Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-07-07
in all these things than in Christ. although

than TINT you have "A right hand. Aonore
! doubt about it than that there Is God.
/ Ii you had committed five hundred thou
sand transgressiOns Christ would forgive
you just as freely as ii you had never com
mitted but one, though you had gone
through the whole catalogue of crimes
Irson and blasphemy and murder-Christ
would pardon you just as freely. You com
| ing to him, as though you had committed
| only the slightest sin OF the tongue. Why,
/ when Christ cG.,ies to pardon soul he
stops for nothing. Height is nothing.
| Depth is nothing. Enormity is nothing.
| Protrgctedness is nothing
Ger sins like mountains for their size.
The seas of sovereign grace expand.
The seas Of sovereign grace arise.
Lord Jesus, give up all other props,
| give up all other expectations Ruined
and undone, lay hold thee. | plead thy
promises | fly TO thy arms. Lord save
me: perish" When the Christian com
mission went into the army during the
war there were great multitude OF hun
CRY men and only few loaves of bread,
and the delegate of the commission was
cutting the bread and giving il out TO
wounded and dying men. Some one came
up and said, Cut those slices thinner or
there Will not be enough to 20 aronnd."
And Then he delegate cut the slices very
thin ai.d handed the bread around until
they all had some, but not much But,
blessed be God, there is no need Of economy
in this Gospel. Bread for all; bread enough
and to spare Why perish with hunger
THE LOVING WAY.
Again. advise you, as one Of the best
things You can do with Christ, to take him
into your love. Now there are two things
which make us love any one--inhereuJ at
tractiveness and then what he does IN the
way Of Kindness toward US. Now Christ is
in both these positions. Inherent attract
iveness-fairer than the children Of men,
the luster Of the morning IN his eye, the
glow Of hesetring sun in his cheek, myrrh
and frankincense in the breath Of his lip
In heaven of holy beings, the best In
heaven of mighty ones. the strongest. In
a heaven Of great hearts. the tenderest and
the most sympathetic. Why. sculpture
has never yet been able to chisel his FORM
nor painting to present the flush OF his
cheek, nor music 10 strike his charms; and
the greatest surprise Of eternity will be
the first moment when we rush into his
presence and with uplifted hands and
streaming eyes and heart bounding with
rapture, we cry ont. This Is Jcsusw
All over glorious Is my Lord.
He must he loved and yet adored.
His worth. if all the nations knew.
Sure. the whole earth would love him too
Has he not done encagh to win ouraffec-
tionss Peter the Great laying aside royal
authority. went down among the ship car
penters to help them, but Russia got the
chief advantage of that condescensiOn.
John Howard turned his back upon the
refinements and went around prisons TO
spy out their SORROWS and relieve their
wrongs, but English criminals got the
chief advantage of that ministry. But
when Christ comes, ii is for you and me,
The sacrifice for yon and me. The tears
for you and me- The crucifixion for you
and me.
II were hopelessly in debt. and some
one came and paid my debts and gave me
a receipt in full. and called OF the pack Of
bounding creditors. il were on founder
ing ship, and you came in a lifeboat aud
took me Off, could ! ever forget your kind
nesss Would ever allow an opportunity
to pass without rendering you a service or
attesting my gratitude and lover Oh, how
ought we TO feel toward Christ. who
plunged into the depth of our sin and
plucked us out.
Ought it not to set the very best emotions
Of our heart into the warmest-aye, red
hot glow The story is SO old that people
almost get asleep while they are hearing
IT, And yet there he hangs-Jesus the
man, Jesus the God. Was there anything
before or since, anything TO be compared
to this spectacle of generosity and
woes Did hearstrings ever snap with
worse tortured Were tears ever charged
with a heavier griefs Did blood ever gush,
in each globule the price of souls The
wave Of earthly malice dashed its bloody
foam against one foot, the wave OF internal
malice dashed against his other foot. while
the storm OF Gods wrath against sin beat
on his thorn pierced brow, and all the hosts
of darkness with cleaning lances ram
PACED through his holy soul.
THE INFINITE SACRIFICE
Oh. see the dethronement of heavens
king. the conqueror fallen from the white
horsel the massacre Of God Weep, We !
who have tears, over the loneliness of his |
exile and the horrors Of his darkness |
Christ sacrificed on the funeral pyre OF a
worlds transgression; tie good for the
bad, the great for the mean; the infinite |
for the finite, the God for the man. Oh. IL I
there be in all this audience one person 1
untouched by this story of the Saviour's
love. show me where he is, that / may
mark the monster OF ingratitude and Of
crime II you could see Christ as be is 1
you would rise from your seat and fling |
yourselves down at his feet, crying, my |
Lord. my light. my love, my JOY, my peace, |
my strength, my expectation, my heaven, I
my ALI Jesusl Jesusl"
Oh. can you not love himi Do YOU want |
more of his tearsg Why, he has shed them /
all for you. He has no more. Do you want
more of his blood? His arteries were 4
emptied dry. and the iron hand Of agony /
could press out nothing more. Would you /
put him to worse excruciations Then drive /
another nail into his hand, and plunge an
other spear into his side, and twist another
thorn into his crown, and lash him with 4
another fame Of internal torture. mo"
says some one: '.stopl stopl he shall not I
be smitten again. Enough the tears.
EnouSh the blood. Enough the torture.
Enough the agony" Enough" cries
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