The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-12-10

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to death in the black waters. They need
the vision OF the lost ship and the per-
ishing souls to make them forget ev-
erything else and send them out upon
their errand of mercy.
A ND the Christian needs the vision Of
N a world perishing in its sin to be
aroused to the work OF rescue. He needs
to turn his eyes from the direction OF
the shore where all is safe and secure.
and look out upon the engulfng waters
of sin, he needs to see the shipwrecked
souls tossing helplessly about and going
down to death; he needs to behold the
lowering clouds of Gods judgments
upon sin, to feel the fierce blasts Of His
wrath against all ungodliness. All, how
complacently we view life, the world and
the men and women in the world! We
have the narrow, limited human vision
of things. We blind the eye and steel
the heart against the true vision which
God gives us in His Word. God says:
"A world dead in trespasses and SINS"
We say: "A world so alive, and pro-
gressive, and good" God says: There
is none that doeth good, no not one"
"All have sinned and come short of the
glory of God" We say: What an ex-
cellent record man has written. How
proud God ought to be Of him." We view
human life with complacency and salts
faction. We look into the faces of ac-
quaintances, friends, loved ones, and
smile and talk, and forget that within.
oh, too often! there is the perishing
soul. We live for time; we wear the eye
glasses which the present fits to our
eyes and through which we see the world
in roseate hues; we forget that 1t is not
all of life to live or death to die. We
forget and are Indifferent while the
whole world is vast graveyard, with
perishing. lost souls masquerading in
the bright, attractive covering of the
human life. Oh for the vision that will
help us to see as God sees: A lost world
instead of the attractive world in which
so much of our thought and desire and
ambition are conferred! A sin-ruined
race, in spite of all the polish and veneer
which man can cunningly devise. But we
need a second vision. A vision not only
of the worlds need, but OF the worlds
Saviour. What Joy to the life saver
when he sees the sinking man and is
able to put forth the strong arm and
drag him in safety from the hungry
death-waters. What joy, what un-
speakable joy, comes to the Christian
whom God has placed as life saver
in the world, as he sees the perishing
soul and Is able to bring him safe to
the rock Christ Jesus. There is never
a case too hard for Jesus. Wait for
the vision of the Christ who is mighty
to save.
A ND this Is the fruitlon of the bur-
- den which comes with the double
vision of the worlds need, and the
worlds Saviour: First, the Christly
love which seeks. Second, the Christly
love which tells. Third, the Christly
love which wants to die Some bur-
dens crush, while others become step
ping stones to newer and better things.
to larger love, a deeper purpose, and
fuller conservation. The burden for
souls never leaves the heart bruised
and discouraged, nay, rather with it
comes the inflowing stream of Christ's
presence. With the burden for souls
there comes sense of the love which
could bring the Son of God all the way
from Glory to this sin-cursed earth
seeking lost man, which could make
Him tell the blessed Gospel story with
His matchless life, and which could
bring Him gladly to the cross and the
grave. We talk of the love of Christ.
We say that we want St. But we never
can know that love until the burden
for souls fills our hearts with the
yearning which will send us out into
the highways and the hedges seeking
the lost. We shall never know that
love fully until the burden for souls
fills our hearts with the message and
unlocks the lips that 1t may be given
forth. Nay, more, we can never know
that love in all its blessed fullness until
the burden for souls makes us cry out
to our God in our yearning, and long
to die If need be that souls may be
saved. Have you the love that seeks?
Have you the love that tells the glad
of salvation everywhere?
Have you the love that would die in
order that souls may be saved?
T HE burden for souls rested so
! heavily upon Paul's heart that he
had reached the superlative degree of
Christly love. He felt as though he
would gladly surrender his hope in
Christ II thereby his brethren might
be saved Death that there may be
life. 1t is the order established by
God. Except a corn of wheat fall
into the ground, it abideth alone, but
IL 1t die 1t bringeth forth much fruit"
This was the expression of Christ's
love for the world. A dying that there
might be life, sacrifice that there
might be a cleansing from sin. 1t is
the law which must govern the Chris
tian life IL 1t is to be fruitful for the
Master. The burden for souls must
lead down into the grave Of dead self.
We must be willing. yea anxious, to
die in order that out of the grave Of a
dead self may spring the fruitful