Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-10-19
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Ihave shown you the right hand cross
and the left hand cross; now come to
the middle cross. We stood at the one
and found it yielded poison; we stood
at the other and found it yielded bitter
aloes. Come now to the middle cross
and shake down apples of love. I'M
cover your head. You never saw so
tender scene as this, You may have
seen father or mother or companion or
child die, but never So affecting scene
as this. The railing thief looked from
one way and saw the left side of Christ's
face. But to-day, in the full blaze OF
Gospel light, you see Christ's full face.
1t was suffering cross, If the weapons
OF torture had gone only through the
fatty portions OF the body, the torture
would not have been so great, but they
went through the hands and feet and
temples, the most sensitive portions.
1t was not only the spear that went
into His side, but the sins of all the
race-a thousand spears-plunge after
plunge, deeper and deeper, until the
silence and composure that before char.
acterized Him gave way TO groan,
through which rumbled the sorrows of
time and the woes of eternity. Human
hate had done its worst, and hell had
buried its sharpest javelin, and devils
had vented their hottest rage when,
with every nerve of His body in torture
and every fiber of His heart In excru-
tiation, He cried out: "My God, my
God, why hast thou forsaken me?" 1t
was a yicarious cross. The right hand
cross suffered for itself, but the middle
cross for you. When king was dying,
young man cried: "Pour my blood
into his veins, that he die not" The
veins of the young man were tapped
and the blood transferred, so that the
king lived, but the young man died.
Christ saw the race perishlng. He
cried: Pour my blood into .heirveins,
that they die not" My hand is free
now because Christ's was crushed; my
brow is painless now because Christ's
was torn; my soul escapes because
Christ's was bound; I gain Heaven be-
cause Christ for me endured the hor-
rors of hell.
To this middle cross look that your
souls may live. / showed you the right
hand cross in order that you might see
what an awful thing it is to be unbe-
lieving. l showed you the left hand
cross that you might see what it is to
repent. Now l show you the middle
cross that you may see what Christ has
done to save your soul.
Oh, that / may engrave on. your
souls intellectually the three crosses,
so that if in your waking moments
you will not heed, then in your
dreams at night you may see on the
hill back of Jerusalem the three spec
tacles-the right hand cross showing
unbelief, dying without Christ; the
left hand showing what 1t is to be
pardoned, while the central cross
pours over your soul the sunburst OF
Heaven, as it says: "By all these
wounds l plead for thy heart. ! have
loved thee with an everlasting love,
Rivers cannot quench it. Floods can.
not drown it," And while you look
the right hand cross will fade out
Of sight, and then the left will be
gone, and nothing will remain but
the middle cross, and even that in
your dream will begin to change un.
til it becomes throne, and the worn
face of Calvary will become radiant
with gladness, and instead of the mao
mob at the foot of the cross will BIZ
a worshipful multitude, kneeling. AND
you and will be among them.
But, no; we will not wait for such
dream. In this our most aroused
mood we throw down at the foo
of the middle cross sin, sorrow, life
,, death-eveTything. We are slaves
Christ gives deliverance to the cap
tive. We are thirsty; Christ is tn,
river of salvation to slake our thirst
!, We are hunghy; Jesus says: 81 an
the bread of life" We are condemned
to die; Christ says: "Save that maj
from going down to the pit; / am tn,
ransom" We are tossed on the Sc;
of trouble; Jesus comes over it, say
ing: at is i; be not afraid" w
are in darkness; Jesus says: 81 an
, the bright and morning star" w
I, are sick; Jesus is the "balm of Gil
cad" We are dead; hear the shroud
/, rend and the grave hillocks heave a
!. He cries: 81 am the resurrection an
|, the life: he that believeth in Me
. though he were dead, yet shall h
live" We want justification; "Bein
, justified by faith, we have peace'witl
n God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
;, We want to exercise faith: "Beliey
in the Lord Jesus Christ, and tho
q shalt be saved" l want to get fror
p under condemnation: "There is nov
therefore, no condemnation to ther
r. who are in Christ Jesus" The cross
I he carried it. The flames of hell; II
suffered them. The shame; He Ell
a dured it. The crown; He won !
o. Heights of Heaven sing it, and world
q of light to worlds of light all roun
). the heavens cry: "Glory! Glory!
Is Let us go forth and gather the tr'
k plies for Jesus. From Golconda mine
s we gather the diamonds, from Ceylo
It shores we gather the pearls, fro
It all lands and Kingdoms we gatht
d precious stones, and we bring Il
e glittering burdens and put the
]. down at the feet of Jesus and say
IL GAIL these are thine. Thou art wo
t. thy" We go forth again for MOI
Is trophies, and into one sheaf we gatl
lie err all the scepters. Of the Caesars, ar
o the Alexanders, and the cars, ar
d the sultans, and of all royalties ar
dominions, and then we bring Il
d sheaf of scepters and put it dow
,r at the feet of Jesus and say: "Thc
q art King Of kings. All these tho