St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-06

! glory his father had given him. In the bit
ter agony of Gethsemane, when flesh and
! heart failed him, to God he looked for help,
and ''there appeared an angel from heaven,
! strengthening him. says Luke. Paul wrote
| to the Corinthians concerning the time when
all sin and death should be destroyed, "And
when all things shall be subdued unto him,
then shall the Son also himself be subject
unto him that put all things under him,
that God may be all in ALL"
That the three persons ''that bear record
in heaven" the Father, the Word, and the
Holy Ghost, are one the Bible declares, but
not that they are equal. Not once in the
Scriptures is there even an intimation that
God was sent on any mission, or that he was
guided by any will but his own. Christ said,
''my meat is to do the will of him that sent
me. " and when he prayed for his disciples
he said, 81 have finished the work thou gay
est me to do" The question whether Christ
was the eternal son of God, or the son of
the eternal. God, has caused divisions among
Christians, persecution and torture, when in
fact it forms only side issue to the great
question: ''What shall 1 do to inherit eter-
nal life?"
Christ's power may be equal or inferior to
Omnipotence, but what sinners wantto know
is can he save unto the uttermostl That he is
the only Mediator to reconcile mankind to
God, the only Savior to redeem men from
death all Scripture declares. ''There is none
other name under heaven given among men
whereby we must be saved" "This is the
record, that God hath given to us eternal
life; and this life is in his Son. He that hath
the Son, hath life; and he that hath not the
Son of God. hath not life" II am the
the door, 'He that believeth on me hath
everlasting life"
If Christ is indeed the Savior, is it not
amazing that mankind should trouble them
selves about his position in the GLORIOUS
Trinity" to the exclusion of all efforts to Sc
cure his services as their mediator and Savior!
AS if d man condemned to death should cavil
and object to any one who offered him free
pardon.
But, do not understand the doctrine of
a vicarious atonement, or how by the death
of one man, even the Son of God, salvation
could be possible is often objected. The
plan of vicarious atonement was the plan OF
an Omniscent God, and the question that
was unanswered in the time of Job remains
so to the present day. Can man by search
ing find out God? Besides, can any one tell
Us of better way out of our unfortunate
condition. We are lost. Is there any other
Savior? God is angry with us. Is there any
other "daysman betwixt us, that he might lay
his hand upon US boths"
Jesus Christ has this pre-eminence, that
he is the Savior God provided; his creden-
tals bear the seal of Jehovah. ''This is my
beloved son, hear him. If we say in our
hearts "there is no God'' the question of a
Redeemer can have no interest for us; this
life is all we have. But to believers in the
resurrection of the body and the life ever
lasting the work and life of Christ have
vital importance.
This week is hallowed in the annals Of the
church as the yearly commemoration of the
passion and death of the Savior of the world !;
and it is surely fitting time to review that
work and life which ended on the cross.
In reviewing the eventful life of Christ,
how he healed the sick, raised the dead, and
cast out devils, we seldom think of his
inner life; of what he thought or felt His
disciples tells us how he blessed little child
rem, and how he wept for his dead friend,
but how little we know of the heart of Jesus.
Was he never homesick for his fathers
house? Did he never hunger for the sweet
and holy companionship of heaven? Did he
Seek to reassure and strengthen his heart
when he cried: ''TLou lowest
me before the foundation of
the world.' What love and tenderness he
manifested for his disciples, and how he
tried to comfort and strengthen them for the
dark days coming 'Swhen they should be re-
viled and prosecuted" 81 will pray the
Father and he shall give you another com
forter, that he may abide with you forever"
81 90 to prepare place for you" 81 will
come again and receive you unto myself,
that where I am there We may be Also"
OF the last supreme hour when nature
shuddered and yelled herself in darkness at
the death of her Creator, when the most pitt
full cry ever heard on earth, ''My
God. my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"
went up to heaven, the finite mind can have
no conception, nor shall we know the mean
ing of the prophecy ''the chastisement of
our peace was upon him; and with his stripes
we are healed until this mortal shall put on
Immortality. Then
''Christ and his love shall be thy blessed all
Foreyermore
Christ and his light shall shine on all thy ways
Forevermore!
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Forevermore!