Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-12-16

$50 shal the Ioys the Future nous IN keeping
So shall vour hopes, which now are only sleeping,
Return with large increase"
The SUBSTANCE OF THE CTospEL.-What
banpv thing it is that the gospel comes into
so lille a compass. Often have | felt this
when visiting the sick and the diving. When
have fnnnd the mind incanable of vigorous
EXPANSIVE. or continuous thought. how thank
FIJI have I been that the qosnel is so short and
80 simDle that the elementary truth which
pives peaee TO the conscience and hone TO the
heart. can be stated IN so few words There
il Divine wisdom and Divine kindness in
this There are short sentenced which con-
tain essentially all that sinner needs to
know. to give him sense of pardon and con-
6dence towards God: I" The wages of sin is
death; but the Gift of God is eternal life.
tbropob Jesus Christ our Lord. . "This il a
aithfnl SAVING and worthy Of oll accentat;on
that Christ Jesus came into the world to save
sinners. and even fhe chief" This is the
record. that God hath piyen to ms eternal life:
and this life is in his SON. He that hath the
Son hath life he that hath not the Son of
God hath not life" These. and others Of a I
like description. are nrecious sentences They
arc What tbe t.dvin5 man of God y Or. Mai
So emnbatically denominuted the core. the
very core. of the rospel.
Connected It'll this. is the striking fact.
that. in the l.,.,r which is sure and eo,amon
To all-the hour. of which natures last con-
| aiet and most pressing exioency-the hour
when the mind Is shut M to one point and
that noint neaee with (Sod and hone for eter- s
nitvLthat in that hour. al minds come to be SO
pery much o., n lepel. in regard to what imparts
their confidence. 1t is the same truth. in all
| liz SIMPLICITY that oives If tn the greatest az
well as 70 the least. and TO the least as well as
10 tbe greatest II il most instructive and M s
terestiSo 70 see how minds of the harvest orasn
| and miSbt;est ROVER when thev come to this
hour IF trial and Of final decision ,yhe,, nassa
inc through tllun,allep of the shadow Of death.
| apticipattng eternity. and conflicting. single
/ handed with the last enemy have reconrse tn
tbe same simple elements Of Divine trutb.
that are the springs of peace to the yery weak.
est of the ,.babes in Christ
I have been struck with this in the bioora-
| nhies of some of the n,ost distinguished Of onr
modern diyines. Look to the terms in which
| thev exnress tbe oropnd of their everlasting
homes. Although from nrevionslv knowin9
the character IF their minds Won of courss
conceive thoughts Of higher order associated
with those terms, ana although at tunes there
may be coruscatlons OF orlllant sentiment !
emltted, that indicate the uhdying Ignt WIN
IN, yet substantially they are the very same IN
Wmch " poor Joseph expressed the ground
OF ms +" IL IS a lalthIuI saying ana worthy
Oh ail accePVatloh' ehaS Ohrist Jesus came into
the worid TO save sinners ana why not 10
seph' what dying SINNER can say mores
mean not tnat the MINDS are equal-tnat were
loHy; out that, as tne greatest ana the least
stand on the ground OF condemnation they
must stand also on the same ground OF accept
ance; SO that ne who has traversed the whole
round OF theoio5lcal learning mas explored
lt9 DEPTHS ana scaled It's heights mas argued
win metaphysical acumen, and Illustrated
win natchless eloquence al It's points mas
READ ana mas written volumes upon volumes,
when he comes to the test OF dying hour, is
smut up to all rhe simplicity OF the 3" faithful
saying. 1hls is Whathe needs, equally with
the least; and TINS Is what the least. equally
like snbm;ss;yeness with which master minds
in Tsroel heve avorcbad +ba;r raiianca on the
most r,dimaptal elements of tbe ty,,tb 4
among The MARKS of lie d;vinitv II shows
that. in the one noint Of need. in which all are
alike and which. in all cases equally. the uos-
mel is tntended to meet the adantation Of the
means 70 the end is nerfect- DR. Wardln,e.
CHRISTIAN FREEDOM. We have read of
certain sects, which have denounced, lndIs-
criminately, all sports and relaxatlons be-
cause these, II allowed, will be carried to ex-
cess; and OF others, which have prescribed by :
laws the plainest, coarsest dress, because or
nament, il in any measure tolerated, would
certainly grow up into extravaganza and vani-
ty. And is this degrading legislation never to
end Are men never to be trusted to them
selves Is it Gods method to hem them IN
leave nothing 10 individual discretion Does
Providence withhold every nriyilege which
NAV he abnseds Does Christianity enioin an
exact nnvarvino ronnd Of service. because