Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-11-03

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CT his nature Tee Priests washed hands
and feet.
There Is \ Chance Eor al.
/ rem&rh, further, that this iayer OF
looking glasses spoken Of il the text
was very large layer. Railways thought,
from the fast that so MANY washed There,
and also zro..i the fect HAT Solomon at
erwarG, when he cogieSi t!Iat laylr il
the temple, bu;ltitoa YecJ large 5cale,
that it was LARGE, md so suggestive o.
the gospel OF Jesus Christ ard salvation.
by hiEl-yes5 in It's provisions. The
whole world may conc and wash in this
layer ard be clean.
When our civil war had passed, the
government Of the United States made
proclamation Of pardon to tie common
soldiery in tho Confederate army, but
not to the chief soldiers The gospel OF
Christ does not act il that way. IL says
pardon for all, but especially for the
chief of sinners I 10 not ROW think Of
q single passage that says small sinner
may DO saved, but do think OF passages
that say a great sinner may be saved. Il
there DC sii.s only family hued, just q
little tinged, SO family colored that you
can hardly see them, there is nc special
pardon promised in the Bible for those
sins, but if they be glaring, red like
crimson, then they shall be as snow.
Now, my brother, do not state this to
put premium upon great iniquity. l
merely say this to encourage that man,
whoever he his, who feels he is so far
gone from God that there is 10 mercy
for him. want to tell him there is a
good chance Why, Paul was murder
CT. lie assisted az the execution CT
Stephen, and yet Paul was saved. The
dying tllief did everything bad. The
dying thief was saved. Richard Baxter
swore dreadfully, but the grace Of Sod
lnet him, and Richard Baxter was saved.
yyasl, and &c Clean.
It is a vast laver Go and tell every
body to cone and wash in 1t. Let diem
come up rom IKE renitoltiarios and
wash away ticir crimes. Let them cone
Up from tie al.GshoUscs AID wash away
their poverty. Let them come Up from
their graves anG wash ;.y-,.y 5-leir death.
II there be aay enc 50 worn cut n Sin
that lie cannot seg NJ to the LAYER, you
Will take hold Ct his head and pu5 your
arms around him, and I will take hold
Of his feet, ard We will plunge him III
this glorious Bethesda, the vast laver Of
Gods mercy and salvation. In Solo
mons temple there were ten LAYERS aid
one molten sea-this great reservoir in
the midst of the temple filed with wa
ter-theee LAYERS and this molten sea
adorned with figures Of palm branch
ard oxen and lions and cherubiln. This
fountain of Gods mercy Is a: yaster
molten sea than that. Il is adorned not
With pGdlia braFiciles, but with the wood
Of. the cross: not with cherubin, but
whistle .1Tin$s Ct the Holy Ghost, and
around It's great rim all the race may
come and wash il the molten sea. Twas
reading the other day Of Alexander the
Great, who, when he was very thirsty
and standing at the head Of his army,
had brought TO him g. CUP Of water. He
|.lo6ted oil ppon his Ecst ard said q can
not drink this; my men are all thirsty"
and he dashed 1t to the ground.
Blessed he God, there is enough water
for I'll the enough FOR captains
fna host! "Whosoevar vii! may come
aaJ. take of the water OF life freely, :"
laver broad as tho earth. high as the
heavens ond deep IS hell.
II Is Cleansing or Death.
But I notice also, in regard to this
lever OF looking glasses SPOKEN Of IN the
to,t that tho washing Il It 'r-as is-para-
tive and not optional. When Inc priests
came into the tabernacle you viii find
tbs in The thirtieth chapter Of Exodas),
Cod tells them that thoy must wash III
that Iavcr or die. The priest might have
said: Cant I wash elsewhere? ! wash
ed in the LAYER at home, and now you
want me to wash here =" God says: mo
matter whether o. not you have washed
before. Wash il this LAYER or die. ="
"But, y says the priest ''there is water
iast as clean rs this. Wlywon'tthat do?'
"Wash here, " says Cod, ''or die. " So
it IS with the gospel Of Christ 1t is i'm
pcratiyc. There is only this alternative
keep our sins AID perish, Or wash them
away and live. But. says some one,
why could not God have made more
WAYS to heaven than one?" do not
know but he could have made half a
dozen. know he made but one. You
say, "Why not have long limo Of boats
running from here to heayen?' ] cal
not say, but I simply lIow that there IS
only one boat. You say, Are there rot
trees as luxuriant as that on Calvary,
more luxuriant for that had neither
buds nor blossoms; it WIS stripped and
barl.od?" Yes, yes, there have been tall
or trees than that and more luxuriant,
but the Only path TO heaven is unde-
that one tree. Instead OF quarrelinG be-
cause there arc not more ways, let Us be
thankful TO God there is one one name
given unto men whereby We can pe
! saved, one LAYER IL which all the world
! may WASH. 30 you $50 V iis'O : A'','A''-''
gospel this is I preach. ! DO not know
how man can stand stolilly and pre-
sent it, for it is such III ezhilaranr Cos
Del. It is not q mere wli.n or caprice.
Il is lie CT death. 1t IS heaven u holl.
You come before your child and Jon
havo = present. IN yo1r ha1d. You put
qorr hands behind your back and say:
which hard viii you take? Il ono
hand there Is & treasure; IN the other
thoro not. " l'ho child blindly chooses,
But God our Father does not DO that
way with us. Hespreads out both hands
/ and says: Nov this shall be very plain
| III that hand are pardon and peace and
life and the treasures Of heaven IN
that hand are punishment and sorrow
ard woe. Choose, choose for yourselTes?'
''Ho that believeth and is baptized shall
be saved, but be that belieyeth not shall
b. damned. p"
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