The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-05-17

own, and that If his heart should stol
beating this moment he would be II
hell forever. Or it may be he Is re
sponsible for great mystery, tn
! disappearance of some one who wa
never heard of, and the detectives wer'
baffied, and the tracks were all covered
up, and the swift horse or the rail trail
took him out of reach, and there art
only two persons in the universe who
know of it-God and himself. Goo
present at the time OF the TRACE
dy and present at the retro
spection, and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
with stings, conscience with pinch.
ers, conscience with fails, con.
science with furnaces, is upon HIM
and until mans conscience rouses
him he does not repent. What made
that farmer converted to God go to his
infidel neighbor and say: "Neighbor,
l have four of your sheep. They came
over into my fold six years ago. They
had your mark upon them, and !
changed it to my mark. l want you
to have those sheep, and want you to
have the interest on the money, and !
want you to have the increase Of the
fold; if you want to send me to prison,
| shall make no complaint" The in
fidel heard of the mans conversion.
and he said: "Now, now, if you have
got them sheep you are welcome to
them. / don't want nothing OF those
things at all. You just go away from
me. Something has got hold Of you
that | don't understand. heard you
were down at those religious meet
ings." But the converted man would
not allow things to stands in that
way, and SO the infdel said: well,
now, you can pay me the value OF the
sheep. and six per cent. interest from
that time to this, and shan't say any
thing more about it. just go away
from me-" What was the matter with
the two farmers? In the one case a
convicted conscience leading him to
honesty, and in the other case,a con-
victed conscience warning against in
fidelity.
But is there no such thing as moral
If man is sinner once
must he always be sinner, and an UNI
forgiven sinner? We have all had con-
science after u.s. Or do you tell mo
that all the words of your life have
been just right, and all the thoughts
Of your heart have been just right, and
Ill the actions of your life just rightf
Then you do not know yourself. and I
lake the responsibility of saying
you are a pharisee, you are
lypocrite, you are Pontius Plate,
Ind do not know it. You commit
he very same sin that PLATE COM
nitted. You have crucified the Lord
If Glory. But if nine-tenths Of the
audience are made up of thoughtful
Ind earnest people, then nine-tenths
# this audience are saying within
SIS there no such thing as
moral publication? Is there no laver,
n which the soul may wash and be
lean? Yes, yes, yes. Tell it in
ong, tell it in sermon, tell it in
'rayer. tell it in hemispheres.
That is what David cried out for
When he said: wash me thoroughly
rom my sin, and cleanse me from mine
niquities." And that is what in an
ther place he cried out for when he
aid: wash me and I shall be whittier
han snow" Behold, the laver Of the
Gospel. filed with living fountains.
Did you ever see the picture of the
aver in the ancient tabernacle or in
he ancient temple? The laver in the
ncient temple was made out of the
metallic looking-glasses. II
1as great basin, standing on a
PEDESTAL; but when the
emple was built, then the laver was
ca; and, oh, how deep were the
GODS there gathered And there were
en- LAYERS beside-fve at the right and |
We at the left-and each laver had |
hree hundred gallons of water. And
he outside of these LAYERS was
arved and chased with palm trees so
cut you could almost see the
caves tremble. and lions SO true to
fe that you could imagine you saw
he nostril throb. and the cherubim
18th outspread wings. That magnif-
ent laver of the old dispensation is q
,eble type of the more glorious laver
our dispensation-our sunlight dis
ensation.
History says that great army came
, capture ancient Jerusalem, and
hen this army got on the hills, so
nat they saw the turrets and the tow
n of Jeruaalem thew uava a ehouk |
,atmade the earth trepble; and tradi.
on, whether true or false, says that, so
reat was the shout, eagles flying in
ne air dropped under the atmospheric
ercussion. Oh, If we could only catch
glimpse of the towers of this Cos
Il temple into which you are all in