Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-09-22

nd they are all taken awav. What.
on say, before I prav any more? B.
ora l Rad nv Bible any nor@? Besor
tcry ever nv sins anv nor-T' Yes. this no.
uent. Relieva With all your heart. ami yor
are saved. Why. Christ IS only waiting {.
,~f from yoa what you giva TO scores OF peo-
Ole every day. What is,haf? Confidence.
these people whom You trus, day By dav arr
more worthy than Christ. IL they are NOR
aishful than Christ. ii they have done NOR
than Christ ever did. then give them the
preference. but II yoa really think tina, Christ
Is rs Trustworthy rs they are then deal With
Him as fairly.
on says some one in a light Way. II
believe that Chris. was born in Bethlehem.
and l believe that He died on the cross Do
You believe 1t With yodr heat or your henri?
| will illustrate the difference. You are In
EOur own house. In the morning YOU open
Il newspaper. and you read how Captain
Braveneart on the Sea risked his life for the
-aivation 81 his PASSENGERS. You say w IA,
Il grand fellow he mus, have bean: His fam
-ly deserves Very we'll Of the country" You
Old the newspaper AZ | sit down ~ the table
and perhaps DO not think 81 that incident,
again. That 10 historical faith.
Blu now you are OH the sea-. An / It is nigh,
and you are asleep, AMI you are awakened
by the shrek o. Fire" You rush ont on
me deck. You hear. amid the wringing Of
4he hands aud the f~ain,ing. the cry $40
nop". no hope! We arr lost. we are lost =
The sail puts out IT. wing OF fire. the ro,ee
make a burning ladder in The night heavens.
the spirit o. wfecs Misses in .ae " ayes. ani
on the hurricane decks shakes out It's banner
Of smoke AMI darkness. Down with the
~iiteboais! J. cried the captain. Down with
he li'ecoats - People rush into them. The
Uoa,s are about full. Room tor only one
more man. You are standing on the deck
beside the captain.
Who snail il, ber You or the captain!
The captain says. You" You jump IN
are saved. He stands there and d es. Now.
YOU believe tina, Captain Bravehsart sacr-
iced himself Tor his pass.n gers, but you
neiiere II With love. with tears, with no
and long continued ex.!amaiions, with
grief at his loss amt Joy at your deliverancp.
That Is saving faitn-:n other words. what
you believe with all the heart and be.iev-
in regard to yourself. Ga this hinge turns
my sermon-aye, the salvation 0. your i'm
mortal soul. You often 30 across a bridge
you know nothing about. You do no;
know WHO built the bridge. you 60 no,
know what material 1t is made o.. but
you come to it and walk OVER it
and ask no questions. An here Is an
arched bridge blasted from the * o
Ages" and built by tho Architect OF the
whole universe. spanning the dark gulf be-
tween sin an righteousness. and all God asks
YOU is to walk across ii. amt you start. an
YOU come TO it. and you stop. and you 90
Il little way on, and you stop. and you fall
back, and you experiment. You say, "aow
DO know that bridge will hold me" IN
stead Of marching on with firm step. askin,
no questions. but feeling that the strength
Of the eternal Col is under you.
Oh, was there ever n prize pro fered so
cheap as pardon and heaven are offered to
you? For how much? A million dollars?
1t is certainly worth more than that. Blu;
| phpanaY than thar vOl Gan hHV4 II Tn
Thousand dollars? Less than that. Five
thousand dollars? Less than that. One
lo,lar: LESS than that. Oae farth-
n-l Less tnau that. :Withou. money
mi without price No money to pay. Nc
Quincy TO take. No penance TO suffer.
DAILY just one decisive action Of the soul,
Believe on the Lord Jesus Chris, and
thou shalt be saved"
Shall l try to tell you what it is 10 ba
saved? I cannot tell you. No man, no
angel, can tell you. But / can hint ut il. for
my text brings me up TO this point. Thou
shaft be saved 1t means Il happy life here,
and a peaceful death, and u bliss;ul eternity.
Ii is a grand thing to go to sleep at night,
ant 10 get up in the morning. and to do bus
mess all day IeeiinS tnat all is rlgnt between
any heart and Got. No accident, no sick.
ness. no persecution, no peril, no sword
can do me- any permanent damage
/ an a forgiven child of Col. an
= AZ bouhh I " Iho IiOuSbs 4AC La
sworn He will see ma through. The mount.
aims may depart, the earth may burn. tn.
light OF the stars may be blown out by tn.
blast Of the judgment hurricane, but life an
death. things present and things to come
are mtne Yea. further than that. it mean,
Il peaceful death. Mrs. Hemans. Mrs. 81
courtney, DR.. Young and almost all the poet:
have said handsome things about death
There is nothing beautiful about it. Whei
we stand by the white and rigid features 0
those whom we love. and they give no an
swering pressure Of the hand and no re
want anybody poetizing round abou
us. Death is loathsomeness an
midnight and the wring.r< of the heart un
til the tendrils snap and curl in the tortur,
unless Christ shall be will. us. I confess t,
you an infinite fear, a consuming horror G
death unless Christ shall be with me.
would rather go down into a cave OF viii
beasts or a jungle Of reptiles than into tn
grave unless Christ goes with me. Will yo
tell me that | am TO be carried out from N
bright home and put away in the darkness
cannot bear darkness. At the first comm
OF the evening | must have the gas lighted
and the farther on IN life | get the more Ilik
to have my friends round ABOUT me.
=. And am I to be put off for thousands O
years in a dark place, with no one to spea
TO? When the holidays come and the gift
are distributed. shall l add no Joy to tn
Merry christmas or the Happy Ney
Year All. do not point down to the hol
in the ground. the grave, and call 1t a beat
tiful place. Unlessthere be some supernatt
raj illumination l shudder back from it. NJ
whoie nature revolts at 1t. But now thI
glorious lamp is lifted above the grave. an
all the darkness is gone. ami tie way
clear. l look into it now without n singh
shudder. Now my anxiety is not abor
death my anxiety IS that / nav live arigh
/, What power Is there in anything to cpl
me in the last hour if Christ wraps aroun
!. mo the skirt OF His own garment? Wha
darkness can tall upon my eyelids Their. am
: the heavenly daybreak? 0 death, ( Will M
: fear thee then. Back tothy cavern OF DARK
, ness. thou robber of all the earth. Fiy. tho
/ despoiler of families. With this battlcaS
I hew thee in twain from helmet to sanda
, the voice OF Christ sounding al. over ID
Y earth and through the heavens 20 death.
will be thy plague. O. grave. l will be tt
/ destruction"
/, To be saved is 10 wake up in the prcscn:
! O Christ. iol Know when JESUS was upo
; Ire earth how Happy He ma te every hous
: n" went into. m w1en He trincS us up Z
: MS h0us@ In ncavea how great shal. he on
l Cis4h His Earoa haS --a-a -, - - -