Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-11-14

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thing TO him in juno. July and AUGUST.
They say he is a useful sort ~ 4 man, hut he
overrea nhes in n haryain DENY the stote
ment. II he is Christian anywhere. he viii
De In his business. 1t Is very easy to be 200
IN the PRAYER meeting. with surroundings
kindly and hlasse'. hut not so easy to
ha a Chr'stian behind the counter, when
by one skiiFul twitch OF the goo Is you
can hide flaw In the silk 40 that the Gus
tonar cannot see It. II is very easv to be a
Christi"n with a psalmbook In your hand
and a Bible in vour lap. but not ~ easy
when you can go into a shop and falsely tell
the merchant you can get those goods at .
cheaper rate in another store. SO th.t he
will sell them TO You cheaper than he cru
afford to sell them.
Iremark. further, that this LAYER of look
ing glasses spoken of IN the text was 4 va-y
large laver. 1 always thought. frn-' tha
fact that 80 many washei I there, an also
from the fact that Solomon aterwtri wha1
he copied that lavsr in the temple. built II
on a very large scale, that II was large. an
80 su -pes.:va % the gosoa' % Jesus Christ
ani sa'vNion nv Him-vIst in its provisions.
The whole wo-I may come ami y ash in this
lavrr and b. Glenn.
When our Civil War hal lssei. the Gov.
arn-nen' o. the United States made p-orIo-
marinn 'par Ion - the common soldierv in
the Confederate armr hut not TO the "htaf
soliiers. The co.ppl o. Christ does not act
IN that wav. II s,ys pardon for all. but
esnec!aly for the chief OF sinners.
Now. nv brother. I do not state tN's 70
pat premium unon great in'Guitv. 1mera'y
sav this 10 ancou :.ag- that man. whosv he
il, who 'eals he IL 40 far gone from God that
there is no mercy for him. wtnt To tell
him there is roo' chrn"". Why. Paul WIS
a nur 'srar. He assistai at The execution
o. stephen, an vet Pru' was swat. The
diving thie. did everything had. The dy ng
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dreaifurlv. hnt the grace o. God met him,
and R;chard Baxter Vas saved.
II Il a v,s' lavar. Go AM tell everyho iy
to coma ami wIs1 IN II. Lot them come uo
from the p.n tnn;iaries an wash away their
crimes Lot tthen come up from the aims
fouses an 1 wash avtv their poverty. Let
them 90 ma M fro their graves and wash
away their death. II there be any one so
worn ont IN sin that ha cannot get up to the
LAYER YOU will take holi OF his head and
put your arms arouni him. and I will take
ho'd OF his feet, AMI we will plunge him in
/ this glorious Bethes Ia, the vast laver OF
| Goi's mercy and salvation. In So'omon's
| temple there were ten LAYERS AMI one molten
| sea-this great reservoir in the midst OF the
: temple fillei with water-these LAYERS and
| this molten sea adorned with figures OF
| palm branch and oxen AMI lions and
| cherubim. This fountain OF Gofs mercy
| is vaster molten sea than that. 1t Is
not adorned with pair branches. hut with
| the wool OF the cross; not with the
cherubim. but with the wings OF the Holy
Ghost. and around its great rim all the race
| NAV come AMI wash in the molten sea.
But notice also. in regarl to this lavar OF
| looking glasses spoken OF in the text. that
| the washing in it was Imperative and not
| optional. When the priests came into the
! tabernacle (vou will fin1 this in the thirtieth
chapter OF Exc ius). GodteNs them that they
| must wash in that laver or die. This priest
might have slid: ''Can't 1 wash elsewherei
| washed in the laver at homa, An now YOU
want M to wash here.' Col says: "No
| matter whether or not you have washed
before. Wash in this laver or die
"But," says the priest "thsrs ia w,ter just
as clean rs this. Why won't that do?''
"Wash here" says God, "or die" SO 1t Is
| with the gospel of Christ. 1t Is Imperative.
| There is only this alternative-keep our sins
| and perish, or wash them away and live.
But, says some one, "Why couli not Go1
| have made mora WAYS to heaven than ona?"
| I do not know but He could have made half
a dozen. I know He made but one. You
| say, "Why not have a long line OF bosts
running from here to heaveny I cannot
only one boat. You say, "Ars there not
trees as luxsriant as that on Calvary, more
luxurisnt, for that had neither bu Is nor
| blossoms. 1t was stripped AMI barked|
| Yes, yes. there have been taller trees than
! that and more luxuriant, but the only path
| TO heaven Is under that one tree. Instead
| Of quarreling because there are not more
| WAYS, let US be thankful to God there Is
one, one name given unto men whereby we
can be saved, one laver in which all the
world may wash. So you see what radiant
gospel this is preach. l do not know how
| a man can stan 1 stolidly and present 1t, for
| it is such an exhiarant gospel. 1t Is not q
| mere whim or caprice. 1t is life or death.
II Is heaven or hell. You come before your
child, AMI you have present In your hand.
| W., han Ia hah hun III a
say: (Which hani will you takef In one
hand there is treasure; in the other
there is not" The child bindly chooses.
But God our Father does not do that
way with Us. He spreads out both hands
| an SAYS: 'Now this shall be very plain.
In that hand are PARTON and peace AMI life
and the treasures of heaven. In that hand
are punishment and sorrow and wee.
! Choose, choose for yourselves" "He that
believeth and is baptized shall be saved, but
| he that believeth not shall be damned"
An artist in his dreams saw such splendid
| dream of the transfguration Of Chist that
| he awoke AMI seizei his pencil and said,
"Let me paint this and die" Oh, have
seen the glories OF Christ! I have beheld
| something OF the beauty OF that great sacri-
fee on Calvary, and have sometimes felt
would be willing to give anything II might
| just sketch before you the wonders oil
tnat sacrifice. 1 would like to do 1t while
live, and 1 would like to do 1t when die.
| LEI me paint tHis ANU uie. I1e cOIues
| along, weary AMI worn, His face wet with
| tears, His brow crimson with blood, and He
| lies down on Calvary for yov. NJ, I mis-
take. Nothing was as comfortable as that.
| stone on Calvary would have made a soft
| pillow for the dying head Of Christ. Moth
| ing so comfortable as that. He does not lie
down to die II d. stands up to die, His spiked
| han is outspraad as if to embrace a world.
| On, what hard end for those feet that had
| travelled all over JudBl on ministries OF
| mercy! What a hard end for thoss hands
| that had wiped away tears and bound up
| broken hearts!
! AMI that is all for you! Or, can you not
| love Him? Come around this laver, old and
| young. 1t is so FURNISHED you can see your
l sins and so deep you can wash them all away.
mourner, here bathe your bruised soul,
and, sick one, here cool your hot temples In
| this laver! Peace! Do not cry any more.
dear soul! Pardon for all thy sins, comfort
for all thy afd lotions. The black cloud that
hung gthuniering over Sinai has foated above
Calvary and burst into the shower Of q
| Saviour's tears.
1 saw in Kensington Garden a picture OF
Waterloo a gooi while after the battle
had passed and the grass had grown
all over the field. There was a dis
mounted cannon. and a 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
l thing. Then 1 thought how the war be-
tween God and the soul had ended. and
instead of the announcement, 1.-The
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
quaked with the fierv hail OF death beheld
the Lamb OF God, which taketh away the
sin Of the world.
went to Jesus as was,