Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-11-30

science. and the best thing man can
have is what Paul calls a good con-
science.
But Is there no such thing as moral
publication? III man is sinner once
must he always be n sinner, and an
unforgiven sinner? We have all had
conscience after us. Or do you tell me
that all the words OF your life have
been just right, and all the thoughts OF
your heart have been just right. and
all the actions OF your life just right?
Then you do not know yourself, and
take the responsibility OF saying you
are a pharisee, you are hypocrite.
You are Pontius PLATE, and do not
know 1t. You commit the very same
sin that plate committed. You have
crucified the Lord OF Glory. But II
nine-tenths OF this audience are made
up of thoughtful and earnest people.
then nine-tenths of this audience are
saying within themselves, lis there no
such thing as moral publication? Is
there no laver in which the soul may
wash and be clean?" Yes, yes, yes.
Tell 1t In song. tell 1t in sermon. tell
it in prayer. tell 1t to the hemispheres,
That Is what David cried out for when
he said. Wash me thoroughly from
my sin, and cleanse me from mine In
iquities." And that Is what In another
place, he cried out for when he said.
Wash me and l shall be whittier than
snow" Behold the laver OF the Cos
pei, filled with living fountains. Did
you ever see the picture of the laver In
the ancient tabernacle or In the an
cient temple? The laver in the an
cient tabernacle was made out OF the
women's metallic looking glasses. 1t
was great basin standing on beau
tiful PEDESTAL: but when the temple
was built, then We laver was an Inn
mense affair called the brazen sea: and
oh. how deep were the floods there
gathered! And there were ten LAYERS
beside-ave at the right and Ave at
the left-and each laver had three hun
dred gallons Of water. And the out
side of these LAYERS was carved and
chased with palm trees so delicately
cut you could almost see the leaves
tremble. and lions so true to life that
you could imagine you could see
nostril throb. and the cherubim WI"
outspread wings. That magnificent
LAYER of the old dispensation is fee
Bile type of the more glorious laver OF
our dispensaton-our sunlit dispersal
ton.
Here Is the laver holding rivers OF
salvation, having for It's pedestal the
Rock OF Ages. carved with the figure
OF the lion OF Judah's tribe, and hav-
ing palm branches for victory, and
wings suggestive of the souls flight
toward God In prayer, and the souls
flight heavenward when we die. Come
We auditory and wash away all your
sins however aggravated, and all your
sorrows, however agonizlng. Come to
this fountain, open for all sin and un-
cleanness, the furthest, the worst. You
need not carry your sins half Sec
ond. Come and wash in this glorious
gospel laver Why, that Is an oppor-
tunity enough to swallow up all ma
lions. That Is an opportunity that will
yet stand on the Alps and beckon to
Italy, and yet stand on the Pyrenees
and beckon to Spain. and :. will yet
stand on the Ural and beckon to Rus
sia, and 1t will stand at the gate OF
heaven and beckon to all nations. Far
don for all sin. and pardon right away,
through the blood of the Son OF God
A little child that had been blind. but
through skilled surgery brought to
sight, said, why, mother, why didn't
you tell me the earth and the sky are
so beautiful? Why didn't you tell
me?" oh" replied the mother, my
child. did tell you often; often told
you how beautiful they are; but you
were blind, and you couldn't sect"
Oh, II we could have our eyes opened
to see the glories In Jesus Christ we
would feel that the half had never been
told us, and you would go to some
Christian man and say. why didn't
you tell me before OF the glorles Of the
Lord Jesus Christi" and that friend
would say, II did tell you, but you
were blind and could not see, and you
were deaf and could not hear"
History says that great army came
to capture ancient Jerusalem, and when
this army got on the hills so that they
saw the turrets and towers of Jeru-
salem, they gave a shout that made
the earth tremble; and tradition,
whether true or false, says that so
great was the shout, eagles flying In
the air dropped under the atmospheric
percussion. Oh, II we could only catch
glimpse OF this Gospel temple into
which we are all invited to come and
wash, there would be song jubilant
and wide sounding. at New Jerusalem
seen, at New Jerusalem taken, the
hosannas OF other worlds flying mid
air would fold their wings and drop in
to our closing doxology! Against the
disappointing and insufficient laver OF
Pilates vice, and Pilates cowardice,
and Pilates sin. / place the brazen sea
of Savior's pardoning mercy!
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