The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-04-12

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mouth end tho owing OF The un.
WASHED d crowd then He will forge { you
md me In the inj ices OF life thar
may be inflicted npon us. s5S
ssRs Further I remark 8 Tho stS oren
installmeht paid for olir red emption
was tho demiso OF Christ. " he world
ha. seen many Carl; days days. MANY sum-
mors ago there was a very tiarls DIV
when tho sun was cclipsed. The fowl
at noonday went to their perch, and
wo felt gloom ns we looked at tho
astronomical wonder. It was a dark
day In London when the plague was
at It's height, and the dead with uncoy-
ercd faces were taken I'm open carts
and dumped In tho trenches. It was
a dark day whom the earth opened and
Lisbon sank, but the darkest day since
tho creation Of the worldSwas whom tho
carnage Of Calvary was enacted.
It was about noon when tho curtain
began to be drawn. It was tho swing
ing Of great gloom all around tho
heavens. God hung it.. AS when thcre
is a dead one in tho house you bow
the shutters or turn tho lattice, so
wv III tlC al tSIAOOh o1uV tnS WlNuOW6
OF tho world AS it is appropriate to
throw black pail upon the coffin an
1t passes along, SO it was appropriate
that everything should be somber that
day as the great hcarso Of tho earth
rolled on, bearing the corpse OF tho
King. A mans last hours arc ordi-
narily kept sacred. However you may
have hated or caricaturcd man, when
you hear he is dying silence puts It's
hands on your lips, nnd you would
have q loathing for the man who could
stand by deathbed making faces and
acofling. But Christ In His last hour
cannot be left alone. What, pursuing
Him yet after SO long pursuit? You
have been drinking His tears. Do you
want to drink Ills blood? They como
up closely, SO that Notwithstanding the
darkness they can glut their revenge
with the contortions of His counte-
nance. They examine Els feet. They
want to feel for themselves whether
those feet are really spiked. They put
out their hands and touch the spikes
and bring them back wet with blood
md wipo them on their garments.
Women stand there and weep, but can
do no good. 1t Is no place for the ten
dor-hcarted women. 1t wants heart
that crimo has turned into granite.
The waves Of mans hatred and Of hells
vengeance dash up against the man
gled feet, and the hands of sin and
pain and torture clutch for his holy
heart. Had he not been thoroughly
fastened to the cross they would have
torn Him down and trampled Him
with both fcot. How tho cavalry
horses archod their neclss and champed
thtir bits and reared and sniffed at
tho blood! Had Roman officer called
out for light, his voice would not
havo been heard in tho tumult, but
louder than tho crash of spears, and
the wailing Of womanhood, and tho
ncighing of tho chargers, and the bell
lowing Of tho cruciflers, there comes
n voice crashing through--loud, clear,
overwhelming, terrific. It's the groan-
Ing of the dying Son Of God Look,
what scenc Look, world, ut what
you have done!
lift tho covering from the NAL
treated Christ to let YOU count tho
wounds and estimate the cost. Oh,
whom tho nails went through Christ's
right hand that bought your hands,
with oil their power to work and lift
and wrltel When the nails went
through Christ's right foot and
Chrlst's left foot, that bought your
feet, with all their power to walk or
run or climb. When the thorn went in
to Christ's temple, that bought your
brain, with all it's power to think and
plan. When the spear cleft Christ's
side, that bought your heart, with all
its power to love audrepent and pray.
When tho Attain ito cable was lost in
1865? do You remember that the Great
+ Eastern and the Midway and the Al.
bany went out to find it2 Thirty times
they sank tho grapnel 2h miles deep
in water. After awhile they found tho
cable and brought 1t to the surface.
No sooner had it been brought to the
surface than they lifted shout Of ex-
ultation, but tho cable slipped back
again into the water and was lost.
Then for two weeks moro they swept
the sea with the graphing hooks, md
at last they found the cable, and they
brought 1t upin silence. They fastened
1t this time. Then with great exotic
mont they took one end Of the cable
to the oleotrician's room to SEQ If there
were really any life in 1t, and when
they saw n spark and know that mes.
sage could be sent then every hat was
lifted, and tho rockets flew and the
guns sounded, until all the vessels on
the expedition knew, and the CONT
nents were lashed together. Well, my
friends, Sabbath, after Sabbath Gospel
messengers have come searching down
for your souls. We have swept the sea
with tho graphing hook of Christ's
Gospel. Again and again we have
thought that you were at the surface,
and we began to rejoice over your re.
demption, but at the moment Of our
gladness you sank back again into the
world and back again into sin. To-day
we como with the Gospel searching for
your soul. We apply the cross OF
Christ first to see whether there is any
life left in you, while all around tho
people stand, looking to SEQ whether
the work will be done, and the angels
Of God bond down and witness, and,
oh, If now we could see only one spark
Of love and hope and faith we would
send up shout that would be heard
on the battlements Of Heaven, and two
worlds would keep jubilee because
communication is open between Christ
and the soul, and your nature that has
been sunken in sin has been lifted into
the light and Joy Of the Gospel.
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