Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-11-02

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viii s.II them 10 YOU cheaper than ne can
aTar,l to sell them.
remark. further, that this aver OF IopE-
ir,. .,,,sses spoken OF In the text was very
I.r-e LAYER. I ALWAYS thought. from the
f,., Tint so many wlshe thar", and also
rom tho fact that solomon aherwtri. when
10 ropi,l that laver In the temple. built II
on a very large scale that II was large, AMI
50 suggestive o. the gosne' - Jesus Christ
AMI salvation bv Him-vast ia Its provisions.
Tho whole worl may come AMI wash in this
iavar and h. clean.
When our Civil War had pissed, the Gov
eminent of the United States made proclq
mrtion OF pardon 10 the common soldiery in
tho Confederate army. hut not to the chief
soldiers. The gospel OF Christ does not act
IN that wav. II SAYS pardon for all. but
especially for the chief OF sinners.
Now my brother. do not state this TO
nut a premium upon great iniquitv. merely
say this TO encourage that man, whoever he
Is. who feels he is so far gone from God that
there s no mercy for him. | want TO toll
him there is n good chance Why. Paul was
a mur lorer He assisted at the execution
o. stephen, and vnt Paul was saved. The
diving thief did everything bad. The dying
thief was saved Richari Baxter swore
droaIfullv. hut the grace Of God met hin,
and Richard Baxter was saved.
1t il "A vast LAYER Go AMI tell everybody
TO come and wash In It. Let them come uP
from the prnitnntiaries an wash away their
crimes. Let them come up from the aims
houses and wash away their poverty Let
them come mp from their graves and wash
away their death. II there be any one so
worn out IN sin that he cannot get mp to the
LAYER YOU will take hold OF his head and
nut your arms around him, ami / will take
ho'd Of his feet. AMI We will plunge him In
th- glorious Bethesda, the vast LAYER OF
COTS mercy and salvation. In Soomous
temple there were ten LAYERS and one molten
sra-this great reservoir in the midst o. the
trmpc fillel with water --.hes- LAYERS and
this molten sea adornei with htureS OF
palm branch and oxen and lions and
rhrruMm. This fountain OF Goi's mercy
Is vaster molten sea- than that. II ls
not adorned with palm branches. but with
the wooi OF the cross not with the
chpruhim. but with the wings OF tho Holy
Ghost. and around its great rim all the race
nav come and wash in the molten sea.
But | notice also. in regard to this layer OF
looking glasses spoken OF in the text. that
the washing In 1t was imperative and not
ou,ionnl. When the priests came into the
tabernacle Cvou will find this in the thirtieth
chapter OF Exoius), Godtels them that they
must wash in that laver or die. The priest
might have said Cant wash elsewhere
washed In the laver at home, and now YOU
want me to wash here" God says mo
matter whether or not you have washed
before. Wash in this LAYER or die"
"But," saws the priest. there is water Just
rs clean ns this. Why won't that do"
"Wash here" Says God. "or die. so 1t is
with the gospel Of Christ 1t Is imperative.
There is only this alternative keep our sins
and perish. or wash thrm away and live,
But. saws some one, why could not Go /
have made more WAYS to heaven than onr?'
( DO not know but He could have made half
"A dozen. | know He made but one. You
/ say "Whv not have long line OF boats
runnin: from here to heaven | cannot
! say. hut | simply know that there Is
/ only ono boat. You say. Are there not
| trees ma uxuriant rs that on Calvary, more
| mIuriant. tor that had neither buds nor
/ blossoms It was stripped and harkedY'
/ Ycs, yes. there nave been taller trees than
! that and moro Iuxuriant. hut the only path
( 10 heaven is under that ono tree. Instead
| OF uuarrrling because there are not more
ways. let us be thankful to God there Is
/ one, ono name given unto men whereby we
can be- saved, ono LAYER in W. At all tho
world may wash. SO you see what radiant
gospel this is preach. ! do not know how
n man can stand stolidlv and present IT, for
II Is SutU an tAu'lHltuN kp~pH'' ~ - nv %
/ mere whim or caprice. IL Is life or death.
II is heaven or hell You come before your
child and YOU have a present IN your hani
You put your hands behind your back ami
say (Which hanl will you take? In one
hand there Is Il treasure In the other
there is not" The child bIindly chooses
But God our Father does not DO that
way with Ia. He spreads out both hands
ami says "Now this shall be very plain.
II 10, 4
and the treasures OF heaven. In that hand
ARE punishment and sorrow and woe.
Choose, choose for yourselves I" "He that
helirveth and Is baptized shall he saved, but
he that belrveth not shall be damned
An artist ia his dreams saw such splendid
dream OF the tranSflguration OF Cnist that
he awoke and seizei his pencil and said,
LET me paint this and die. Oh. | have
seen tho glories OF Christ | have beheld
something OF tho beaut, OF that great sacri
flee on Calvary, and | have sometimes felt
would he willing to give anything II might
Just sketch before you tho wonders Of
that sacrifice | would like to do 1t while
live, and would like Il do 1t when | die.
"Lrt me paint this and die. He comes
along, weary and worn. Hts face wet with
tears, His brow crimson with blood, and H.
lies down on Calvary for you. No. | mis-
take Nothing was ne comfortable rs that
stone on Calvary would have made a soft
pillow for the diving head Of Christ. Moth
Ing so comfortable AS that. He does not II,
down to die He stands up to die, spike |
hands outspread "a IL to emorace world.
on, what a hard end for those feet that hat
travelled all over Judge on ministries oil
mercy What a hard end for those hands
that had wiped away tcars and bound ur
broken hearts
And that is all Tor you On, can you moi
love Him2 Come around tins LAYER. old an,
young. 1t is so burnside you can see you
. sins and so deep you can wash them all away
o mourner, here battle your bruised soul
and, sick one, here cool your hot temples II
this LAYER! Peace Do not cry any more
dear soul Pardon for all thy sins, comfor
for all thy afii ictions. The black cloud tina
hung laundering over Sinai has tloated abov
Calvary and burst into the shower OF
Saviour's tears.
saw In Kensington Garden picture o
Waterloo COOL while after the battl
had passed and the grass had grow
all over the field. There was u dis
mounted cannon, and a lamb had com
up from the pasture and lay sleeping II
the mouth OF that cannon. SO the artis
had represented it-a most suSgestiv
thing. Then thought how the wGr be
tween God and tho soul had ended, an
instead OF tho announcement, "Th
wages OF sin is DEATH there came III
words, "My peace | give unto thee an
amid the batteries OF the law that had one
quaked with the fiery hail OF death behel
the Lamb OF God, which taketh away tn
sin Of the world.
went TO Jesus as was.
Weary and worn ana sad.
/ found in Hin resting place,
And He has made me glai.
GIN the true American there is no