays of horses, an
stopping not moment for food, sh
reached the city of Milan as her hui
band 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 difficultie
in the way. The one was to get tn
pardon signed, and the other to brin
it to the right place in time Glor
be TO God. we need so through II
such exigency. No long road t
travel. No pitiless beating Mt
palace gate, Pardon here. Pardo
now. Pardon for the asking. Pardo
} for ever. A Saviour easy to get a
A Christ on the plainl
A Curious Spanish Custom.
The slumbeTs of the infant kin