Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-09-07

them. Oh, there was something so
pleasant, so inviting, so cheering in ev-
erything he did, in his very look When
these sick ones were brought out, did he
say: "Do not bring before me these
sores Do not trouble me with these
leprosies?' No, no; there was a kind
look; there was a gentle word; there
was healing touch. They could not
keep away from him.
l think there are many under the in
fiuence of the Spirit of God who are
saving, Il will trust him if you will
only tell me how" And the great ques-
ton asked by many is, "How, how?'
And while answer your question look
up and utter the prayer which Rowland
Hill so often uttered in the midst of his
sermons, master, helpP' How are you
to trust in Christ?
Perfect Confidence.
Just as YOU trust any one. You trust
your partner in business with important
things. If a commercial house gives you
a note payable three months hence, you
expect the payment of that note at the
end Of three months. You have perfect
confidence in their word and in their
ability. Or, again, you go home today.
You expect there will be food on the
table. You have confidence in that.
Now, ask you to have the same conf
dence in the Lord Jesus Christ. He says,
"You believe; ] take away your sins,
and they are all taken away. What!
you say, "before pray any more? Be
fore l read my Bible any more? Before
I cry over my sins any more:" Yes, this
moment. Believe with all your heart,
and you are saved. Why, Christ is only
waiting to get from you what you give
to scores Of people every day. What Is
that? Confidence If these people whom
you trust day by day are more worthy
than Christ if they are more faithful
than Christ, if they have done more
than Christ ever did, then give them the
preference, but if you really think that
Christ is as Trustworthy as they are then
deal with him as fairly.
ooh, " says some one in light way,
81 believe that Christ was born in Beth
lehem, and I believe that he died on the
cross" Do you believe it with your
head or your heart? Twill illustrate the
difference. You arc in your own house.
In the morning you open a newspaper,
and you read how Captain Braveheart
on the sea riskcd his life for the saliva
ton Of his passengers. You say: What
grand fellow he must have beenl His
family deserves very well Of the coun-
try. " You fold the newspaper and sit
down at the table and perhaps do not
think Of that incident again. That is
historical faith.
saved by Faith.
But now YOU are on the sea, and 1t Is
night, and you arc asleep, and you are
awakened by the shrek of "FireF' You
rush out on the deck You hear, amid
the wringing Of the hands and the faint
ing. the cry: "No hope no hope! We
are lost, we are lost" The sail puts out
its wing Of fire, the ropes make burn
ing ladder in the night heavens, the
spirit Of wrecks Kisses i'll the wave, and
ON the hurricane deck shakes out its ban
ner Of smoke and darkness. Down
with the lifcboatsr" cries the captain.
Down with the lifeboatsn People rush
into them. The boats are about full.
Room only for one more man. You are
standing on the deck beside the captain.
Who shall it be: You or the captain:
The captain says, You. " You jump
and are saved. He stands there and dies.
Now. YOU believe that Captain Brave
heart sacrificed himself for his passen-
gers, but you believe it with love, with
tears. with hot and long continued ex-
CARNATIONS, with grief at his loss and
JOY at your delivorance. That IS saving
faith-in other words, what You believe
with all the heart and believe in regard
to yourself. On this hinge turns my ser
mon-aye, the salvation Of your i'm
mortal soul. You often 90 across a
bridge You know nothing about You
do not know who built the bridge, you
do not know what material it is made
of. but YOU come to it and walk over II
and ask no questions And here Is an
arched bridge blasted from the Rock
Of Ages" and built by the Architect OF
the whole universe, spanning the dark
gulf between sin and righteousness, and
all God asks you is to walk across 1t,
and You start, and you come to it, and
you stop, and you 90 a little way on,
and you stop, and You fall back, and
YOU experiment You say, "How do ]
know that bridge will hold me-" in
stead Of marching on with firm step,
asking 10 questions, but feeling that
the strength Of the eternal Gcd IS under
You.
Oh, was there ever prize profcred
so cheap as pardon and heaven are o.
fered to YOU? For how much? a million
dollars? 1t is certainly worth more than
that. But cheaper than that you can
have it. Ten thousand dollars? Less
than that. Five thousand dollars? Less
than that. One dollar? Less than that
One farthing? Less than that with.
out money and without price" No
money to pay. No journey to take. No
penancc to suffer. Only just one decisive
action Of the soul, believe on the Lord
Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved. "
Forgiven and Safe.
Shall try to tell you what it is to DO
saved? I cannot tell you. No man, no
angel, can tell you. But l can hint at
it, for my text brings me up to this
point, "Thou shalt besayed." 1t means
a happy life here, and a peaceful death,
and blissful eternity. 1t is a grand
thing to go to sleep at night, and to get
up in the morning, and to do business
all day feeling that all is right between
my heart and God. No accident, no
sickness, no persecution, no peril, no
sword, can do me any permanent dam
age l am a forgiven child Of God, and
he is bound to see me through. He has
sworn he will see me through. The
mountains may depart, the earth may
burn, the light Of the stars may be blown
out by the blast Of the judgment hurri-
cane but life and death, things present
and things to come, are mine. Yea,
further than that, it means a peaceful
death. Mrs. Hemans, Mrs. Sigouney,
T., Il