The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-01-08


other hemisphere, AMI in scenes as. diff
ferent as possible, we recount. as we'll
we may, how poor was our heavenly
prince. But in the other holy land
above we may all study the riches that
He left behind when He started for
earthly expedition.
Yes. grace, free grace. sovereign
grace, omnipOtent grace. Among the
thousands OF words in the language
there Is 10 more queeniy word. One
hundred and twentv-uiue times does
the Biole eulogize grace. 1t is a door
swung wide open 10 let into the par
don of God all the millions VINO choose
To enter it.
Philip Doddridge put il into all
hymnOlogy When he wrote:
Grace It's a charming sound.
Harm niOu> % the ear
Heaven with the echo hall resou1d.
And all the earth shall hear.
One of John Bunvan's great books is
entitled Grace AbDunaing." 1t ia
all of grace that am saved" has been
on the lips of hundreds of dying Chris
tians The bow Sammy was right when
being examined Tor admission into
church membership he was asked,
"Whose work was your salvation?'
and he answered, Part mine and part
Gods" Then the examiner asked.
What part did you do. Sammv?" and
the answer was. Il opposed God all I
could. and he did the rest"' Oh. the
height of it. the depth of it, the breadth
of it, the grace of God! Mr. Fletcher
having written pamOhlet that pleased
the king, the king offered to compen-
safe him, and Fletcher answered:
There is only one thing l want, and
that is more grace"
Yes, my blood-bought hearers, grace
to live by and grace to die by. Grace
that saved the publican, that saved
Lydia, that saved the dying thief, that
saved the jailer. that saved me. Bat
the riches of that grace will not be
fully understood until Heaven breaks
in upon the soul. An old ScOtchman,
VINO had been a soldier in one of the
European wars, was sick and dying in
one of our American hospitals His
one desire was to see Scotland and his
old home, and once again walk The
heather of the Highlands, and hear
the bagpipes of the Scotch regi-
ments. The night that the old Scotch
soldier died. a young man. somewhat
reck ess but kind-hearted. got a COM
panv of musicians to come and PLAY
under the old soldiers window, and
among the instruments there was
bagpipe. The instant that the must
.Tn h, 4 oil IN do
lirum said: whats that? What's
that? Why. it's the regiments coming
home. That's the tune. yes, that's the
tune. Thank God, | have got home
once more bonnie Scotland aud
Bonnie Doom were the last words ne
uttered as he passed ND 20 the high
lands OF the better country. And there
are here hundreds h0mesick for Heaven,
some because YOU have so many be
reavements, some because you have so
many temptations, some because Won
have so many ailments - hOmesick.
very hOmesick. for the fatherland OF
Heaven, ami the music that YOU want
20 hear now i the song Of free grace
and the music that YOU want TO hear
when Won die Is free grace, and for
ever before the throne Of God you
VIII sing of the grace OF our Lord
Jesus Christ. Who, though He was rich,
for your sakes became po0rr'
Yes, yes: for your sakes. l. was not
on a pleasure excursion that He came,
for it was all pain. Il was not on an
astronomical exp Grafton. for He knew
this world as WILL letore He alighted
as afterwsrd. It was not because He
was compelled to come, for He volun-
teered. 1t was not because it was
easy. for He knew that it would be
thorn, and spike, and hunger, and
thirst, and vociferation of angry MODS.
For your sakesr' To wipe away your
tears, TO forgive your wrongdoing, to
companiOnship your loneliness, to
sOothe YOUR sorrows, to sit with you by
the new-made grave. to bind your
wounds in the ugly battle with the
world and br ng you home at last, kind
ling up the mists that fall on your dv-
ing vision with the sunlight of a glOri-
Gus morn. For your sakesr' No; ]
will change that. Paul viii not care
and Christ will not care if change it,
4OL L must ECL i1LO LllC DAESStOuCSS OF
the text myself. and so l say, For our
sakes"' For we all have our tempta-
tons and bereavements and conflicts
For our sakes. We who deserve for
our sins TO be expatriateI into a world
as much poorer than this as this earth
is poorer than Heaven. For our sakes,
But what a frigntful coming down TO
take rs cr1OriOuSIv mn
When Artaxerxes was hunting. Tire.
bazus, who was attending him. showed
the king a rent in his garment; the
king said: How shall I mend it?''
by giving i TO ne" said Tire bazus.
Then the king gave him the robe, cut
commanded him never 20 wear It. as 1t
would be inappropriate. But see the
startling and comfortable fact while
our Prince throws Of the robe, He not
only allows Us 20 wear II, but commands
Us 20 wear it.and IL viii become Us well.
and for the pOverties Of our spiritual
state we may put on the. sDIendors
of heavenly regalement. Fer our
sakes. Oh, the personally Of this
reliriOul Not an abstraction. not an