The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-10-31


But / notice also. in regard to this lavcr
| Of looking glasses spoken of in the text.
that the washing in It was imperative and
not optional. When the priests come into
the tabernacle (you will find this in the
| thrtieth chapter Of ExOdus), God tells
them that they must wash in that laver
or die The priest might have said:
| Cant / wash elsewhere? l washed in
! the laver at home, and now you want me
to wash here" God says: mo matter
whether or not you have washed before.
Wash in this LAYER or die But" says
the priest, there is water just as clean
as This Why won't that do?'' Wash
| here" says God, ''or die So it 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 could
| not God have made more ways to heaven
! than OneY' 1 do not know. but he could
have made half dozen. 1 know he made
but one.
boats running from here to heaven?" 1
cannot say, but simply know that there
is only one boat. You say, Are there
not trees as luxuriant as that on Calvary,
more luXuriant, for that had neither buds
nor blossoms: il was stripped and
/ 'blrked2" 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 thank
ful to God there is One-0ne name given
unto men whereby we can be saved one
LAYER in which az the world may wash.
50 you see what a radiant gospel this is
1 preach. / do not know how a man can
stand stoiidly and present IL, for il IS
such an eXhilarant gospel. Ii is not a mere
whim or caprice. II is life or death. 1t
is heaven or hell You come before vot,..
In ~rarNrs
hand. You put your hands behind your
back and say: Which hand VIII you
take? In one hand there is treasure: in
the other there is not" The child bind
~ chooses. But God our Father does not
do that way with US. He spreads out
both hands and says: Now, this shall
be very pain. In that hand are pardon
and peace and life and the treasures Of
heaven; in that hand are punishment
and sorrow and woe. Choose, choose for
yourself" He that be,ieveth and is
baptized shall be saved, but he that be-
heveth not shall be damned"
Oh my dear friends, I wish I could
coax you to accept this gospel. II you
could just take one look in this laver of
looking glasses spoken CT in the text, you
would begin now spiritual a5-utiOn The
love Of Christi dare not, toward the
c-Ose Of my sermon, begin TO tell about
IL. The love of Christ! Do not talk to
me about a mountain; it is higher than
that. Do not talk to me about a sea; ii
is deeper than that.
The Sublime Vison.
An artist in his dreams saw such a
splendid dream Of the TRANSPORTATION of
Christ that he awoke and seized his pen
ell and said, Let me paint this and die
On, / have seen the glOrieS of Christ! /
have beheld some hing of the beauty of
that great sacrifice on Calvary, and 1
have sometimes felt l would be willing
TO give anything if 1 might just sketch
before you the wonders OF that sacrifice.
l would like to do it while 1 live, and I
would like TO do l. when l die. Let me
paint this and die" He comes along
weary and worn, his face wet with tears.
his brow crimson with blood, and he lies
down on Cavalry for you. No / mis-
take. Nothing was as comfortable as
that. y stone on Calvary would have
made soft pillow for the dying head of
Christ. Nothing so comfortable as that.
lie does not lie down TO die. He stands
up 10 die, his spiked hands outspread as
if to embrace a world. Oh. what a hard
end for those feet that had Travelled a.
over Judaea on ministries Of mercy
What a hard end for those hands that
had wiped away tears and bound up
broken hearts, Very hard O diving
Lamb of Godl And yet there are those
who know it and who do not love Thee.
Ihey say: What is all that to me?
What if He does weep and grOan and
die? 1 don't want Him." Lord Jesus
Christ, they will not help Thee down
from the cross! The soldiers will come.
and they will tear Thee down from the
cross and put their arms around Thee
and lower Thee into the tomb but they
will not hep. They see nothing 70 move
them dying Christ turn on them
Thine eyes of affection now and see if
tey Will not change their mindsl
/ saw one hanging on n tree
In agony and blood
Who fixed his languid eyes on me
As near his cross 1 stood.
Oh, never tin my latest breath
VIII | forget that lOokl
He seemed to charge me with his death
Though not word he spoke
And that is all for you! Oh. can Won
not love him? Come around tAis LAYER.
CID and young. 1t is so FURNISHED Won
can see your sins and 50 deep YOU can
wash them all away. O m0urnar. here
battle 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 Affections. The black cloud that
hung laundering over Sinai has fOated
above Calvary and burst into the shower
Of SaviOr's tears. 1 saw In Kansngton
garden a picture Of Waterloo a good while
after the battle had passed and the grass
had grown all over the field. There was
R discounted cannon, and a lamb had
come up from the pasture and lay sleea
ing in the mouth Of that cannon. So the
artist had represented tia most sug-
gestive thing. Then ] thought how the
war between God and the soul had ended
and instead Of the announcement, 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 qu1kad with the fiery hail of death
/ beheld the Lamb OF God, which tal1eth
away the sin Of the world.
] went to Jesus as I was.
Weary and worn and sad.
i found in him a resting DIace