The St. Mary banner., 1900-09-22

to die. You say: That man is wortl
millions and millions of dollars Is he
You call up a surveyor, with his compass
and chains. and YOU say: There is
property extending three miles in one dl
rection and three miles in another direc
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
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 a
half the other way. That is the man.
property Oh. no. | forgot. Not so much
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 a property You pro-
| pose to give me for my soul. 1t you sell
! bill of goods YOU 60 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 rayment?" Now, when you are Of
! fereI this world as a possession | want
you to test the matter. do not want you
to 60 into this bargain blndly. want
YOU to ask about the title, about the ir-
surance, about whether men have ever
| YOU can keep it. about whether you can
get all or the ten thousandth or one hum
drcd th0usanlth part of it.
There is the world now. | shall say no
more about IT, stake up your mind for
yourself. as | shall. before God. have to
make ND my mind for myself. about the
value OF this world. l cannot afford to
make q mistake for my soul, and you can
not afford to make a mistake for your soul.
Christ is glorious to our souls now, but
how much grander our appreciation after
awhile, a conqueror comes back after the
battle. lie has been fighting for us. He
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 inn
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 Ill heaven then will break
forth into ''IIosanna! 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 s200,O 900 for. We'll"
You say 1T must have been very valuable
or the Government would not have paid
$1,000 for it,
| wart to see what the soul is worth
and what your soul is worth by seeing
what has been palu for it. For that inn
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
q street of adamant would have done.
No. it is 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 emer-
aid.
One would have thought that an occa.
sional doxolo2y would have done. No, it |
is Il perpetual song. Ii the ages of heaven |
marched in a straight line, some day the |
lsst regiment might pass out Of sight. |
But no, the ages OF heaven do not march !
la straight line, but in a circle around |
abe. = the throne Of God, forever, forever.
tramp, tramp! \ soul SO bought, SO
equipped. so provided for must be price
less soul, majestic soul, tremendous
soul.
il man sell a bill of goods worth $1,000,
n RI hn 1c oh tod nf ~ ba oct
5000 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 l hear you
say, What is bid for it. my deathcss
spirit? What is bid for it, Satan says,
4 will bid the world" You say, 'Begone,
hat IS no equivalent. Sell my soul tor the
world: No. Begone!"
We'll. there are a great many people who
say, u will not sell my soul for the world.
find the world is an unsatisIying por-
ion" What, then, will YOU do with your
soul? Some one whispers here, Il will
give my soul to Christ VIII you: That
S the wisest resolution you ever made.
viii you give it to Christ! When: To
morrow! No, now. | congratulate you
+ you have come to such decision.
Oh, if the eternal Spirit of God would
|
he vanity OF this world and the immense
of Christ's religion and the in
mite value of your own immortal souls,
What an hour this would be!
What a moment this would bel Do you
know that Christ has bought your soul?
DO you know that He has paid IN infinite
,rice for it? DO you know that He is
worthy of it? Will you give it to Him
low?
l was reading lately Of sailor who had
ust g ashore and was telling about his
asst experience at sea. He said: The last
inc l crossed the ocean we had terrific
lme. After we had been out three or four
lays the machinery got disarranged, and
he steam began to escape, and the cap
ain, gathering the people and the crew
n deck, said, Unless some one will 90
own and shut off that steam and arrange
hat machinery at the peril Of his life we
must all be destroyed He was not will
ng to go down himself. No one seemed
Wiling to go. The passengers gathered at
ne end OF the steamer waiting for their
ate. The captain said: Il give you last
rarnlIg. Ii there IS 10 one here willing
0 impeIil his life and so down and fix
hat machinery we must all be lost \
lain sailor said, IN go, sir and he
trapped himself in coarse piece of can.
as and went down and was gone bat
ew moments when the escaping steam
topped. The captain cried out to the
assengers: All saved! Let us 60 down
Glow and see what has become Of the
oor fellow They went down. There he
y dead" Vicarious suffering! Died for
Il! Oh, d. you suppose tha. those people
4 the 81. p ever forgot, ever can forget: