The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-10-27
o,,rc, IN from, Of his troops, he had


shall Ney sprang into the contest and
plunged in the spurs till the horses
Hanks spurted blood, all France ap'
plauded him. But Jesus alonel "Of
the people there was none TO help"
| "All forsook Him and fed" oh, II was
not flotilla that sailed down and saved
us. IL was not cluster Of gondolas
that came over the wave. IL was one
person. independent and alone. spread
ing out His hanos among ms as swim
mer spreadcth forth his hands to
swiml"
want 10 persuade you 10 lay hold of
this strong swimmer. NO" you say;
at is always disastrous for u drowning
man 20 lay hold OF a swimmer" There
is not n river or lake but has a calamity
resultant from the fact that when n
strong swimmer went out to save sink
ING man the downing man clutched
him, threw his arms around him. pin
toned his arms, and they both went
down together. When you are saving n
man in the water you do not want TO
come up by his face. You want To come
IN by his back. You do not want him
TO hold you Will, you take hold OF him.
But, blessed be God, Jesus Christ Is SO
strong a swimmer lie comes not to our
back. but 10 our face. aud lie asks us To
throw around Him the arms OF our love
aud then promises To take us TO the
beach. and lie will DO IL. DO not trust
that plank of good works. DO not trust
that shivered spar Of your own right
cousuess. 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 Christi" Jesus has
taken millions TO the land. and lie is
willing TO take you there. oh, what
hardness to thrust Him back when lie
has been swimming all the way from
the throne of God. where you are now.
and IL ready TO swim all the way back
again. taking your redeemed spirit!
have sometimes thought what a
spectacle the ocean bed will present
when in the last day the water is all
drawn oil. II will ne line Of wrecks
from beach TO beach. There is where
the harpooners went down. There Is
where the line OF battlcships went
down. There Is where the merchant
men went down. There Is where the
steamers went down, long line OF
wrecks from beach 10 beach. What n
spectacle in the last day. when the wa
ter is drawn off! But, oh, how much
more solemn IL we had an eye 10 see the
spiritual wrecks and the places where
they foundered! You would find thou
sands along our roads and streets.
Christ came down in their awful catas-
trophe, putting out for their souls.
spreading out His hands as n swimmer
spreadeth forth his hands TO swim" but
they thrust Him in the sore heart, and
they smote His fair cheek. and the
storm and darkness swallowed them
up. | ask you 20 lay hold of this Christ
and lay hold of Him now. You viii sink
without Him. From horizon 90 horizon
not one sail i'm sight. only one strong
h WINNER, With Head hung buck ara
arms outspread.
] hear many saying; "Wcll. | would
like to be n Christian. am going 20
work to become Christian" My broth.
err. you begin wrong. when n man is
drowning, and a strong swimmer comes
out 10 help him, he says TO him: "Nuw
he quiet Put your arm on my arm or
on my shoulder, but don't struggle. |
don't try 10 help yourself. and III take !
you ashore. The more you struggle and !
the more you try to help yourself the
more you impede me. Now, be quiet. |
and III take you ashore" When Christ. |
the strong swimmer, comes out 20 save
n soul, the sinner SAYS: That's right. /
am glad 10 see Christ. ard am going TO |
help Him In the work OF my redemp- |
ton. am going TO pray more, and that |
will help Him. and am going 10 weep |
over my sins, and that |
will help Him." No. IL will not. Stop |
your doing. Christ will do all or mono. |
You cannot lift an ounce. you cannot |
move an inch, In this matter OF your re-
iemption.
This is the difficulty which keers |
thousands of souls out OF the Kingdom
of Heaven. II Is obey cannot
consent to let Jesus Christ begin and |
the work Of their redemption.
Why you say, then is there nothing
Tor me 10 do?" Only one thing have
YOU 10 do, and that is TO lay hold OF
chris. and let Him achieve your saliva
len and achieve il all. do not know
make the matter plain or not.
simply want TO show you that n man
,annot save himself, but that the Al.
mighty Son OF God can do il and will do
I IL you ask Him. Oh, fling your two
rms, the arm of your trust and the arm
II your love, around this omnipotent
WINNER Of the cross!
Have you ever stood by and seen some
me under process of rcsuscitation after
ong submerpence? The strong swim
ner has put him on the beach after u
truggle In the waters. To excite
reathing in the almost lifeless body
What manipulation, what friction of the
old limbs, what artificial movement OF
he lungs. what breath of the rescuer
down into the mouth OF the rescued!
md when breathing begins, and after
while the slight respiration becomes
he deep sigh, and the eyes open, and
he blue lips take on a smile. what re.
oicing. what clapping OF hands all up