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the necessity OF that exiBtcuco sud TO the des1re
to know something OF the character Of tnat be-
ing. He is the only Being that can reVen1 70 us
what He ls. .....
who loved the world, and that III, the people OF
world. He ia revealed as Being whose prlnol-
pal attribute il love. He lover the world in an
intense degree, 30 that He sends His "only oe-
gotten Son, " unsolicited to do an lmporsans ser-
vice to the people Of the world.
It is there announced that the human beings
who, in tho aggregate, are denomtnateo sue
world are in a perilous condition. 10, they
arc liable to perch. Our nature hare responds,
as it does to the existence Of q God, that We are
indeed in q dangerous condition As We hare
clearer perception of God IS 8 Divine Being enl-
bodying the sentiment OF love, re realize our
unEtuess for q life IN sympatby and partnership
With Him.
OF this life, because it is called everlasting
life" Here our nature responds to the truth OF
the fact, from our intuition and craving Tor
something boyond this present life. We feel
that ne have the elements OF immortality "l'hn
Us. ...-. -.-.,
The text teaches By Inference that our peril is
in pe1ishing OF being dead to that everlasting
life or Immortality.
Then comes the ASSURANCE that there IS REM
edy aud mankind can be saved from thus per-
isLiur. And With the ASSURANCE there is tile an
not1uceueut that the remedy III devised IN God 8
love for mankind, and that He has given His
Son, in the plentitudo OF His Loving Kind
neee. to save men from this Last and perlsning
condition. -
If the condition is such as to call out such
demonstration from the Divine Being, then it
must be not only perlous one to man, but one
Of terrible consequences.
The means OF deliverance are simply and
clearly pointed out Believing on this only Boz
gotten Son of God. It must be belief that He
Is able aud will do it. 1t .s d very simple meth-
3D. It is a sincere belief; 1t is an unconditional
belief. 1t is to 60 with the soul, the only por-
| ton We eau carry with Us beyond this lie, 70
this Son, trusting to ths PROMISE anu He VIII
save us.
Tho promise il vithout limit. whoever be-
| lieyeth on Him should not perish" so that none
may feel that they are debarred tbs greas BEES
ing. ......,
be belief,-belef that the Son will saye; for
| without tnrt belief none Of the world Wlll have
that everlasting life- This belief has its par
| alIol in many other conditions and experiences
of life. It is called faith. A person must have
conviction that he is in lost state; as the lost
traveller on tho prairie becomes convinced that ne
| has lost his way, and does not know which way
to turn, or whera to SO to lind his home tncn
he must have faith and follow tho direction Of
the "one who ia able" and says, !" Folo1 me
or 70 where tell you" Tho person must have
| belief iu this Sou who is the Savior, as he has
belief aud faith in his physician; ho must aens
for him OF call upon him, or the physician w
not come, An0 no CAL def1ft no poao4Ae Ao1'' AL
healing art.
These we have endeayored to set forth as tn
simple statements OF the important revelation
| made in the taxi. 1t is we'll now to 60 back aoc
| read the text aud tho outline az ]ust Eiatet
| above. The facts arc set forth, as all truti
should be, in the simplest form. They are no
lncumbered with technicahties, nor bound up Il
theoloclcal formulas, nor clothed III the Ian
cuage OF can't 1t should be received Tor Jus
What the simple statement means, just as NJ
receive telegraphic dispatch or . letter from
dear friend. Tho whole process OF reception !
ono OF sincarity and earncstuess. the reader
exhorted to ba only true to himself, aud des
NTH his own soul MS he would nave friend det
with h.m. It is very Important facs, nc ar
, nounced to him personally, that tor tAo III
,, everlasting you. reader, ara in perlsh'nG col
,, dit,en believing on the "only begotten Son ,
God" who is Jesus, is the only aol1yerans N
from that lost state, and only ~ thas way ca
yor ha1o that Immortality Of existence. hey'
was there before communicated to you mo-
: iruportant fact.