The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-09-05

the kings of the earth turned pale!
Here is a plain man with a few sailors
at his back coming off the sea of
Galilee, going up to the palace of the
Caesars, making that palace quake TO
the foundations and uttering word Of
mercy and kindness which throbs
through all the earth and through all
the heavens, and through all ages. on,
He was a loving Christ. But il was
not effeminacy or insipidity of charac-
ter. II was accompanied with majesty.
! infinite and omnipOtent. Lest the world
| should not realized his earnestness, this
| Christ mounts the cross.
/ think there are many under the in
| fiuence Of the spirit of God who are say
ing. II will trust Him II you will only
asked by many is. How, how?" And
while 1 answer your question l look up
and utter the prayer which Rowland
Hill so often uttered I'm the midst of his
| sermons, Master, help!' How are you
to trust in Christ?
Just as you trust any one You trust
your partner in business with important
| things. If 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 their abil-
ity Or again, you go home today. You
expect there will be food on the table.
You have confidence in that. Now, 1
ask you to have the same confidence in
the Lord Jesus Christ. He says, You
| believe; | take away your sins" and that
| they are all taken away. What you
| say. before l pray any more, before 1
read my bible any more, before cry
over my sins any mOre?" Yes, this mo-
ment. 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
| more than Christ ever did, then give
theln the preference, but If you really
| think that Christ Is as trustworthy as
they are then deal with Him as fairly.
oh" says some one in a light way, Il
believe that Christ was born in Bethie-
hem, and / believe that He died on the
/ cross" DO you believe II with your mead
| or your heart? / will illustrate the
difference. You are In your own house
| In the morning YOU open a newspaper
| and you read how Capt. Braveheart on
the sea risked his life for the salvation
Of his passengers. You say: What
grand fellow he must have beeni 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.
Implicit Belief.
But now you are on the sea, and it is
night. and you are asleep and you are
| awakened by the Shrek Of "Fire!" You
rush out on the deck. You hear, amid
the wringing Of the hands and the faint
ing. the cry: mo hopei No hopel We
are lost! We are lostr' The sail puts out
its wing of fire. the ropes make a burn
ing ladder in the night heavens, the spirit
OF wrecks Kisses in the wave and on the
hurricane deck shakes out its banner Of
smoke and darkness. Down with the
with the lifeboatsr' People rush into
them The boats are about full Room
only for one more man. You are stand
ing on the deck beside the captain.
Who shall 1t be? You or the captain?
The captain says. you You jump and
are saved He stands there and dies.
Now, you believe that Capt. Braveheart
sacrificed himself for his passengers, but
you believe Il with love- with tears with
hot and long continued ordinations, with
grief at his loss and Joy at your deliver
ance 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 serm0n-aye the
salvation Of your immortal soul. You
often go across a bridge YOU know nothing
about You do not know what material
Il IS made Of, but you come TO IL and
walk over It and ask no questions And
here Is an arched bridge blasted from
the Rock Of Ages" and built 10y the
architect OF the whole universe, spanning
the dark gulf between sin and righteous
| ness. and all God asks you Is to walk
across II. and you start, and YOU come
10 it. and you stop. and you go a little
way on, and you stop, and you fall back,
and you experiment You say, How do
know that bridge will hold me?" instead
of marching on with firm step, asking
no bfff "A hsa cfr 10Th
Of the eternal God Is under you.
Oh, was there ever a prize prOffered so
cheap as pardon and heaven are offered
10 you? For how much? A million dol
lars? II is certainly worth more than
that But cheaper than that you can
have 1t. Ten thousand dollars? Less than
that. Five thousand dollars? Less than
that One dollar? Less than that. One far
thing? 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,
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and
thou shalt be saved
Forgiven.
Shall l try to tell you what it is to be
saved? 1 cannot tell you. No man, no
angel, can tell you. But 1 can hint at
1t, for my text brings me up to this
point, Chou shalt be saved" II means
a happy life here and a peaceful death
and blissful eternity. 1t is a grand
thing 10 go 10 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 forgiven child of God, and
II 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 10 come, are Mine. Yea, fur
ther than that, it means a peaceful
death. Mrs Hemans. Mrs. SigOurney
DIR. Young and almost all the poets have
said handsome things about death. There
Is nothing beautiful about it, When we
stand by the white and rigid features
OF those whom we love and they give no
answering pressure Of the hand and no
returning kiss Of the lip, we do not
want anybody poetizing around abouC
us. Death is loathSOmeness and mid
night and the wringing Of the heart I'M
til the tendrils snap and curl in the tor
ture unless Christ shall be with US. |
confess to you infinite fear, a consum-
ing horror Of death unless Christ shall be
with me. would rather go down into a
cave of wild beasts or a jungle Of rep
tiles than into the grave unless Christ
goes with me. Will you tell me that /
home and psIt away in the darkness? L
cannot bear darkness. At the first COM
ing OF the evening / must have the gas
ed arfh In,