Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-05-25
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SOTI,.SATJSFACTION.

However much men may disagree with re-
gard to the origin of evil, all are forced to &C.
knowledge that there is evil in the world.
All are the subjects of disappointments. All
are in search Of happiness, and no man ever
found it except in Jesus Christ. The wicked,
says the Bible, are like the troubled ocean,
which casts up mire and dirt. Such is. q
graphic description of all men out of Christ
Jesus. The bosom of every sinner heaves
with disappointment, like the ocean in
storm. Mire and dirt-moral filth and NOR
al pollution-are brought to the surface.
No earthly condition can make us happy.
No earthly condition can Danish cares from
the soul. The monarch, whose dominions
extend from sea to sea, has as little soul-satis-
faction as the beggar. The tables of the for
mer may groan beneath royal dainties, whilst
those of the latter may be covered with want
Neither is happy in soul; but both are mser-
able. No man, without an interest in Jesus
Christ, can say with truth, call is WE'LL"
Miserable as is the condition of things in
this siu-cursed world of ours, we may be COM
paratively happy here, and have well-founded
hopes of perfect happiness in another world
It is sin that impregnates every sweet with a
bitter, and plants and waters and cultivates
care and anxiety and disappointment and
fear in every breast. Remove sin, and all
sorrow and suffering are cast into the gull of
oblivion. The thorn and the thistle that
spring up spontaneously and grow luxuriant-
ly in the human heart, are plucked up by
the roots.
God, in his wondrous love, pities poor suf-
fering sinners, and in his matchless grace he
offers them Saviour to redeem them from
the guilt of sin, and promises to send his
Holy Spirit to cleanse them from the filth of
sin. So soon as thesinner accepts the Saviour,
his sins are pardoned. The guilt Of sin is re-
moved. He is no longer liable to punish
ment. Things assume new aspect. The
sinner himself becomes new creature, and
the world, without him, assumes new aspect.
God is no longer regarded as an austere ty-
rant, reaping where be has not sown, and gath
ering where he has not strewed but is re-
garded as kind and gracious God whose ten
der mercies are over all his works. His soul
is no longer tossed with anxious solicitude on
account of the condemnation which is in the
law of God; but it rests on the pardoning
love of God. The old man of sin begins to
die, and the man in Christ Jesus begins to
grow and flourish. He who was once blind
sinner, is made, by Gods holy spirit, seeing
saint. Every thing is new. He sees things
in a different light. A God of love and grace
reigns over him, and spirit of peace and JOY
and hope reigns within him. He loves God,
loves the law of God, loves the providence of
God, and rests upon the gracious promises of
God.
To the soul troubled by sin, God proclaims,
"a fountain is opened for sin and unclean-
ness" To the longing soul God says, "Ho!
every one that thirstetb; come ye to the wa
ters, and he that hath no money, come ye, buy,
and eat yea, come buy wine and milk with
out money and without price" "The spirit
and the bride say, come. And let him that
heareth them say, come. And let him that is
athirst, come. And whosoever will, let him
take of the waters of life freely!"