The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-10-31

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 your
selves" "He that believeth and is bap-
tised shall be saved, but he that believ-
eth not shall be damned"
o, my dear friends, l wish i could
coax you to accept this gospel. II you
could just take one look in this laver
of looking glasses spoken of in the text
you would begin now spiritual ablu-
tion. 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 mountain; 1t
is higher than that. Do not talk to me
about sea; it's deeper than that.
An artist in his dreams saw such a
splendid dream of the TRANSPORTATION
of Christ that he awoke and seized his
pencil and said: Let me paint this
and die" o, have seen the glories of
Christ! l have beheld something of
the beauty of that great sacrifice on
Calvary, and l have sometimes felt /
would be willing to give anything If l
might just sketch before you the won
ders of that sacrifice. would like to do
it when 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 Calvary for you. No, l mistake.
Nothing was as comfortable as that
A stone on Calvary would have made a
soft pillow for the dying head OF Christ
Nothing so comfortable as that. He
does not lie down to die; He stands up
to die; His spiked hands outspread as II
to embNce a world. o, what hard
end for these feet that had Travelled all
over Judea on ministries of mercy!
What hard end for those hands that
had wiped away tears and bound up
broken hearts! Very hard, oh, dying
Lamb of Godl and yet there are those
who know it and who do not love Thee.
They say: "What is all that to mel
What if He does weep and groan and
die? don't want Him" Lord Jesus
Christ, they will not help Thee down
from the cross! The soldiers will come,
and they will tear Thee down from the
cross, and put their arms around Thee,
and lower Thee into the tomb; but
they will not help. They see nothing
to move them. o, dying Christ, turn
on them Thine eyes of affection now,
and see if they will not change their
minds!
81 saw One hanging on tree,
In agony and blood,
Who fixed His languid eyes on me,
AS near His cross / stood.
20, never till my latest breath
VIII forget that lookl
He seemed to charge me with his death,
Though not word He spoke"
And that is all for you! O, can you
not love HilnP Come around this laver
old and young. 1t is so FURNISHED you
can see your sins; and so deep you car
wash them all away. o, mourner, here
bathe 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
thy Affections The black cloud thai
hung laundering over Sinai has foate(
above Calvary, has burst into the show
er of Saviours tears.
saw in KensinCton Garden picture
of Waterloo good while after the bat
tie had passed, and the grass had grown
all over the field. There was dis
mounted cannon, and lamb had come
up from the pasture and lay sleeping
in the mouth of that cannon. So the
artist had represented it-a most sug
gestive thing. Then l thought how
the war between God and the soul hac
ended and instead of the announce
ment, 1.-THE wages of sin is death,
there came the words, my peace Igiv'
unto thee;" and amidst the batteries O
the law that had once quaked with the
fiery hail of death, beheld the Lamt
of God which taketh away the sin o
the world.
II went to Jesus as was
Weary, and worn, and sad;
found In Him a resting place,
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