Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-10-29

Ill ~ i5 not :. IL. Nll.9 on CAPRICE
1t is lifo or death. 1t Is heaven or h>n
You como before your child, ana YOU
have a present in your hand. You put
your hands behind your back uad say:
(which hand will you talic? In ono
hand there is a treasure; in the other
there is not. The child blindly chooses,
But God our Father does not do that
way with us. He spreads ont 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 yourselvesW
"He that believeth and is baptized shall
be saved, but he that believeth not shall
be damned.
The UnsearchabIe Riches,
Oh, my dear friends, wish | could
coax you to accept this gospel! If you
could Just take one look in this laver of
looking glasses spoken Of i'll tie text,
you would begin now spiritual ablu
ton. The love of Christi dare not,
toward the close of my sermon, begin to
tell about it. The love of Christi Do
not talk to me about a mountain; it is
higher than that. Do not talk to me
about sea; it is 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. " Oh, have seen the glories of
Christi / have beheld something of the
beauty of that great sacrifice ON Calva-
ry, and have sometimes felt would
be willing to give anything if l might
Just sketch before you the wonders of
that sacrifice. / would like to do it
while live, and i would like to do it
when l die LET mo paint this and
die. " He comes along, weary and worn,
his face wet with tears his brow Grim
SON with blood, and he lies down on
Calvary for you. No, l mistake. Moth
ing was as comfortable as that. A stone
on Calvary would have made a soft pill
low for the dying head of Christ. Moth
ing so comfortable as that. He does not
lie down to die; he stands mp to die,
his spiked hands outsprcad as if to en-
brace world. Oh, what hard end for
those feet that had travelled all over Ju-
dna on ministries of mercy! What a
hard end for those hands that had wiped
away tears and bound up broken hearts |
Very hard, o dying Lamb Of God, and
yet there IRE those who know it and
who do not love thee. They say: "What
is all that to me? What if he does weep
and groan and die? ! don't want him. I"
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. Oh, dying Christ,
turn on them thine eyes Of affection
now and see If they will not change
their mindsl
saw one hanging on tree
In agony and blood
Who fixed his lanRuid eyes on me
As near his cross / stood.
Oh, never till my latest breath
Will forget that lOokl
He seemed to charge me with his death,
Though not IA word he spoke.
And that is all for you Oh, can you
not love him? Come around this laver,
old and young. IL is 10 FURNISHED You
can see your sins and 80 deep you can
wash them all away. o mourner, here
bathe your bruised soul, and, sick one,
here cool your hot temples In this layer
Penccl Do not cry amy more, dear soul
Pardon for all thy sins, comfort for all
thy Affections The black cloud that
hung laundering over Sinai has fioated
above Calvary and burst into the show.
er Of Sayiour's tears
saw in Kensington Garden picture
Of Waterloo good while after tho bat.
tie had passed and the grass had grown
all over the field There WAS a dis.
mounted cannon, aud a lamb had como
up from the pasture aud lay sleeping Ia
the mouth of that cannon 80 the artist
had represented ii--a most suggestive
thing, Thon ! thought how the war be.
iwaen God aud the soul bad GUIDED, and
instead ~ the announcement, The
wages u sin is death, thoro came tho
words, my peace I give unto lhoe A"
aud amid tho batteries ~ tho law that
bad once qunhnd win tao htty hhil ~
death / beheld the Lamb ~ God, which
lakulh away tho siu ~ the world
! vent a. jahns hs aas,
hrhry Hud nuIH Rni sld
fuuHd iu NiH b ffHiinH ilHNfi
kfd hr haH iHadN Ht Hlad.
afs whs ps hsi htEisieE
- dou't fur hia nAup pu ihn TnRts.
60. tald a RrliiDmau Hhu aaH inquif
iHg fuf = frlrnd 90 uil0 ~ iln bYrls laai
ulRiif
10 10 hDn uplird t4H arfa
"pigo 900 y0uf Dssd. plDasD
fhu ilo rlrrk lufuilund ilf nau ihai
hlr finnd hHd pa unairnh hui ho
had q rsHn in iliu hplr
A. a. a fisIHrni ihHB fH d nsp ~
$50 aia hAH aiid ud uNaiH EF
flsstn hnHl pDH uWritia hnilf