Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-05-18

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reward those who serve him, and be delights
in the happiness of all his creatures. These
are great inducements to serve God ; but to
serve Satan is to feed ON the wind.
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sTHE LAMB OF GOD."..John {: 90.
Gall Scripture is given by inspiration Of
God" The whole Bible is the word of God.
The men who wrote itmerely wrote and spoke
as they were moved by God. The same all-wise
and all.powerful Being who made the world,
and continues to govern it, guided, directed
and controlled the individuals who wrote the
several books of the Bible. They could say
no more than God allowed them to say. They
could writeno less than God commanded them
to write. God used their minds, their educa.
tion, as mere instruments by which to commu'
nicate his mind to the human family.
We are told that God wrote the ten COM
mandments with his own finger, He engraved
them upon stones, without using human in.
strumentality at all. Such was not the case
with the other portions of the Bible. Still,
all the Bible is as much the word of God as
the ten commandments. This being true, we
may infer that all the Bible is precious.
There is sense, however, in which some por-
tions of the Bible are more precious than 9TH
ers. This is not saying that imperfection at
taches to any part. The sun is, in one sense,
a more glorious body than the moon, but the
moon is perfect. The gospel according to
John, is perhaps the most precious portion of
the whole Bible, and it would be difficult to
find more precious verse than this: "3ehold
the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin
of the world" What can be more precious
Sin makes us miserable here, and fills US with
gloomy forebodings respecting the future.
Every human being groans beneath the bur-
den of sin. Not only so, but the whole crea-
ton groans on account of mans sin. The
beasts of the field, the fowls of the air, the
fish of the sea, and even the earth itself,
groans and sighs on account of sin. Sin fills
the world with sighs and groans. 1t causes
the earth to bring forth thorns and thistles
Sin makes the strong man weak, and wears
channels, with hot tears, in the cheeks of all
Adams race. Remove sin, and this world,
now cursed with curse, will become place
of pure delight
How can sin be removed? This is the
question which puzzled all the sages of an
tiquity, and it cannot be solved by the wise
men of modern times. Noquestion can be of
more momentous Importance What will re-
move that which destroys all things? What
will take away sin? Reason is silent, and
neither creation nor providence make any re-
Spouse. Reason serves as a guide in many
things, and both creation and providence teach
US many important truths, but alone they say
nothing about the taking away of sin. In
this short sentence the mystery is solved.
"The Lamb of God taketh away the sin of the
world" This is most precious fact. Jesus
Christ, the Lamb of God, does what no mere
creature can do, and grand and glorious
fact is made known to US in a few simple mon
osyllables.
Jesus Christ is called the Lamb of God,
because he was the sacrifice which God, from
all eternity, had provided for sin. He was
called lamb because he came into the world,
God manifest in the flesh, to offer up his own
body, a sacrifice to atone for the sin of the
world. He came to die, not for the Jews nor
for the Gentiles, but for both Jews and Cen
tiles. "John," says John Calvin, "uses the
word SIN in the singular number for any kind
of iniquity; as if he had said that every kind
of unrighteousness which alienates man from
God, is taken away by Christ. And when he
says the sin of the world he extends this
favor, indiscriminately, to the whole human
race" The blood of Jesus was shed for the
world and is sufficient to save all. 1t will,
however, be efficient only to those who believe
Hence, John says, "Bshod the Lamb Of God
that taketh away the sin of the world" Ac-
cept Christ and your sins can do you no harm.
The moment the sinner accepts Jesus Christ
as his Saviour, that moment God blots out all
his sin and blesses him with eternal life. If
every son and daughter Of Adam would &C.
cept the atonement made by Christ, all would
be saved but none will be saved except those
who believe Whosoever believeth shall be
saved, and whosoever beleveth not shall be
damned.
Why are any lost? Not because of any
defect in the atonement neither is it because
it is not offered to all, honestly and in good
faith, but because men will not come to
Christ.
MUTUAL ToLERATIoN.-The house will al
ways be we'll kept in turmoil where there is
no federation or lenity shown to each others
failings, no weak submission to injuries, no
soft answers to turn away wrath. If you lay
a single stick of wood in the CRATE, and apply
fire to it, it will 60 out; put on another stick
and they will burn; half dozen and you
will have an effective blaze. There are other
fires subject to the same condition. If one
member of family gets into passion and
is left alone, he will cool down and possibly
be ashamed and repent. But oppose temper
to temper, let one harsh answer follow anoth.
er, and there will soon be blaze which will
enwrap all in its burning heat.
pE The movement Of the soul along the
path of duty, under the influence Of holy love
l. I'D oon,t;tuto, phot wa nal1 unnd works