Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-04-14
CHRIST0S SACRIFICE,
REV. Dr.. TAtMAGE'S EASTER SUNDAY
L SERMON.

ID SERMON.
The Law OF solf Sacrifice thu Thcmo of
a an Eloquent Discourso-Commo, Senso
Must Prevail In Religion rs In Evorv.
ching Elae.
copyright, 1898, b. American Press Asso-
c%iation.l
WASHINGTON, April 1O.-Tho radical
theory Of Christianity is sot forth by
DIR. TalmGgo in this discourse, and re-
markablo instances of self sacrifice arc
brought out for illustration. The text
Is Heb. TX, 90, "Without shedding Of
blood is no remission"
John q. Whittier, tho last Of tho
great school Of American poets that
made-thc last quarter of this century
brilliant, asked mo in tbs White noun
Sains, ono morning after prayers, in
which [ had givon out Cowper's famous
hymn about "the fountain filed with
blood, ""Do you really boliovo thoro is
q literal application Of tho blood of
Christ to tho soul?' My negative reply
chen Is my negative reply now. Tho
Biblo statement agrees with all physi-
oians and all psychologists and all soi-
entists in saying that tho blood Is tho
life, and In tho Christian religion it
means simply that Christ's lifo was
Bivon for our lifo. Honco oil this talk
Of mon who say tho Bible story of blood
So disgusting, and that they don't want
what they call a "slaughtor house re-
Mgion," only shows their inoapacity or
unwillingnoss to look through tho figure
OF speech toward tho thing significd.
Tho hI0n1 f1rnt on {hn l,,l-ock JI,ilo.
Sho world evor saw oozod or trioklod or
poured from tho brow, and tho side, and
Gho hands, and tho feet Of tho illustrious
sufferer back Of Jorusalcm in a fow
hour 1%oagulated and dried up and for
ever disappeared, and If man had do
pended On tho application Of tho literal
blood Of Christ there would not have
been Il soul saved for tho last 18 con.
turtles.
In order to understand this rcd word
OF my text wo only havo to exercise as
much common sonso in religion as wo
dc In everything olso. Pang for pang,
hun8er for hunger, fatigue for fatigue,
tear FOR tear, blood for blood, lifo for
Mfe, We 500 every day illustrated. Tho
act Of substitution is no novelty, al
Enough l honr men talk as though tho
idea Of Christ's suffering substituted for
our suffering wero something abnormal,
something distrossingly odd, something
wildly eccentric, q solitary episode in
- &hc worlds history, when I could tako
yen ont into this CITY and hcforo sun
down. point you to 800 cases of subsLi
tuition and voluntary suffering Of ono in
behalf or another.
Tho Invisible Limo.
At 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon 70
emcng tho places Of business or toll. 1t
Will be no difficult thing for you to find
mon who, by their looks, show you that
8hoy arc ovorworkod. They arc promn-
engely old. They arc hnstcntng rapidly
coward their docoaso. They have gone
Through crises In business that shattered
choir nervous system and pulled on tho
brain. They havo Il shortnoss Of breath
end n pain in tho back Of tho head and
ct night an insomnia that alarms thom.
Why are they drudging at business early
and later For fun? No; it would DO
difficult to extract any amusement out
OF that exhaustion. Because they arc
avarioiousf In many cases no. Because
choir own personal expenses arc lavish?
No; n few hundred dollars would meet
all their wants. Tho simple fact is tho
man is enduring MI that fatigue and
evaporation and wear and tear to keen
his homo prosperous. There is an invis-
tblo limo reaching from that store, from
that bank, from that shop, from that
Rnhtfolding, to u quiet sconn q fnw
BLOCKS, n fow miles away, and there is
the secret Of that business endurance.
He Is simply tho champion Of q homo
afpo1 for xuhinl, Ln .r;,,, lx,,1 ox1
wardrobe n education and prosperity,
and In such baltic &c, 900 mon fall. OF
ton businoss mon whom / bury, nine
die Of Ovocwork for others. Some sud
den disoase finds thom with no powor Of
renaissance, and they arc gone. Lifo for
1tTol Blood for blood! Substitution
At l O'Clock tomorrow morning, tho
hour whom slumbcr is most uninterrupt-
ed and profound, walk amid tho dwell
Ing houses OF tho city. Horo and there
you will find " dim light, because It is
tho household custom to koopa subdued
Light burning, but most Of tho houses
grom baao to top arc "a dark as though
u~ninhabited. a morCiful God has sont
Gorth tho archangol Of slcop, and no
puts his wings over tho city. But yon-
dor 10 "a clear light burning, and outside
on @ window easement n glass or pitcher
containing food for u sick child. Tho
food is sot in tho fresh air. This is tho
sixth night that mother has sat up with
6hnt sufforor. Sho has to tho last point
oboyod tho physician's prescription, not
giving r. drOp"too much or too littlo or
q mOmont too sooi, Or too lato. Sho 10
worry anxioue, for she has buried three
ohildron with tho snmo disease, and sho
prays and woops, each prayer and sob
ending with IL kiss OF tho palo check.
by dint OF blindness sho COTS tho iittio
one through tho ordeal. Aftor it Is all
over tho mother Is takon down. Brain
os nervous foyer sota in. and ono day
she leAves tho convaloscont child with
a mothers blessing and COOS up TO join
sho three departed onos In tho kingdom
Of heaven. Lifo for 1ifol Substitution
The fact ia that thoro arc an u%noountod