The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-14

Indn before YOU Won them Does the
picture that cost YOU hundreds or thou
sands of dollars ON your wall bring YOU
as much satisfaction as the engraving
that at the expense of s. was hung upon
the wall when you first began 10 keep
house2
DO all the cutlery and rare plate that
glitter on your extension dining table,
surrounded by fiatteRing guests, con-
tain more Of real bliss than the plain
ware of your first table. at which sat
only two Does a wardrobe crowded
with costly attire give you more salts
faction than your first clothes closet
with its four or five pegs? Did not the
plain ring set on the third finger Of your
left hand on the day OF your betrothal
give more gladness than the ruby that
is now enthroned on the third finger of
your right hand?
If in this journey Of life We have
learned anything. we have learned that
this world neither with it's emoluments
nor gains can satisfy the soul Why.
here come as many witnesses AZ / wish
To call to the stand 10 testify that be
fore high heaven and the world. i'm COM
partnership with Jesus Christ ana good
hope Of heaven. they feel a joy that all
the resources Of their vocabulary fail
10 express. Sometimes il evidences It.
self into CALCULATIONS OF hosanna, some
times in doXology. sometimes in tears.
a converted native Of India in 4 letter
1 may sleep lie awake often and long
but TO hold sweet communion with my
Cod"
If SO mighty is worldly JOY that Julius
II. hearing his armies were triumphant.
expired, and If TalVa. hearing that the
Roman senate had decreed him an
honor expired, and if Dionysius and
SOphocles, overcome OF joy. expired. and
IL "A shipwhecked purscr. waiting cn the
coast Of Guinea i'm want and starvation
at the sight OF a vessel bringing relief.
fell dead from snpck of deiiSnt. is II any
surprise 10 YOU that the joys of pardon
and heaven rolling over tn soul should
sometimes be almost too much for the
Christian To endure and live
An aged aunt said TO me: Dewitt.
three times / have tainted dead away
under too great Christian joy. 1t was in
all three cases at the holy communion.
I'm eminent Christian man while i'm
prayer said: stop. Lord; / cannot bear
any more Of this gladnesS: il = too much
for mortal withhold Withhold.' We
have heard of poor wOrkmen or work
women getting a letter suddenly telling
them that a fortune had been left them.
and how they were almost beside them
selves with glee, taking the first snip
To claim the estate But. ~. what L is
TO wake up out of the Stupor OF a sin
full life and through pardoning grace
find that all our earthly existence will
be diVinely managed for our lest wei
fare and that then all heaven viii roll
in upon the soul,
Compared with that a spring morning
is stupid. an August sunset is inane, and
an aurora has no pillared splendor. and
a diamond has no flash. and a pearl no
light, and beryl no aquamarine, and a
ruby no ruddiness. My gracious Lord
Roll over on us a few pillows Of that
rapture And now | ask YOU as fair
minded men and women, accustomed to
make comparisons, is not such {, joy
as that worth more than anything one
can have in jewcled casNet2 Was not
Solomon right when he said, Wisdom
is better than rubies?
Life's Sacrifices.
There is also something in the deep
carmine of the ruby that suggests the
sacrifice on which our whole system of
religion depends. While the emerald
suggests the meadows, and the sap
phires the skies. and the opal the sea,
the ruby suggests The blood Of sacrifice.
The most emphatic and startling Of all
colors hath the ruby solomon. tho au-
thor Of my text, knew all about The sac
rifce of lamb and dove on the affairs of
the temple, and he knew the rleaning
of sacrifcial blood. and what other pre-
ciOus stone could he so well use 10 Svm-
bolize it the suby? Red. intensely
red. red as the blood If the greatest
martyr of all time-Jesus &C the centu-
ries. Drive the story Of he cruciixion
out of the bible and the doctrine of the
atonement cut Of our religion. and there
would be nothing Of Christianity left for
our worship or our admiration.
Why should it be hard 10 adopt the
bihla theory that our REDEMPTION was
purchased by blood? What great bridge
ever sprung it, arches; what temple ever
reared its towers what nation ever
achieved its independence; what mighty
good was ever done without sacrifice Of
life? The great wonder Of the world
the bridge that uniteS these two cities
cost the life OF the first architect. Ask
the shipyards of Glasgow and New York
how many carpenters went down under
accidents before the steamer was
launched Ask the three great transcon-
tinental railroads how many in their
construction were buried under crum-
bling embankments. or crushed under
timbers, or destroyed by the powder
blast.
Tabulate the statistics of how many
mothers have been martyrs to the cradle
Of sick children. Tell US how many men
sacrificed nerve and muscle and brain
and life in the effort to support their
households. Tell us how many men i'm
England in France. in Germany. in Italy
in the United States have died for their
country. Nicarious suffering is as old as
most startling the most stupendOus sac
rifice Of all time and eternity was on a
bluff back Of Jerusalem. when one being
took upon Himself the sins. the agonies
the perdtion of "A great multitude that
no man can number, between - o'clock
of a darkcned noon and 3 o'clock i'm the
afternoon. purchasing the ransom of a
ruined world.
Dive in all the seas. explore all the
mines, crowbar all the mountains. view
all the crowned Jewels Of all the emper-
Ors and find me any gem that can so
overwhelmingly symbolic that martyr
dom as the ruby Mark you. there are
many gems that are somewhat like the
ruby So is the cOrnelian. 50 is the
garnet. SO is the spinel so is the balas.
40 the gems brought from among the
gravels of CeylOn and New South Wales
but there IS only one genuine ruby. and
that comes from the mine Of Burmah
And there is only one Christ. and He
comes from heaven. One Rcdeemer one
Ransom. one Son of God. only "one name
given under heaven among men by
which we can be saved.
Ten thousand times ten thousand beau
tiful limitations of that ruby. but only
one ruby. Christ had no descendant.
Christ had no counterpart. In the lifted
up grandeur and glory and love and
sympathy Of His character He is the In
| comparable, the Infinite One-"the only
wise God our Savior" Let all hearts.
all homes. all times. all eternities bow
| low before Him, Let His banner be
| lifted in all our souls,
An illustrating Contrast.
In oIden times Scotland was disturbed
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