The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-07-08

hurl yourself into the deep sea OF his
mercy. He comes and says, 81 will
save you" If you do not think he is a
hypocrite and a liar when he says that
believe him, and say. Lord Jesus, 1
believe; here is my heart. Wash it.
Save IL. Do it now. Az, it is done;
for l obey thy promise and come. /
can do no more. That is all thou hast
asked. | come. Christ is mine. Pardon
is mine. Heaven is mine.''
Why, my friends, you put more trust
In everybody than you do in Christ,
and in everything; more trust in the
bridge crossing the stream, in the
ladder up to the loft; more trust in the
Itove than confines the fire; more
trust in the cook that prepares your
food; more trust in the clerk that
writes your books, in the druggist that
makes the medicine, in the bargain
maker with whom you trade; more
trust in all these things than in Christ,
although he stands this moment offer
ing without limit, and without mis-
take, and without exception, universal
pardon to all who wantit. Now, is not
that cheap enough--all things for moth
lngP This is the whole of the Gospel as
understand it, that If you believe that
Christ died to save you, you are saved.
When? Now. No more doubt about
1t than that YOU sit there. No moVn
doubt abont it than that you have
right hand. No more doubt about it
than that there is God. If you had
committed five hundred thousand
transgressions, Christ would forgive
you just as freely as if you had
never committed but one; though you
had gone through the whole catalogue
of crimes-arson, and blasphemy, and
murder-Christ would pardon you
just as freely, you coming to him, as
though you had committed only the
slightest sin of the tongue. Why,
when Christ comes to pardon soul, he
stops for nothing. Height is nothing.
Depth is nothing. Protractedness is
nothing.
Ger sins like mountains for their 8
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, l lay hold thee. 1 plead
thy promises. l fly to thy arms, Lord
save me; l perish" When the Chris
tan commission went into the army
during the war there were a great
multitude of hungry men and only a
few loaves of bread, and the dele
gate of the commission was cut.
ting 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
go around" And then the delegate
cut the slices very thin, and 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 hungerf
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-inherent attractiveness, and theI
what he does IN the way of kindness
toward US Now Christ is in botl
these positions. Inherent attractive
ness: fairer than the children of men
the lustre of the morning in his eye
the glow of the setting sun in hi!
cheek, myrrh and franlsincense in the
breath of his lips In heaven of holJ
beings, the best, In heaven of mighty
ones, the strongest. In HEAVIER
of great hearts, the tenderest and thu
most sympathetic. Why, sculpture
has never yet been able to chisel hi
form, nor painting to present the fusl
of his charms; and the greatest sur
prise of eternity will be the first mo
ment when we rush into his presence
and with uplifted hands and streaming
eyes and heart bounding with rapture
we cry out, This is Jesus"
All over glorious is my Lord,
He must be loved and yet adored;
His worth, If all the nations knew
Sure, the whole earth would love him toe
Oh, look at him, thy butchered Lord
unshrouded and CHASTITY as they fun
him from the tree, his wounds gapinI
for bandage. Are there no hands t.
close these eyes? Then let the sun 6
out and there be midnight. Howl, y
winds, and howl we seas, for you
Lord is dead. Oh, what more coul
he have done for you and to
me then he has done? Coul
he pay a bigger priceP Coul
he drink more bitter cup? Coul
he plunge into a worse catastrophe
And can you not love him2 Groa
again, o blessed Jesus, that they ma
feel thy sacrificed Groan again. n
! the four fingers and the thumb Of tn
wounded hand upon them, that tn
cash in the palm may strike the
soul, and thy warm life may bleed int
them. Groan again, o Jesus, and sc
If they will not feel.