Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-05-11
enough to pay all the state debts and all
the United States debt by day after tomor-

tho United States debt by day after tomor-
row.
Conversion amounts to nothing unless
the heart is converted, and the pOckctbook
Is converted, and the cash drawer is con-
verted, and the ledger Is converted, and
the fircproof safe Is converted, and the pi-
gconholc containing tho correspondence is
converted, and his improvement is noticed
even by the canary bird that sings in the
parlor, and the cat that lickS the platter
after the meal. and the dog that comes
bounding from the kennel to greet him.
A man half converted, or quarter convert
cd, or IA thousandth part converted. Is not
converted at all. What will be the great
book in the day of Judgment: Conscience.
Conscience recalling misimprovcd oppor-
tunitics. Conscience recalling unforgivcn
sins. Conscience bringing up all the past
Alas, for this governor, Pontius Pilatcl
That night after the court had adjourned
and the sanhedrists had gone home and
nothing was heard outside the room but
tho step of the sentinel, / see Pontius Pi-
late arise from his tapcstricd and slccplcss
couch and go to the lavcr and begin to
wash his hands, crying: "Out, out, Grim
son spoti Tcllcst thou to mo and to God
and TO the night, my crime? Is there no
alkali to remove these dreadful stains? Is
there no chemistry 10 dissolve this carnage?
Must TO the day of my death carry tho
blood OF this innocent man on my heart
and hand? 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 good conscience
Sunlit Dispensation.
But Is there no such thing as moral puri-
flcation1 IL n man is a sinner once, must
hc 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 all
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 l take the responsibility of saying you
are Phariscc, you are a hypocrite, you arc
u Pontius Pilate and do not know It, You
commit the very same sin that Pilatc com
mitted. You have cruciflcd the Lord Of
Glory. But II ninetcnths of this audience
are made up of thoughtful and earnest
people, then ninc-tenths of this audience
are saying within themselves: Is there no
such thing as moral publication: Is there
no laver In which the soul may wash and
bc clcan?' Yes, yes, yes. Tell 1t in song,
tell 1t In sermon, tell IL in prayer, tell IL to
the hemisphcrcs. That is what David
cried out for when he said, Wash me
thoroughly from my sin, and cleanse me
from mine iniquitics." And that is what
in another place he cried ont for when he
said, Wash me and shall be whittier than
snow" Behold tho lavcr of the gospel,
filed with living fountains. Did you ever
see the picture of the lavcr in the ancient
tabernacle or in the ancient temple? The
lavcr in the ancient tabernacle was made
out of the women's metallic looking
glasses. 1t was great basin, standing on
"a beautiful pedestal, but when the tomplc
was built then the lavcr was an immense
affair, called the braZen sea, and, oh, how
deep were the floods there gathered And
there were ten LAYERS bcsidcs-ilvc at the
right and five mt the left-and each laver
had 800 gallons of water. And the outside
of these LAYERS was carved and chased with
palm trees so delicate cut you could almost
geo the leaves trcmblc and lions so true 10
life that you could imagine you saw the
nostril throb, and the chcrubim with out
spread wings. That magnificent laver OF
the old dispensation is n feeble type of the
more glorious lavcr of our dispcnsation-
our sunlit dispcnsation.
A Grand Opportunity.
Here is the laver holding rivers OF sal
Walton, having for its pedestal the Rock of
Ages, carved with the figure 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 flight hcavcnward when we die.
oil
sins, however aggravated, and all your
sorrows, however agonizing. Come 10
this fountain, open for all sin and unclcan-
ness, the furthcst, the worst. You need
not carry your sins half second Come
and wash in this glorious gospel lavcr
Why, that Is an opportunity enough to
swallow up all nations. That Is an OPP
portunity that will yet stand ON tho Alps
and bcckon TO Italy, and yet stand on the
Pyrcnccs and bcckon to Spain, and 1t will
yet stand on the Ural and beckon TO Rus
sia, and it will stand at the gate of heaven
and bcckon To all nations. Pardon for all
sin, and pardon right away, through the
blood of the Son Of God. 4 little child
that had been blind, but through skillful
surgery brought to sight, said: "Why,
mother, why didn't you tell me the earth
and sky arc so beautiful? Why didn't you
tell mc:" "Oh, replied the mother, "my
child, l did tell you often. l often told
you how beautiful they are but you were
blind, and you couldn't sec"' Oh, II we
could have our eyes opened to see the
glorics in Jesus Christ, we would feel that
the half had not been told us, and 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, hut
you were blind and could not see and you
were deaf and could not hear
History says that n 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 shout that made the earth trcmble,
and tradition, whether true or false, SAYS
that, so great was the shout, eagles flying
in the air dropped under the atmospheric
percussion. Oh, IL we could only catch n
glimpse of the towers of this gospel tenn
pie into which you are all invited to come
and wash, there would be song jubilant
and wide rcsounding, at New Jerusalem
seen, at New Jerusalem taken, the hosan-
mas of other worlds flying midair would
fold their wings and drop into our closing
doxology! Against the Disappointing and
insufficient layer of Pilates vice and Pi-
latc's cowarlicc and Pilates sin, place
the brazcn sea of u Saviour's pardoning
mercy.
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