Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-06-19

AOoh DdCh ou my past HE see
nothing but one continued scene of wick
edness, and the sinful transgression Of the
just and holy law Of God. This law of
God requires that we should be holy, as
God himself is holy; for without holiness
no man shall see God. do not expect that
any person can be perfectly holy in this
lie; but we can be obedient to Christ
We must come to God through Christ; for
In him is all our suficiency; we are Moth
ing In and of ourselves, but all our ,suffi-
cheney is in Christ; therefore we must come
TO Christ, resting 10 him and relying on him
Tor all we need He is an all-sufficient
Savior. He has made full atonement for
every one that will come to him in right
manner, feeling their lost and undone con-
dition-renouncing the world and all its
Misunderstanding that they can do nothing
in and Of themselves to release them from
condemnation and the wrath of Justly
offended God-Ienouncing all dependence
on themselves and every other created be-
ing, and relying simply on the merits Of
Jesus Christ-throwing themselves fully,
freely, and unreservedly, into the arms of a.
bleeding, dying, risen Savior, who is ever
ready to receive all that come to him, with
a truly penitent, contrite, broken heart.
| Some>may say that God is merciful, and
that Christ died for sinners, and therefore
sinners will be saved. So they will if they
repent and forsake their sins, and turn to
God, eonfessing their sins, daily, and pray
ing God for Christ's sake to forgive their
sins. So they will, if they turn to God
with their whole hearts,-for thou shalt
love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all thy
mind; and thou shalt love thy neighbor as
myself. Love worketh no i'll to his neigh
lbor,-therefore love is the fulfilling Of the
Law. Christ is the end Of the Law for
righteousness to every one that believelh,-
therefore we must look to Christ to free US
from the Law, for he alone can free US from
the law OF sin and death. If we believe in
Christ we shall love him; and if we love
him we shall keep his commandments, and
his commandments are not grievous. Our
blessed Redeemer says, come unto me all
We that labor and are heavy laden and will
give you rest. Take my yoke upon you
and learn of me, for am meek and lowly
in heart, and we shall find rest unto your
souls. Now these are precious promises
, But in order to obtain these promises, we
must come to Christ believing that he is
= able and willing 10 perform all that he prom
Uses, and il we believe the Bible true-oi
which there is not doubt-we can no long
o err doubt his ability or willingness. Jus
= look at the miracles which Christ perform
g ed. Do not these prove his power, beyond
! doubt? And when or where did he eve
: refuse to heal the sick, raise the dead, cas-
h out devils, restore the blind, cause the lame
. to walk, or the deaf to hear? Did he re
: fuse to do any Of these things while he wa
i on earth? Or does he say anywhere in tn
= New Testament that he will not hear II
o. when we call to him, or that he will rejec
II any one that comes 10 him in faith? M
~ it is the reverse of this,-for Jesus said unit
: them, l am the bread of Life; he thai con
eth to me shall never hunger; and he tn;
believeth on me shall never thirst; all II;
the father giveth me shall come to me; an
him that cometh TO me will in no wis
= cast out. 1t is written in the prophets, the
shall all be taught of God. Every ma
:. therefore that hath heard and hath learnt
!. of the Father, cometh TO me. And furthe
:, more, Christ says, Verify, verify, say IN
- YOU, he tina. believeth on me hath everlas
ing life. And now we see by plain Scri
al ture, that all may be saved if they will b
~ come to Jesus Christ. There is none L
,or out. No not one. But we cannot be saw
ned in our sins,-for this would be no saIvatic
hor To be saved is to be freed from sin. The
;nr fore we must come to Christ, and with fl
assurance of faith in his merits, throw OF
M selves into his arms, which are alwa
!, extended to receive every one that "
, - come to him in faith,-for the merits
har Christ are such that if he asks the Fatl
= for anything it is instantly granted, the
~. fore we should have not the least hesitate
,ora in trusting our immortal souls on the me
of God, in Jesus Christ We must CO
ina TO him just as we are, and not wait TO
! - better preparation the longer we wait
worse off we are. To-day is the time
Now is the day of salvation Never Y