Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-03-05

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what process you got astray, some In ane
way and soms in another, and II you could
really see the position some Of you occupy
before God your soul would burst into an
agony of tears, and you would pelt the
heavens with the cry, "God have mercyP'
Sinais batteries have been unlimbered
above your soul, and at times you have
heard it thunder: 1.-THE wages of sin is
death" "AIl have sinned and come short
of the glory of God. +" "By one man sin
entered into the world, and death by sin,
and so death passed upon all men, for that
All have sinned" "The soul that sinneth,
1t shall die" When Sevastopol was being
bombarded, two Russian frigates burned
all night in the harbor, throwing glare
upon the trembling fortress, and some OF
you, from what you have told mo your
selves, some Of you are stant91g In the
night of your souls trouble, the cannon
ade, and the condagration, and the multi
| plication, and the multitude Of your sor-
rows and troubles, think, must make the
wings of Gods lowering angels shiyer to
| the tip.
A Debt Payer.
But the last part of my text opens
door wide enough to let us all out and to
| let all heaven in. Sound it on the organ
| with all the stops out. Thrum 1t on the
harps with all the strings atune. With all
the melody possible let the heavens sound
it to the earth and let the earth tell it to
the heavens. "The Lord hath laid on him
the iniquity of us ALL am glad that
the prophet did not stop to explain whom
he meant by chin" Him of the manager,
him of the bloody sweat, him Of the resur-
rection throne, him of the crucifxion
agony. ION him the Lord haiti laid the
iniquity of US ALL" "Oh," says some
man, 'that isn't generous, that isn't
fair; let every man carry his own burden
and pay his own debts That sounds
reasonable. If have an obligation, and
| I have the means to meet 1t, and come to
you and ask you to settle that obligation,
you rightly say, "Pay your own debts. I"
If you and are walking down the street,
both hale, hearty and we'll, and 1 ask you to
carry me, you say rightly, walk on your
own feet" But suppose you and were
In a regiment, and was wounded in the
battle and fell unconscious at your feet
| with gunshot fractures and dislocations,
what would you dor You would call to
your comrades, saying: "Come and helpi
This man Is helpless. Bring the ambu-
lance. Let US take him to the hospital. I"
And would be dead lift in your arms,
and you would lift me from the ground
where had fallen and put me in the am
bulance and take me to the hospital and
have all kindness shown me. Would there
be anything bemeaning in my accepting
that kindnessP Oh, no. You would be
mean not to do it. That is what Christ
does. If we could pay our debts, then it
would be better to go up and pay them,
saying, Here, Lord, here Is my obliga-
ton; here are the means with which
mean to settle that obligation. Now give
me q receipt. Cross 1t all OUT The
debt is paid.
But the fact is, we have fallen In the
battle; we have gone down under the hot
fire of our transgressions; we have been
wounded by the sabers of sin; we are help
less; we are undone. Christ comes. The
loud clang heard in the sky on that Christ
mas night was only the bell, the resound-
ing bell of the ambulance. Clear the way
for the Son of God. He comes down to
bind up the wounds and to scatter the
darkness and to save the lost Clear the
way for the Son of God. Christ comes down
to us, and we are dead lift. He does not
lift us with the tips of his fingers. He
does not lift us with one arm. He comes
down upon his knee, and then with a
dead lift he raises us to honor and glory
and immortality. 1.-THE Lord hath laid
on him the iniquity Of us ALL" Why,
then, will man carry his sinsa You can.
not carry successfully the smallest sin you
ever committed. You might as we'll put
the Apennines on one shoulder and the
Alps on the other. How much less can
you carry all the sins Of your lifetimei
Christ comes and looks down in your face
and says: "I have come through all the
decorations of these days and through all
the tempests of these nights; have come
to bear your burdens and to pardon you1
sins and to pay your debts. Put them OF
my shoulder, put them on my heart. "
"On him the Lord hath laid the iniquity
of us ALL" Sin has almost pestered the
life out of some Of you. AT times 1T has
made you cross and unreasonable, and Il
has spoiled the brightness Of your days
and the peace Of your nights. There art
men who have been riddled of sin. The
world gives them no solace. Gossamery
and volatile the world, while eternity, al
they look forward to it, is black as mid
night. They writhe under the stings o.
j conscience which proposes to give nc
rest here and no rest hereafter, and yet
they do not repent; they do not pray; they
do not weep. They do not realize thai
just the position they occupy Is the posi-
tion occupied by scores, hundreds an(
thousands Of men who never found any
hope.
A Letter.
IF this meeting should be thrown open
and the people who are here could Civ,
their testimony, what thrilling experiences
we should hear on oil sides! There is {
man who would say: II had brilliant sur
roundings, had the best education thai
one of the best collegiate institutions O.
this country could give, and I observed al
the moralities of life, and was self right
eous, and thought was all right befor,
God as am all right before man, but th'
Holy Spirit came to me one day and said
You are sinner The Holy Spirit per
suaded me of the fact. While I had es
capped the sins against the law of the lane
/ had really committed the worst sin I
man ever commits-the driving back O
the Son Of God from my heart affections
and saw that my bands were red witt
the blood of the Son of God, and begar
to pray, and peace came to my heart, ant
I know by experience that whatyou say il
true" ''On him the Lord hath laid tn,
iniquity of us ailp' Yonder is man WHIT
would say: II was the worst drunkard ii
the city went from bad to worse; de
stroyed myself; destroyed my home; M.
children covered when entered th