The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-10-26

but II You will cry to Christ and lay
hold OF Divine mercy, you are as safe
from eternal condemnation as though
/ yoa had been twenty years in Heaven.
/ Nisli could Put before my unpar-
doned readers tlieif own helpless1iess-
Nd human arm was ever strong enough
/ to unlock the door of Heaven. No foot
was ever mighty enough to break the
shaekle of sin. No oarsman swarthy
1 enough TO row Himself into Gods har-
bor- The wind is against you. The
tide is against you. The law is
/ against you. Ten thousand cor
rupting Influences are against you.
Helpless and undone. Not so hel oless
sailor on plank, midatlantic Not
so helpless a traveller girded by twenty
| miles d prairie on fire. Prove 1t, you
say. | will prove it. John Vi; a:
NO man can come to me, except the
Father which had Sc mt me draw him
| But while l have shown your help
lessness, want to put by the side of it
the power and willingness of Christ to
save you. think it was in 1856 YES
sci was bound for Portugal, but it was
driven TO pieces en- en- unfriendly
coast: The captain had his son with
him; and with the crew they wandered
up the beach, and started on the long
journey to find relief After awhile,
the son tainted by reason of
hunger and the length of the
way. The captain said to the
crew: Carry my boy for me OH your
shoulders. They carried him on, but
the journey was so long, that after
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and from weariness, and could carry
him no longer. Then the father raj
lied his almost wasted energy and took
up his own boy. and put him on his
shoulder. and carried him on mile af-
ter mile, mile after mile, until, over
come himself by hunger and weari-
ness, he too tainted by the way. The
boy lay down and died, and the father,
just at the time rescue came to
him, also persisted, living only
long enough to tell the story-and
story, indeed! But glory be to God
that Jesus Christ is able to take us up
out of our ship&recked and dying con-
dition, and put us Oh the shoulder Of
His strength, and by the omnipotence
of His Gospel bear us on through all
the journey of this life, and at last
through the opening gates of Heaven!
He is mighty to save. Though your
SIN be long and black, and inexcusable,
ana outrageous, the very moment you
believe / will proclaim pardon-quick,
full, grand, unconditional, un-
compromising, iliimitable infinite. Oh,
the grace of God! / am overwhelmed
when | come to think of it. Give
me thousand ladders; dashed fast to
each other, that may scale the height:
Let the line run out with the anchor
until all the cables of earth are ex-
hausted, that we may touch the depth.
Letthe archangel fly in circuit of eter-
nal ages in trying to sweep around
this theme. Oh, the grace of God! 1t
is so high. 1t is so broad. Il is so
deep Glory be to God, that where
mans oar gives out, Gods arm begins!
Why will We carry your sins and your
sorrows any longer when Christ offers
to take them? Why will you v'rest1e
down your fears when this moment you
might give up and be saved? Do you
not know that everything is ready?
Plenty of room at che feast. Jesus
has the ring of His love all ready to
put upon your hand. Come now and
sit down, We hungry ones, at the ban
quet. Ye who are in rags of sin, take
the robe of Christ. Ye who are
Swamped by the breakers around you,
cry to Christ to pilot you into smooth,
still waters. On account of the
peculiar phase of the subject, 1
have drawn my present illus
trations, you see, chiefly from the
water. remember that vessel went
to pieces on the Bermudas great many
years ago. 1t had vast treasure On
board But the vessel being sunk, no
effort was made to raise it. After many
years had passed a company of adven-
turers went out from England, and,
after a long voyage, they reached tho |
place where the vessel was said to have |
sunk. They got into a small boat |
and lowered over the place. Then
the divers went down, and they broke |
through what looked like limestone
covering, and the treasures rolled out |
what was found afterwards to be, in |
American money, worth one million |
five hundred thousand dollars and the |
foundation of a great business house
At that time the whole world rejoiced |
over what was called the luck of these |
adventurers. Oh, We who have been |
rowing toward the shore, and have
not been able to reach it, want to
tell you tonight that your boat hovers
over infinite treasure! All the riches of |
God are at your. feet. Treasures that |
never fail, and crowns that never grow |
dim. Who will go down now and seek |
them? Who will dive for the pearl of |
great price? Who will be prepared for
life, for death, for Judgment, for the |
long eternity? See two hands of blood |
stretched out toward thy soul, as Jesus
says: ''Come unto me, allye that labor |
and are heavy laden, and I will give
you rest"
The Obscured Light.
There was a Lighthouse far out at /
sea. 1t was there to warn the ships |
where the rocks were. One night, tie /
lamps were lit by the men in charge az