Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-12-08

nation that adnises vou- Come. ny .orj.
Just try this Jdrianic. hath" Well
be says, 10 please yoe viii
drive 20 the brink o: the jordan. The horses
paw and neigh 10 get into the stream them
selves and cool their hot aanSs. General
Eeanan. assisted y his a;tendants, gets
down out o; his chariot and painfully comes
20 the brink Q. the river an steps n ua,.!
the water CONES 10 the ankle. AM goes On
deeper uasil the water comes TO the Girdte-
aud nov standing so :r down IN the siraaH.
Just 9 little inclination o. the head will
thoroughly !nmerse hin. He bows onca
into the hoot and comes up and shakes the
water on, Of nostrii an eye, sn3 his attend
ants look at hiw An: say. WAY. genera.
how much test~s yru IN look =
And hs bows g second tine into
ihs hoot All cores VI. ard tae
Wild fstare is gone OF. % his eye. he
lows II. third tine in.oths foo :. an zones
up, ant}Ae shrive.et skin has 60. sEnootn
again. He bows a-fou-tn tine into The aoot
AM CONES Up. anttee hatr t-at hai fallen
ont is restore there ara thick locks again
all over the head. He bows 'hs Arm rine
into the food. AMI conesu W. antthe hoar~--
ness h1s gone cut o. RS Inroal. Fl tow,
The s'xth sine ana cones UP, IN All TIA
soreness and-anSuisl hava lGn. cut o. n.
BODY. wig 40 says, 81 lam a!ro-, vii.
JUI | VIZ El4EP u fEtE ttEHtr cure. ana - I8F
bows tn seven!sA time !n:o th- fcai AMI Is
comes NJ. and not 20 muca as . tester ora
sca!a or Al eruption as big rs ne heal o. Il
pin is 70 h seen on him.
H. steps out on the bank ar ! says. is II
possible" And the attendants look AMI say.
is II possible" And as with the health q
All athlete he houn IS back into tha chari1t
ana drives on tner- COS W rom all his a.
terdants a wiii ''HuZza. hr1zt. OF course
they go back to pay and thans the man OF
God .or his counsel 50 iraUH1t WITH wisdom.
When they le;t the prophets hous.. thy
went Of mad. They nav" cone tack glad.
People always think better G. = minister n
Ter they are converted than they DO hefore
conversion. Now We ar 10 them an trto.er-
able nuisance because wextell them 10 DO
thingsthat 20 against the grain, but some Q
rs hav- a great many letters from those wto
Tell u that once they Were angry Al wnat We.
preached. but a~fterwari gladly received
the gospel AZ our hauts. They once cal ed
Us fanatics or terroriSts or Sne.li,s. 8
Trey call Us friends. Yondtr Is a man WAC
said he would nevar ron.e into the ctuFr1
again. He SAIL that Two years ago. H. said.
My family shall never cone acre again ii
such doctrines as that are preached" Bat
he came again. ant ms family zane again.
He IS n Christian his VIE 2 Christian. All
his children christians. the Who'll" house.
hold Christians. and YOU shall dwell win
- ~ - 49, AH1 - - ~. ,AA
undyins coatjutors are those Wno one.
heard the gospel AMI went away III Il
rage"
Now, my hearers. you know that this Cen
eral Hiallan did two things IN or Ter TO get
Well. The first was, he got out of his ch;s--
lot. He might have stald there with his
srollen feet on the stuffed ottoman, seated
on that embroidered cushion. until III, lass
gasp. he would never have got any relie'.
He mad TO get down out OF his chariot. AMI
you have got TO gt down out OF the chariot
of your pride II YOU ~v-r become a Carts
tfan. You cannot drive up 10 the cross with
a coach and four and be sa-et among all
the spangles. You seem to think that the
Lord is going to be complimentni by
your coming. Oh. 10, you poor. mis-
cradle. scaly, leprous sinner. get down
out Of thai. We ali come IN the
same naughty way. We expect TO ride
into the Kingdom q God; Never
until We get down on our knees will we tiud
mercy. The Lord has endorsed US. IN
! oharIoIed US. Get down out OF your pride.
Get down OUT Of your s4f righteousness ana
your hypercrit1cism. We have ali got to do
that. That is the journey we have to make
on our knees. Ii Is our internal pride that
| keeps us from getting rid OF the leprOsy OF
sin. Dear Lord, what have we to be proud
OF? Proud of our scales? Proud OF our IN
cleanliness? Proud Of this killing infection?
Bring US down at Thy feet, weeping, pray
ing, peniten,. believing suppliants-
For sinners, Lord. Thou cam'st to bleed,
And I'm q slime vile indeed.
Lord, | believe Thy grace is tree;
Oh, magnify that grace in me.
But he had not only to get down out of
his chariot. He had to wash. oh" you
say, II am very careful with my aD!utious.
Every day 1 plunge into a bright and beauti-
iul bath" All, my nearer, there is a food
brighter than any that pours from these
hills. 1t is the flood that breaks from the
granite of the eternal hills. 1t is the dood
Of pardon and peace and life and heaven.
That GOD started In the tears OF Christ and
the sweat OF G~ethsemane and rolled %, ac-
cumulatinS food. until all earth and heaven
could battle In II. Zechariah called it the
fountain open for sin ana u~ncleanness."
William Cowper called 1t the fountain nlled
with blood" Your fathers and mothers
washed all their sins and sorrows away in
that fountain. Oh. nv hearers, do you not
feel like wadina into it? Wade down now
into this glorious food. deeper, deeper.
deeper, Plunge once, twice, thrice, four
times, five times, six times, seven times. II
Will take as much as that to cure your soul.
Oh. wash. wash and be clean