Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-09-10
THE GOSPEL PROVISION.

The rejection of Jesus Christ by any of the
human family, demonstrates, as nothing else
can do, the malice and obduracy Of the hu-
man heart. The Scriptures declare in un-
mistakable language, that Jesus came into
the world to save sinners. That all sinners
are not saved is not because of any defect in
the atonement mada by Jesus. There is moth
ing in the Bible that, even in the remotest de-
gree, intimates that the provisions of the gos-
pei are inadequate to save the world. On
the contrary, Jesus is called the Saviour of
the whole world. He was pointed out by his
forerunner as the Lamb of God which taketh
away the sin of the world. Not only does
he take away the sins of the world, but he is
the true light which lighteneth every man
that cometh into the world. 1t is no doubt
true that it will be found at last, that the
death of Jesus, which mainly constitutes the
atonement made by him, will profit large
number of the human family nothing In
fact, it will be the innocent occasion of inten.
styling their misery throughout an endless
eternity. Still this does not prove that Jesus
did not, in some sense, make an atonement
for all men, any more than because all things
are now marred by sin, proves that they never
we're "very good" Nor does the fact that
perhaps majority of our race will be lost,
prove that Christ died in vain, any more
than because sin abounds in the world, proves
that the world was made by God in vain
Every one, conversant with the Bible, knows
that God, in it, declares that he has provided
an atonement infinite in value.
But not only did Jesus make an atonement
for the world, but he also offers that atone
ment freely to every man. The lost cannot
say, Il am lost because, although an atone
ment was made for the world, it was not Of
fered to me-" The proclamation of the gos-
pel is in these words "Look unto me and
be ye saved, all the ends of the earth" ls
43: o. Nothing could be more freely Of
fered to any one than salvation is offered to
all men through Jesus Christ. Every sim
ner is offered salvation without price. If all
are not saved with an everlasting salvation,
it is not because of any defect in the plan of
salvation devised and executed by God. How
can the simmer escape the wrath Of God if ne
persistently reject the offers Of mercy, which
God, in his word and providence, is constant
ly making to him. Reason declares, and the
word of God plainly and forcibly teaches, that
there is no hope for the rejecter of the gospel.
True as it is that the gospel is offered to all,
and clear as it is that none who reject the
offer can be saved, still, perhaps, the majority
of all the inhabitants, even of Christian lands,
are gospel rejecters. What CONSERVATION will
seize upon the world when Jesus lays aside
the character of lamb and begins to show
himself the lion of the tribe of Judah The
ungodly and sinner will call upon the hills
and mountains to fall upon him and hide
him from the presence of Him whose gracious
offers of salvation he so contemptuously des-
pissed. Satan, the great deceiver of the ma
tions, will be seized with horror, and shrek
or remorse will be heard through all the cav
ern of the pit of perdition. Then the care
less and Indifferent will be careless and indif
ferent no more.
n6r We should accustom the mind to keep