The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-09-15
will not only bear my cross, but help
YOU with yours"

/ will not only bear my cross, but help
you with yours"
Ihave shown you the right hand cross
and the left hand cross; now come to
the middle cross. We stood at the one
and found 1t yielded poison; we stood
at the other and found il yielded bitter
aloes. Come now TO the middle cross
and shake down apples of love. I'm
cover your head. You never saw SO
tender scene as this. You may have
seen father or mother or companion or
child die, but never so affecting a scene
as this. The railing thief looked from
one way and saw the left side of Christ's
face. But to-day, in the full blaze OF
GospelIight, you see Christ's full face.
II was a suffering cross. If the weapons
fatty portions Of the body, the torture
would not have been so great, but they
went through the hands and feet and
temples, the most sensitive portions.
1t was not only the spear that went
into His side, but the sins of all the
race-a thousand spears-plunge after
plunge, deeper and deeper, until tho
silence and composure that before char
.acterized Him gave way to a groan,
through which rumbled the sorrows OF
time and the woes of eternity. Human
hate had done its worst. and hell had
buried its sharpest javelin, and devils
had vented their hottest rage when.
with every nerve of His body in torture
and every fiber of His heart in excru-
tiation. He cried out: "My God, my
God, why hast thou forsaken me?" 10
was yicarious cross. The right hand
cross suffered for itself. but the middle
cross for you. When king was dying,
young man cried: Pour my blood
into his veins, that he die/not." The
veins of the young man were tapped
and the blood transferred, so that tho
king lived, but the young man died.
Christ saw the race perishing. He
cried: Pour my blood into their veins,
that they die not My hand is free
now because Christ's was crushed; my
brow is painless now because Christ's
was torn; my soul escapes because
Christ's was bound; ] gain Heaven be-.
cause Christ for me endured the hor-
rors of hell.
To this middle cross look. that your
souls may live. showed you the right
hand cross in order that you might see
what an awful thing it is to be unbe-
lieving. showed you the left hand
cross that you might see what II is to
repent. Now | show you the middle
cross that you may see what Christ has
done to save your soul.
Oh, that | may engrave on your
souls intellectually the three crosses,
so that ii in your waking moments
you will not heed, then in your
dreams at night you may see on the
hill back of Jerusalem the three spec
tacles-thc right hand cross showing
unbelief, dying without Christ; the
left hand showing what it is to be
pardoncd, while the central cross
pours over your soul the sunburst OF
Heaven, as it says: "By all these
wounds plead for thy heart. have
loved thee with an everlasting love.
Rivers cannot quench it. Floods cam
not drown it," And while you look
the right hand cross will fade out
of sight, and then the left will be
: gone, and nothing will remain but
the middle cross. and even that in
: your dream will begin to change UNI
til it becomes throne and the worn
face of Calvary will become radian'
with glaGness. and instead of the mao
mob at the foot of the cross will be
a worshipful multitude, kneeling. And
you and | will be among them.
But, no; we will not wait for such
n dream. In this our most aroused
mood we throw down at the foot
eath-cyerything. We are slaves;
Christ gives deliyerance to the cap
tive. We are thirsty; Christ is the
river of salvation to slake our thirst.
!. We are hunghy; Jesus says: Il am
the bread of life" We are condemned
to die; Christ says: Save that man
: from going down to the pit; am the
ransom" We are tossed on the sea
. of trouble; Jesus comes over it. say
: ing: 1T is j; be not afraid" IVA
are in darkness; Jesus says: 81 am
= the bright and morning star" We
), are sick Jesus is the "balm of Gill
: cad" We are dead; hear the shrouds
!. rend and the grave hillocks heaye as
= lie cries: az am the resurrection and
!, the life: he that belieyeth in Me.
= though he were dead, yet shall he
live" We want Qualifications; "Being
justified by faith. we have peace with
q God through our Lord Jesus Christ"
- We want TO exercise faith: Believe
, in the Lord Jesus Christ and thou
q shalt be saved" | want to get from
r under condemnation "There is now,
therefore. no condemnation to them
- who are in Christ Jesus" The cross;
: he carried it. The flames of hell; He
suffered them. The shame; He en-
q dured it. The crown; He won it.
O. Heights of Heaven sing il. and worlds
. Of light to worlds Of light all round
the heavens cry: "Glory! Glory!"
Is Let us go forth and gather the tro-
X plies for Jesus. From Golconda mines
s we gather the diamonds, from Ceylon
II shores we gather the pearls, from
Il all lands and kingdoms we gather
d precious stones. and we bring the
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