, 1879-02-10

history, nnl should he kept f'eforo the world.
ffe hal come Into thc world for sinners, lall
down Ills tsfn nni died for Them. lto lived for
others, and fJls life H,rl ,'catl, hnl been
entirely upscinah. tic had never used
ii,s power for Himself nor mani
festc1 Ilfs divinity; ftIa prayer In ihr
garlicn wns typical OF Ills unsclnshncss, for ifo
prayed that Ills encrI1ce might not he 5rts-
tratcd. His dcath WAS personh1 Eelf-sutren-
der, and His mtnlstcy ,,atl not been 10 angel.
but TO men, atnl tho ''many" referred to In
the text hail reference to si1f,crs whot lto dtet
TO save. Tile speaker then res,l from Humans,
WILL, 0al'atfanf. w.. Corinthians, H., and lle-
brcws. H., to chow that Ills death had tad dirrct
md sofo references to men, md lie contcn'ed fn
an cloGuent ssralp That II ,o tti,e epcakcr} bnsl
been thfs t,nlT sinner, md ait tile rcat Of thn
world had been followers Ut Hol, Christ wnuhl
hnvc DIED for him to il!uslrate tho prntositIon
That al humanity stood nt,i grew III al'c wlolo
wealth OF His lovc md sacrifices lust A. The tin.
the eun'a warmth.
Tie speaker next proceeded 10 consider the
death Of Christ no voluntary net, mud the atot-
Ing power of 1Iis blood. SONG cuntcntlcl that
they weEc responsible for tllcr slnr, n1,.f, want-
Ing 10 one to share tl!e responsibility, rejected
Christ: ant others That tle tnnoccnt death of
Christ was tnrIesteous. etc. TO ttrre pronosl-
ton the sneaker replied that Christ had not been
required to die, but had voluntarily faced tic
cross That VIC might i!Yc, )cnru thrrc was I'D MI
rishteou.ness IN !le tacrtilcc., iic illustrated
the racrfi'cc by telling story Of family hcing
pursueu by wolves, md when upon tho eve Of
being destroyed, md when all hope was gDnc.
!le servant gave himself tip to save his muster.
II the ecrvnnt ho't been thrust Into the pack of
wolves by the master, Il would have hecn unjust,
but the net WAS voluntary. as lla'l t,ccl Christ
sacrifice. It was on aer0unsut Ills fmtneas1trab'n
!ovo for us tlat lae drtl. IND 1t WIS yult,ntery,
l,craM.c 1t was In fiis powor to have avoided
hands but Ills lore that l,rll iitn Ill. ttcath
was not unty voluntary. but sncrftlca!, for He
died to exp1atc o,ir sins. Efrrs l1laf died In
answer to The lnsllcinl scntc,lce Of Tod TN ~
:han through tl,c blood Of Christ. This was
Ills teaching, nn,t It was everywhere taught ttat
there was no rontesfon Of ain without tho nlc,l~
ding Of bsoft. We wanted forgiveness of siu,
apart @ from from tic boot, of Of Ehrtst, md ,ho,u Vic
did not believe In, a "iloolv theology" wcrc
without hope, >Christ's death fulfilled the law
md Ind rcconcilell US unto Gosl: nnl 10 be sarel
VIC needed ihrce tl,iuEs-thr fnffl1lnlcnt Of tlm
reconciliation Of the hnt.an mind.
In conclusion, Mr.. Pcntct1st spoke Df tic
"ncw covenant /" ut the text nrcinr that OsH,-
dlcnee 10 God meant ll'r, md hi.nf,eslcnec
liz ate the apple. but bogal.e he trans.rcssc.l
tlle Law. According tU tn: covenant, which was
MI agFccnont, NO were lost. hut new corcf'ant
ol grace Ind hccn tnu'lc, not with us. hut With
hlm>etf-iit cnrenhnt 'Cf tlse text-hy which
VIZ might be aavnl. 11e l,atl dlr,l tur our si,s
anil been raIsctl t1p tur our justification, and VIZ
were all living tin.lcr one covenant OF hnotl,cr-
Ills grace ur law. II VIC held lint VIC were 1ly
rrnve It. or suflcr lie penalty of Violating that
law. hut Il was tlanKcrois To reject the new
covenant, for IL was not our fatth but Cl,tfrt
TINT sayc.l us, nttl lie was extending t!fs Ersce
divine mercy, lh.l blessed forgiveness, md 0ur
neeei,tas,ce 1T 1t would be our eternal salvation.