Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-09


the heart Is converted, and the pocketbook
Is converted, and the cash drawer Is con-
verted, and the led .7cr Is converted, ard
the fireproof safe Is converted. and the pi-
geonhole containing the correspondence is
converted, and HIS improvement Is noticed
even by the canarJ bird thst sings in the
parlor, and the cat that licks the platter
after the meal, and the dog that comes
bounding from the konnel to greet him
A man half converted, OF quarter convert
ed, or thousandth part converted. Is not
converted at all What will be the great
book in the day of Judgment? Conscience.
Conscience recalling misiinproved Oppor-
tunities. Conscience recalling unforgiven
sins. Conscience bringing up all the past.
Alas, for this governor, Pontirs Pilatel
That night after the court had adjourned
and the sanhedrists had gone home and
nothing was heard outside the room but
the step Of the sentinel, see Pontius Pi-
late arise from his tapestried and sleepless
couch and 90 To the lnver and ho0in tn
wash his hands, crying: Out, out, crim-
son spotl Tellest thou to me and to God
and to the night, my crimef Is there no
alkaH to remove these dreadful stainss Is
there no chemistry to dissolve this carnagea
Must to the day of my death carry the
blood OF this innocent man on my heart
and handp Out, thou crimson spotr" The
worst thing man can have Is an evil con-
science and the best thing man can have
Is what Paul calls a good conscience.
sunlit DispensationA
But is there no such thing as moral puri-
| fication? II q man is q sinner once must
he always be sinner and an unforgiven
sinner We have all had conscience after
| us. Or do you tell me that all the words
of your life have been just right, and al
| the thoughts of your heart have been just
right, and all the actions Of your life just
right? Then you do not know yourself
and take the responsibility Of saying you
are Pharisee, you are ahypocrite, youars
q Pontius PLATE and do not know it. You
commit the very same sin that PLATE com
| mitted. You have crucified the Lord o.
| Glory But if nine-tenths Of this audiencs
arc made up of thoughtful and earnesi
people, then nine-tenths of this audienc'
are saying within themselves: Is there NJ
such thing as moral purificationf Is ther'
no laver in which the soul may wash ant
be cleanr Yes, yes, yes. Tell 1t in song
tell it in sermon, tell il in prayer, tell it Il
the hemispheres That is what Davit
cried out for when he said, "Wash M
thoroughly from my sin, and cleanse M
from mine iniquities. And that is wha
in another place he cried out for when h
said, Wash me and l shall be whittier thai
snow" Behold the laver Of the gospel
filed with living fountains. Did you eve
sec the picture of the laver in the ancien
tabernacle or in the ancient temple? Th
layer in the ancient tabernacle was mad
out of the wolnen's metallic lookin
glasses. 1t was great basin, standing O.
beautiful pedestal, but when the tempt
was built then the laver was an immens
affair, called the brazen sea, and, oh, hoy
deep were the floods there gathered! An
there were ten LAYERS besides-fve at til
right and five at the left-and each lave
had 800 gallons of water. And the outsid
of these LAYERS was carved and chased wit
palm trees SO delicatccut you could almo'
sec the leaves tremblo and lions so true
life that you could imagine you saw I'll
nostril throb, and the cherubim with on
spread wings. That magnificent laver
the old dispensation is feeble type of tt
more glorious laver of our dispensation-
our sunlit dispensation.
A Grand Opportunity.
Here is the laver holding rivers of So
| vation, having for its pedestal the Rock
Ages, carved with the figure of the lion
Judah's tribe and having palm branch
for victory and wings suggestive of t.
souls flight toward God in prayer and &
souls flight heavenward when we di
? Come, ye auditory, and wash away all 20
5 sins, however aggravated, and all yo
. SORROWS, however agonizing Come
: this fountain, open for all sin and unclea
Q ness, the furtslest, the worst. You ne
/ not carry your sins half second Cor
and wash in this glorious gospel Law,
1 | Why, that is an opportunity enough
: swallow up all nations. That is an c
Q portunity that will yet stand on the Al
9 and beckon to Italy, and yet stand on t
Y Pyrenees and beckon to Spain, and it W
3 vet stand on the Ural and beckon to r,
s sia, and it will stand Mt the gate Of heav
d and beckon to all nations. Pardon for
n sin, and pardon right away, through
i blood of the Son of God. A little ch
% that had been blind, but through skill,
d surgery brought to sight, said: "Wl
IS mother, why didn't you tell me the eal
10 and sky are so beautiful Why didn't y
d tell me?'' ''Oh," replied the mother, =
70 child, I did tell you often. often t.
d you how beautiful they are, but you W
d blind, and you couldn't seep' Oh, IL
70 could have our eyes opened to see
Ii glories in Jesus Christ, we would feel Il
,e the half had not been told us, and J
a would go to some Christian man and S
ot "Why didn't you tell me before Of
ID glories in the Lord Jesus Christi" Q
r: that friend would say, II did tell you.
D. you were blind and could not see, and ,
Q. were deaf and could not hear"
I History says that a great army camt
to capture ancient Jerusalem, and when
We army got on the hills SO that they saw
IN turrets and the towers of Jerusalem, t
,u gave q shout that made the earth treml
no and tradition, whether true or false, S
be that, SO great was the shout, eagles fly
", in the air dropped under the atmosph
d. percussion. Oh, If we could only cate
of glimpse Of the towers of this gospel t
nv Die into which you are all invited to ct
ou and wash, there would be song jubil
re and wide resounding, at New Jerusa
ut seen, at New Jerusalem taken, the hos
gs mas Of other worlds flying midair VIC
lei fold their wings and drop into our clos
he doxology! Against the disappointing
sst insufficient layer Of Pilates vice and
ay late's cowardice and Pilates sin, I p
ay the brazen sea Of Saviour's pardon
he mercy.
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