, 1876-11-13

m,9nstIons men and warnings. Said Samuel. "t3a
hold. tn obey fs better than sacrifice, and to
nearSsn . Than the fat Of rams.' Isaiah: "Thr
fs'sI, to, osEa. ...:" ." ' ts hl"nl r hn''wh* =
anl vii fu ynar Coli iios.n: Il i!!esire,.
merry ana mt sacrifice al,l The k,owicslgs uf
stol mose than burnt n!icrinvt." Amos: "t4ol
hntes your saer!flrrs unless Judgment down,
etrca,n." Micah: Wlerewith shaIl i come r' b.
ioro the Lort-what dns', The Lord require oi
the bat to 90 Justly and lore merry and wnlk
Of Gol fs a troubled spirit. broken aud so1-
tEftc heart" Tho Old Testament is fall Of INV.
ings that proyc TUG use'cssness Of sacrifice lnlcs
Il la attended With the proper state Ut the heart
Christ Is very evident. for II wo look nj Tho an.
fiilcc q Christ ~ The Lu,nh Of untl, we 1nd,
hrss, !le was an expiatory kaertt1re; lie maLe
expl9tlo't for our eli,a: He bore cur sns III Ills
our seli-lclcatory sacrifice, for who is.n costsr.
crate himself accettub!y to God but the Chris.
han through Jesus Christ; mud, thirdly, lie Ia
our sHeharstle sacrltlre, fur who eHu psaitc aa.
t!an. No Jcsns Is tho perfect fulfltu,ent VI
the type. All sucrl}ccs SIMPLY looked forward
70 Christ The remission Of sf, Is only through
the blood Of fesus Christ or through the bu,:1
faith In Him: Says bury: "ll!osc whogtaspel
the Ideas of sill. purdon aud scf-lcdicatIon sym.
boiizct In sacrifices were these who entered into
the blessing which the one trt1c sacrif1cc n1one
proc'srcd."., Had not Jesus Christ come 10 savo
einners, MI ot these Old Testament sacrifices
would have been merely superstition md q
ceremony.
Iiav!ni. seen, then, and confessed, that all ucn
arc stnnrTs and guilty brlorc Hud; having
s "s the @ r",ty " no means 81 w,eas sus
iis analogy In nature, III experience. and iu life;
nasing discovered that God's plan for the saliva.
tio', OF men ia q reasonable ono, because ot
mans need G{ 1Glt,rnrrf JNrInr Tint fkk
Olu Testament easrEticcs ioukrll fuFwar,! to
Chrtst !of their tisni!yanrct, it remains sImp!y
to cHafnlitc t!le New Testament texts rs proof
u the fact Of tic atoacMcnt.
Frat. Christ is ransom fcr mankind, "cvrn
As the son of man ca,,,t not to bu lninIstescd
4!s 4, llis it, rons2m m fof n'any." Ss.t; X, ~
sfsnify!ng thc price pail for The tnllvcra,.ce il
captive frntlI slavery ur drath. See aIkp Mark,
l., H. aud /: Illnothy. H., 10.
~, .>tcuhaf--Chrfst + "Is substitute: For ! de-
lircreu unto yQu first of all that whlcl, also re-
eeIvri, how that Christ tlfct for our sins ascorl.
iig t" tl,c S:riptures."-l. Cor, ~, j. The
.!galten,neo , q tiis passage is seen In the Greek
"Wto wns delivered for our ofrcnscs, and WIS
ratsc'l aenan for our Justification "-Rouaus w.,
q. Better translated "un account OF our
offensss" D." T. dia " with acc,,satiye)
4h;rt-ClIrfst died for sinners: See Romans,
81, 6-tf; Luke, xiii, 10.
Fin.rM-chrlss is d propitlaton: Sec John,
H., IL.
fJh-ChrIss CAUSE for US: Sec GAL, IT,,
10.
Strh-I}cass our sins: Isaiah, I'LL.
Sea*nM-ls matc SIN for lii: II. Cot, ", 81.
II. then. the prcacli'!g OF tho blood Is scrip.
tural mud reasonable, 1t IS cnnobllng, aud mill
ions have sung to The praise OF God for rclccn-
!nE them through the blood OF tle Lamb. When
A1r. 1lcrfurt1 says TINT leaving the Tabernacle
(wherc hearts are fndiug Christ daily and 90
ing out Into The open atrl Hike leaving the glasv
Of theatre for the gulct OF 4 summers day.
We cannot help contrasting bis feelings viii,
those Of the angels Of God, among whom our
Divine Sasior said there WIS rejoicing over one
sinner that repcnteth.
It would give us pleasure to sim up Mr..
Hcrforl's fallacics and absurlities, but We de-
slst. Let us all trust In no merit OF our own.
but in the blood of the Lamb to wash us IRON,
SIN. Since We cannot spdre from our hymnology
those grand old hymns, Il Rock of Agcsh
Just Us am, let US close with singing
There Is fountain Allied with blood
Drawn from 1mmanuel's veins,
And sinners plunged beneath the aood
Lose all thclf guilty stnns.