Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1860-02-10

Respectfully dedicated to the considera-
ton Of the Messenger and its readcrs.--
Messenger please copy:
"How seldom do / find men who have a
living Christ They have a New Testa-
NETT Christ, doctrinal Christ, better
Christ, Christ of sacrifice. But very few
have Christ that is fulfilling to them the
promise, Il will come unto you and make
my abode with you Very few ofyouha
Christ that is with you at midnight and at
MONDAY, at morning and evening; in temp
tation, in sin, in repentance; that is never
far off; that is present help in time Of
trouble; that is breathing the efulgonce of
the divine nature upon you to rescue you,
to cleanse you, to pardon you and to carry
YOU in the bosom of his providence, from
strength to strength, until you shall stand
in Zion before God.
Is not Christ kinder than the heavensY
Aud yet do not they open their bosom and
give US water TO drink, and shed down upon
us the light of the sun by day, and the
! light of the stars by night9 Is not Christ
better than the earth9 And yet out of its
bosom does il not yield us all things we
need for the nourishment of the bodyY Is
not God better than times and seasons, that
move ignorantly in vast circutsY and yet
do not times and seasons clotbe us, and
nourish us, and minister to usY Is the
great sentient One-the ever living, the
vast and ocean hearted God, tho Eternal
Jehovah,-is he less pitiful than the heav-
ems, tho sun, the stars, the earth or the seas
onsl Oh there is nothing but God in this
universe. All these other things are but
his feeble ministers and recipients in the
heavens and on the earth; in the growing
leaf, in the blossom, in all fruits, in the
streams, in the things that come to uson
every side from the vast treasure-houses of
nature, we have but so many means by
which God speaks to us, His voice comes
night and day saying to us, 'Ye arc mine
and I am yours Ny everlasting strength
is underneath you. Trust rue and lovsme,
and l will bear you up and you shall be
saved Now the thought of Christ and
this glory of his helpfulness, and this pow
er of his love, and this endlessness of his
grace, may save every man from doubt and
dependency; but tho momenta man think,
of himself he finds that he is going down
down, down.
The barometer sinks the moment mar
begins to think of himself and rises the
moment he begins to think of Christ; oul
hopo is in him, our help is in him, and oul
life is in him. In him is no variableness
or shadow of turning. In him is no doubt
and no fear, for perfect love casts out fear
and they that know how to forget them
selves, they that count themselves unworthy
sinners, and Christ to be a justifying Savior
have settled tho whole question in that one
act by which they say, Lost, undone, and
sinful though we are, Thou canst love a sin
ner save me because l am sinful. Take
me while SHINING, to save me from SHINING.
That ends it, and there is no more room fol
doubt" t."-Beecber'S Sermon, May 20, 1859
Will the Messenger inform US how long
a man must read such sentiments to make
him an in6del? And will he point ou
5 some of Henry Ward Beechcrs infdeIity
If he does not do it then there are thos
who may think he is not very careful wha
he says. "Honor to whom honor is due"