The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-09-06


cry over nv sin. anv morsS. Yes. this mo-
ment Believs with all your he,rt, AMI you
are saved. whv. Christ is only waiting 10
get from you what you give 70 scores of peo-
pie every day. What isthat2 Couadenc,. II
these people whom Won trust day by dav ara
more worthy than Christ. 10 they are mora
faithful than Christ. II thev hays dons more
than Christ ever did. then give tnen tho
preference. hut II you really think that Christ
u as trustworthy MS they ars then deal with
Him as fairly.
ooh" says some one in a llsh, WV. "r
believe that Christ was born In Bethlehem.
ana believe that He died on tho cross" Do
YOU believe Il with your head ory,ur he,r,,
VIII Illustrate 'Ie difference. You nro In
your own house. In the morning you omen
newspaper. and you read how Captain
Braveheart on the sea riskei his life for the
salvation ot his passengers. You say "what
a grand fellow he must have been His fam.
ily deserves very we'll OF the country" You
fold the newspaper and sit down Mt the table
and perhaps do not think OF that incident
again. That Is historical faith.
But now you are on the sea. AMI II "a night
and you are asleep. and Won are awakened
by tho Shrek Of "Flrew You rush out on
the deck. You hear. amid the wringing Of
the hands and the fainting. the cry, "No
hope. no hopei We ars lost, we are lost -
The sail puts out ifs wing OF fire. tho robes
make burning ladder In the night heavens
the spirit OF wrecks Kisses in the waves. aud
on the hurricane decks shakes out its banner
Of smoke aud darkness. ~Down with tho
lifeboats J" cried the captain. Down with
the liteboats ~ People rush into them. The
boats are about full. Room for only ons
more man. You are standing on the deck
beside the captain.
Who shall 1t be2 You or the captain?
The captain says. YOU You Jump ami
are saved. He stands there and dies. Now,
hatf Il.
Heed himself for his passengers but YOU
believe IL with love. with tears. with hot
and long continued exclumations, with
grief at his loss and Joy at your deliyerancp.
That IA saving faith-n other words what
you believe with all the heart and believe
in regard to yourself On this hinge turns
my sermon-aye, the salvation OF your i'm
mortal soul You often go across u bridge
you know nothing about. You do not
know who built tho bridge, you do not
know what material II Is made of, but
you come TO II and walk over Il
and ask no questions. And here is an
arched bridge blasted from the "Ro,k OF
Ages and built by the Architect OF tue
whole universe. spanning the dark gulf be-
tween sin and ndrighteousness. and all God asks
you IL to walk across H. aud you start and
you come to II, and you stop, and you 90
little way on, and you stop, and You fall
back, and you experiment You say, Glow
Nv huON NiHtl DtiuSH Will 0DlI ln-
stead OF marching on with firm step. asking
40 questions, hut feeling that the strength
OF the eternal Go Is under you.
On, was there ever u prize pro fIered so
cheap as pardon and heaven are offered to
youP For how much2 A million dollars2
II is certainly worth more than that. BUT
cheaper than that you can havs II. Ten
Thousand dollars Less than that. Five
thousand dollars2 Less thun that. one
dollar2 Less than that. ono farth-
ingl Less than that without money
and without price" No money to pay. No
journey to take. No penance to suffer.
Only Just one decisive action Of the soul,
'Belleve on the Lord Jesus Christ, and
thou shalt be saved"
Shall try to tell you what 1t is TO be
saved? | cannot tell you. No man, no
angel. can tell you. But | can hint at It, for
my text brings me up TO this point. "Thou
shalt be saved II means happy life here,
and a peaceful death, and "a blissful eternity.
IL is grand thing to 20 to sleep at night,
and 10 get up in the morning, and to do bus
iness all day feeling that all Is right between
my heart and GoJ. No accident no sick
ness no ,rersecution, no peril, no sword.
can do me any permanent damhlSe
1 am forgiven child OF God, and
He is bound TO sec me through. He has
sworn He will see me through. The mount
aims may depart, the earth may burn. tho
light OF the stars may be blown out by tho
blast of the judgment hurricane. but life and
death, things present and things TO come,
are mine. Yea, further than that, IL means
a peaceful death. Mrs. Hemans, Mrs. ST.
courtney, DIR. Young and almost all the poets
have said handsome things about death.
There is nothing beautiful about IL. When
we stand by the white and rigid features OF
those whom we love, and they give no an
swering pressure OF the hand and no re.
turning kiss OF the lip. we do not
nnxshnHN yt .lN
us. Death is loathsomeness and
midnight and the wrlngng Of the heart un.
III the tendrils snap and curl In the torture
unless Christ shall be with us. | confess to
YOU an infinite fear, consuming horror Of
death unless Christ shall DO with me.
would rather 60 down into cave OF wild
beasts or jungle OF reptiles than into the
grave unless Christ goes with me- Will you
tell me that am TO be carried out from my
bright home and put away in the darkness?
l cannot bear darkness. At the first coming
of the evening | must have the gus lighted
and the farther on In life get the more like
to have my friends round about me.
And am to be put of for thousands OF
years in "A dark place, with no one to speak
10? When the holidays come and the gifts
are distributed, shalt | add no JOY TO the
'Merry Christmas or the Happy New
Year," Alb. do not point down to the hole
In the ground, the grave, and call II Il beau
tiful place. Unless there be some supernatu-
raj illumination shudder back from IL. Ny
whole nature revolts at il. But now thii
glorious lamp IL lifted above tn grave, AMI
all the darkness Is gone, and tie way IS
clear. look into II now without single
shudder. Now my anxiety IL not about
death my anxiety Is that i may live Alright.
What power Is there In anything to chill
me In the last hour II Christ wraps around
me the skirt OF His own garment? What
darkness can fall upon my eyelids then. amid
the heavenly daybreak2 . death, will not
fear thee then. Back TO thy cavern OF dark
ness, thou robber OF all the earth. Fly, thou
despoiler of families. With this battleax
hew thee in twain from helmet to sandal,
the voice OF Christ sounding all over tho
earth and through the heavens 20 death,
will be thy plague. grave, will be tny
destruction"
To be saved Is to wake up In the presence
OF Christ. You know when Jesus was upon
the earth how happy He made every house
He went into, and when He brings us up TO
His house 10 heaven how great shall be our
gleei His voice has more music In II than Is
10 be- heard in all the oratorios OF eternity.
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