Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-11-02
Made Wholly Clean.

MADE W molly Niehn.
notice also in regard to this laver Of
looking glasses spoken Of in the text
that the priests always washed both
hands and feet. The water came down
in spouts, so that, without leaving any
filth in the basin, the priests washed both
hands and feet. So the gospel Of Jesus
Christ must touch the very extremities Of
our moral nature A man cannot fence off
a small part Of his soul and say, Now
this is to be a garden in which l will
have all the fruits and flowers Of Chris
tian character, while outside it shall be
the devils commons. No, no. Ii will
be all garden or none. I sometimes hear
people say, "He is a very good man ex-
cept in politics. Then he is not good
man.
A religion that will not take a man
through an autumn election will net be
worth anything to him in June, July
and August They say he is useful
sort of q man, but he overreaches in a
bargain. deny the statement If he is
a Christian anywhere, he will be in his
business. 1t is very easy to be good in
the prayer meeting, with surroundings
kindly and blessed, but not so easy to
be a Christian behind the counter. when
by one slillful twitch of the goods you
can hide a flaw in the silk so that the
customer cannot see it. 1t is very easy
to be a Christian with a psalmbOok in
your hand and Bible in your lap. but
not so easy when you can go into a
shop and falsely tell the merchant you
can get those goods at a cheaper rate in
another store. SO that he will sell them
to you cheaper than he can afford TO
sell them. The fact is the religion Of
Christ is all pervasive. If you rent
house, You expect full possession Of it.
You say "Where are the keys Of those
rooms? If l pay for this whole house,
l want possession of those rooms" And
the grace Of God when it comes to a
soul takes full possession Of a man or
goes away and takes no possession. II
will ransack every room in the heart
every room in the life, from cellar to
attic. touching the varying extremities
Of his nature. The priests washed hands
and feet
There Is Chance For All.
/ remark, further. that this laver Of
looking glasses spoken of in the text
was very large layer. Ialways thought,
from, fbo foot tbof co ,,,o,,y xroolad fbaro
and also from the fact that Solomon aft
ervard, when he copied that LAYER in
the temple, built it on very large scale,
that 1t was large. and so suggestive Of
the gospel Of Jesus Christ and salvation
by him-vast in its provisions The
whole world may como and wash in this
laver and be clean.
When our civil war had passed, the
government of the United States made
proclamation Of pardon to the common
soldiery in the Confederate army, but
not to the chief soldiers. The gospel Of
Christ does not act In that way. 1t says
pardon for all, but especially for the
chief Of sinners do not now think Of
a single passage that says a small sinner
may be saved, but do think Of pass ages
that say great sinner may DO saved II
there be sins only family hued. just .
little tinged. so family colored thnt you
can hardly see them. there is no special
pardon promised in the Bible for those
sins but II they be glazing, red like
crimson. then they shall be as snow.
Now. my brother. ! do not state this 20
put premium upon great iniquity. !
merely say this to encourage that man,
whoever he his, who feels he is so far