The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-03-13

vide enough 10 lei us All out and 20 let an
heaven in. Sound u on thH organ with Hll
the stops out. Ihfgm lt on the harp with all
the strings AtLne. With al the melody pos.
alble lot the heavens sound a 90 the earth
and let the earth tell Il 20 The heavens. "Thg
Lord hath laid on Hlm the iniqulty of us all.
! am glad that the prophet dld not stop 90
explain whom h0 meant by "Him." Him Of
the mhngcr, Him q the bloody sweat. Hin
oith8 resurrection throne. Hin OF the cruel
flxlOn agony. con Him the Lord hath laid
the iniQuity Of as al" "Oh." says some
man, "that isn't generous; that isn't fair
Lot every man carry his own burden aud pny
his own doblsH That sounds reasonable. II
Ihavo an obligation, and i have the means
70 meet n, and come 10 you and ask you to
settle that obligation, you rightly say, HPaY
your own debta." II you and ], walking
down the slreeot-both hale, hearty and well
Il AJAX you 20 carry me, you say rightly,
walk on your own ieetl" But suppose you
and 1 were In a regiment and was wound
cd In the battle. and fell unconscious at
your feet with gunshot fractures and dislo-
cations, what would you d02 You would
call 10 your comrades, saying; "Come and
help; this man Is helpless Bring the ambu-
lance Let US take him 20 the hospital. /" and
/ would be- a dead kft In Youg arms, and you
would lift me from the ground whore had
ALLEN, and put me in the ambulance, aud
take me 20 the hospital, aud havs all kidd
ness shown me- Would there be anything
bomeaning in my accepting that ldndness2
Oh. no. You would be mean not to do H.
That is what Christ does. II we could pay
our debts. then Il would be- better 10 20 up
aud pay them, sayingi "Here, Lord here Is
my obligation. Here are the means with
which / mean 10 settle that obligation. Now
give me receipt. Cross Il all out" Tho
debt Is paid.
But the fact iswe 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 helpless, we are un-
done. Christ comes The loud olang heard
nthe shy on that Christmas night was only
the bell, the resembling bell OF the ambu-
lance. Clear the way for the Son Of God.
He comes down to bind up the wounds, and
TO scatter the darkness, and 10 save the lost.
Clear the way for the Son Of Godl Christ
comes down TO us. and we are a dead hit.
He does not lift us with the tips Of His iin-
gers. He does not lift as with one arm. Ho
comes down upon His knee, and then with
dead lift He raises US 70 honor and glory and
immortality. "The Lord bath laid on Him
the 7niquity Of US all" Why, then. will
man carry his Blns2 You cannot carry sue
cessiully the smallest sin you ever COM
mitted. You might as we'll put the Apen-
mines on one shoulder and the Alps on the
other. How much less can you carry all tho
sins Of your liietime2 Christ comes and
looks down In your face and Says II have
come through all the decorations Of these
days, and through all the temfests Of these
nights. have come to bear your burdens,
and to pardon your sins, and to pey your
debts. Put them on My shoulder, put them
on My heart" ION Him the Lord hath laid
the iniquity Of US all" Sin has almost pest
cred the life out Of some Of you. At times
it has made you cross and unreasonable. and
1t has spoiled the brightness OF your days
and the peace Of your nights. There are
men who have been riddled Of sin. The
world gives them no solace. Gossamery and
volatile the world, while eternity, as they
| look forward to 1t, is black as midnight.
/ They wtithe under the stlngs 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,
hundteds and thousands Of men who never
found any hope.
If this meeting should be thrown open and
the rsople who are here could give their
testimony, what thrilling experiences we
should hear on oil sides! There is man
who would say: II had brilliant surround
|
the best collegiate institutions Of this coun-
try could give and observed all the morali-
ties Of life, and was self-righteous, and
thought was all right before God as 1 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
the law Of the land. had really committed
the worst sin man ever commits, the
driving back OF the Son Of God from my
hearts affections, and saw that my hands
were red with the blood of the Son Of God,
and began to pray, and peace came to my
heart and know by experience that what
you say is true" "On Him the Lord hath
laid the iniquity of us ALP Yonder is Q
man who would say, II was the worst
drunkard In the city; / went from bad tC
worse; destroyed myself; destroyed my
home; my children covered when I entereC
the house; when they put up their lip to bC
kissed, struck them; when my wife pro
tested against the maltreatment kicked
her into the street. know all the bruise
and all the terrors Of drunkard's woe.
went on farther and farther from God unit
one day got letter, saying:
"My Dear Husband-I have tried ever.
way, done everything and prayed earnestl,
and fervently for your reformation, bu
1t seems Of no avail. Since our littl
Henry died, with the exception Of those few
happy weeks when you remained sober, m
life had been one Of sorrow. Many Of tn
nights have sat by the window, with M
face bathed In tears, Watching for you
coming. am broken hearted, I am sick
Mother and father have been here frequentl
and begged me TO come home, but my Low
for you and my hope for brighter days hav
always made me refuse them. That hop
seems now beyond realization, and have re
turned to them. It is hard, and battle
long before doing 1t. May God bless an
preserve you, and take from you that &C
cursed appetite, and hasten the day when W
shall be again living happily together. Thi
will be my daily prayer, knowing that H
has said, Come unto me, all ye that labc
and are heavy laden, and viii give 20
rest. From your loving wife, MARY.
Sand so wandered on and wandered on,
, says that man, until one night / passed
Methodist meeting house, and I said to my
, self, 'I'll go in and see what theyare doing
, and got to the door, and they were singing
l "All may come, whoever will
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