Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-05-22

with MS crime. Wnen tnero Wer0 no prisoner
o. the other side of tho wall. 1t was the
voice Of his own conscience.
Thomas Oliver was one OF John Wesley
preachers. The early part Of his life had
been full Of recklessness, and he had mad,
debts wherever he could borrow. He wa
converted to God, and then he went forth tt
preach and pay his debts. He had n small
ately set out to pay his debts, and everybody
Knew he was in earnest, and TO consum mate
the last payment he had to sell his horse ant
,addle and bridle. That was conscience
That Is converted conscience. That is reiis
lon. Frank Tiebout, converted rumseller
dad . large amount of liquor on hand at tn,
hme Of his conversion, and he put all the
kegs anf barrels and demijohns In a wagor
and TOOK them down in front of the ole
ehurch where he had been converted and haC
everything emptied into the street. That Il
religion. Why thethous0nds Of dollars sent
every year to the United States Treasury al
Washington rs 'conscience money!" Why
1t simply means there are postmasters and
there ar, attorneys and there are officials
who sometimes retain tha which does NOT
belong to them, and these men are convert.
I'd. or under powerful pressure Of conscience,
and make restitution. II all the moneys out
of which the State and the United States
treasures have been defrauded should come
back their rightful exchequers, there woule
~ enough money to pay all the State debit
and all the United States debt by day after
Tomorrow.
Conversion amounts to nothing unless the
Leart is converted, and the pocketbook is
converted, and the cash drawer is converted,
anl the ledger is converted, and the freproof
'afe is converted. and the piSeonhole oon-
Iaining the correspondence Is converted. and
his improvement Ii noticed even by tho
sanary bird that sings In the parlor, and the
sat that licks the platter after the meal, and
Ihe dog that comes bounding from the KEN
bel to greet him. A man half converted or
quarter converted, or q thousandth part con-
Se-ted Is not converted at all. What will be
the great book in the day Of Judgment? Con-
Icience. Conscience recalling misimprovel
opportunities. Conscience recalling unfor.
given sins. Conscience bringing up all
the past. Alas, for this governor, Pontius
PLATE! That night after the court had adj
burned, and the sanhedrists had gone home,
ind nothing was heard outside the room but
The step OF the sentinel, see Pontius PLATE
srise from his tapestried and sIeepless couch
bnd go to the laver aud begin to wash his
hands, crying: "Out, out. crimson spotI
rellest thou to me, and to God, and to the
aight, my crime? Is there no alkali to re-
move these dreadful stains2 Is there no
chemistry to dissolve this carnage? Must l
- the day Of my'death carry the blood OF
his innocent man on my heart and hand2
Out. thou crimson spot!" The worst thing
1 man can have is an evil conscience, and the
best thing man can have is what Paul calls
good conscience.
But is there no such thing as moral purin
.ation! Ii a man is a sinner once. must he
always be a sinner, and an unforgiven sim
ner? We have all had conscience after us
Or do You tell me that all the words OF your
life have been just right, and all the thoughts
Of your heart have been just right, and all
the actions Of your life Just nghtl Then you
do not know yourself, and take the respon-
sibility OF lying you are q pharisee, you are
hypocrite, you are Pontius PLATE, and do
not know it. You commit the very same sin
that PLATE committed. You have crucifed
the Lord OF Glory But II nine-tenths Of this
audience are made up Of thoughtful and
earnest people, then nine-tenths OF this au-
dience are saying within themselves: Is
there no such thing as moral publication? Is
there no laver in which the soul may wash
and be clean2 Yes, yes, yes. Tell 1t in song,
tell it in sermon, tell 1t in prayer, tell It to
the hemispheres. That Is what David cried
out for when he said, "Wash me thoroughly
from nv sin, and cleanse me from mine in
quities." And that Is what, in another place,
he cried ont for when he said, "Wash me
aud 1 shall be whittier than snow." Behold,
the laver OF the gospel, filled with living
the laver in the ancient tabernacle or in the
ancient temple? The laver in the ancient
tabernacle was made out Of the women's me-
sallic looking glasses. 1t was a great basin,
Standing on 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 there gathered!
And there were ten LAYERS besides-fve at
the right and five at the left-and each laver
had 300 gallons OF water. And the outside
Of these LAYERS was carved and chased with
palm trees SO delicately cut you could al
most see the leaves tremble and lions so true
10 life that You could imagine you saw the
ri oh x-;t
spread wings. That magnificent laver OF tho
Did dispensaticn is feeble type OF the more
glorious laver OF our dispensation-our sun.
1t dispensation.
Here is the laver holding rivers q saliva
don, having for its pedestal the Rock Of
Ages. carved with the figures Of the lion Of
Judah's tribe. and having palm branches for
victory and wings suggestive Of the souls
flight toward God In prayer and the souls
hight heavenward when we die. Come 70
auditory, and wash away all your sins, how.
ever aggravated, and all your sorrows, how
ever agonizing. Come TO this fountain, open
Tor all sin and uncleanness, 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 opportunity that will
yet stand on the Alps and beckon to Italy,
and yet stand on the Pyrenees and beckon to
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beckon to Russia, and it will stani 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 lit
tie child that had been blind, but through
skillful surgery brought to sight. said: ..why.
sky are SO beautiful Why didn't you tell
me?" .'Oh, replied the mother, tiny child,
[ did tell you often. I often told you how
beautiful they are, but you were blind, and
Vou couldn't see!'
Oh, il we could have our eyes opened t.
~ the elories In Jesus Christ We would feel
that the half had not been told Us, ana you
would go to some Christian man and say,
''Why didn't you tell me before of the glories
In the Lord Jesus Christi" and that friend
would say, Il did tell you, but you were
blind and could not see, and you were deaf
md could not hear"
History says that . great army came L
capture ancient Jerusalem, and when this
army got on the hills 80 that they saw the
Eurrets and the towers of Jerusalem they
gave shout that made the earth tremble and
whether false or true, says that 50
great was the shout eagles flying in the air
iropped under the atmospheric percussion.
On, II we could only catch glimpse OF the
lowers OF this gospel temple Into which
Tou are all invited to come and wash there
would pe song jubilant, and wide resound-
ing at New Jerusalem seen, at New Jerusa.
em taken, the hosannas of other worlds n.y.
nS midair would fold their wings and drop
INTO our closing doxology. Against the dis
appointing and insufficient laver of Pilates
rice and Pilates cowardice and Pilates sin
place the bEazen sea Of . Saviour's pardon.
ng mercv
Take caro- of your ideas and your
grammar is likely to take care of ltsel'.
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