Connecticut western news., 1880-08-27
When man is born again he has forgive.

When man is born again he has forgive ress; he knows it. We need this witness of the spirit more in our churches How hearts 1 should leap with joy at the union with Christ. There are many people with whom we do not care to live, yet whom we hope to meet in
 heaven. You wonder however, how infialte grace can save them. But marvel of mar
 vels, Jesus cannot bear to stay out of such
 hearts. He wants to abide there till the
 kinks are all taken out, and they are present.
 able before God.
 | Jesus loves us so much that He is bound to
 make His investment productive. He can and will save man. l, and alone can des-
 troy my own soul. Satan cannot, angels can
 not, death cannot, for all is swallowed up in I victory. Jesus scans the universe and says,
 What more can do for you2-What more
 for my saints ?" New bodies shall be for
 them, new and better church, and we shall
 enter into His joy. Now we have the trick ling drops, then the boundless ocean of
 eternity.
 o that the eyes of every unbeliever
 here this afternoon might catch glimpse of
 Calvary, might get taste of the joy of our
 God, then would they know Him, who will
 freely give us all things"
 EVENING SERMON.
 The evening services are not much attend
 ed by those living outside of the encamp-
 ment but last night goodly number was ; gathered to listen to the sermon delivered by the Rev. James H. Lightbourn. His text
 was "The Precious Blood of Christ '"
 Why God redeemed man and passed by the fallen angels is ascribed by some theolo- gians to the sovereignty of God, and is
 thought to belong to the ''secret counsels si | hn &o hso Gods preference for man over the fallen an. !; gels is said to be arbitrary for which no req ! son can be given, and into which man has no
 right to inquire.
 If we examine the history of the fall and consider the consequences of that first trans , gression." we cannot fail to see strong reasons B why God redeemed man and left these faller . angels in their ruined condition. Angels fell of their own accord man fell through the in- tervention of these wicked angels. Angels dt l, not propagate their species and the conse quences of their rebellion are limited to them :. selves; man does propagate his species ant the consequences of his sin extended to al l his pesterity. Certainly these are importan reasons why God "passed by" these fallel
 angels and extended his clemency to man.
 My theme is the atonement, the redemp , ton of the world through the sacrifcial deatl D of Christ The word redemption is some F times used for simply redemption without an. a price or consideration being implied or ex
 pressed. The ordinary use of the verb Ut
 redeem however, is employed as signifyinI e deliverance from captivity by paying 8 prc e or ransom. The redemption of man ls rinva if riably connected with the blood or death c Christ as the redemption-price of mans sal = vation, We understand the teachings of tn b Scriptures to be that Christ died for us no l, consequentially but directly, and that tn e blood of Christ is necessary to mans salvatio Is is the separat,ng-line between orthodoxy an S heterodoxy. That which distinguished tn IS blood of Christ from all other blood is th ). atoning quality which it possesses
 d There are two views of the. atonemen d The penal, which teaches that the punishmer N incurred by Adam was inflicted on Chris
 The other is the governmental view whic l. distinguishes between vicarious suffering an h vicarious punishment, and denies that eithe ", guilt or punishment is transferable that it y not only unjust but impossible for God { re punish the innocent that if justice did inf1 ,e the punishment on Christ incurred by Adam r. then justice ought to be satisfied and nt ,. punish two parties for the same offense. " This great doctrine of the atonement of V n. carious suffering finds its confirmation and i q. lustration Tn the analysis of nature, and tl D. experience of man, n,-(Mr. Lightbourn gave
 number of examples and illustrations. Il has been objecte that our theology ha Be too much of blood, our hymnal is said to b
 saturated with blood. We grant that ou theology and hymnal like our redemption n rests upon the blood of Christ. ss