The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-03-23

the people of the message which he came
to deliver on earth. There was no toning
down of language to make it fall gently
and without unnecessary rudeness on
ears polite. To Capernaum; his own
home; the city where he spent so much
of his time; where he found Matthew,
and Simon Peter, and Andrew; where he
worked so many miracles he said 1t
shall be more tolerable for the land of
Sodom in the day of judgment than for
thee" To Jerusalem, he said: Except
we repent, we shall all likewise perish"
and again "That the blood of all the
prophets, which was shed from the foun-
dation of the world, may be required of
this generation" To the Scribes and
Pharisees: "Ye serpents, we generation
of vipers, how can ye escape the damna-
ton of help" Speaking of the Judg-
ment Day, he declared that the angels
shall come forth, and sever the wicked
from among the just, and shall cast them
into the furnace of fire." "These shall
go away into everlasting punishment, out
the righteous into life eternal"
Paul, the tears streaming down his
furrowed cheeks, preached the same Cos
pei. eff any man love not the Lord
Jesus Christ let him be anathema." And
again: because they received not the
truth, that they might be saved. And
for this cause God shall send them strong
delusion, that they should believe lie
That they all might be damned who be-
lieved not the truth, but had pleasure in
righteousness. And so Peter: Re-
served unto fire against the day of iudg-
ment, and perdition of ungodly men. u
In Revelation the images are yet more
terrible" the fearful and unbelieving.
ard the abominable, and murderers, and
whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idola-
tiers, and all liars
II am pure" exclaimed Paul, from
the blood of all men. For l have not
stunned to declare unto you all the coun-
sci of God"
Christ and the Apostles did not stand
before the world in any deprecating atti-
tude. They stepped forth to declare to
that terrible generation, which witnessed
the destruction of Jerusalem and the
reign of Tiberius Caesar, that "the whole
world lieth in wickedness," and eff We
believe not that am He, we shall die in
your sins. y
What did Christ say to his disciples
L came not to send peace, but sword. -
Let the dead bury their dead" "In
the world ye shall have tribulation." I'll
they have prosecuted me, they will also
prosecute you" "If the world hate YOU,
we know that it hated me before it hated
you.
Now attempt to reconcile this sort OF
talk with free and-easy Christianity
with a temporising, hilarious, sleek, and
well-fed Christianity-with a round
dancing, pleasureseeking, fne-dressing,
fast-horse Christianity. With a selfish
Christianity rolling in luxury and wealth,
and suffering the heather to perish With
money-making Christianity, where one IS
main thoughts and energies are consumed
in the effort to get rich-his very chill
dren growing up far off from the kingdom
of God.
There is no union between these things.
People may deceive themselves; they
may require their preacher to preach
pleasant discourses to them; they may
fly for repose to more easy-going church
es; they will only practice deception
on themselves; when this ftful fever is
over, they will find that they have taken
great deal of trouble to get to Heaven,
but that they have not taken enough.
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THE Rev. EDWARD JUDsoN, son of the