The Yale expositor., 1895-05-10

Pontius PLATE, and do not know It. ,
You commit the very same sin that
Plate committed. You have crucifed
the Lord Of Glory. But IL nine-tenths
of this audience are made up or
thoughtful and earnest people, then
nine-tenths of this audience are saying
within themselves, us there no such
thing as moral publication? Is there no
laver in which the soul may wash and
be clean?" Yes. yes, yes Tell II In
song, tell II in sermon, tell 1t in prayer,
tell Ii to the hemispheres. That Is what
David cried out for when he said,
Wash me thoroughly from my sin,
and cleanse me from mine iniquities."
And that is what in another place. he
cried out for when he said. Wash me
and shall be whittier than snow" Be
hold the laver of the Gospel. filled with
living fountains. Did you ever see the
picture OF the laver in the ancient taber-
nacle or In the ancient temple? The
laver in the ancient tabernacle was
made out Of the womens metallic look
Eyeglasses. 1t was a great basin stand
ing on a beautiful pedestal; but when
the temple was built. then the laver
was an immense affair called the brazen
sea- and oh, how deep were the floods
LAYERS beside-five at the right and five
at the left-and each laver had three
hundred gallons OF water. And the out
side of these LAYERS was carved and
chased with palm trees so delicately
cut you could almost see the leaves
tremble, and lions so true to life that
you could imagine you could see the
nostril throb, and the cherubim with
outspread wings. That magnificent
laver Of the old dispensation is feeble
type of the more glorious laver Of our
dispensation-our sunlit dispensation.
Here is the laver holding rivers OF
salvation, having for its pedestal the
Rock of Ages, carved with the figure
of the lion of Judahs tribe, and having
palm branches for victory and, wings
suggestive Of the souls flight toward
God in prayer. and the souls flight
heavenward when we die. Come we
auditory and wash away all your sins
however aggravated. and all your sor-
rows, however agonizing. Come TO this
fountain, open for all sin and unclean-
ness, the furthest. the worst. You need
not carry your sins half a second. Come
and wash in this glorious gospel laver.
Why, that Is an opportunity enough to
swallow up all nations. That is an OPP
Alps and beckon to Italy, and yet stand
on the Pyrenees and beckon to Spain,
and IT will yet stand on the Ural and
beckon to Russia, and ii will stand at
the gate of heaven and beckon to all
nations. Pardon for all sin, and pardon
| right away. through the blood Of the
Son of God. A little child that had
been blind. but through skilled surgery
brought to sight, said: "Why, mother,
why didn't you tell me the earth and
the sky are so beautiful? Why didn't
you tell me?" "Oh," replied the moth
er. my child, did tell you often; 1
often told you how beautiful they are;
but you were blind, and you couldn't
see!' Oh. If we could have our eyes
opened TO see the glores in Jesus
Christ we would feel that the half had
never been told us. and you would go
10 some Christian man and say, "Why
didn't you tell me before Of the glories
Of the Lord Jesus Christi" and that
friend would say, II did tell you, but
you were blind and could not see. and
you We're deaf and could not hear"
History says that great army came
to capture ancient Jerusalem, and when
this army got on the hills so that they
say the turrets and towers of Jeru-
salem, they gave shout that made
the earth tremble and tradition,
whether true or false, says that so
great was the shout, eagles flying in
the air dropped under the atmospheric
PERCUSSION. Oh. If we could only catch
a glimpse of this Gospel temple into
which we are all invited to come and
wash, there would be a song jubilant
and wide sounding. at New Jerusalem
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hosannas Of other worlds flying mid
air would fold their wings and drop in
to our closing doxology Against the
disappointing and insufficient laver of
Pilates vice. and Pilates cowardlce,
and Pilates sin, place the brazen sea
of a Saviors pardoning mercy!