The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-11
THE LAW OF SELF SACRIFICE.
T41wsGE ON THE RADICAL
THEORY OF CHRISTIANITY

Figure of speech Means That
cbri.t.s Life Was Given for Our
Lives.
washington. April l0-The radical thso-
~ Of Christianity Is set forth BY Dr. Tai
mage tn this discourse. and remarkable II
stances % self-sscr.fce are brought out for
illustration. The text as Heo- 80 With
out Shedding OF Blood is no Remission
John G.. Whittier. the last O. the great
school Of American poets that made the
last quarter OF this century brilliant. ask
ed ne in the White Mountains, one morn
ing after prayers. in which had given
out Cowper's famous hymn about The
Fountain Filled with Blood" Do you real-
h believe there IS a literal applicatson Of
the blood Of Christ 10 the SOUR Ny neg
suve reply then Is my negative reply now.
The Bible statement agrees with all pay
Eicians. and all Psychologists, and al
scientists. in saying that the blood is the
Hfe. and in the Christian religion 1t means
simply that Chrizt's life was given for our
life. Hence all this talk OF man VINO say
the Bible story OF blood Is disgusting. ard
that they co not want what they can
'.sIaughter-ho religion only shows
their incapacity or unwillingness TO look
through the figure OF speech toward the
thing slgnified. The blood that. OF the
darkest Friday the world ever saw. oozed,
OK trickled. or poured from the brow. ana
tire side. and the hands. and the feet OF
the Iilustrious Sufferer. hack Of jerusalem.
IN few hours coagulated and dried uD.
ard forever disappeared, and If man had
depended on the Application OF TIE literal
bsood Of Christ. there would not have hean
soul saved for the iast eighteen centI-
risz.
In order 70 understand this red word Of
my text. we only have 70 exercise as much
common sense II religion as We do in
everything else. Pang for pang. hunger for
hunger. fatigue for fatigue. tear for
tear. blood for blood. life for life. We
see every day Illustrated. The act Of sub
sutution Is 10 novelty. although I hear
men talk as though the idea Of Christ's
suffering substituted for our suffering
were something abnormal. something dis
tress.ngly odd, something wildly eccentric,
a solitary episode "a the worlds history:
when ! could take you out into this city
and before sund0Tn point you 10 FIVE hun
ored cases Of substitution and voluntary
suffering Of one in behalf Of another
At O'Clock tomorrow afternoon 70
among tae places Of business or toll Il
VIII be no difficult thing for you 10 hnd
men who, BY their looks. show you tina.
they are overworked. They are prema tsrs-
~ Old They are fastening rapidly toward
their decease. They have gone through
crises in business that shattered their ner-
Fous system. ard pulled on the brain. They
nave shoriuess OF breath. and a pain IN
the back OF the head. and a night an in
somnla that alarms them. why are they
bridging al business early and Iate2 For
fung Now It would be difficult q extract
any amusement out OF that exhaustion. Be
cause they are ayaricioUs2 In many cases
TO Because their own personal expenses
are lavish? No; 4 few hundred dollars
would meet all their wants The simple
ract is. the man Is enduring all that IA
ugue ana evaporation, and wear and tear.
70 Keep his home prosperous. There is an
Invisible Inc reaching from that store.
from that bank. from that shop. from that
scanoldlng. to a quiet scene a few blocks
2 few miles away. and there IS the secret
q that business endurance. He IS simply
TIE champion Of a homestead for which he
wins bread. and wardrobe, and education
and prosperity, and in such battle ten
thousand men fail. OF ten business men
whom bury. nine die OF overwork for
others Some sudden disease finds them
with no power Of resistance. and thev. are
gone Life for life. Blood for blood. Sub
stitufloni
At / O'Clock tomorrow morning tho
hour when slumbeF IL most uninterrupted
and profound, walk amid the dweilin ?
houses q the city. Here and there YOU
viii md a dim light, because il - the
E0TEGlG-1 n rrsar~ =
hsnt burning; but most OF the houses
rpm base 70 top are as dark as though
uninhaDited. A uerciful God has sent
forth the archangeI of sleep. and he Duts
his wings over the city. But wonder
Il clear light burning, and outside on a
WINDOW easement a glass or pitcher con-
tanning food for a sick child; the food ia
set N the fresh air. This IL the sixth
night that mother has sat up with that
sufferer She has to the last Doint ohave,5
the PHYSICIANS prescription not giving 4
drop too much or too little, or a moment
TOO soon or too late She is very anx-
tous, for she has buried three children
with the same disease, and she pravs ard
Teeps, each prayer and sob ending with a
Kiss OF the pale cheek. BY dint Of kind
ness she gets the little one through tire
ordeal After IL is all over. the mother is
taken down. Brain or nervous fever sets
cent child with a mothers blessing. and
goes up to join the three departed ones ia
the kingdom OF heaven. Life for life SuL-
stitution. The fact is that there are an
uncounted number of mothers who. after
they have navigated a large family OF
children through all the diseases of in.
fancy and got them fairly started I'd the
Towering slope of boyhood and girlhood
have only strength enough left TO die
They fade away. Some call fl cousunp.
ton; some call Ii nervous prostratiou
some call il intermittent or malarlal indis.
position; but I call it martyrdom OF tbs
domestic circle. Life for life. Blood fol
blood. Substitution
Or perhaps mother fingers LONG
enough TO see a son get on the wrone
road. and his former kindness become.
rough reply when she expresses anxiet,
about him. But she goes right on. look
Ing carefully after his apparel. remember
ing his every birthday with some memen
10, and when he is brought home worr
out with dissipation. nurses him tin n,
gets well and starts him again, and hopes
and expects. and prays. and counsels. ane
suffers until her strength gives out ant
she fails. She is going. and attendants
bending over her pillow. ask her il 81,
has any message to leave. and she make,
great effort to say something, but out o