The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1882-05-25
The Difference between the Sacri-
fee and Atonement.

world, which has produced snch
q chasm between holy aud right.
eous God, and his sinful creatures,
there cannot be presented subject
thai ought TO solicit the attention of
msnkind quicker. than the way OF
acceptance with God. This subject
ought 10 be well studied. well de.
fined, and founded upon the eternal
truth, so tint rebellious and sinful
man, NAV have a sure foundation oh
which his hope Of acceptance with
God may rest. (. !; VIZ, IN ~
The subject assigned me, BY YOU
nv brother, will lead. Us, 10 discuss
this very tonic. for,if wc with GER
tainty discover what will bot out our
,rau.prestions, snd cleanse us fiom
our sins, and reconcile us 10 God, we
have the ,anacea, the restorative, the
most important, Thing needed by man
in his fallen condition.
q The question what is the difference
between the sacrifice and the atone.
mcnt Of Christ, ia not a mere sparu,
laiivc, philosophical, and abstract
theme, but 10 che Of great importance:
the manufacturers to their respective
claims byithe theological writer's aud
commentators, las produced no little
ditcord among The proiesscd discip-
les of our blessed Lord. II has pro-
dured many eclisms and strifes.
Certainly il is the father of Faialism,
on one side, and Armenianifm ON the
other--while Universalism with its
broad wings comes forwardand over.
spreads item both, by criiicisihg their
Interpretation, and by Gliding them
for their unfairness aud one sidedness
in selecting only such passages as
.uit their respective theories. % fsi.
Hence, | feel the great responsible
ity andihe burden of the task before
me, especially as Ihavc 10 travel al
unbeaien path, path overgrown by
imany theories, seme of which are OF so
lcng standing that they are hard to
be uprootc,i and obli,erated from the
minds Of mcn, aid in view of this
iaci ] can consid,rthe subject q very
perplexirg ard troublesome ono,
hard 10 lie handled 10 mike it intelli-
gent 10 all that may hear. g 3'i }.sf
The Sacrifice and a.ontmrnt ore ia
closely interwovcn-iike the Sun and
his rnys-7tl.e one exists where the
otter IS That Il lakes much caution,
watchfulness,. discretion 10 handle u
properly, else we will get u entangicd
thatlt VIII lake the WISDOM OF lie
age 10 assignto each us proper pace
% IN the place OF falyation. .es9l3 II Il
'ai Butas Napoleon the first, permit
? ted not'the Alps to be in his way 10
execute his design nndto accomplish
" his Object, although barriers aud dis
eouragemei'ts were found in his way,
yet, lie sealed thtm, overriding all
obstacles until victory and success
crowned his efforts, ard lie became
: pattern for indomitAble courage aud
tuhfiiching perseverance to all rising
generations ;even go: VIII Try, with
The Ielp Of God TO plough the waves
-of The We oicsicai dlspnte and dive
z 'deap, into the troubled waters OF the
Z mysterious subject, peradvenipre
; s'nay;hhd The pearl, ana mus De en-
Ao'cu 70 eas. ~ my M'.e 70 nr.p !" s pa,
e , .s , ,,;.,;a qus III; Wiz no, Ia
'ope o.''u'" 'no iesou' wiz
III ne .hrst place ! WIZ search ior
Key mat may unlock inc pfoniem
rrhd'whilhef-siiaii ! go 10. ma lt!no'
otheVarious looks written on Inc
'atohsmeni'oiC Christ, Tor thoy are SC
diversified and unmatched, That Of
hrcefsi'y oach has, q keYof It's own
qibnt honcwlll unlock the secret oil The
question, but 1 VIII 80 10 Inc inialli'
Ole " ofds'oiaaod which the Apostle
taui. calls "iie eiu.or 70 BRING us &c
Christ" In the "A Chapter vers'
in'Heorew, ne informs US ibat"iht
law 'having'a shadow Or good thing
10 come lnat IS 10 say tpat I'M
ceremonial law giTcs US a'fepresenia
'tion Of something true anc substan
tial, alfhouglionly shadow, yei, W.
may hnd ~ II some gIimmerlng hgh'
whloh may direet US ~ . cnannei :
nsn wy ''uo o'a,.o"s," in ~ '"H ono '
a'hee gnu a'onei p ~; % o IN IN 'n'
2 p'sI olsa''auon' q. a.v ir Il, 2
io We baye seen before now photo
graphic, which we're SO well takcr
that wereeognizedt The persons repre-
sented by them at the very first sight
may we hot, likewise expect 70, cue
coed In finding the substance by tb'
picture which the Lord himself ha
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