Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-10-28

prove it, On the cross were not both
hands nailed? On the cross were not
both feet spikedT His entire nature
Involved in our redemption!
II YOU have lived much by the water.
YOU notice also that 10 anyone is going
ont 20 the rescue Of the drowning he
must De independent. self-rcliant. able
TO 70 alone. There may be n time when
he must spring out 10 save one and he
cannot get a lifeboat. and ~ he goes
out and has not strength enough 10
bear himself up and bear another up
he will sink. and instead Of dragging
one corpse out OF the billows you viii
have two 20 drag out. When Christ
srrang out into the sea 20 deliver us.
he had no life buoy. His Father did
not Help Him. Alone in the wine press.
alone In the pang. alone IN the dark
ness. alone on the mountain. alone IN
the sea. Oh. n He saves us. lie shat
have all the credit, for there was nci
% help" No oar. no wing. no Ladder
When Nathaniel Lyon fell in the bait.
charge IN front Of his troops. he had
q whole army % cheer him. When Mar
shall Noy sPrang into the contest anS
plunged IN the spurs till the horses
fai <s spurtcd blood. all France APP
lauGed him. But Jesus alonei ''Of
the people there was none go help"
"AU forsook Him and He'd" oh. IL was
not "a fiotilla that sailed down and saved
as. II was not cluster OF gondoias
that came ovrr~thc wave. IL was one
person. independent and alone. spread
ing out His hands among us as a swim
mer sprcadeth forth his hands 20
swimi"
want TO persuade you TO lay hold OF
this strong swimmer. NO" YOU says
lit is always disastrous for a drowning
man 10 las hold OF "A swimmer" There
l. not river or lake but has calamity
resultant from the fact that when a
strong swimmer went out 10 save a sink
ing man the drowning man clutched
him. threw las arms around him. pin
ioned his arms. and they both went
down together. When you are saving
man In the water YOU do not want 20
come up by his face. You want 70 come
up by his back. You do not want him
20 hold you while YOU take hold Of him.
8ut. blessed be God. Jesus Christ Is so
strong a swimmer lie comes not TO eur
back. but 20 our face. aud he asks us TO
throw around Him the arms OF our love
,rnd then promises to take us 20 the
beach. and lie will 90 II. DO not trust
that plank OF good works. Do not trust
that shivered spar Of your own right
eousuess. Christ only can give you safe
transportation. Turn your face upon
Him. as the dying martyr did In olden
times when he cried out: "None but
Christi None but Christ" Jesus has
taken millions to the land. and He IL
willing 70 take YOU there. oh. what
hardness 20 thrust Him back when BE
has been swimming all the way from
the throne of God, where you are now,
and ~ ready TO swim all the way back
again. taking your redeemed spirit!
have sometimes thought what q
spectacle the ocean bed viii present
when in the last day the water Is al
drawn oil. IL will be line OF wrecks
from beach 20 beach. There Is where
the hsrpooners went down. There Il
where the line Of battleships went
down. There is where the merchant
, men ~ent down. There is where the
. steamers went down, a long line o
, wrecks from beach 10 beach. What
, spectacle in the lrst day, when the va
ter is drawn or But, oh. how mucl
p more solemn II we had an eve 20 see tn
spiritual wrecks and the places wher
they fOunderedl You would find thou
y sands along our roads and streets
: Christ came down IN their awful catas
e trophe, putting out for their souls
: spreading out His hands as a swimme
r spreadeth forth his hands 70 swim" bu
y they thrust Him in the sore heart, an
: they smote His fair cheek. and IA
Z storm and darkness swallowed tkeT
$ up. ask YOU 20 lay hold Of this Chris
and lay hold Of Him now. You will sin
? without Him. From horizon 10 horizo
s not one sail in sight, only one stron
/. swimmer. with head flung back an
e arms outspread.
n I hear many saying: We'll, woul
e like 10 be Christian. / am going I
4 work TO become Christian" Ny brosl
fe er, you begin wrong. When a man
is drowning. and a strong swimmer com'
l. out 20 help him, he SAYS 20 him: "No
a. be quiet Put your arm on nay arm {
ar or my shoulder. but don't struggl
10 don't try TO help yourself. and III tai
AZ you ashore. The more you struggle al
Ia the more you try to help yourself Il
$ more you impede me. Now. be quie
" and III take you ashore" When Chris
Id the strong swimmer. comes out 10 sa
I'd soul, the sinner says: That's right.
Is am glad TO see Christ. and am going
IN help Him in the work OF my REDEEM
~ tion- ] am going TO pray more. and sh
IT. viii help Him. and / am going to we
lg extravagantly over my sins. and th