Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-10-20
not, wherefore they cried unto the


Lord.
NO Self Salvation.
Again, the unayaiiinS effort CT those
mediterranean oarsmen has counter.
part IN every man that Is trying to row
his own soul into safety When the
eternal spirit flashes upon us our condi-
tlon, we try to save ourselves. We say,
Gave me a stout oar for my right hand,
give mo stoat oar for my lett hand,
and Will pull myself into safety.
No. A wave Of sin comes and dashes
! you ore way, and a wave Of temptation
comes asiu dashes you IN another way,
and there are plenty Of rocks on which
to founder, bat seemingly no harbcr
INTO which to sail. Sin must be thrown
overheard, or We must perish. There
arc men who have tried Ter years to be-
come CHRISTIANS. They believe all | say
IN regard TO future world. They be-
lleye that religion Is the first, the last,
the infinite necessity. They do every
thing but trust IN Christ They make
% strokes Ill minute. They bend for
ward with all earnestness, and they lie
back until the muscles are distended,
ana yet they have not made one inch in
ten years toward heaven. What is the
reason! That is not the way to go to
work. You might as well take frail
skill and put 1t down at tho foot OF Nj
agara ard then head 1t up toward the
churnlng thunderbolt OF waters and ex-
pect to work your way up through the
t,nE
Erie as for you to try to pull yourself
through the SUR OF your SIN INTO the
nope ana PARDON ana placidlty OF the
gospel you cannot 20 IT IN that way
OH Is q foush sea- ana Iohsooat, yawl,
plnnace ana gondoia so Gown unless the
LORD denver but II you Will cry to
Chrlst ana lay hoid OF alVlne mercy
you are as sale from eternal condemna-
tioh as though you had been ~ years III
heaven.
wish couid put before my unpar-
aohed readers their own heipiessness.
NO human ann was ever strong enough
10 unlock the aoor OF heaven. NO loot
was ever mighty enough to break the
shackle Oh slh, no oarsman swarthy
enough 20 row hfinsei1 INTO God harbor.
Inc Wlhd Is against you. Inc tlde Is
agaihss you Inc law Is against you.
Zen Thousand eorrnpting influences are
against you, Helpless and undone. Not
SO heipless a sailor on plank, mld-At-
ialtlc. Not SO helpless a Traveller glrded
ny ~ iaiies ol prairie on IRE. froVe IT,
you say. l VIII prove IL. John Vi, "A,
NO man can come TO me except the
fathel winch hath sent me draw him.
The Willingness of Christ.
But whilc l have shown your help
lessness | want to put by the side of it
the power and Willingness Of Christ to
save you. l think 1t was III 1850 yes
sci was Bound for Portugal, but 1t was
driven to pieces on an rnfriendly coast.
The captain had his son with him, and
with the crew they wandered up the
oeach and started on long journey to
md rellet. After awhile the son faint
Ell oy reason OF hunger and the length
OF the way. The captain said to the
crew, Garry my boy for me on your
shoulders. They carried him on, but
the journey was SO long that after
awhlle the crew tainted from hunger
ana from WEAKNESS and could carry him
no longer. Ihen the father rallied his
almost wasted energy and took up his
own boy ana put hun on his shoulder
and carried him on mile after nile,
mile after mile, until, overcome himself
by hunger ana WEAKNESS, he, too, faint
ed by the way. Tho boy lay down and
died, ana the father, just at the time
rescue came TO him, also persisted, liv-
ing only long enough to tell the story
SAD story lhdeedi
But glory be to God that Jesus Christ
is able to take US up out Of our ship
wrecked and dying condition and put
US Oh the shoulder Of his strength. and
| by the omnipotence Of his gospel bear
US OIL through all the journey OF this
ne ana at last through the opening
gates OF heaVenl he IS mighty to save.
lhough your SIN be long and black and
heNelsaeie ana outrageous, the very
moment you believe l will proclaim
pardon-qulck, full, grand, uncondi-
tlonai' uncompromlslngi 1lllmitible, in
mite. On, the grace OF Godl am over
wheimed when | come to think of it.
ulVe me Thousand ladders, dashed fast
70 each other, that l may scale the
heleht Leu me line run out with the
anchor until All the cables OF earth are
ezhauste;b mat We may touch the depth
Let the archangel fly IN circuit of eter-
MAJ ages III trying to sweep around this
.heme. Oh' tle grace OF God! 1t IS SO
nigh. irls SO broad IL IS so deep. Clio
~ De 10 my 1oa, that Where mans oar
gives out GOD arm beglns' Why will
70 carry your SINS and your sorrows any
longer Wnen CHRIST offers TO take them?
why VIII you "festle down your fears
"hen .his moment you might give up
anu DC saved: 10 you not know that ev-
erythlbg IS ready
Room For All.
Plenty OF room at the feast. Jesus has
the ring OF his love all ready to put up
on your hand. Come, now and sit down,
ye hungry ones, at the banquet. Yewho
are IN rags OF sin, take the robe of