Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-03-13

nv obligation. Here are the means With
which m~an 10 settle that Obligation. Nov
give me = receipt. Cross il all out" Tue
oedi Il pals
But the fact Is We have fallen IN the battle.
We have gone down under the hot IRE Of our
transgressions, We have been wounded by
the sabers Of siB, We are helpless. We are uu-
done Christ comes The loud clang heard
nthe sky on that Christmas night was only
the bell, the res0unding bell OF the amhu-
lance. Clear the way for tho Son Of G ID.
he comes down 10 bind up the wounds, ant
20 scatter the darkness, and TO suye the lost.
Clear the way for the Son OF Goil Chr 81
comes doEa to Us, and We are dead hit
He does not lift us with the tips OF His I'm
gers. He does not LIT rs with one arm. He
comes down upon His knee, and then with
dead lift He raises Us 10 honor aud glory and
immortality. "rhe Lord hath laid on Hin
the iniquity Of us all" Why, then. viii a
man carry his sin-2 You cannot carry sue
cesSfuly the smallest sin you ever COM
mitted. You might a. well put the Apan-
mines on one shoulder aud the Alps on the
otber. How much less can YOU carry all thr
sins OF your lifetimrg Christ comes and
looks down in your face aud says; II have
come through all the decorations OF these
DAYS, and through all the trmpests OF these
nights. have come % bear YOUR burdens.
aud TO pardon your sins, and 20 pay your
debts. Tut them on Ny shoulder, put thnm
on My heart "0n Him the Lord hath laid
the iniquity OF Us AL" Sin has almost p 81
erel me life ONT M some az Won. Al times
It has made YOU cross and unreasonable. and
1t has spoiled the brightness Of your days
ami the peace Of YOUR nights. There are
men who have been rddlei Of sin. The
world gives them no solace. G5Sslmcrv ami
volatile the world. whie eternity. IA they
look forward TO il. is black rs midnight.
They writhe under the stings OF a conscience
which proposes to give no rest here and no
rest hereafter, and yet they DO not repent.
they do not pray, they do not weep. They
do not realize that Just the position they oc-
cupy is the position occupied by scores,
hundiels and thousands of men who never
found any hope.
II this meeting should be thrown open and
the people who are here could give their
testimony, what thrilling experiences We
should hear on all sides! There is man
who would saw; If hal brilliant surround
ings; | had the best lucati0n that oua Of
the best collegiate institutions Of this cOun-
try could give and observed all the mprali.
| ties of life, and [ was seli-rightapus. AMI
/ thought was all right before God a. | am
all right before man. but the Holy Spirit
/ came to me one day and said, You are a
/ sinner the Holy Spirit persuaded me OF the
fact. While | had escaped the sins against
] me law oil the lHnl, | NNI reAlIN FhN'lllttl
I the worst sin a man eyer commits, the
/ driving back OF the SON Of God from my
4 hearts affections. AMI saw that my hands
/ were red with the blood of the Son Of God,
/ and began TO pray. and peace came 10 my
/ heart AMI | know by experience that what
I you say is true" ION Him the Lord hath
/ laid the iniuuity Of us ali!N Ionder is a
man who would say. Il was the worst
drunknrd in the CITY: went from lad to
worse: | DESTROYED myself: DESTROYED my
home; nv children covered when / entered
the house: when they put up their lip to be
kissed, struck them: when my wife pro-
tested against the maItreatmeut, | kicke l
and ali the terror. NJ a irunkart,s woe. I
went on farther and farther from God until
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