Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-09-19

er cursing on the other side: Silence!
Between us innocence IN agony; we
roun this left hand cross, o We people!
Be. not afraid. Bitter herbs are some
times a tonic for the brain, and the bitter
aloes that grow on this tree shall givs
strength and life to thy SOUL This lett
hand cross is a repenting cross.
AS men who have been nearly drowned
tell us that in one moment, while they
were under water, their whole lie passed
before them, so / suppose IN one moment
the dying malefactor thought over all ms
past life-of that night when he Went
into an unguarded door and took all the
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 ana
struggles of his victim he flung the man
gled corpse into the dust of the highway
or keaped upon it the stones. lie says:
81 am a guilty wretch; l deserve this;
There is no need of my cursins- lhat WI
not stop the pain. There is no need o'
blasphemlng Christ, tor He has done me
no wrong. and yet i cannot die so. The
tortures of my body are undone by the
tortures of my soul The past is a scsne
| of misdoing The present a crucihXlon
| The future an everlasting undoing Come
back. thou hiding midday sun! Kiss my
tcheek with one bright ray OF comfort
w
beneathg Then ! must turn to my com
panion in sorFow, the One on the MD
| die cross. l have heard that He knows
how to help a man when he is IN trouble
! have heard that He can cure the wound
ea< l have heard that He can pardon the
sinner. Surely, in all His wanderings up
and dowr 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 lhy own
pangs to pity, me! Lord 1t Is not TO nave nave
my hands relieved or my feet taken IRON
| the torture i can stand all this. bnt, oh,
my SINS my sins, my sins, they pierce me
through and through. They tell me !
must die forever. They will push me out
into the darkness unless Thou wilt help
me. / confess it all Hear the cry of the
dying thief Lord. remember me when
Thou comest into Thy kingdom. | ask
no great things. | seek for no throne IN
heaven, no chariot to take me to the
Skies but just think OF me when this day
horrors have passed. Think of me little
l-of me. the one now hanging at Thy side
when the shout of heavenly welcomes
takes Thee back into Thy glory. 1hou
wilt not forget me, wilt Thou! Lord
remember me when Thou comest into
Thy kingdom. Only Just remember me;
Likewise lust we repent. You say,
have stolen nothing. ! reply: we have
} all been guilty of the mlghtiest felony OF
the universe, for we have robbed God-
robbed Him of our time, robbed Hum OF
our talent, robbed Him of our services.
Suppose you send a 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 HIM as dishon-
7 est? God sent into this world to serve
Him He has given us wages all the time
Yet how many of us have been serving
= another master When man is con
4 victed of treason he is brought out; a
regiment surrounds him and the command
: is given: Attention. company! lake
aimi Fire!" And the man falls with a
e hundred bullets through his heart. There
t comes a time in a mans history when the
Y Lord calls up the troop of his iniquities,
e and at Gods command they pour INTO
/ him a concentrated volley OF torture.
!, To this middle cross look, that your
, souls may live. l showed you the right
, hand cross in order that you might see
{ what an awful thing it is to be unbe 'r' r.
II ing l showed you the left hand cru
, that you might see what it is to repent;
Now l show you the middle cross that
u YOU may see what Christ has done to save
u your soul Poets have sung its praise,
!, sculptors have attempted to commemor'
= | ate it in marble martyrs have clung to II
u in the fire and Christians dying quietly
= in their beds have leaned their heads
4 against it. :.
This l.our may all our souls embrace II
-, with an ecstasy of affection. Lay hold oil
{ that cross Everything else will fail you
d Without strong grip on that you perish
81 Put your hand on that and you are safe
~ ~ though world swing from beneath you
~ feet.
90 neffaceably the three crosses, so that 4
40 in your waking moments you will moi
10 heed, then in your dreams at night yot
o. may see on the hill back of Jerusalem thu
ii three spectacles the right hand eros eros
or the left hand showing what it is to b
ne pardoned, while the central cross pour
" upon your soul the sunburst of heaven a
10 1t saws: "By all these wounds plead fol
I thy heart l have loved thee with al
t?- everlasting love. Rivers cannot quench 1t
L. Floods cannot drown. it.
is But. no; we will not wait for such {
se dream In this our most aroused moof
to we throw down at the foot of that mid
,! die, cross sin, sorrow, life, death-every
:? thing. We are slaves; Christ give delIv
Christ is the river of salvation to slak'
re our thirst We. are hungry; Jesus says
,r # am the. bread of life We are con
e. demned to die; Christ says, Save tha
N man from going down to the pit; i am tn
is ransom.",- We are tossed on the sea o
re is I: bs not afraid" We are in darkness
ID Jesus SAYS, Il am the bright and morning
,d star" We are sick; Jesus is the balm
ar If Gilead."
e. We are dead; hear the. shronds reno
~ ind the grave hillocks .heave, as He cries
OF Il am the resurrection and the lite; n
as that believetlr in Me, though he wer
til lead. yet shall he live" We want justifi
It. cation: Being justified by faith, we
90 have peace with God through our Lor'
e, Jesus Christ" We, want to exercls
faith Believe in the Lord Jesus Chris
/ L. l.. i to
is from under condemnation; There - now
sn therefore, no condemnation to them VIII
,d are in Christ Jesus" The cross-He car
ht ried it. The flames Of hell-He suffere'
of chem. The shame-He endured it; TIL
il .rown-He won it. Heights of HEAVIER
sh sing it and worlds of light to worlds o
ou' light all round the heavens cry, Glory
tn ziory." Let us go forth and gather tn
I'd trophies for Jesus. From .Golconda mine
4. we gather the diamonds; from Ceylol
he shores we gather the pearls; from al
ly lands and Kingdoms we gather preciou
of stones, and we bring the glittering bur
lens and put them down at the feet o
as Jesus and say: IAN these are Thine
ou Thou art worthy" We go forth agai
to for more trophies and into one sheaf W
on gather all the scepters of the Caesars an
lip the Alexanders and the Cars and tn
ye Sultans and of all royalties and dominions
lie, and then we bring the sheaf of scepter
I'M and put it down at the feet of Jesus an
of say: Thou art King of kings; all thes
re Thou hast conquered And then 6
forth again to gather more trophies an
he we bid the redeemed of ages, the son
he and daughters of the Lord Almighty, t
it, come And the hosts of heaven brin
n crown and palm and seepter, and here b
Die these bleeding feet and this riven sid
be and by this wounded heart cry, "Blessin
f and honor and glory and power unto th
he Lamb. for ever and ever.
I
lily
no Love is the wonderous angel OF II
no that rolls away all the stones of SC
", raw and suffering from the nat