The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-05-13

| tear you in pieces and none shall deliV-
err ''None shall deliver!" Chicago
has but recently witnessed the sad and
awful death on the gallows of those des-
perate young fellows who ran such a
bloody career of crime. Day after day
| for the weeks that intervened between
the time when the sentence Of death
| was passed upon them and the execu-
tion they sat in their stone and iron
| cells. No power could deliver them
| Mothers love, or friends, or the plead
| ing of lawyers, or human strength or
power could not deliver from the judg-
ment. Relentlessly and surely the day
and hour and minute of the execution
drew near. The death watch was set.
| The last good-byes were said to earthly
| friends. The preparations were made
for the march to the gallows. The guard
came to lead the prisoners out to death.
The sheriff stood ready to perform his
| duty and carry out the sentence of the
court. The moose and the black cap were
ready. Only little spring held the trap
| door in place. And at the appointed
| time touch of the lever and the next
| instant the souls of those young bandits
were in eternity. No power could de-
liver them. How relentlessly the judg-
| ment of man pursued them! And what
think you must it be to fall into the
hands of the living God, and to come un-
der His judgments? Who then shall de-
liver? Shall money, or earthly power,
or even the Devil who has been served,
or friends or loved ones, or ones own
power, or strength, or ingenuity? l tell
you nay! None shall deliver from Gods
hand! Once those who forget God fall
into His hands for judgment and all
hope is gone forever. For this reason
God pleads: Now consider this, ye
that forget Godi"
LIE holds up before you, as we
L L have tried to show you, the certain
awful judgments which will fall upon
you and tear you in pieces if you do not
hear and heed; and on the other hand
He shows you what blessing will be
yours if you turn to Him. In dealing
with God, (and the soul must deal with
Him. it is either a case of judgment or
blessing. Blessing He wants to give;
judgment He must give if you reject the
offer of mercy. He holds before the For
getters of God the picture of the man
who has yielded himself to Him.
Whose offereth the sacrifice of thanks
giving glorifieth Me; and to him that or
dereth his way Alright will 1 shew the
salvation of God" The great sacrifice
for sin has been made. Jesus Christ the
righteous One has suffered in place of
guilty and lost man. God pleads with
you to thankfully accept Him as Saw
iour. God can be glorified and honored
in no greater way than for you to accept
His gift to the world. Think you that
the sacrifice of thanksgiving means
some great thing you can do for God;
some service you can perform for Him,
some goodness you can manifest in your
life? The only sacrifice you can make
that will be acceptable to God is the sac
rif1ce of your will that will give Christ
the possession Of your heart. The only
which will reach the ear
of God and be pleasing to Him is the
that has as its inspiration
and theme the crucified and risen Lord.
Gods promise is as sure as His judg-
ment. He says that he will shew His
salvation to the man who ordereth his
way Alright. In the days of the Roman
pO"Ol, WnSA the Sd6SdTS TulSu the |
world, it is said that all roads led to |
Rome. Sure it is that all roads that God |
calls right lead to Christ and salvation. |
He who walketh over the road of re- |
pentance and faith will be shown the |
glorious salvation of God in Christ |
esus. Forgetters. of God, your posi-
ton is perilous one. God pleads with |
you to consider your relations to Him.
7 is God Who is speaking 1t is not
mans message, but Gods message.
rhe opening verses of the Psalm de-
clare that ''the Mighty One, God, Je-
novah, hath spoken" "The Mighty One
hath spoken" There is authority and
power behind the spoken word-author-
ty to command, and power to execute
God hath spoken" The Maker of
Heaven and earth, the Creator of man,
he Ruler Of the universe hath talked
With mani Jehovah, the One Who
lolds peculiar and close spiritual rela-
ions with man, the One Who covenants
With man and Who keeps those COW
,nants inviolate, is the One Who hath
poken. If He Who speaks is all this,
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listen? THE Mighty One, God, Jeho-
-ah, hath spokeni" When Napoleon
poke it is said that his soldiers trem-
led before him. 1t meant something
or the fierce, all-conquering general to
peak. He must be heard. He must be
'beyed. And when God speaks how
much more it should be true that He
lust be heard and obeyed. Napoleon
as long since ceased to speak. His
ongue is silent. His power and author
ty are ended. But not so with God. He
Who spoke in thunder tones on Mount
inai, and made the children of Israel
ear and tremble before Him, is speak I
ng to-day. And think you that it is a J
ght thing that God should speak? I
I'll you nayi God must be heard! II
be ear is stopped and the heart hard
ned in this life so that appeal and warn
lg and blessed promise of salvation
re without effect, then, as the soul ap-
ears before God, it must hear Him speak [
judgment. The soul may turn from G
cd in this life, but it cannot escape Him t
the next. If 1t will not listen here. it I
lust do so in the hereafter. Listen, ye ,,
no would forget God: The Mighty =
ne, God, Jehovah, hath spoken" His =
essage is to you. Listen, oh, precious s
oul! Now consider this, We that forget G
cd, lest tear you in pieces, and there r
: none to deliver: Whose offereth the @