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its bachbitinge, nothing OF its slander, nothing
| in auv way defective, it you have ever been
! taught by this Jesus, il you have ever heard
| Him. His words are:
ye have not so learned Christ; II 40 b that ha .e
heard Him aud have been taught cy Him as tho truth
ps the truth lies in that great divine domain.
| There is the truth Of God IN al ITS perfection
| From Jesus Christ, from His teachings: from
! His Ufo. our books draw the definition Of God,
| tbat Ho il loye.-He is spiri. everywhere pres-
ont Then comes the truth Of worship, as havo
said,-the truth OF duty,-the great truth OF re-
1igion, and the truth OIL peniteuco CO Pa1o 1or ELL
for Ho has said:
Blessed arc the poor in heart. Repent ye;
That great truth, one OF tho greatest in s1l hu-
man lsfe. that he that sins must repent, must
confess ls sins, must. III the bitterness OF his
soul, shed tears,-that ia part Of the great truth
in Jesus Christ.
Aud we must ali feel deeply tho punishment
for sin. Justice is branch of this great truth
as it lies in this perfect Oae add He not warn
tho human race against its sins Did He not
sneak plainly of punishment here and hereafter?
ish1nent for sin-s plainly seen in this domain OF
Jesus Christ. 1t is part Of the great truth as
it is III the Savior. Human folly comes in when
you attempt to describe the nature Of this pun
ishnent or the place and to pick out tho persons
who ahall endure them. But the great. general
faot that sin will be punished, that it shall not
be tho same with the righteous and
the wicked, either hero or hereafter
this is n part Of the truth az it
is in this Divine One, this Jesus. And Oh,
in this realm Oh, that is the great truth in
Jesus Christ! Other ages have discovered the
wrath Of God; the whole hoathen world ha-
xritlod and groaned under the wrath OF God;
men have distorted themselves, swung on hooks,
gone without f.,od. burned themselves with fire;
lave walked upon hot Goals, and cut of their
limbs, that they might appeaso tho bloodthirsu-
nees Of their God-that they might satisfy HIS
wrath in this world without gong to perdition
God Of vengeance: they have done all they
they were here.
But tho truth in Jeans Christ is new;
He reveals tho great Father. Men per-
fsive 4 tn the ca1ao Infinite loys ,n aud Ne 20 t to
Of Us wonld thiEk Of seeking any unhappi-
mesa CT any pain that he might please God. The
happier the true Christian is the moro he thanks
ana blesses his great Father in heaven.
Another truth iu Jesus is the truth Of spfritu-
atty Oh, what an advocate OF the soul was He
He was the exponent Of tho Eoul He came to
earth in the name of the spirit. And hence He
sought no property. because He came in tho uame
Of the soul. He sought no house, no lands; He
sought no fine clothing, because he came in the
name Of the immortal spirit OF man. And the
spirit is Bimplo-the great soul of man meeting
IN the image OF God; it does not love tine furni-
ture, nor fine clothing; these are tho accidents
Of time. Jesus Christ came in the name of the
spiritual part Of man. He sought no temporary
honors, because tue applause OF the crowd is not
something the great divine soul seeks it is
something TINT man seeAs in his weakness, in his
temporary sojunrn here. Oh, what spirituality
hnnCs around this Christ as the atmosphere Of
His life! Tho truth us it is in Jesus you can
thus analvze for yourselves Trace it out, and
wherever you do 80 you will tind it to be the
highest truth, the most perpetual truth, the
most spiritual truth and every part Of that truth
pointing to immortality il pointing not to God
What does religion mean but immortality?
What does worship mean but great temple on
high where nil the worshipperB OF
earth shall be gathered d.. What does
repentance mean except the souls
becoming pure ut last in the presence Of God?
What does the cross mean except that sins are
to be wished nway, and souls to be fitted for
the great life lere aud life hereafter. Thus all
the utterauces OF this groat truth as it is in
esus would seem to lead out of this labyrinth
Of earth into the great open field OF God.
I would not nndcrrate any OF the other truths
Of life. Every truth OF the law, for instance,
Leaches the principles of justice, laws great
foundations OF education in the heart. strength
ans the u,iud, develops all the faculties; hence
it il valuable, aud becomes after awhile q part
Of the soul. So tho truths Of science, tho
and help to nlorn the soul and puri-
fy and strengthen it. But all these
systems Of truth run in one direction; they are
ali destined, at last, to empty into the great
open infinite truth it is In Jesus Christ, the
great, broad sea Of spirituality, OF full duty to
yourself. to your neiGhoor. to your God; OF love
to God and man, Of life eternal and blessed.