The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-29


and lions. and cherubim. This fountain
of Gods mercy is a vaster molten sea
than that II is adorned not with PAIN
branches, but with the wood OF the cross,
not with 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. ! was 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 MN
a cup of water He looked of upon nus
host and said: 'I cannot drink
this. nv men are all thirsy;'
and he dashed It to the ground
Blessed be Cod there is enough
water for all the host-enough Tor cap
tains and host. "WhOsOever VIII may
come and take Of the water OF lie treely
"a laver broad as the earth, high as the
heavens. and deep as hell.
But notice also, IN regard TO this laNer
Of looking glasses spoken Of in the text
that the washing in it was imperative ana
not optional When the priests come into
the tabernacle (you viii ind this IN the
thirtieth chapter of EXodus), God tells
them that they must wash in that laver
or die The priest might have said, can
l wash elsewhere? I washed in the LAYER
at home. and now you want me TO WASH
here" God says, mo matter whether OF
not you have washed before. WASH IN
this laver or die" But says the priest,
there is water just as clean as this-why
won't that do2' Wash here says God
"or die" So it is with the gospel Of
Christi is imperative. There is only
this alternative: Keep our sins and per-
ish. or wash them away and live. But
SAYS some one: why could not God have
made more ways to heaven than one?''
l do not know but he could have made
half a dozen. / know he made but one.
You say: why not have a long line Of
boats running from here to heaven
l cannot say, but I simply know that
there is only one boat You say: Are
there not trees as luxuriant as that on
Calvary ?-more luxuriant, for that had
neither buds nor blossoms; it was stripped
and barked!' Yes, yes, there have been
taller trees than that and more luxuriant;
but the only path to heaven is under that
one tree. Instead Of quarreling because
there are not more ways, let us be thank
full to God there is one-one name given
unto men whereby we can be saved-one
laver i'm which all the world may wash.
So you see what a radiant gospel this is
preach. I do not know how a man can
stand stolidly and present it, for it is such
an eXhilirant gospel. 1t is not mere
whim or caprice; it is life or death; it Is
heaven or hell You come before your
child and you have a present in your
hand. You put your hands behind your
back and say, Which hand will you take?
In one hand there is a treasure in the
OluCI lnCI6 Is not he Cnllu DllnUlV
chooses. But God our Father does not
do that 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 woe. Choose, choose for
yourselves! He that believeth and is
baptized shall be saved. but he that be-
lieveth not shall be damned"
Oh, my dear friends, I wish ! could coax
you to accept this Gospel If you could
just take one look in this laver of looking
glasses spoken of in the text, you would
begin now spiritual ablution The love of
Christi dare not, toward the close of my
sermon, begin to tell about it. The love Of
Christ! Do not talk to me about a noun
tain; 1t is higher than that. Do not talk
to me about sea; it is deep than that.
An artist in his dreams saw such a SPLEEN
did dream of the TRANSPORTATION of Christ
that he awoke and seized his pencil, and
said, Let me paint this and die" Oh!
have seen the glories of Christ! 1 have
| beheld something of the beauty of that
great sacrifice on Calvary, and | have
sometimes felt I would be willing to give
anything If l might just sketch before you
! the wonders of that sacrifice. l would like
to do 1t while l live, and l would like to
do it when l die Let me paint this and
die!' He comes along, weary and worn
his face wet with tears, his brow crimson
with blood, and he lies down on Cavalry
! for you. No, mistake Nothing vas as
comfortable as that. A stone on Calvary
| would have made a soft pillow for the dV-
ing head of Christ. Nothing so comforta-
/ bic as that. He does not lie down TO die
/ he standS up to die; his spiked hands out
! spread aAf to embrace a world. Oh, what
/ a hard end for these feet that had Travelled
| all over Judea on ministries of mercy
What a hard end for those hands that had
! VIII tears hound mn
/ hearts! Very hard, oh dying Lamb OF
! God! and yet there are those who know
| it and who do not love thee. They say
| What is all that to me? What if he does
weep, and groan and die? 1 don't wan
him." Lord Jesus Christ, they will no
help thee down from the cross! The sol
diers will come, and they will tear the,
down from the cross, and put their arm!
around thee and lower thee into the tomb
but they will not help. They see nothing
to move them. Oh dying Christ! turn oil
them thine eyes of affection now, and Sc,
If they will not change their minds!
saw one hanging on a tree,
In agony and blood.
Who fixed his languid eyes on me,
AS near his cross l stood.
Oh. never till my latest breath
Will forget that look
He seemed to charge me with his dealt
Though not word he spoke.
And that is all for youl On, can yol
not love him? Come around this laver
old and young. II is so FURNISHED yo
can see your sins; and so deep, you cal
wash them all away. Oh, mourner her
battle your bruised soul; and sick one
here cool your hot temples in this laver
Peace Do not cry any more, dear soul
, Pardon for all thy sins, comfort for al
J thy Affections The black cloud that hun
laundering over Sinai has fioated abov
Calvary, and burst into the shower of
Saviour's tears.
; saw in Kensington Garden picture o
Waterloo a good while after the battl
had passed, and the grass had grown a
3 over the field. There was a dismounte
cannon, and lamb had come up from tn
pasture and lay sleeping in the mouth o
that cannon. So the artist had represente
it a most suggestive thing. Then
{ thought how the war between God an
the soul had ended; and instead Of tn
announcement, THE wages of sin
death" there came the words, MY peac
: I give unto thee" and amidst the bat
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