The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-10-28

insa"i ,"''' insane, and all through his
'ns"n',y he kept saying. "Tokc hon.
AWAY from me! Lady Jane Grev, raI.,
n nv away Lady Jane Grcyr' II wns
.he voice of conscience. And No msr
ever does anything wrong bowey ,,
great or small, but his conscience hrin,,,
'u"t matter before him. and nj ey,r,.
s'eP OF ms misbehayior IL saws, "Wrona
wrong Sin is a Ieprosy; sin is a mr.,
"'SsiS, SIN Is a consumption; sin is
pollution; sin is death. Give II n foi.
Shance' and it will swamp YOU and M,
podF, mind and soul. forever In nj
world II only gives faint iutimotior
OF IT'S Nrulence. You see patient In
'ne nrst stages of typhoid fever. The
cheek is somewhat flushed. the bopds
somewhat hot, pereceded by n sligbt
emil why" you say, typhoid fever
Hoes not seem to be much of n dieooso "
hut wait until the patient has been siv
weeks under it, and all his ENERGIES
nave been wrung out, and he is too weoI
TO mt his little finger and his intellect
gone then you see the fun havoc or
the disease. Now, sin in this world Is
an ailmeut which is only in its first
stages, but let it get under fun way
ana 1t is am all-consuming typhoid. Oh
y we could see our unpardoncd sins as
tod sees them, our teeth would cbatter
ana our knees would knock together.
and our respiration would be chol,ed.
and our heart would break. If your
SINS are unforgiyen, they are bearing
down on you and you are sinking
sinking away from happiness. sinking
away from God, sinking away from
everything that is good and blessed.
Then what do we want? 4 swimmer
"a strong swimmer, a swift swimmer!
And blessed be God, in my text we have
him announced. "He shall spread forth
His hands in the midst Of them. as He |
that swimmeth stretcheth forth his
hands TO swim" You have noticed that
when a swimmer goes to rescue anyone
he puts off his heavy apparel. He must
not have any such impediment about
him if he is going to do this great deed. |
And when Christ stepped forth to save
us He shook off the sandals of Heaven. |
and His feet were free, and then He |
stepped down into the wave of our
transgressions, and il came over His |
wounded feet. and it came above the
spear stab in His side-aye. it dashed
to the laccrated temple the high-water
mark of His anguish Then. rising
Ibove the flood He stretched forth His
hands in the midst of them, as he that
swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands
to swim"
If you have ever watched a swimmer.
,ou notice that his whole body is
brought into play. Thearms are fexed.
he hands drive the water back the
Uees are active. the head is thrown
,ack to escape strangulation. the whole
'ody is in propulsion. And when Christ
prang into the deep TO save us He
brew His entire nature into it-all His
iodhead, His omniscience. His good
ess, His love, His omnipotence, head.
cart, eyes, hands. feet. We were far
ut on the sea and so deep down in the
raves and so far out from the shore that
othing short of an entire God could
I'VE us Christ leaped out for our res
ne. saying: "Lo, | come to do thy
ill.' and all the surges of human and
ltanic hate beat against Him. and |
nose who watched Him from the gates
Heaven feared He would go down
nder the wave. and instead of saving
theirs would Himself perish. but. put
ng His breast to the foam and shaking
le surf from His locks, He came on
nd on lutil He is now within the reach
everyone here, eye omniscient, heart
finite, arm omnipotent, mighty to
We, even unto the uttermost
Oh. il yas net half a God that tram :
ed down believing Gennesaret; it was
IT a quarter of a God that mastered y
e demons of Gadara; il was not two u
irds of a God that lifted up Lazarus ,
TO the arms of his overioyed sisters;
was not q fragment of God who Of i
red pardon and peace to all the race. =
}. This mighty swimmer threw His
andcur, his glory, His might. His wis It
m, His omuipotence and His eternity d
to this one act. 1t took both hands of -
ID TO save us-both feet. How do | u
owe it? On The cross were not both "
nds nailed2 On the cross were not {
tn feet spiked? His entire nature W
rolyed i'm our redemption. ;,
II YOU have lived much by the water !
u notice also that if anyone is going II
/ to the rescue of the drowning he u
list be Independent, self-reliant able .,
go alone There may be time when y
must spring out to save one, and he y
mot get a lifeboat, and if he goes q
{ and has not strength enough to Z,
ir himself mp and bear another up
will sink. and instead of dragging II
2 corpse out Of the pillows you will ~
We two to drag out. When Christ -
'ang out into the sea to deliver us. u
had mo- life buoy. His Father did y"
Help Him. Alone in the wine press,
ne in the pang. alone in the dark ca
$. alone on the mountain, alone in ~
sea On If He saves US. He shall II
.e an Tie credit. for there was none d.
help" No oar, no wing. no ladder! u
en- Nathaniel Lyon fell in the battle SN
rye in front of his troops, he had
hole army to cheer him. When Mar 81
! Ncy 4pruug into the contest and ~
nged ia the spurs till the horses III
Ks spirited blood, all France APP 81
uded Slim. But Jesus alone! "Of Ut,
people there was none to help. WI
] forsuok Him and fed" Oh. it was 60
a tlotiGla that sailed down and saved IN
1t was not cluster of gondolas Dl'
t came over the wave. It was one al
son. independent and alone. spread d" ,,
out HIS hands among us rs a swim VI