The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-05-16

! You have cruciied the Lord of Glory.
But if nine-tenths of this audience are
made up of thoughtful and earnest
people, then nine-tenths of this kaudi-
ence are saying within themselves:
} "Is there no such thing as moralEpuri-
fcation? Is there no laver in which
the soul may wash and be clean? p
| Yes, yes, yes. Tell it in song, tell it
in sermon, tell it in prayer, tellfit to
| the hemispheres. That Is what David
cried out for when he said: .Wasll
me thoroughly from my SIM and
cleanse me from mine iniquities."
And that is what in another place he
cried out for when he said: ''Wash
me and l shall be whittier than snow"
Behold, the laver OF the gospel, billed
with living fountains. Did YOU ever
see the picture of the laver in tile an
Gent tabernacle or in the ancient
temple? The laver in the ancient
tabernacle was made out of the
women's metallic 'looking-glasses. It
was a great basin, standing on a beau
tiful pedestal; but when the temple
was built, then the LAYER was an i'm
mense affair, called the brazen sea;
tlA1u, Ous INV" uCCp "CAC liz uUONS
there gathered! And then there were
ten LAYERS beside-ive at the right and
five at the left-and each LAYER had
800 gallons of water. And the outside
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 saw the nostril throb,
and the cherubim with o%utspread
wings. That magnificent laver OF the
old dispensation is a feeble type Of
the more glorious laver Of our dispen-
~sation-our sunlit dispensation.
Here is the laver holding rivers of
salvation, having for it's pedestal the
Rock of Ages, carved with the figure
Of the lion of Judah's tribe, and hav-
ing palm branches for victory, and
wings suggestive of the souls fight
heavenward when we die. Come, We
auditory, and wash away all your
sins, however aggravated, and all
your sorrows, however agonizing.
Come to this fountain, open for all sin
and uncleanliness, the furthest, the
worst. You need not carry your sins
half a second. Come and wash il this
glorious gospel LAYER. Why: that is m
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 Pyre-
nees and beckon to Spain, and it will
yet stand on the Ural and beckon to
Russia, and it 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 skillful surgery
brought to sight, said: "Why, mother,
why didn't you tell me that the earth
and sky are so beautiful? Why didn't
you tell me?' "Oh," replied the
mother, "my child, I 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 open to see the glories in
Jesus Christ we would feel that the
half had not been told us, and you
say: why didn't you tell me before
OF the glories in the Lord Jesus
Christ?' and that friend would say,
Il did tell you, but you were blind
and could not see, and you were deaf
and could not hear" -
History says that a great army came
to capture ancient jerusalem, and
when this army got on the hills, so
that they saw the turrets and the
towers of Jerusalem, they gave a
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 the
towers of this gospel temple into
which you are all invited to come and
wash, there would be a song jubilant
and understanding, at New Jerusa-
lem seen, at New Jerusalem taken,
the hosannas of other worlds flying
mid-&ir would fold their wings and
drop into our closing doxology!
Against the disappointing and INSULT
Gent LAYER of Pilates vice, and Pi-
late's cowardice, and Pilates sin, /
place the brazen sea of a Savior's par
doning mercy!