Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-10-15
not, wherefore they cried unto the
No SELF Salvation.

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No Self Salvation.
Again, the unavailing effort Of those
Mediterranean oarsmen has q counter
part in every man that is trying TO row
his own soul into safety. When the
eternal spirit flashes upon us our condi-
tion, we try to save ourselves. We say,
Give me stout oar for my right hand,
give me stout oar for my left hand,
and l will pull myself into safety. I"
No. A wave of sin comes and dashes
you one way, and wave of temptation
comes and dashes you in another way,
and there are plenty of rocks ON which
to founder, but seemingly no harbor
into which to sail. Sin must be thrown
overheard, or we must perish. There
are men who have tried for years to be-
come Christians. They believe all say
in regard to a future world. They be-
lieve that religion is the first, the last,
the infinite necessity. They do every
thing but trust in Christ They make
60 strokes in minute. They bend for
ward with all earnestness, and they lie
back until the muscles are distended,
and yet they have not made one inch in
ten years toward heaven. What is the
reason? That is not the way to 20 to
work. You might as well take frail
skiff and put it down at the foot of Nj
agara and then head it up toward the
churning thunderbolt of waters and ex-
pect to work your way up through the
lightning of the foam into calm Lake
Erie as for you to try to pull yourself
through the surf of your sin into the
hope and pardon and placidity of the
gospel. You cannot do it in that way.
Sin is a rough sea, and longboat, yawl,
pinnace and gondola go down unless the
Lord deliver. but if you will cry to
Christ and lay hold of divine mercy
you are as safe from eternal condemna-
tion as though you had been 90 years in
heaven.
l wish could put before my unpar-
doned readers their own helplessness.
No human arm was ever strong enough
to unlock the door of heaven. No foot
was ever mighty enough to break the
shackle Of sin, no oarsman swarthy
enough to row himself into God s harbor.
The wind is against you. The tide is
against you. The law is against you.
Ten thousand corrupting influences are
against you. Helpless and undone. Not
so helpless sailor ON plank, mid-At-
lantic Not SO helpless traveller girded
by 20 miles of prairie on fire Prove it,
you say. l will prove it, John vi, a,
mo man can come to me except the |
Father which hath sent me draw him. "
The willingness Of Christ.
But while have shown your help |
lessness l want to put by the side of it
the power and willingness Of Christ to
save you. l think 1t was in 1886 yes
sci was bound for Portugal but it was
driven to pieces ON an unfriendly coast. |
The captain had his son with him, and
with the crew they wandered up the
beach and started OH long journey to
find relief. After awhile the son faint
ed by 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
awhile the crew tainted from hunger
and from WEAKNESS and could carry him
no longer Then the father rallied his
almost wasted energy and took up his
own boy and put him on his shoulder
and carried him on mile after mile,
mile after mile, until, overcome himself
by hunger and WEAKNESS, he, too, faint
I'd by the way. The boy lay down and
lied, and the father, just at the time
rescue came TO him, also perished, liy-
ng only long enough to tell the story
iad story indeed
But glory be 10 God that Jesus Christ
3 able 10 take as up out Of our ship.
wrecked and dying condition and put
Is on the shoulder Of his strength, aud
~ the OmDipotenoe Of his gospel bear
Is on through all the journey Of this
ife and at last through the opening
rates Of heayenl He IL mighty % save
Though your sin DO long aud black and
nexousable aud outrageous the very
noment you believe ] viii proolaim
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