The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-09-12

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trsctive his manner! Why, when they
saw Christ comirg along the street they
ran into their houses, and they wrapped
up their iuvslids ss quick as they could
and brought them out that he might look
st them. Oh, ttere was something SC
pleasant, so icvitwg, 50 cheerlnr IN
everything be ':ij, in his very look.
When these sick ores were brought on;
did he say: do not bring before me
these sores? Do not trouble me with
these leprosies?' No, no. There was
Kind lock; there YVES gentle WORD:
there WAS healing touch. They couto
not keep away fioiu him.
In addition to this sottness OF charac
ter there was a fiery momentum. Ho1
the kings Of the earth turned pale! Here
is plain man with a few sailors at bis
back, coming cf' the sea Of Ga!ilee, 60
ing up to tie palace OF the Ceesars,
making that palace quake to the toua'
dations and uttering word OF mercy
and kindness which throhs through al
the earth and through all the heavens
and through all ages. Oa, he was 8
LOVING Christ. But it was not efeml'
nscY or insipidity of character. 1t was
accompanied with majesty, infinite ano
onnipotent. Lest this world should mol
realize his earnestness, this Chrls'
mounts the cross.
think there are many under the ln'
husnce Of the Spirit Of God who are say
inc, .sI will trust his1 if you will only
tell me how," and the great question
asked BY many is, "How, how?" AND
while I answer your question I look ur
and utter the prayer which Rowland
Hill so often uttered in the midst of his
sermons, Master, helE!" How are
you to trust in Christ?
Just as you trust any one. You trust
your partner in business with important
things. # commercisl house gives you
a note PAYABLE three months hence, you
expect the paymsnt of that note at the
end of three months. You have perfect
corGderc, in their word andin their abll'
ity. o.. again, you 60 home today.
You expect there will bs food on the
tsb,e. You have confidence in that.
Now, I ask you 10 have the same coDG-
dence in the Lord Jesus Christ. He says
ssYou believe; I take away your sins, "
and they are al taken away. "What!'
you say, "bsfore pray any more, be-
fore read my Bible any more. before I
cry over my sins any more?" Yes, this
momsnt. Believe with all your heart
and you are saved. Why. Christis only
waiting to get from you what you give to
scores of people every day. What is
that? Confidence. If these people whom
you trust day by day are more worthy
than Christ, If they are more faithful
than Christ, if they have done more than
Christ ever did, then give them the pre-
ference, but if you really think that
Christ is as trustworthy as they are then
deal with him as fairly.
"Oh," says some one in light way,
81 believe that Christ was born at
Bethlehem, and that he died on the
c-oss.'' Do you believe 1t with your
head or Your heart? I will
illustrate the difference. You
are in your house. In the morning
you open q newspaper, and you read
how Captain Braveheart on the sea
risked his life for the salvation Of his
passengers. You say: "What a grand
fellow he must haYe been! His family
deserves very well of the country y
You fold the newspaper and sit down at
the table and perhaps do not think OF
thati Incident again. That is historical
faith.
But now you are on the sea and it is
night, and you are asleep. and you are
awakened by the shr lex of ''Fire!" You
rush out on the deck. You hear. amid
the wringing Of the hands and the FAINT
ing, the cry: mo hope! No hope! We
are lost! We are lost" The sail puts
out its wing of fire, the >zsps makes a
burning ladder in tbe" might heavens, the
spirit of WRECK. Kisses in the wave and
on the bu-7aaseane deck shakes out its
bssder Of smoke and darkness. "Down
With the Efeboatsw cries the captain.
ssDown with the lifeboats!" People
rush into them. The boats are about
full. Room only for one more man.
You are standing on the deck beside the
captain.
Who shall it be? You or the captain?
The captain says, "You." You jump
and are saved. He stands there and
dies. Now, you believe that Captain
Brayeheart sacrificed himself foc his
passengers, but you believe it with love,
with tears, with hot and long continued
exclanations, with grief at his loss and
Joy at your deliverance. This is saving
faith-ln other words, what you believe
with all the heart, and believe in regard
to yourself. On this hinge turns my
sermon-aye, the salvation Of your i'm.
mortal soul. You often 60 across a
bridge you know nothing about. You
do not know who built the bridge, you
do not know what material it is made OF
but you come to it and walk over it and
ask no questions. And here is an arched
bridge blasted from the ''Rock of Ages"
and built by the Architect of the whole
universe, spanning the dark guilt between
sin and Righteousness, and all God asks
ycu is to walk across it, and you start
and you come to it and you stop, and
you 60 little way on, and you stop and
you fall back, and you experiment, You
say, Chow do know that bridge will
hold me?" instead of marching on with
fim step, asking no questions, but feel
ing tina: the strength of the eternal God
is under you.
Oh, was there ever prize profered
so cheap as pardon and heaven are Of
feSed to you? For how much: A mil
lion dollars? It is certainly worth more
than that. But cheaper than that yop
can have it. Ten thousand dollarss
Less than that. Five thousand dollarR
Less than that. One dollar? Less than
that. One farthins? Less than that.
"Without money asd without price" "
No money to pay. No journey to take.
No pennance to suffer. Only just one
decisive action of the soul, "Believe on
the Lord Jesus Christ sDd thou shalt be