The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-04-27

KUFaE OF he ELNG. % NAASs TX
eperor. We ar going TO draw CIR
smiles from triumPhAl area ard ora
toro aud everything grand and So
pepSouS Tie French 1svT have 4,
fscs by which they give signal hi
those Is saS they esn put iEto 500
5iHe-u, combinations And have
10 tel vou ths; these standards OF
the cross may be lifted into eoDNns-
t;ons Infinite and varieties everasi-
inr. And ler ne say 10 Young men
Who are after lWhile gong 20 Pnesea
Jesus Chrs>-. yUu viii have -5e arg
=, liberty and unlimited resource
You only have 10 present tar'i u
your own Way.
Jonathan Edwards preached Ca1S'
in the seycres, argument ever Pen1eo'
and John Bunyaa preached t1rSi =
the Sub,imest sllesory ever composed
Edward Payson, SICK ard exhausted.
leaned up against the SIDE o: the pa
nit and Kept ont his discourse vale
George Whrtedeld. with The manner
aud the voice and the STAR Of 81 az
tor. overwhelmed MS auditory II
would have Beer a 6iHerest ting II
Jonathan Edwards bad tined 20 write
and dream about the pilgrims prog
ress to the celestial eiry or John Bua-
q had attempted AZ essay On The
human will
Brighter than the Light. f7esher
than the fountains deeper than tae
seas are these GOSPEL themes S-g
has no melody, fower have II swe~'
ness. sunset sky has TO color, con
pared with these glorious themes
These hsTveStS OF grace spring y
quicker than we can sickle them
Kindliug pulpits with their IRE And
producing revolutions with taeiT
power. lighting up dying beds WITH
their glory. they are the swestss;
thought for the poet, ard they are
the most thrilling illustration fo- TIE
orator. and they offer the most IN
tense scene for the artist. and they
are 10 the ambassador OF TIE sky al
enthusiasm. Complete pardon for te'
direSf guilt. Sweetest eoEtort fol
ghsstliest agony. Brightest hope tcl
grirlmesi death. Grsndest resITer
tion for darkest sepulcher. Oh. Eaa'
a Gospel to preach, Christ over al
in il. His birth. His suffering. Hi
miracles. His parallels His sweat, Hi
tears, His blood. His atOnement. Hi
iniercession-whst glorious themes
DO we exercise faith. Christ is it
object. 10 We have love? IL fasten
on Jesus. Have We . 5onduess 70
the church? II is because Christ die
for il. Have we q hope OF Heaven.
Il is because Jesus vent shead, tn
herald anC the fnrerunuer.
The royal robe of Demetrius va
so costly. so beautiful. that after b
had put it of no n ever dared pu
IL On. bu; this robe Of Christ richie
than that. the poorest and the wan
nest and the worst may veal
-Oh, my sins, nv sins" said Mar
tin Luther 10 StaRPi;L my sins, NJ.
sins The fact is that the Drawn,
German student had found a Lstl
Bible that had made him quake. an
nothing else ever did make hir
quake, and when he found ho'
through Christ he was pardoRed an
saved he wrote 10 q friend saying
Come over and join Us. great an
awful sinners saved by the grace 0
God. Iou TO be only . slende
sinner. and you don't much extol IN
mercy Of God. but we who have bee
such very awful sinners praise HI
grace the more nos that We hav
been redeemed Can it be that yo
are 50 desperately egotistical tina
yOu feel yourself in irst-rate spin
Ftual trim and that from the root O
the hair TO the tip Of the toe you ar
scsrless and Immaculate? What yo
need Is q looking glass. and here
Is in the Bible. Poor and Wretehs
and miserable and blind and make
from the crown Of the head 10 IN
sole OF the foot. full Of wounds an
puirefying sores No health in II
And then take the fact that Chris
gathered up all the notes against O
and paid them and then offered u
the receipt.
And how much 49, need Him in on
SORROWS. We are independent Of eli
cumstances II We have His grac-
Why. He made Paul sing in the do,
geon. and under tina; grace st. job
from desolate Pa;mos heard the bla,
Of the sPocSiypJie trumpeiS- Ate
all other candles have been Suu%e
sut this Is the light that gets brigh
- and brighter Unto the pertee; "a,
and after under the hard hOofs ,
calamity al the pools OF worldly >.
ioynent have been trzaspled int
seep mirs az the foot Of the tern,
rock the Christian. from cups q
granite. lily trimmed au5 viae c,vere,
puts out the thirst Of his soaL.
A thousand feet underground. :
hgh; Of torch toiling II a miner
shaft a ledge of rock NAV fall upo
A. and We may die = miners deaf
var out at sea, falling fron u. 81,
>ery ratlines and broken on n. Ia