Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-11-09

| when YOU can go lDlO SnOp auu l"i'''J 'O''
the merchant you can get those goo1s at
cheaper rate In another store. so that he
will sell them 10 you cheaper than ne can
afford to sell them.
7 remark. further, that this LAYER of look
ing glasses spoken of in the text was very
large laver. I always thought, from Inc
fact that so many washe1 there, AMI Also
from the fact that Solomon afterwlrd, wlAn
he copied that LAYER in the temple, built II
on a very large SCALE that it was large, AMI
so suggestive OF thu gospel OF jesus Chr'at
| and salvation by Him-vast in its provls'o"e
The whole world may come and wash in TINS
LAYER and b. clean.
| When our Civil War had plssel. The Gov
eminent of the United States maie procla-
| nation ofpardon to the common solLltery In
the Confederate army. but not to the chlet
| soldiers. The gospel OF Christ does not set
in that way. It says pardon for oil, but
especially for the chief OF sinners.
| Now. nv brother, do not state thi' 70
| nut premium upon great in'quity Imereiy
| say this to encourage that man, whoever he
| ie. who feels he Is so far gone from Go1 that
| there is no mercy for him. want to tell
| him there Is a cool chance. Why Paul WIS
| a muir Ierer. He assisted at the execution
| OF Stephen, and yet Paul was sava1. the
| diving thief did everything bal. The dy nS
|
dreadfuIly. but the grace Of God met him,
| and Richard Baxter was saved.
| It Is a vast LAYER. Go and tell everybody
10 come and wash In It, Let them come up
| from the psntentiaries AMI wash away thar
| crimez. Let them come up from the aims
| houses and wash away their poverty. Let
| them come I'D from their graves and VAST
away their death. II there be any one -
worn out in sin that he cannot get up to th9
| LAYER. YOU will take hold OF his head ana
| put your arms around him, AMI viii ta4e
| hold OF his feet, and we will plunge him IN
this glorious Bethesda, the vast iaver OF
Coils mercy and salvation. In oo'omonS
! temple there were ten LAYERS and one moteh
| sea-,hIs great reservoir in the midst OF the
tpmpIe filed with water-theso LAYERS and
| this molten sea adorned with figures OF
| palm branch AMI oxen AMI lions ana
/ cSerubim. This fountain OF G)ps mercy
| Is yaster molten sea than that 1t ls
not adorned with palm brans1es, but with
| the wool OF thu cross not with the
| cheruSim, but with the wings OF the Holy
| Ghost, anil around its great rim all the race
| NAV come and wash in tho molten sea-
But notice also. In regard to this LAYER OF
| looking glasses spoken OF in the text. that
| The washing in it was imperative and not
| optional. When the priests came into tho
| tabernacle (you will find this In the thirtieth
| chapter OF Exodus), Goitclls them that they
| must wash in that LAYER or die. Tho priest
might have said, "Can't wash elsewhere2
| I washed in the laver at home, and now YOU
want me to wash here Goi says NO
! matter whether or not you have washed
before Wash in this LAYER or DIE.
| UBut.h saws the priest. "thera Is water just
as clean as this. Why won't that do?"
"Wash here" says God, cor die. So it IS
with the gospel of Christ. 1t Is impsratiy'.
| There is only this alternative-keep our sins
ard perish, or wash them away and live.
But, saws some one, "Why could not Go
| have made more ways to heaven than oae9'
I do not know but He could have made halt
a dozen. know He made but ono. You
say. "Why not have long linz OF boats
running from here TO heavenT" cannot
say, but 1 simply know that mere
| only one boat. You say, ARE taere nol
trees as luxuriant rs that on Calvary, more
Inxuriapt, for that had neither bu Is nor
| blossoms it was stripped AMI barkedF
Yes YES. there have been taller trees than
that and more luxuriant but the only pain
| 10 heaven Is under that one tree. Instead
OF ouarreling because there are not mora
WAYS, let US be thankful to Got there 10
one, one name given unto men whereby we
can be saved, one LAYER in which all the
world NAV wash. So you sea what radiant
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n man can stan1 stolidly AMI present II, Tor
II is such an exhilarant gospel. 1t IS not
mere whim or caprice. 1t Is life or death.
II is heaven or hell. You come before your
child. and YOU have present in your mani.
You nut YOUR hands benin Jour back an
| gay. (which hand will you take2 In one
! hand there is a treasure; in the other
there is not" The child blindly chooses.
But God our Father does not 90 that
way with us. He spreads out both hands
and savs 'fNow this shall be very plain.
In thai hand are pardon and peace AMI life
and the treasures OF heaven. In that hand
are punishment and sorrow and woe.
Choose. choose for yourselves !" "He that
believeth and is baptized shall be savat. but
he that believeth not shall be damned
An artist in his dreams saw such splendid
dream of the TRANSPORTATION OF Cnist tnat
he awoke and seizei his pencil and said,
"Let me paint this and die" On, hay9
seen the glores OF Christ l have beheld
something of the beauty Of that great sacri-
Ace on Calvary, and I have sometimes felt
would be willing to give anything If might
inst sketch before you the wonders OF
HAT sacrifice. would like to do it while
live. and would like to do it WHEN l die.
hLet me paint this and die. He comes
along, weary and worn, His face wet with
tears. His brow crimson With bloot, and He
lies down on Calvary for you. NJ, L mis-
lake. Nothing was as comfortable as thar.
A stone on Calvary would have made soft
pillow for the dying head OF Christ. Moth
mo so comfortable as that. Hs does not lie
down to die He stands up to Aie, Hlsspikel
hands outspread as if 70 embrace a world.
Oh. what a hard end for those feet that hal
travelled all over Jud@l on ministries OF
mercy! What hard end for those han ls
that had wiped away tears AMI boun up
broken hearts!
And that is all for you o., can you not
love Him? Come around this LAYER, old AMI
young. 1t is so burnishel you can see your
sins and so deep you can wash them all away
O mourner, here battle your bruised soul,
and. sick one, here cool your hot temples 10
this LAYER Peace! Do not cry any more.
dear soul Pardon for all thy sins, comfort
for all thy aft lotions. The black cloud tina!
hung thuni ering over Sinai has foated abova
Calvary and burst into the shower OF a
Savours tears.
I saw In Kensngton Garlen picture oil
Waterloo gooi while after the battle
had passed and the grass had grown
all over the field. There was dis
mounted cannon, and u lamb had come
up from the pasture and lay sleeping in
the mouth Of that cannon. So the artist
had represented it-a most suggestive
thing. Then l thought how the wsr be-
tween God and the soul had ended, an |
instead OF the announcement, Tine
wages OF sin is DEATH there came the
words, "My peace 1 give unto thee and
amid the batteries OF the law that had once
uuaked with the fiery hail OF death beheid
the Lamb OF God, which taketh away tae
Gin of the world.
went 10 Jesus as | was,
Weary and worn and sad.
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