The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1898-06-04

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! the blood, and as the life had been forfeit
ed, nothing could buy it back but blood
"hat was 1t that was Sprimklcd on the
uoorrosts when the destroying angel went
through the land? Blood What was it.
| that went streaming from the altar Of an
| clcnt sacrifice? Blood. What was it that
! thc priest carried into the holy of HOLES,
| making intcrccsson for the people? Blood
! What was it that Jesus sweat in the garden
OF T"thSclnanc? Great drops of blood
| What does the wine in the sacramcntaI cup
| signify? Blood. What makes the robes
! or tho righteous in heaven so fair2 They
I are washed in the blood of the Lamb
| what Is 1t that clcanscS all our pollution?
The blood of Jesus Christ that clcanscth
from all sin.
hear somebody saying, II do not like
sich IL Sanguinaly religion as that" DO
! you think it is very Wise for the 1aticnt to
| tell the doctor Il don't like the medicine
| you have given lnc?' If he wants to be
| cured, he had better take the medicine.
| My Lord God has offered us n bnlm and
| it is very foolish for us to say. II don't
1 ike th;it baim We had better take il
and be saved But you do not oppose the
shedding of blood in other directions and
for other ends. If 100, 900 men 90 out to
battle for their country and have to Law
down their lives for free institutions, is
there anything ignOhlc about that? No.
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is there anything ignoblc in the idea that |
the Lord Jesus Christ, by the shedding of |
his blood, delivered not only one land but |
all lands and all ages from bondage intro
ducing men by millions and millions into
the liberty of the sons of God? Is there
anything ignODlc about that?
AS this second bird of the text was
plunged i'll the blood of the first bird SO
we must be washed in tho blood of Christ
or go polluted forever.
Let the water and the blood
From thy side n healing food |
BE of sin the double cure,
Save from earth and make me pure.
Glorious Freedom.
I notice now that as soon as this second
bird was dipped in the blood of the first
bird the priest unloosencd it and it was
frec-frcc Of wing and free of foot. 1t |
could whet its bcak on any tree branch it
chose. 1t could peck the grapes of any
it chose. 1t was free; u type of
our souls after we have washed in the |
blood of the Lamb We can go where we
will. We can do what we will You
say, Had you not better qualify that?''
No; for I remember that in conversion the c
will is changed, and the man Will not will I
that which is wrong There is no strait 7
jacket in our religion A state of sin is a '
state OF slavery. A state of pardon is a |
state of emancipation. The hammer of S
iods grace knocks tho hopples from the 7
eet, knocks the handouts from the wrist E
opens the door into n landscape all ashim- u
ner with fountains and abloom with gar q
lens. 1t is freedom. L
If man has become Christian, he is r.
10 more afraid of Sinai. The thundcrs of d
Sinai do not brighten him. You have Oh b
ONE August day seen two thunder show %
RS meet. One cloud from this mountain u
md another cloud from that mountain, | "
omlng nearer and nearer together and re- | .!
ponding to each other crash to crash a.
hunder to thunder, boom, boom! And ie
hen the clouds break and the torrents
our, and they are cmptied perhaps into tho "
cry same stream that comes down so red at ~
our feet that it seems as if all the carnage | III
f the storm battle has been emptied into | ye
J. So in this Bible l see two storms gath w
r, one above Sinai, the other above Cal tn
airy, and they respond one to the other re
ash to flash, thunder to thunder, BOOM y"
DOM. Sinai thunders, Tho soul that
nneth, it shall de- Calvary responds,
Save them from going down to the pit
IT / have found n rapSOme - Sipnj snvc |