Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-10-26

uiture-Slnllef- " e nave outraged tns
law of God. not occasionally, or nov
and then. but perpetually. The Bibl,
declares it, Hark! 1t thunders two
ciaps: THE heart Is deceitful above
all things and desperately wicked
THE soul that sinneth. it shall die
What the Bible says our own con
science aiiirms
After Judge Morgan had sentenced
Lady Jane Grey to death his conscience
troubled him SO much for the deed thai
he became insane. and ali through his
insanity he kept saying: Take hel
away from me. Lady Jane Grey! Take
her away! Lady Jane Grey" 1t was
the voice of conscience. And no man
ever does anything wrong. however
great or small. but his conscience
brings tha, matter before him. and a,
every step of his misbehavior it says
Wrong, wrong" Sin is a leprosy: sin
Is paralysis; sin is consumption
sin is pollution; sin is death. Give il
a fair chance. and it will swamp you
and me. body. mind and SOUL forever.
In this world 1t only gives faint init
nation of its virulence. You see pa
tient in the first stages of typhoid fe-
YER The cheek is somewhat flushed,
the hands somewhat hot. preceded by
a slight chill Why" you say, ''ty-
of disease" But wait until the pa
tient has been six weeks under it, and
all his energies have been wruns 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
is only in its first stages, but let it get
under full sway, and it is an all con-
suming typhoid. Oh, if we could see
our uppardoned sins as God sees them,
our teeth would chatter and our knees
would knock together. and our respira
ton would be choked. and our heart
would break. Ii your sins are unforgiv-
EN-, 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
High Water Mark.
Then what do we want? \ swim
mer-a strong swimmer, swift
swimmer, And, blessed be God, in my
text we have him announced. HE shall
spread forth his hands in the midst of
rhayn aS ha tbat Suyimnath Stratchoth
forth his hands TO swim" You have
noticed that when a. swimmer goes to
rescue any one he puts off his heavy ap-
Darel. He must not have any such i'm
)ediment about him if he is going to do
his great deed. And when Christ step
ped forth to save US he shook off the
sandals of heaven, and his feet were
free, and then he stepped down into
he wave of our tranSgressiOns, and it
,ame up over his wounded feet, and it
came above the spear stab in his side
aye, it dashed to the lacerated tenn
Die, the high water mark of anguish.
Then. rising above the food, He
stretched forth his hands in the midst
.tb forth his hands to swim
If you have ever watched a swim
ner, you notice that his whole body is
brought into play. The arms are flex-
d, the hands drive the water back,
he knees are active, the head is
brown back to escape strangulation,
he whole body is in propulsion And
When Christ sprang into the deep to
ave us he threw his entire nature into
tall his godhead, his omniscience, his
GOODNESS, his love, his omnipotence,
lead. heart, eyes. hands. feet. We
we're far out on the sea and so deep
own in the waves and so far out from
he shore that nothing short of an en-
ire God could save us. Christ leaped
ut for our rescue, saying. ''Lo, come
o do thy WILL" and all the surges Of
uman and satanic hate beat against
i'm, and those who watched him from
he gates of heaven feared he would
% down under the waves and instead
f saving others would himself perish;
ut, putting his breast to the foam
nd shaking the surf from his locks, he
anne on and on until he is now within
he reach of every one here, eye ON
ant, mighty to save, even unto the
ttermost.
Oh, it was not half a God that tram
led down believing GenHesaret; it
'as not quarter of Il God that mas
cred the demons of Gadara it was not
wo-thirds OF God that lifted up Laz-
rus into the arms of his overjoyed
listers; it was not Il fragment of a God
1ho offered pardon and peace to all
he race. No. This mighty swimmer
brew his grandeur, his glory, his
hight, his wisdom. his omnipotence
nd his eternity into this one act. 1t
,ok both hands of God to save us
9th feet. How do prove it? On the
ross were not both hands nailed? On ]
ne cross were not both feet spiked?
lis entire nature involved in our re-
If you have lived much by the wa
II, you notice also t.at if any one Is
DING ont to the rescue of the drown
lg he must be Independent. self rell-
mt. able to go alone. There may he
time when he must spring out to
ave one, and he cannot get lifeboat.
nd if he goes out and has not strength
nough to bear himself up and bear
mother up he will sink. and instead of
one corpse out of the pillows
ou will have two to drag out. When