Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-01-19
&eadiug fur the Sabbath.
CONDUCTED By
REV. ROBERT LATHAM.
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SAVED.

The Bible teaches us that all men are lost.
Experience and observation teach the same
thing. No doubt; many persons could be found
who really do not regard themselves as very
wicked, but it would be difficult matter to
find single individual who believes he is NOR
ally what he ought to be. We are so constitu-
ted that we cannot reason ourselves into the
belief that we are not sinners. Conscience
will not die. 1t Is Gods monitor in our souls.
We never can drive it entirely from it's seat.
In an unexpected moment, it will become
aroused and pierce the soul.
Such is the universal experience of all man.
kind, our observation corresponds with ourex'
perience. Now the question of Importance is,
What must we do to be saved from this lost
and sinful condition ? Shall we sit down and
reason ourselves into the belief that we are
mistaken That we are not lost That the
goadings of conscience are only bodily pains,
produced by arrangement of the animal
functions This we cannot do. Food will
satisfy the cravings of the appetite, gold will
purchase houses and lands, but gold will not
quiet a troubled soul.
"What must we do to be saved" is the ques-
tion which presses upon us. That we may be
saved, we must do several things. One single
sentence will answer the question, but short as
it is, it is very comprehensive. "Believe in
the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved y
This is the Bible answer to the question, but
what does it include
1t includes, among other things, belief in
the existence of one, and only one, Supreme
being. The voice of the multitude proclaims
81 believe this" Deists believe in the exist
ence of one and only one God, and so do lost
spirits and lost men. That we may be saved,
we must believe in the God of the Bible. We
must believe in his being and in his attributes
Our notions of the Supreme Being must be
clear and distinct-not vague and underlined.
1t is not meant that we must understand God
This is impossible. "Who can find out the
Almighty to perfection p Notwithstanding
| this, we must have clear and correct knowl
edge of God, as revealed to us in the Bible
The God that saves sinners is the God of the
Bible, not the God of our vain and foolish i'm
aginations. '-"s.-. --. -- 49, ...'
Another thing that we must do in order tc
be saved, is confess our sins and depart from
all iniquity. 1t is true that there is no pur'
chasing merit in either confessing our sins OF
departing from them; but God requires it and
we must obey. We are saved by faith, but il
we have faith, we will work the works Of
Righteousness.
Another thing that God requires of us, in
order to be saved is. that we take I'D our cross
and follow Jesus. The cross suggests so much
that we are unable to comprehend all. 1t sug'
gests suffering. Those who would be saved
must suffer for Jesus as well as believe in him.
The cross suggests shame. Those who would
be saved must follow Jesus through shame, il
they would reach glory.
We must follow Christ. We must do as he
did, think as he thought, and be like him in
that we so about doing good.