Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-05-27

yeti Well. wr must put on your side
all the conservation Of your lie. all the
holiness of your life, all the prayers OF
your life all the faith Of your Christian
life. Too light yet Come mighty men
Of the past and get in on that side the
scales Come, Payson and Doddridge
and Baxter. get in on that side the
scales and make them come down, that
this righteous one may be saved. They
come and they get in the scales. Too
light yet Come, the martyrs. the Lati-
mers. the Wyclifs the men who suf-
fered ut the stake for Christ. Get in on
this side the Christians balances, and
see if you cannot help him weight it
Alright They come and get in. Too
light Come angels Of God on high.
Let not the righteous perish with the
wicked They get in on this side the
balances. Too light yet put on this
side the balances all the sceptcrs of
light, all the thrones of power. all the
crowns of glory. Too light Jet But
Just ut that point. Jesus, the Son Of
God. comes up to the balances, and lie
puts one Of his SCARED feet on your
side, and the balances begin to tremble
from top to bottom. Then he puts both
of his SCARED feet on the balances. and
the Christian 8 side comes down with a
stroke that sets all the bells Of heaven
ringing. That rock of ages heavier than
any other weight
4 Glorious Hope.
But says the Christian, IAN l to be
allowed to get off SO easilyg' Yes. If
some one should come and put on the
other side the scales all your imperfec-
tons all your envies, all your jealous
les, all your inconsistencies of life, they
would not bulge the scales with Christ
on your side the scales Go free There
is nu condemnation to them that are IN
Christ Jesus. Chains broken, prison
houses opened sins pardoned. Go free
Weighed in the balances and nothing.
nothing wanted Oh, what a glorious
hope Will you accept it this day
Christ making up for what you lack.
Christ the atonement for all your sins.
Who will accept himY Will not this
whole audience say: ~ am insufficient,
am Il sinner. am lost by reason OF
my transgressions. but Christ has paid
it all. My Lord and my God. my life,
my pardon. my heaven. Lord Jesus,
hail theel' Oh, If you could only IN
derstand the worth of that sacrifice
which 1 have represented to you under
fgure-if you could understand the
worth of that sacrifice, this whole au-
dience would this moment accept Christ
and be saved.
We 20 away off or back into history
to get some illustration by which we
may set forth what Christ has done fol
us. We need not go SO far. l saw
vehicle behind a runaway horse dash
ing through the street, a mother anc
her two children in the carriage. The
horse dashed along as though to hau
them to death, and u mounted police
man. with a shout clearing the way anc
the horse at full run. attempted to SEIZE
those runaway horses to save calam
ity, when his own horse fell and rolled
over him. He was picked up half dead
Why were our synpathies so stirred
Because he was badly hurt and hurt fo
others But l tell you today of how
Christ, the Son Of God on the blood
red horse of sacrifice. came for our res
cue and rode down the sky and rode
unto death for our rescue. Are not YOU
hearts touched? That was sacrifice
for YOU and me. O thou who didst rid
on the red horse of sacrifice come ant
ride through this world on the white
horse of victory