Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-06-02

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fray, and strike hnrk the hosts of dark.
Ness. yet none Ia help. none tn help.
oh, this dove Of the text, in this last
moment, clutchcd not with angry tai.
on>. 1t plunged not a savage beak. 1t
was II dove helpless. dcfcnscles>
None tn help! none To hclpl
As, after a severe storm in the morn
ing You go out and find birds dead on
the ground - this dead bird of the
tex makes me think of that awful
storm that swept the earth ON cruel
iiNinn day, when the wrath of tod.
aud the malice of man. aud the fury of
devils wrc>tlrd beneath the three
crosses. rs We san just nov
We'll might the sun in Il rliu,,, hide
Nud hut hi l.orir~ IN.
when hrt~t IA" mighty Maker. died
For m II. the ere turc sin
But come now To- speak Of thi, Soc
ond bird of the t'Nt. We must not let
| that fly away until We have examined
it. The priest took the second bird,
I tied il To the hys>op branch,
| and then plunged it in thc blood
of the first bird An! that i my
soul, plunged for cleansing in the
| Savior : blood. There is not enough wa
| ter in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
| To wash away our smallest sin. Sin il
such an outrage on Gods universe
/ that nothing but blood can atone for
/ it. You know that life is in the Hood,
and a. the life had been forfeited.
nothing could buy il back but blood.
| What was il that was sprinlSlcd on the
doorposts when the destroying angel
! went through the land? Blood. What
was it that went streaming from the
altar of ancient sacrifice? Blood. What
was it that the priest carried into the
holy of holics. making intercc>sion for
the people? Blood. What was it that
Jesus sweat in the Garden of Gath-
scmanc? Great drops of bloc |. What
does the wine in the sacramental cup
signify? Blood. What makes the
robes of the righteous in Heaven so
fair? They are wash I'll in the blood
of the Lamb. What is it that clcanses
all our pollution? The blood of Jesus
Christ. that cleanscth from all sin.
| hear somebody saying: Il do not
like such Il sanguinary religion as
for the patient To tell the doctor. Il
do not like the medicine you have
given me- II he wants To be cured he
had better take the medicine. My
Lord God has offered us balm. and
it is very foolish for Us to say, Il
don't like that balm" We had bet
ter take it, and be saved. But you do
not oppose the shedding of blood
in other directions and for other
ends. Ii a hundred thousand men go
out to battle for their country. and
have to lay down their lives for free
institutions, is there anything ignoblc
about thai? No, You say; glorious
sacrifice, rather" And is there any
thing ignoble in the idea that the Lord
Jesus Christ, by the shedding of His
blood. -5L4ivered not only one land, but
all lands and all ages, from bondages
introducing men by millions and mil
lions into the liberty of the sons of
God? Is there anything ignoble about
that?
As this second bird of the text was
plunged in the blood of the first bird.
so we must be washed in the blood of
Christ, or go polluted forever.
let the water and the blood.
| From thy side a healing flood.
| BE of sin the double cure.
Save from wrath, and make me pure"
| notice now that as soon as this sec
ond bird was dipped in the blood of
the first bird the priest unloosened it
and it was free-free of wing and free
of foot. 1t could whet its beak on any
tree branch il chose. 1t could peck
| the grapes of any vineyard il chose. 1t
was free; type of our souls after we
have washed in the blood of the Lamb.
We can go where we will and do what
we will. lou say: ''Had you not bet
ter qualify that?" No; for | remem-
Der that in conversation the will is
changed, and the man will not will
that which is wrong. There is no
strait-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 Gods grace kpocks the
hopples from the wrist, opens the door
into a landscape all ashimmer with
fountains and abloom with gardens
Ii is freedom.
| IL a man has become a Christian he
IL NO more ,fr,id of Sin,; The tbun-
L. 90 S;r,i 5o not fr;orh,or hin,
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