The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-30


millions and millions of dollars" Is he?
| You call up a surveyor, with his compass
| and chains, and you say: There IS
propertv extending three miles in one di-
rection and three miles in another dlrec-
ton" Is that the way to measure that
mans property? No! You do not want
any surveyor. with compass and chains.
That is not the way to measure that
mans property now. 1t is an undertaken
YOU need who will come and put his
finger in his vest pocket and take out a
tape line, and he will measure five feet
nine inches one way and two feet and
half the other way. That is the mans
as that, for he does not own even the
place in which he lies in the cemetery
The deed to that belongs to the executors
and heirs. Oh, what property you pro-
pose to give me for my soul! Ii you sell
bill of goods you go into the counting
room and say to your partner: DO you
think that man is good for this bill? Can
| he give proper security? Will he meet
this payment?" Now, when you are Of
fered this world as a possession L want
YOU to test the matter. | do not want you
to go into this bargain blindly. | want
you to ask about the title, about the IN
surance, about whether men have ever
had any trouble with it, about whether
YOU can keep it. about whether you can
get all or the ten thousandth or one hun
dred thousandth part of it.
There is the world now l shall say no
more about it. Make up your mind tor
yourself, as l shall, before God, have to
make up my mind for myself, about the
value of this world | cannot afford to
make a mistake for my soul, and you can
not afford to make mistake tor your SOUL
Christ is glorious to our souls now, but
how much grander our appreciation alter
awhile! A conqueror comes back after the
battle. He has been fighting for US tie
comes upon the platform. He has one
arm in a sling, and the other arm holds
crutch. As he mounts the platform. oh,
the enthusiasm of the audience! They
say THAT man fought for, us and I'M
periled his life for us" and how wild the
huzza that follows huzza
When the Lord Jesus Christ shall at
last stand out before the multitudes OF
the redeemed of heaven and we meet Him
face to face and feel that He was wounded
in the head and wounded in the hands
and wounded in the feet and wounded in
the side for us, methinks we will be over
whelmed.
We will sit some time gazing. in silence
until some leader amid the white robed
choir shall lift the baton of light and give
the signal that it is time to wake the song
of jubilee, and all heaven then will break
forth into ''Hosanna hosanna! Worthy
is the Lamb that was slain
| calculate further the value of the soul
by the price that has been paid for it.
In st. Petersburg there is a diamond that
the Government paid $4,000 for. "Well,
you say, at must have been very valuable
or the Government would not have paid
S2O0,0 900 for it."
| want to see what the soul is worth
and what your soul is worth by. seeing
what has been pau for it. For that i'm
mortal soul the richest blood that was ever
shed, the deepest groan that was ever ut
tered, all the griefs of earth compressed
into one tear, all the. sufferings of earth
gathered into one rapier OF pain and stuck
through His holy heart. Does it not i'm
ply tremendous value?
| argue, also, the value of the soul from
the home that has been fitted up for it in
the future One would have thought that
street of adamant would have done.
No, it is a street of gold. One would
have thought that wall of granite would
have done. No, it is the flame of sar-
donyx, mingling with the green of ener-
aid.
One would have thought that an occa-
sional doxology would have done. No, it :
is perpetual song If the ages of heave8
marched in straight line, some day. the
last regiment might pass out of sight.
But no, the ages of heaven do not march
in a straight line, but in a circle around
about the throne of God, forever, forever,
tramp, tramp! A soul so bought, so
equipped, so provided for must be price
less soul, majestic soul, tremendous
soul
If man sell bill of goods worth $4,000,
and he is cheated out of it, he may get
$4,000 somewhere else, but a man who in
vests his soul invests all. Saving that, he
saves all. In the light of my text, it
seems to me as if you were offering your
soul to the highest bidder, and | hear you
g.NI L. Il Ill
spirit? What is bid for t?" Satan says,
Il will bid the world You say, "Begone,
that is no equivalent Sell my soul for the
world? No! Begone"
Well, there are great many people who
say, Il will not sell my soul for the world.
| find the world is an unsatlsfying por-
ton" What then, will you do with your
soul? Some one whispers here, II will
give my soul to Christ" Will you? That
IS the wisest resolution you ever made.
viii you give it to Christ? When? To-
morrow? No, now. l congratulate you
If you have come to such decision.
Oh, if the eternal Spirit of God would
now come down upon you and show you
the vanity Of this world and the immense
Importance Of Christ's religion and the in
finite value of your own immortal souls,
what an hour this would bel
What a moment this would be! Do you
know that Christ has bought your soul?
Do you know tnat lie mas palu an nnnlte
price for it? Do you know That lie IS
worthy of it? Wll you give 1t to hip
now? M
/ was reading lately of sailor who haH'
lust cot ashore and was telling about his
last Experience at sea. He said The last
time | crossed the ocean we had terrific
time. After WE had been out three or four
DAYS the machinery got disarranged, and
the steam began to escape, and the cap
tain. gathering the people and the crew
ON deck. said Unless some one will go
dov,1 and shut )off that steam and arrange
that machinery at the peril Of his life we
must ali be destroyed He was not will
ING TO 90 down himself No one seemed
wiling to 90. The passengers gathered at
one end of the steamer waiting for their
fate. The CAPTAIN said: 81 give you last
warning. Ii there IS no one here willing
to imperil his life and so down and fix
that machinerA we must all be lost A
nlain sailor said, Tl go, sir, and he
wrapped himself IN coarse piece OF can
vas and went down and was gone but a.
few moments when the escaping steam
stoned. The captain cried out to the
nosSanoers. 'AIl saved Let us 90 down