The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-10-28

MY. ulne a. soaL torvvsr IN tAis
work. Il eRN CvCs a faint irtimatioa
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ths Ira star~ = Vphoid fever, The
cheek Is sonnfv hst aushed he hands
someshst H.. Nrcceded by a slight
chill WY yau say, typhoid fever
Goes mol seen O. Ne much % a disease
Rut van mas tas pateut has been six
weeks under and al his energies
have seenwrurS cut and heist too weak
% In his Ht,ls niger, ard his intellect
gone. then 70 see The fol havoc Of
the disease Vow sin On this world Il
an aiimcnt VI n Is only in its frat
stages bur D. j, set ander ful way
ard Il Is an a -cousuming typhoid Oh.
y we could 81 Y unpardoned sins as
0o1 secs then. teeth would chatter
and orr knee. would knock together.
aud our respiration would be oh0kea.
and cur hear would break. II your
sins are unforc,ven, they are bearing
down Gu yor and You IN shaking
sinking away rom happiness, sinking
away from Cod. sinking away from
everything ~, is good and blessed.
Then What an We WANT swimmer
"a strong su inner, a swift swimmer
And blessed b. dod, IN my text we have
him announcel He shall spread forth
His hands "a The midst Of them, a. He
that swimmeth ssretoheth forth his
hands 10 swim" You have noticed that
when q swimmer goes 20 rescue anyone
be puts of his heavy apparel He must
not have any such impediment about
him II he Is going TO DO this great deed.
And when Christ stepped forth 10 save
us He SHOOK Of the sandals of Heaven,
and His feet were free. and then he
stepped dcwr into the w1ve Of u
trsnsgressionk, and II came over His
wounded feet, and 1t came above the
spear stab In His side-aye, 1t dashed
TO the ~lacersted temple. the hieh1water
marx of His anguish. Then, rising
above the food He stretched forth His
hands IN the mids, Of them, as be that
swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands
70 swim"
II you have ever watched a swimmer.
you notice that his whole body is
brought into play. The arms are fexed,
the hands drive the water back, the
knees are active. the head Is thrown
back 10 escape strangulation, the whole
body Is in propulsion. And when Christ
sprsng into the deep TO save us He
threw His entire nature into it-all His
Godhead, His omniscience, His good
ness. His love. His omnipotence, head,
heart. eyes, hands, feet. We were far
out on the sea and so deep down in the
waves and so far out from the shore that
nothing short Of an entire God could
save Us. Christ leaped out for our res-
cue, saving: 40, l come to DO thy
viii" and all the surges Of human and
satanic hate beat against Him, and
those who watched Him from the gates
Of Heaven feared He would go down
under the wave. and instead OF saving
others would Himself perish, but, put
ting His breast to the foam and shaking
the surf from His locks, He came on
and on until He is now within the reach
Of everyone here, eye omnlscient, heart
Infinite, arm omnipotent, mighty 10
save. even unto The uttermost.
Oh. II was not half a God that tram
Piled down believing Gennesaret; It was
not a quarter OF a God that mastered
the demons OF Gadara; II was not two
thirds Of a God that lifted up Lazarus
into the arms OF his overjoyed sisters;
It was not a fragment OF God who OF.
fered pardon and peace TO all the race,
No. This mighty swimmer threw His
grandeur, His glory. His might, His wis
dom, His onnlpotence and His eternity
into this n act. II took both hands OF
God TO save us-both feet. How do |
prove Il? On the cross were not both
hands nailed? On the cross were moi
both feet spiked? His entire nature
Involved In our redemptionl
II you have lived much by the water
YOU notice also that II anyone ia coins