Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-10-22

barkation at last in the evening amid tn
lights that CLEAN from the shore OF heaven
The trouble is that the vast majority OF Bibis
voyages stop at Coblentz, where the chic
g.ories begin.
Tie sea Of Gods W6ri is not like Gen
nessaret, twelve fnIes by six. but bound
less, ana In any one direction you can sal
on forever. Why then confine yourself to
a short Lsalnl or to a few verses Of an
epistle, The largest fish arr DO. near the
shore. Hoist all sail to the winds Of heaven.
Take hold Of both oars and pull away. Be
Ike come Of the whaiers that went out from
+ New Bedford Or Portsmouth TO he gone for
two or three year. Yea, calculate on a
lifetime voyage. You DO not want to land
until y%oulani IN heaven. Sail away, o ye
mariner, for eternity Launch out into
the deep
he text is appropriate to all Christians OF
shallow experience. Doubts and fears have
III our day been almost elected TO the pariia-
FrIent oI Christian grace. Some consider it
a Tad sign not u have any doubts. Doubts
AMI fears are not Signs Of health, but testers
and carbuncle7- You nave a valuable house
or farm. It IS suggested that the title is
MT goof. You employ counsel. You have
the deeds examined. Yoa search the record
Tor mortgages, lUagm-ats and liens. You
are not satisfied until YOU have a certificate,
signed BY the great seal Of the State, assur-
ing you that the title IS good. Yet how many
leave their title TO hsa ven an undecided mat
Ter! WHY do YOU not 20 to the records and
find out, Give yourself no rest, day or night,
until you can read your title clear to man
slons in the sk.e-.
Christian character is to come up to high
or standards. We nave now to hunt
through our iArarg 10 ind one Robert
MCheyne, or one. Eiward Payson, or one
Harlan Page. The time viii come when we
Will find half q DOZEN OF them sitting IN the
same seat with u. The grace OF God can
make q great deal better men than those |
have mentioned. Christians seem afraid
they will get hetero1ox by going too far.
They do not believe III Christian perfection.
There Is no danger of your being perfect for
some time Jet. [ will keep watch and give
You notice IN time, if you get too near per-
lection for the safety OF our theology
One-half Of You Christians are simply
stuck in the mui. WIZ not cut loose from
everything but God? Givenot to Him that
formal petition made up Of 1910
LORD. this and 20 LORD that. When peo-
pie arecold ant have nothing to say to God
tney strew their prayers with 'O'sn and
IN and ever Amen and things to
- u Tel Goi what you want with the
lfellng that lie is ready to give it. and be-
iis'e mat YOU will receive, and Won shall
nave II. Shed that old prayer Won have
.eeh ',lakln| these ten years. 1t is high
nn.e .hat V@u outSrew it. Throw it aside
WIN your oid %le1gers. and your old hats.
~ our on shoes. Take a review of vonr
present wants. of You present sins and of
your present blessings. With a sharp blade
gu away your past half AMI half Christian
~ ana WIN new determination, and new
pans, ana new expectations launch out into
the deep. A""
! ie text Is appropriate to all the unfor-
given. Every sinner would come ia God If
it Thought it. miybt onra ;,,~k l.
! eople talk as though the pardon of Cod
we're a narrow river, like the Kennebec or
Tue fafMe., and that their sins draw too
i"ch water 70 enter il. No: it is not a rirar
nor a bay, but a sea. shonld liz. ~
snane You to launch out into the great dean
ol 1ois mercy. | am a merchant. I have
.busnt a cargo OF spices in India. I have.
rn h1 a Dill OF exchange, paid for the
giue .arsp- You are a ship captain. l
those Spices You land in India VI, ~
20 me trader and saw. Here are the ordersSn
ah.' You flnd everything all right. Yon do
:. stop 10 pay the money yourself. It il
: your business to pay it. The arrange
"En's were made before you started. So
49, ;. pultlases your. pardon. He puts the
iaperS' or the promises, into your hand. Is
II wise 10 stop AMI say, II cannot nav for
my redemption" God does not ask Won to
lay relying on what has been done ianncb
out into the deep. nen
ne Bibles promises join hands. and tho
they make will compass all YOUR sins.
ana all your temptations. and ALI vonr co.,
rows Inc round taole of King Arthur and
ms hniIhtS had room for oniy thirteen han.
iuttefs, but the round table of Gods s,,n,Iv
= LilSe enough Tor all the present inhabit-
anus OF earth and heaven to sit at. and for
''e sun ihlghtler populations that are vet to
tDD nor "a 4 gta 49, we, |
AMI Old sins. Keep clear of the shore Co
cut where the water is deepest. Oh. for the
ana sea OF Gods mercy, 'tBe it known INTO
Son' men and brethren, that through this
van Is preached unto you forgiveness of
SINS. preach 1t with as much confidence
! ~ eiSHt, -Fear-oid transgressor as to the
maiden. Though your sins were blood rod
shall be snow white. The more raogsd
.+c lroiigal, the more compassionate Tho
a'ttf- DO you say that YOU are too had2
: a. nl-u water mark of Gods pardon il
1'Shsf tlan all your trausgressions. The
lr>l Oh Jesus Christ cleanseth from all sin"
70 You say that Your heart is hards SIM.
oS4 II We're ten times harder Do Won sav
nat your lniquIty is long continued9 Sun.
os' y were ten times longer. Do Won say
ant yaur crimes are black? Supnosa thot
oey were tea times blacker. Is there anv
loh that THIS Samson cannon slay2 Is +bara
any fortress that this Conqueror cannot
- any stu tUaC THIS Redeemer
'annct pardon
II + sail that when Charlemaona,s bos+
" 's n~VerloWerei by tie three armies Of tha
2aracEhs IN the pass of Roncesyalles his
ito,anf, i'll terrible earpestness
'lzti a trumpet AMI blew it with such ter
IN strength that the opposing army reeled
1ack WITH terror. but at the third blast Of
.htifutnpet It broke IN two. See your soul
rely asSallei by al the powers OF earth
a. hel. put the mlshter trunpet of the
''Soel 10 my llns AMI blow it. three t,neS
'a>t tae rst-"Wnosoever Will let him
fne. Rla,t the seconi-"SAes We rha
: i! whlie He may be found. Blast ths
iid-N is the accented time now
day or aviation"
41"S nc' ta- .cSt 81 voar sins fall bscts
~, tae trumpet does not. Ike that OF Roland
Fe2k II TIVE. -ASlt was handei down IA uS
~ the lbs OF oar fathers, we hand it. down
+ ne t!ps cl our children. and tell then, ~ ,
n I when We ar dead. that all thu gem.
.A'.et4> ~ men may lsaow that our God is a
aTh't.', 20 sympathetic Coda Low.
rod-tNi that more 70 HIM than the
9. heaven, more u Hin than the
aroma sn which He sits. more to Him tha, ,
7" Inc temples Of celestial worship is THE iov
sesin- me wani-rer putting his haht on :
dor latch ~ his Fathers house. Hear
!, Al - Nations Bread :or the worst nm {