St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-11-25

perpetuany. The Bible declares il
Hark! 1t thunders two claps! .Th
heart is deceitful above all things an,
desperately wicked" 1.-THE soul tina
sinneth, it shall die" What the Bibl
says our own conscience affirms.
After Judge Morgan had sentence,
Lady Jane Grey to death his conscienc,
troubled him SO much for the deed tha
he became insane, and ali through hi.
insanity he kept saying: Take he
away from me! Lady Jane Grey! TAX
her away! Lady Jane Grey!" 1t wa!
the voice of conscience. And no maj
ever does anything wrong, however
great or small, but his conscience bring,
that matter before him, and at every
step of his misbehavior it says: Wrong
wrong!" Sin is leprosy; sin is a par
alysis; sin is . consumption; sin is
pollution; sin is death. Give it fair
chance, and it will swamp you and me-
body. mind and soul, forever. In this
world it only gives faint intimation
of its virulence. You see a patient in
the first stages Of typhoid fever. The
cheek is somewhat flushed, the hands
somewhat hot, pereceded by a slight
chill. why" you say, typhoid fever
does not seem to be much of q disease" !"
But wait until the patient has been six
weeks under II, and all his energies
have been wrung out, and he is too weak
to lift his little finger, and his intellect
gone, then you see the full havoc of
the disease. Now, sin in this world is
an ailment which il only in its first
stages. but let it get under full way
and it is an all-consuming typhoid. Oh,
God sees them, our teeth would chatter
and our knees would knock together,
and our respiration would be choked,
and our heart would break. II your
sins are unforgiven, 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? A swimmer
"a strong swimmer, q 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 OF 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 OF the sandals of Heaven,
and His feet were free, and then He
stepped down into the wave Of our
transgresxions, and il came over His
wounded feet, and it came above the
spear stab in His side-aye. it dashed
to the lacerated temple, the high-water
mark of His anguish. Then. rising
above the food, 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.
you notice that his whole body is
brought into play. The arms are fiexed,
the hands drive the wafer back. the
knees are active, the head is thrown
back to escape strangulation, the whole
body is in propulsion. And when Christ
sprang into the deep to save us He
threw His entire nature into it-all His
Godhead, His omniscience, His good |
ness, His love, His omnipotence, head, |
heart, eyes. hands, feet. We were far |
out on the sea and SO deep down in the |
waves and so far out from the shore that |
nothing short of an entire God could |
save ms. Christ leaped out for our res
cue, saying: 10, / come to do thy |
WIFI" and all the surges of human and |
satanic hate beat against Him, and
those who watched Him from the gates
of Heaven feared He would go down
under the wave, and instead of saving
others would Himself perish, but, put
ting His breast to the foam and shaking
the surf from His locks, He came on
and on until He is now within the reach
OF everyone here, eye omniscient, heart
infinite, arm omnipOtent, mighty to
save, even unto the uttermost.
Oh. it was net half God that tram
pied down believing Gennesaret; it was
not quarter of God that mastered
the demons of Gadara; it was not two
thirds Of God that lifted up Lazarus
INTO the arms of his overjoyed sisters;
I was not fragment of God who Of
erred pardon and peace to all the race.
No. This mighty swimmer threw His
grandeur, His glory, His might, His Wis
iom. His omnipotence and His eternity
INTO this one act. II took both hands of
iod to save us-both feet. How do
prove it? On the cross were not both
hands nailed? On the cross were not
both feet spiked? His entire nature
involved in our redemption!
II You have lived much by the water,
'ou notice also that If anyone is going
'ut to the rescue Of the drowning he
must be independent, self-reliant, able
o go alone. There may be time when
le must spring out to save one, and he
'annot get lifeboat, and il he goes
tut and has not strength enough to
'ear himself up and bear another up
le will sink. and instead of dragging
me corpse out of the pillows you will
lave two to drag out. When Christ
prang out into the sea to deliver ms,
le had no life buoy. His Father did
Tot Help Him. Alone in the wine press,
lone in the pang. alone in the dark
ess, alone on the mountain, alone in !
he sea! Oh. II He saves us, He shall
ave all the credit, for ''there was none a
o help" No oar. no wing. no ladder! o
When Nathaniel Lyon fell in the battle
barge in front of his troops. he had
whole army to cheer him. When Mar Q
hal Ney sprang into the contest and i
lunged in the spurs till the horses n
anks spurted blood. all France ap- s
lauded him. But Jesus alone! "Of b
he people there was none to help" v
All forsook Him and fed" Oh, it was c
OF flotilla that sailed down and saved 4
$. 1t was not cluster of gondolas
nat came over the wave. 1t was one A
erson. independent and alone, "spread- a
lg out His hands among us as a SWIM I
Ter spreadeth forth his hands to 4
wim!" i,
Behold, then, the spectacle of a
rowning soul and Christ the SWIM i
Ter! Ibelieve it was in 1S4S when there "
ere six English soldiers of the Fifth s
lsileers who were hanging to a cap 4
zed boat-a boat that had been upset b