Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1898-06-01

| YOU in the coil OF the unwindinr rome.
But this was dove or n sparrow-per.
fectly harmless. perfectly defeuSeleSs
type OF Him who said; Il have trod
the wine press alone. and there
was none TO helm None 70 help,
The murderers have il all their
own way. Where was the sol.
der in the Roman regiment who
swung his sword in the defense OF the
Divine Martyr? Did they put one drop
OF oil ON His gaShed feet? Was there
one in all that crowd manly and gener-
Gus enough 20 stand up for him9 Were
the miScreRnts At the cross any more
interfered Nth in their work OF SpilS.
ing Him fast than the carpenter in his
shop driving 4 nail through a pine
board. The women cried. but there
was no balm in their tears. None 10
nelp! None TO help, O. my Lord
Jesus, none 10 help. The wave OF
anguish came up TO the arch
Of His feet-came up TO His
lSnee-hoated to His waist-rose TO His
chin-swept to his temples-yet none
10 help, Ten thousand times ten thou
sand angels in the Sky. ready at COM
mand 20 plunge into the bloody af-
ness. yet none to helm, none TO help,
oh. this dove OF the text. in this last
moment, clutched not with angry tai
onS 1t plunged not n savage beall. 1t
was dove helpless, defenseless.
None TO help, none 10 help.
As, after n severe storm in the morn
ing you go out and find birds dead on
the ground. 80 this dead bird o. the
tex makes me think of that awful
storm that swept the earth on cruel
tiNion day. when the wrath of God.
and the malice of man. and the fury of
devils wreStled beneath the three
crosses. As we sang just now
wen might the sun in d rlSness hide
And shut his glories in.
When Christ. the mighty Maker died
For man. the creatures sin"
But l come now 70 speak OF this sec
ond bird Of the text. We must not let
that lily away until we have examined
IL. The priest took the second bird.
tied II 10 the hyssop branch
and then plunged it in the blood
OF the first bird. An! that is 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 is
such an outrage on Gods universe
that nothing but blood can atone for
it You know that life is in the blood.
and rs the life had been forfeited.
nothing could buy IL back but blood.
What was IL that was sprinl5led on the
doorpostS when the DESTROYING angel
went through the land? Blood. What
was il that went streaming from the
altar of ancient sacrifice? Blood. What
was IL that the priest carried into the
holy OF holes. making interceSsion for
the people? Blood. What was il that
Jesus sweat in the Garden OF Geth-
semane? Great drops OF blood. What
does the wine in the sacramental Gun
signify? Blood What makes the
robes of the righteous in Heaven so
fair: They are washed in the blood
OF the Lamb. What is il that cleanses
all our pollution? The blood of Jesus
Christ, that cleanseth from all sin.
l hear somebody saying: Il do not
like such a sanguinary religion as
that Do you think it is very wise
for the patient to tell the doctor. Il
do not like the medicine YOU have
:
had better take the medicine. NV
Lord God has offered US balm. and
IL is very foolish for Us TO saw. 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 90
out 10 battle for their country. and
have 10 lay down their lives for free
institutions. is there anything ignoble
about that? No. YOU say: glorious
sacrifice. rather" And is there any
thing iguoblc in the idea that the Lord
Jesus Christ. by the shedding OF His
/ blood. delivered not only one land. bat
all lands and all ages. from bondages
Introducing men by millions and mil.
lions into the liberty of the sons OF
t God? j. there anything ignoblc about
that?
As this second bird OF the text was
Z plunged in the blood of the first bird.
/ so we must be washed in the blood OF
I Christ. or 70 polluted forever
Let the water and the blood
From thy side healing flood
Ee OF sin the double cure
save from wrath, and make me pure"
notice now that a. soon as this sec
. ond bird was dipped in the blood of
I the first bird the priest unloosened IL
and 10 was frce-free Of wing and free
f of foot. Il could whet its beal, on any
tree branch il chose IL could peck
f the grapes Of any vineyard Il chose. IL
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
\ wc will. You say; "Had YOU not bet
I ter qualify that?" No: for / remcm-
I Der that in conversation the will 4,
I changed. and the man will not will
shat which is wrong There is no
strait 'acset in our religion. a state
OF SIN is state of slavery. a state of
pardon i~ state of cmancipation
the hammer OF Gods rrac. knocks the
nopries from the wrist. OPENS th. door
into 90 landscape aU a,aimmcr with
fountains and ab.oom with gardens.
10 isl freedom
u mau has become o. Christian be-
is no more afraid ot Sinai The tnun-
oer- of Sinai do not frightc1 him.
You have. on some August dag. seen
t"o thunder showers mecL one cloud
from tui- mountain. and another from
THAT mountain coming nearer and
nearer together. and. resi- oudiur 90
each otlcr. crash Co crash thunder
to thunder. boom. boom. And tbcn
the clouds break and tle Tor.
rents pour. and they are cmntied