The Penn's Grove record., 1894-11-02
PENIS GROVE, n. j, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 2 1894.

| ovprreanhes in n hargaip, I a. ny the state
! ment. II he is n Christian anywhere. he will
be in his business. 1t Is very easy to be goo1
IN the PRAYER meeting. with surroundings
Siniiy anil blessed. hut not so easy TO
" n Christian behinf the counter, when
by one skilIul twitch of tho goo Is you
| can hide a fl +, W In the silk so that the Gus
| 'omer cannot see It. 1t Is very easv TO be a
Chrlstisn with a psalmbook In your hand
| an n Bible In o lap. but not 81 ensy
when you can 90 into a shop ant falsely tell
the merchant you can get thoss goo Is ut 4
cheaper rate In another store. 80 that he
will sail them 10 you cheaper than he can
| afford to sell them. :
I remark, further, that this LAYER of look
ing glasses spoken of In the text was a very
large laver. l ALWAYS thought, from the
fact that SO many washed there, and also
from the fact TINT Solomon afterward, when
he copied that LAYER In the temple. built II
on a very large scale, that II was large, and
so suggestive OF the gospel Of Jesus Christ
and salvation nv Hin-vsst In its provisions.
The whole world may cone n wash In this
LAYER and b, clean.
When our Civil War had plssej. the Gov
nation ofparion to the common sol iery IN
the Confederate army. but not to the CHIEF
soldiers. The gospel OF Christ does not net
In that way. It says pardon for all, but
especially for the chief OF sinners.
Now, my brother. I do not state this TO
put a premium upon great iniquity. Imerely
say this to encou age that nan whoev'r he
Is, who feels be is 80 far gone from God thai
there is no mercy for him. l want TO tell
him there is a goo1 chance. Why. Paul was
= muir 'erer. He assisted at the execution
of Stephen, ani vet Paul was saved. The
| dying thief did everything bal. The dying
thief was saved. Richard Baxter swore
! drealfuily. hut the grace OF God met him,
and Richard Baxter was saved.
1t Ia n vast laver. Go n tell everybody
| to come AMI wash in T.. Let thsm 70 ne up
| from the pan' tentiaries AMI wash away their
crimes. Let them come up from the aims
houses ani wash away their poverty. Let
them co ne no from their graves AMI wish
| away their death. II there be any one so
| worn out in sin thai he cannot get up to the
LAYER, you will take. hold of his head AMI
| put your arms around him, and I will take
| hold OF his feet. AMI we will plunge him In
this glorious Bethesia, the vast LAYER Of
| Gods mercy and salvation. In So'omon's
| temple there were ten LAYERS n one molten
sea--this great reservoir In the ml'st OF the
| temple Allied with water--.hese LAYERS an !
| this molten sea adorned with figures OF
/ palm branch and oxan AMI ions anil
| cherubim. This fountain OF G,Ps mercy
Is a vaster molten sea than that. 1t 10
not adorned with palm branches. hut with
| the wood OF the cross not with the
| cherubim, but with the wings OF the Holy
| Ghost, and around its great rim all the race
| may come and wash in the molten sea.
But I notice also. in re rard to this lavor OF
looking glasses spoken of in the text. that
the washing in 1t was imperative and not
optional. When the priests anne into the
tabernacle (you will find this In the thirtieth
chapter OF Exoius), Godtel!s them that they
must wash in that laver or die. Tha priest
might have 8 aid: 'tCan't I wash elsewhere?
I washed in the laver at home, an YOU
want me to wash here" Col says: mo
matter whether or not you have washed
before. Wash in this iaver or die."
aBut,. says the priest. .'there is alter Just
ms clean rs this. Why won't that doY'
ssWash here says God, "or die" So it Is
with the gospel OF Christ. Ii Is Imperative.
There is only this alternative keep our sins
and perish, or wash them away and live.
But, says some one, way could NOT doi
have made more ways to heaven than omar
I do not know but He could have made half
a dozen. 1 know He made but one. You
saw. "Why not have a long line of boats
running from here to heaven?" / cannot
say. but / simply know that there IL
only one boat. You say, "Are there not
trees rs luxuriant ms that on Calvary, more
Iuxuriant, for that had neither buds nor
blossoms. 1t was stripped and barkedg'
Yes, yes, there have been taller trees than
that and more luxuriant, but the only path
to heaven Is under that one tree. Instea
Of duarreling because there are not more
ways, let IS be thankful to God there Is
one, one name given unto men whereby We
can be saved, one laver In which all the
world NAV wash, So you see what a radiant
gospel this Is I preach. / do not know how
a man can stand stolidiy and present 1t, for
Il Is such an exhilarant gospel. 1t Is not a
mere within or caprice. 1t Is life or death.
II Is heaven or hell. You come before your
child, and you have a present in your hand.
You put your hands benin your back and
say: (which hand will you take? In on
hand there is a treasure; in the other
there is not" The child blindly chooses.
But God our Father does not do thai
way with us, He spreads out both hands
and says: "Now this shall be very plain.
In that hand are pardon and peace and life
and the treasures of heaven. In that hand
are punishment and sorrow and wee,
Choose, choose for yourselves" Il that
belieyeth and is baptized shall be saved, but
he that believeth not shall be damned"
An artist 10 his dreams saw such q splendid
dream OF the TRANSPORTATION OF Chist that
he awoke and seized his pencil n said,
'tLet me paint this and de-" Oh, have
seen the glorles OF Christ | I have beheld
something oil the beauty OF that great sacri
Ace on Calvary, and I have sometimes felt
would be willing to give anything II ! NIGH
inst sketch before you the wonders o
that sacriica, I would like to do 1t while
live. and l would like to do 1t when / die.
s.Let me paint this and die" He Gomez
along, weary and worn, His face wet VIII
tears. His brow crimson with blood, and II
lies down on Calvary for you. No, | mis-
fake. Nothing was as comfortable as that
A stone on Calvary would have made a sof
pillow for the dying head OF Christ. Moth
Ing so comfortable as that. He does not III
down to die He stands up to die, Hisspiket
hands outspread as II 70 embrace q world
Oh. what a hard end for those feet that ha'
travelled all over Jud@a on ministries o
mereyI What a hard end for those hand
that had wiped away tears and bound NJ
broken hearts
And that Is all for you! Oh, can you no
love Him? Come around this laver, old an
young. 1t is so Furnished you can see you
sins and SO deep you can wash them all away
o mourner, here battle your bruised SOU
and, sick one, here cool your hot temples
this LAYER! Peacei Do not cry any more
dear souli Pardon for all thy sins, comfor
for all thy Affections. The black cloud tha
hungthunierlng over Sinai has fioated aboy
Calvary and burst into the shower OF
S~aviour's tears.
1 saw In Kensington Garden a picture {
Waterloo a good whte after the pattl
had pissed and the grass had grow
all over the field. There was a dis
mounted cannon. and a lamb had com
/ up from the pasture and lay sleeping
the mouth OF that cannon. So the arts
had represented tia most suggestlV
thing. Then 1 thought how the war b.
tween God and the soul had ended, an
instead OF the announcement, I'm
wages Of sin is DEATH there came Il
words, s'My peace l give unto thee" an
amid the batteries OF the law that had one
quaked with the fiery bail of death I behel
the Lamb OF God, which taketh away IL
sin Of the world.
went 10 Jesus as I was,
Weary and worn and sad.