Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-03-11

N IN tn0 Dattle. and L fell unconscious at
FOUR feet with gunshot fractures and dislo-
sations, what would you dor You would
:all to your comrades, saving: "Come and
aeip; this man is helpless. Bring the ambu-
Ance. Let us take him to the hospital, /" and
would be dead lift in your arms, and you
you'd lift me from the ground where had
allen, and put me In the ambulance, and
less shown me. Would there be anything
,eneaning in my accepting that kindnesst
oh. no. You would be mean not to do it.
That Is what Christ does. If We could pay
iur debts. then It would be better to go up
md pay them, saying: "Here, Lord, here IL
shich I mean to settle that obligation. Now
i've me q receipt. Gross it all out" The
lebt Is paid.
But the fact is we have fallen In the battle,
" have gone down under the hot fire Of our
ransgressions, We have been wounded BY
he sabers OF sin, we are helpless, we are un-
lone. Christ comes. The loud clang heard
Rths Aky on that Christmas night was only
ne boil. the resoundinR bell OF the ambu-
ance. Clear the way for the Son Of God.
ae comes down to bind up the wounds, and
o scatter the dai kness, and to save the lost.
>lear the way for the Son Of God! Christ
omes do Wn to US, and We are q dead lift.
Ie does not lift US with the tips of HIS fin-
ers. He does not lift US with one arm. He
ONES down upon His knee, and then with q
cad lift He raises US to honor and glory and
nmortaiity. The Lord hath laid on Him
ho iniquity Of US ALL" Why, then, will
IAN carry his sins? You cannot carry sue
essfully the smallest sin you ever COM
litted. You might as we'll put the Apen-
ines on one shoulder and the Alps on the
ther. How much less can you carry all the
ins OF your lifetime? Christ comes and
ooks down in your face and says: II have
ONE through all the decorations OF these
a 4, oil <n,,, - =.
aghts. l have come to bear your burdens,
nd to pardon your sins, and to pay your
.ebts. Put them ON My shoulder, put them
N My heart" ION Him the Lord hath laid
he iniquity OF us ALL" Sin has almost pest
red the life out Of some Of you. At times
has spoiled the brightness Of your days
nd the peace Of your nights. There ara
cen who have been riddled of sin. The
World gives them no solace. Goss1mery and
solatile the world, while eternity, AS they
ook forward to it, Is black rs midnight.
hey writhe under the stings OF conscience
Which proposes to give no rest here and no
est hereafter. and yet they do not repent.
hey do not pray, they do not weep. They
10 not realize that just the position they oc
mpy is the position occupied by scores.
iundfeds and thousands Of men who never
ound any hope.
If this meeting should be thrown open and
he people who are here could give their
estimony, what thrilling experiences. We
hould hear on all sidesI There is man
rho would say: II had brilliant surround
lgs; 1 had the best e iucatiou that one of
ne best collegiate institutions OF this coun-
y could give and observed all the morali-
les Of life. and was self-righteous, and
bought | was all right before God rs I am
ii right before .mau, but the Holy Spirit
anne to me one day and said, You are
inner the Holy Spirit persuaded me of the
act. While had escaped the sins against
he law OF the land. had really committed
irving back OF the Son of God from my
carts affections, and 1 saw that my hands
fere red with the blood OF the Son of God,
nd began to pray, and peace came to my
.eart aud l know by experience that what
'ou say is true" ION Him the Lord hath
nan who would say. II was the worst
lrunkard in the city; l went from bad to
worse; I destroyed myself; l destroyed my
iome; my children covered when / entered
he house; when they put up their lip to be
dssed, I struck them; when my wife pro-
esteeaa-6saait1fstt the -maltreatment, I kicked
Ter into the street. Iknow-ann the bruises
vent on farther and farther from God until
me day I got a letter, saying:
My Dear Husbana-I have tried every
say, done everything and prayed earnestly
nd Iervently Tor your reformation, but
seems of no avail. Since our little
Henry died, with the exception of those few
iappy weeks when you remained sober, my
1fe had been one of sorrow. Many of the
Nights I have sat by the window, with my
ace bathed in tears, watching for your
soming. 1 am broken hearted, am sick
Mother and father have been here frequently
and begged me to come home, but my love
sor you and my hope for brighter days have
always made me refuse them. That hope
Ieems now beyond rea ization, and have re-
turned to them. 1t Is hard, and battled
long before doing 1t. May God bless and
preserve you, and take from you that &C.
sursed appetite, and hasten the day when we
shall be again living happily together. This
will be my daily prayer, knowing that He
has said. Come unto me, all ye that labor
anu are heavy laden. and I will give you
rest. From your LOVING wife. MARY
"And so Wandered on and wandered on"
l,ys that man, until ons night I passed
Methodist meeting house, aud said to nv
Dslf, I'll 60 in and see what they are doing
md got to the door, and they were singing:
eau may come. whoever will
This man receives poor sinners still