, 1876-04-24

ths tmpntasson Of Adams nature goes 10 soula
that knsw nothing Of any auoh representation.
20 The commercial asonement Of the old
scsounueHa Of bo1.of. II Christ NM only a
moral mediator ioadiug man to tho Father BY
intotding tho character Of God, ard by Eostfng
msn an example. then these who found tho
onl! delight that Ono Who. camo 70 DO tho
mediator bnewocn man aud God. II Christ
cams 10 lead tho ainner to tbs Father, what =
Jog 10 Him to lnd In an Abraham or DAnlol
came to The ship.
"ssi1stiou bv faith"a Il Il no.hinE elso th.n
salvation BY faIthtu'nssa to God, tl.a salvation
tuecn Christ aud aod. Theirs il no competition
for aouiB In thKt Heavenly Trinity. To stand
1fmly by tho law aud petson Of God, As Daniel
did Ia babylon, and As 1bAlah did In = disaolute
period, ~ Pau! and John did in Tho Christian
centurs, to make tho Heavenly Fashor tho ohIot
end Of being. and 10 report David in tho oldon
eltno, or with Cowper In tbs u6dero time. all
the pfocfous ptoinlses Of HoAYen to SEQ thIu God
through darkness ~ did tho patriaschs III tho
tho terroSs OF naAttyrdon1 IA did tho prophet who
waasawn asuoder, and thu martyr who WAS atonsd,
this In tie faith that !ls tho Dible ~ilh itn hts
tory. aud that bhs for 900 years been a1ltng
buke thoss who bad hsliovdd 10 onlv tho Father,
not 10 condemn those who had uot perceived tho
Trinity, but to holp tho millions Of Garth TO lnd
th,t very Father Il ON whom Chriat cana; aud
to draw tho world Ill After Him, tt,a. God might
bs ali in alto svosy one. Tho fa,thsulncss which
bad cleaned ~ D star in tho old era, lie
~ Ish'd ehoutd assh Ike ,,,.' sqo H.
e1is.sd bstroen the Fs.hor aud the
Sou. The ilo"ors tha! VI oathed JehovaE's affairs
IN tho old e1a wcfo counted the satno As though
thoy w1oathed tho croah 10 the uoNer Jer.,salem.
Prayers bresthod to tho Cteator whore Job sat
ID ashcs, aud where Jude's daughters nept.
Were prayers Of tho sanlo faith that lay bnnealll
tho pe.itouh OF Craumor and Knox. lutood
after Christ HimseIfihaH said. "Aftor this rnan.
ner pray 70, Our Father who srs ID i1oavou." no
doubt need remain that salvation BY faith is 4
salvation through ldol,.y 10 God. Tho Rraoo Of
God aud the mediation OF Christ arc found in
tho fact that for Ghr.sts work and sake tho
heavens sro thrown opon 70 thosB who have a
dnsl love instead Of an ansolte rnr,sy.
lhls seetlla philosophy Of faith TINT nakea
t Indeed \ way OF salvation, In preBence OF
this grsat relation OF tho soul to God the Ro-
man traffic In Pardons aud lndulgoncea ,a SOON
at once ~ an imposition and blasphomv. In
thirty years after ChriAt, aud ot Haoakkuk Col,
years before Christ, 1nd thor harmony IN The
ono aontonce, "Thc just ehal llvo BY faith. |"
This yle ' not only gatheta up tho saints OF all
tho hund,oda Of opiUlons about tho nature OF
Chelst, aud asks Only that by Him tho heart aud
tho MUD ba drawn to the boson OF God. Chria:
ttanlty is made thus tho religion Of fathfulnesa
careful discrimination Of idoas, Horo,
too, . salvation by faith is joined
to salvation by morality. Tha faith
in a crocd or In d tow doRmks may 60 hand iu
hand With characters the Invest. especially When
faith .R sooo ~ Luthor SAW or expres sod it but
when faith ia great f&ithfdlnoss TO God. 1t III
only another na.no tor purify OF heart aud lifo.
llofo. too. IL philosophy Of faith lhat harmon
izos With the inllnite wisdom and just 90 OF God.
lIoavon IL not to bo ll'lod with thoso forced into
1t by dccroe, nor Is the world to bo peop!ed
consigned thero by IN eternal reprobntion, but
heaven is to bo tho home OF tlloao who, While
Lo,e, lived by tho faith 10 God, and oundumua.
slon Is to fall upon those who snt At dolAlco the
laws OF tho ueaY My Father. Salvation by filth
s the salvation of tho fnlth 1u ths last day
hrAyon will ring With tho beauty and justice ol
tho words, "Thou hast bcen faithful over . Tow
thugs, I will make Thea ruler over many thinga,
onsor thou into the JOY OF tho Lord"