The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-03-01
WHOLE NO. 1850.

rnce1 How hsve men In all fTes ex
pressed themselves In literature a-d
/ philosophy Of this themel u itr rot per,
iectly certain that all the great writers oI
/ the world justify the prop0s tioa that
character tends 20 a hnal pcrmanenoe Of
| good or bad
Gentlemen. this universe up 10 the
edge Of the tomb IL not ia'.s. There
are In this lie serious differences be.
tween the right hand aud the lefI y !.
ertheleaa, IN our present carss q l.san
has but one chance. Even " you come
weighted into tt . world. a. Sindoad waa
with the Old Man Of the Morntain. you
have bat o..e chaace. Time does not hy
IN a circle. bot forth and right on. The
wandering. squandering. dcsiccated mog.
nj leper is gifted with no Grooad sst Of
Early years. Taere is no 70 itain In
Florida that gives perpetual youth. and
the universe might be - ched. proha.
bly,. il vain for . eh = sprinr Waste
your youth. you shall have but one
chance. Waste your middle life: yo1
shall have bat one chance Waste you-
old aEe, you shall have but o.4e chance
lt is an irreveraihle "a. Irrl Law Oh q
character attains 6nal permane1ce. anc
In the nature Of things hnal ps manence
can eou.e but onee This world u ferr.
fully and wonderfully made. and 90 IRE
We. and We shall escape neither oIrsslves
nos these stupendous laws IL is not 70
me pleasant thing 10 exhibit these
truths from the side Of terror; bul on
the other aide thee are the truths Of
bliss; for by this very lau through uhich
all character ends 20 vecoi..e uac .an :.
ing, a soul til q attains a hnai pe. ma.
s.N ~ - A.
and is delivered once for al fro n lie Tor.
tue and unrest I0reat app 1se II
has passed the bourn from bel nd which
no man is caught out Of the fold lie
who u the force behind all natural Law
is the keeper Of His sheep. and no one is
able TO pluck them out Of His hand.
Himself without varisbleneaa or shadow
OF turning. lie maintains the irreve. u.
bleness Of ell natural forces. one Of which
is the insuh~Fahly majestic law By which
Character tend. TO assume hnal perma.
nence, good as well a. bad
ErERxaL sIx.
4 Under irreversible natural lau.
there may be N the soul a permanent
loss Of the predominant desire 10 be
holy. Therefore.
Under iFrever-ih'c natu al Law there
may exist in the universe eternal ain.
u i- not my duty here. ., IL !. on the
Sabbaihs. To expos nd the Scrip res. bot
you will allow ne 10 say. gentle "a, that
eternal sin" y SC. ~ uFal ph .. AZ
ell these scholars know We mrst read IN
the 10Th vrfse Of the 81 chautsr Of Mark.
harHerfsmatos and not krisoos lie wao
-innrth against the Holy Ghost is in
danger Of "et~ nal ain"
proioundest expressions In the New Tea-
lament are tho-e watch are mott likely
TO arve been eorrrctly reported What
phraee on this t.isuie is y. no y der than
eternal sin 2 Dean Afford well savs
that ia is TO the critical tr~atuie. q of the
-acred text that w. Owe the ' star-tion
OF such important and deep reaching ex.
pr~s.ions ne this" Ltn . calls Ii "A
sironl and pregnant impressio
IL is not the best way IN which 10 teach
the truth Of future punishment 10 ~
ihat n man u punished forever and Tor.
ever Tor the sins Of that hands D. eaafh
of duration we call time. lf the soul
does not repent Of these with oontrition.
and not merely with attrition. the nature
of things forbids IL. peace. Bot the Bib
lie and the natural truth Il. that pro-
longed dissimilHrity Of feeling Of God
may end IN eternal sin. ~ there Il eter.
nal sin there will be eternal punishment
final psrmanrnce Of character, undes
the laws Of Judicial blindne.s and the
srltpropaRating power OF sin. o. the truth
emphasized by both Gods Word and His
works.
Under irreversible natural lev there
can - no blessednets without holiness.
Here ] leave yo' A., face 10 face with the
nature OF thinss. the authority which
iHEEled Socraies. Gods omnipoteace
cannot force blessednc.a on a soul that
has lost the predominant desire 10 be
holy. Omniscience can not make happy
q man who 10 - WHIT God hates and
hates what God loves. II you TALL into
predominant dissimilarity Of feeling with
God. % is out Of liis power TO give you
blessedness. Undoubtedly We are. Of all
men. most miserable unless With our dc.
.ivsrance from the guilt Of ain there
comes TO us also deliverancc from the
love Of a. Without holircsa therc can
be no bleaaedness. but taere can be no
holiness without predominant love Of
what God loves aud hate OF what God
hates We grow wrong; We allow our.
selves 10 crystalline In habits that imply
. loss Of a desire 10 be holy. aud. at last,
having made up our minds not 10 love
I,redominantly what God loves. hate what
Tie hates. We a.e amazed that we have
not blessedneas. But the universe ia not
imRzrd. The nature Of thinga ia bot an.
iihrr name Tor the Divine Mature God
~ould not be God N there could be hlem.
'edness without holiness [Applauss