Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-08-30

millions and millions OF dollars" Is he?
You call up surveyor, with his compass
| and chains and you say. There is "A
property extending three miles in one di
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
niger in his vest pocket and take out
pc line, and he will measure five feet
ne inches one way and two feet and
the other way. That is the mans
,erty. Oh no. forgot. Not so much
that. for he does not own even the
e in which he lies in the cemetery.
deed to that belongs to the executors
heirs. Oh, what property you pro
to give me for my soul! If you sell
VI goods YOU go into the counting
and saw to your partner: do YOU
that man is good for this bill? Can
re proper security Will he meet
,yment?' Now, when you are Of
his world as "a possession I want
---.est the matter. do not want you
| to go into this bargain blndly. I 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 hum
dred thousandth part of it.
|
more about it. hiake up your mind for
yourself as l shall. before God. have to
make up my mind for myself, about the
value of this world. l cannot afford to
make mistake for my soul, and you can
not afford to make mistake for your soul.
| Christ is glorious to our souls now, but
how much grander our appreciation after
awhile! y conqueror comes back after the
battle. He has been fighting for us. He
comes upon the platform He has one
arm in sling, and the other arm holds IA
crutch. As he mounts the platform. oh,
the enthusiasm of the audence 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 muititudes of
the redeemed of heay II and we meet i'm
face to face and feel hat He was wounded
in the head and ! ounded in the hands
and wounded in " feet and wounded in
the side for us, thinks we will be over
whelmed
We will sit ne time gazing in silence
until some lei er amid the white robed
| choir shall life 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.
|
the Government paid 5000 for. 'Well
YOU saw lit must have been very valuable
or the Government would not have paid
S200,000 for it.
| want to see what the soul is worth
and what your soul is worth by seeing
| what has been paid for 1t. 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 sutferings 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
Il street OF adamant would have done.
NO. it is a street of gold. One would
have thought that a wall OF granite would
have done No, it is the fame of sar-
donyx, minglmg with the green of emer-
aid.
One would have thought that an occa
siona doxology would have done No, it
is perpetual song. Ii the ages of heaven
marched i'll straight line, some day the
last regiment might pass out OF sight.
But no, the ages of heaven do not march
in straight line, but in a circle around
| about the throne of God. forever, forever.
tramp. tramp a soul bought, so
equipped, so provided for must be price
less soul, majestic soul, a tremendous
soul
Ii 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 ii you were offering your
soul to the highest bidder, and | hear You
say. What is bid for it, my deathless
spirit. What is bid for it, Satan says.
II will bid the world You say, "Begone,
| tbat IL No ao,ivnlauti Soil my sout for thp
world, No! Begone!"
| Well. there are great many people who
say, II will not sell my soul for the world.
find the world is an unsatisfylng por-
ton" What, then, will you do with your
soul? Some one whispers here, Il will
give my soul to Christ" Will you? That
is the wisest resolution You ever made.
Win you give it to Christ! When: To
morrow No, now. | congratulate you
if you have come to such decision.
Oh, ii the eternal Spirit OF God would
now come down upon YOU and snow 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 be.
What moment this would be- Do you
know that Christ has bought your soul?
DO you know that He has paid an infinite
| price for it, DO YOU know that lie Is
worthy OF it; viii you give IL to Him
now.
| was reading lately of q sailor who had
Just got ashore and was telling about his
last experience at sea. lie said: The last
time | crossed the ocean we had terrinc
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
down and shut off that steam aud arrange
that machinery at the peril of his life we
must all be DESTROYED. lie was not will
ing 10 90 down himself. No one seemed
wllnng to go. The passengers gathered at
| one end ot the steamer waiting for their
fate The captain said: II give YOU last
warning. Ii there Is no one here willing
| To imperil his life and go down aud tix
| that machinery We must all be lost. \
| plain sailor fald. IN 90, sii, and he
| wrapped himself IN a coarse piece OF can
vas and went down and was gone but
| few moment. when the escaping steam
stopped The captain cried out In the
passengers. An saved Let us 20 down
below aud see what has become OF the
poor fellow They went down. There he
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