The Penn's Grove record., 1892-02-19

AND see how He made an immortal liturgy
out of the publican's cry, "Got be mercifui
to me a sinner" a rayer so short that the
most over whel offender can utter ii, and
yet long enough to win celestial donlnIonS.
II was well put by a man who had been con-
verted, and who membered that IN his
dissolute DAYS he found 1t hard to get
occupation, because he could not present a
certificate for good character.
In commencing Christ to the people he
said, "Bless God, l have found out that
Jesus will take a man without a characterV
| Christ on a level with suffering humanity.
Nv text SAYS. He came down with them
| and stood in the plain" No climbing up
! through attributes you cannot understand
No ascending Of the heights OF besutiful
rhetoric of prayer. No straining after ele-
vations you cannot reach. No hunting for
a God that you cannot find. But going right
straight to Him and looking into HIS face
and taking His hand and asking for His par
don, His comfort, His grace, His heaven.
Christ on the level, When during the
| siege Of Sebastopol an officer had COM
handed a private soldier to stand ON the
wall exposed TO the enemy and receive the
ammunition as 1t was hauded up, while he,
the officer, stool in a place sheltered from
the enemy's guns, General Gordon leaped
upon the wall to help and commanded the
officer to follow him, and then closed with
the words, 'Never order a man to do any
thing that you are afraid to do yourself"
Glory be to God, the Captain Of our saliva
ton has Himself gone through all the ex-
posures In which He commands us to be
courageous. He has been through 1t all. aud
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 q miserable prison. When re-
leased 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
aforetime ~endungeonsd aud sick and hun
cry and prosecuted and slain, out of His own
experiences is really to help all, aud pardon
all, and comfort all. and rescue all.
Oh, join Him in 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 of them never find the Gospel. They
lit high up on the Mont Blanc Of their
opinionativeness and they have their opinion
about God, and their opinion about the
poul and their opinion about eternity. Have
you any idea that your opinion will have
any effect upon the two tremendous facts
hat you are a sinner, and that Christ is
ready at your earnest prayer to save your
In the final day Of accounts how much will
you opinion be worths YOU opinion will
not be of much Importance before the blast
of the a~rchangels trumpet. When the life
,f this planet shall be thrashed out with the
aail Of thunderbolts nobody will ask about
your opinions. Come down out OF the noun
tain of opinionativeness and meet Christ on
the plain, where you must meet Him, or
never meet Him at all, except as yon meet
Him on the judgment throne.
A Christ easy to get ati Nc armed %sentineI
to challenge you. No ruthless officer to
scrutinize the papers you present. lmmedi-
ate response. Immediate forgiveness. lmme-
aiate solace. Through what struggle people
must go to get a pardon from worldl-
authority By. what petition, by what him
drance, by what nervous strain Of anxiety,
BY what adroitness. A count OF Italy ives
condemned to be put to death at Milan. The
s~ountess, hearing of the sentence, FASTENED
10 Vienna to seek his pardon. The death
warrant was already on its way.
The countess, arriving in Vienna in the
uight, fastened to the palace gates. The at
tendants forbade her entrance at all and es-
pecially at night, but she overcame them
with her entreaties, and the empress wa
Weakened and the countess pleaded before
her for the life Of her husband, and then tho
Emperor was Weakened to hear the same plea.
Communication OF sentence was granted, but
how could she oyertake the officer who had
rtarted with the death warrant, aud would
The be too late to save the life of her nus
band3 By four relays Of horses, and stop
ping not a moment for food, she reached the
sity Of Milan as her husband twas on the way
10 the scaffold. Just in time TO save him,
md not a 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 1t to the right piacein
dime. Glory be to God, we need &c through
no UGH exigency. No long road TO travel.
No pitiless beating at a palace gate. Pardon
here. Pardon nov. Pardon for asking.
Pardon for ever. A Saviour easy to get at
4 Christ on the plalni