The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-03-15
Subject: .G&arists Agony and Ours.

frl'lt. The life that seems so near
the brink of deaths dark stream. the
heart that weakly beats the blood
that boils az fever heat. all seize upon
the remedies that cure, and health
and healing vigor rush through the
weak ened frame. In each case the
principle of life has been al work.
As With the natural. so with the
spiritual.
All, yes. beloved. sin is bondage.
death. disgrace. unproftable. Cod
illness IS great gain and il will surely
bring noutentment Sin is distance
from C I'd and there is no worse death
or hell. Jesus leads uss nearer
Heaven. and within Him is the most
life and the best. But sin is death
and the sooner the world finds IL ont
and We Christians really realize its
awfuluess the better for us and the
world.
This sin. however. is susceptible OF
defeat. Our lives may be freed from
its power and made victorious above
It's strength. The means are not
various. nor is the wav hard. There
Is but one means and one true and
happy way. That means and that
way Jesus has revealed Coming TO
Him for healing we may find ease
ment for orr souls. Trust in Him
will gain release from evil A whole
life spent in His service will reap
a rich reward. His is the only gos-
pel that contains the truth entire.
His is the one salvation that our
spirits need. His is the gift OF life
forever unto all who hear, believe
and live for Him. Being certain
that sin is death, we must preach to
men the way TO life through Jesus
Christ our Lord. The trouble with
much OF our testimony is that we are
a little shaky on our own founda-
tions and that too much of our testi-
mony is from the mouth ont and Ia
not yelling up from hearts that have
tasted of the joys of the Christ
blessed life Too Eauch OF our knowl-
edge OF spiritual truths comes TO us
at secondhand aud too little arises
from the deaths OF personal expert
ence. Our ideas must be cut clear
as to what is che state and the
future OF men WHO are continuing in
sin. We must feel that Jesus is the
need and the Savior OF other men, as
He has been the need and the Savior
or each OF us. We must get that
vision OF the would which shall make
us weep as did our Lord, which shall
make us say with Paul. Woe Ia me
II preach not the Gospel"
All, yes, beloved. we must. with
weeping hearts go forth to lead men
up to God. II sin is death and we
possess and bnow the way TO life
everlasting, W. must not rest until
we, too, have brought some brother
home to safety. | say we must.
cannot say we may. Our orders read
"go thou" no, won't you please 60. ="
Christ pleads with the sinner. but
His word is law. and SO IL should
be, 10 those eho are His.
Come with me into the busy street
pn any working-day, or to any gaudy
concert-hall on sunny Sabbath days.
and ! will show you why you should
weep and work. There they are!
4 heedlsss, unhearing, uncaring, bound
riors intent to make money or 70
rhile the lours away than to save
their immortal souls. Young and
ed. rsch AID poor. hardened sinners
and y'uths who are just entering the
road TO death-each of them, all of
tech, caring little. and thinking less
or the awfIlness Of their sin and the
ostcoEle o. their shame. Good men
who are wise in everything but their
conceptions OF their need of Christ.
PGre mes who will come to Jesus
IS so be s)me one will only put them
to the test. Leaders in the church
WHO profess the Christ, but who mis-.
represent Him. A weary, heavy
laden lost - and we can lift
the crrshing weight OF sin. Look at
them an1 consider. Is 1t any wonder
now tLst Jesus wept? All, beloved.
We ought to weep-weep like Jesus
because men are dying right before
our ey1e, within reach Of our hands;
wJep--geep unlike Jesus because we
arc unworthy servants of our Mas
tee, because We are recreant TO our
duty and our trust.
My friends, men who sin are
dtomei TO death except Christ enters
in the life and saves. To each OF us
the question of our God comes clear
and strong to-day as it came TO Isaiah
TIE l-fophet in the year that King
Uxzicn died, Whom shall / send and
wto aill go for US" Will you refuse
the Father or will you say with