Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-09-14

past life@of that night when he went
into an unguarded door and took all tue
silver. the gold, the jewels, and as the
sleeper stirred he put knife through ms
heart: of that day when, in the lonely
pass. he met the wayfarer and regardless
of the cries and prayers and tears anu
struggles of his victim he flung the man
gled corpse into the dust OF the highway
or heaped upon it the stones. lie SAYS
~ am guilty wretch; / deserve this;
There is no need of my cursing That WI
not stop the pain. There is no need OF
blaspheming Christ, for He has done me
no wrong, and yet l cannot die SO. Inc
tortures of my body are undone by the
fortunes of my soul The past is a scene
of misdoing. The present crucltlXlon-
The future an everlasting undong., Come
back. thou hiding midday sun! Kiss my
cheek with one bright ray OF comfort
What. no help from above-no help from
beneath? Then | must turn to my com
panion in SORROW, the One on the MD
die cross. | have heard that he knows
how to help man when he Is IN trouble.
7 have heard that He can cure the wound
ed have heard that He can pardon the
sinner. Surely, in all His wanderings up
and down the earth He never saw one
more in need of His forgiveness: Blessed
One! turn to Thee! Wilt Thou turn
for the moment away from Thy own
pangs to pity me? Lord, it is not to have
nv hands relieved or my feet taken IRON
the torture. | can stand all this, but, oil,
nv sins, my sins, my sins. they pierce me
through and through. They tell me l
must die forever They will push me out
into the darkness unless Thou wilt help
me. / confess it all Hear the cry OF the
diving thief, Lord. remember me when
Thou contest into Thy kingdom l ask
no great things. I seek for no throne IN
skies, but Just think of me when this day
horrors have passed. Think of me little
of me, the one now hanging at Thy side
when the shout of heavenly welcomes
takes Thee back into Thy glory. Thou
wilt not forget me, wilt Thou? Lord.
remember me when Thou contest into
Thy kingdom Only just remember me-.
Likewise must we repent. You say,
have stolen nothing" reply: We have
all been guilty of the mghtiest felony OF
the universe, for we have robbed God-
robbed Him of our time, robbed Him OF
our talent, robbed Him of our services.
Suppose YOU send man out as an agent
of your firm and every month you pay
him his salary, and at the end of ten years
YOU find out that he has been serving an,
other firm, but taking your salary, would
YOU not at once condemn Inn as dishon-
est? God sent us into this world to serve
Him. He has given us wages all the time
Vet how many of us have been serving
another master. When man Is con-
victed of treason he is brought out; 4
regiment surrounds him and the command
is given: Attention, company. Take
AIM FIRE." And the man falls with
hundred bullets through his heart, There
,'e OF WHOM
Lord calls up the troop OF his inquiries
and at Gods command they pour INTO
him concentrated volley of torture.
To this middle cross look, that your
souls NAV live. showed you the right
hand cross in order that you might see
what an awful thing it is to be unbelicv'
ing. | showed you the LETT hand cross
that YOU might see what it is to repent.
Now I show you the middle cross that
Won NAV see what Christ has done to save
YOUR soul Poets have sung its praise,
sculptors have attempted to commemor-
ate it in marble, martyrs have chung to 1t
in the fire and Christians dying quietly
in their beds have leaned their heads
against it.
This Lour may all our souls embrace Ii
with an ecstasy of affection. Lay hoid Oh
that cross. Everything else will fail you
Put your hand on that and you are safe,
though a world swing from beneath your
feet.
Oh, that | might engrave on your souls
intellectually the three crosses, so that II
in YOUR waking moments you VIII not
heed then in your dreams at night you
NAV see on the hill back of Jerusalem the
| three spectacles - the right hand cross
| showing unbelief, dying without Christ;
| the left hand showing what 1T is to De
| pardoned, while the central cross pours
| upon your soul the sunburst OF heaven as
| it says "By all these wounds l plead Tor
| thv heart | have loved thee with an
everlasting love. Rivers cannot quench 1t.
| Floods cannot drown 1T.
But. no: we will not wait for such a
| dream In this our most aroused mood
we throw down at the foot of that mid
| die cross sin, sorrow, life, death-every-
| thing. We are slaves; Christ give. deiv-
| GRANGE to the captive. We are thirsty;
| Christ is the river of salvation to siake
our thirst. We are hungry; Jesus says,
II am the bread of life" We are con-
| demned to die; Christ says, Save that
| man from going down to the pit; L am the
| ransom" We are tossed on the. sea OF
| trouble Jesus comes over It,. saying, III
| is | be not afraid" We are IN darkness;
| Jesus says, II am the bright and morning
star" We are sick; Jesus is the palm
of Gilead."
We are dead hear the shrouds rend
and the grave hillocks heave, as he cries,
II am the resurrection and the, lite; he
that believeth in Me-. though he were :c
dead. vet shall he live" We want justif-
cation: "Being justified by faith, we
have peace with God through our Lord
| Jesus Christ We want to exercise
faith; believe in the Lord Jesus Christ
and thou shalt be saved" | want to get
from under condemnation; There is now,
| therefore, no condemnation to them who
are in Christ Jesus" The cross-He car.
ried it. The flames of hell-He suffered
them. The shame-He endured it. The
crown-He won it. Heights OF heaven
sing it and worlds of light to worlds OF
| light all round the heavens cry, Glory,
trophies for Jesus. From Golconda mines
we gather the diamonds; from Ceyon
shores we gather the pearls; from all
| lands and Kingdoms we gather precious
stones, and we bring the glttering bur.
dens and put them down at the feet OF
Jesus and say: "All these are Thine.
Thou art worthy" We go forth again
| for more trophies and into one sheaf we
| gather all the scepters of the Caesars and
| the Alexanders and the Cars and the
Sultans and of all royalties and dominions,
and then we bring the sheaf of scepters
and put it down at the feet of Jesus and
say: Thou art King. of kings; all these
| forth again to gather more trophies, and
we bid the redeemed of ages, the sons
and daughters of the Lord Almighty, to
come. And the hosts of heaven bring
crown and palm and scepter, and here by
these bleeding feet and this riven side
and by this wounded heart cry, Blessing
| and honor and glory and power unto the
| Lamb, for ever and ever"
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