Telegram-herald., 1886-07-19

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trusting F.-e aFe r1sl aaee sae
.aa seateu- F-ta t.s laae - a4-t
caEe l.rfa-r -s8 tr themselves ODD
sea.s .- eallasial aI rsnzues 80 sa CO.
saee ae sasHir.als liL4-ln of
ll-l -s4l.sr BIS uakef
1sl tr.a -flN sLaas astr-F Tie seees
a-spl- na4 rae nations Tie covenants
sl.L theI lie gives tLeal rsFe.a alton
fie promises iTer-sl Blessings tarul-l
.lrla lie renFers them fr-m oolaa-e-
He sfe- tlem land heEing sl1 mLk
an4 houeF cr0Elllg flelf lives s ltl i4flrz
kindness anl tender uefcies Wonderful.
lurlt4e.r. uloll.fisa sahir lat.alc ialg saI-
fsrius aud .oFe Aud eltl shat resliu
>lel aDomir.4iIlls iu l1ala-rst s4cn nilf-
leIs and abuses " tAe prophets aus aise
uta s-nt r1 lnem of Osad tneg committed
-n4t Jehovah seeIus compelled to hold them
sespauslble for che inqaigy Cd tne world.
crl ing ouL pom yol shall cone all the
righteous blood shed upon The earth. froln
th~ blood ~ righteous Anel uut0 the blood
10 Larnarias SOD ot BaraChla- whom sc
sles beGseeu t8e temple and The altar.
Nay more than tLis. these people. la their
madness CTS BACK against their Lord, Cruz
cilY hlm. 'cruuy hlm. and. deiy.nR
the very vengeance of heaven, stDl cry,
His blood be upou Us aad upon our chill
more eIieclualig marked than this people
against whom the world has arisen % drive
them from every cline, and Who, scattered
alloser the earth stand out under every sun,
0u one hand the marvellous monument ot
human ingrautude and presumpnOn. and
on the other, OF divine mercy and ven
geance.
DO you ask, how may we account for this
peryerse mind aud adamantine heart IA
90 -. fsfFnf t4sl
can speak al all OF the reason of irrallon-
aiitr, -.
First Not because men are uncon-
sciOus OF their actions Within
every human breast-whet that Of
the civilized or barbarian one, of the phil
os0pher or sayage-is something contin-
uaily accusing or eXcusing deal even IN
ought or ought not of life. IL Is the
inward yicegerens of God laying down law
to the soul, saying in regard 20 virtue, DO
IL and vice. "Shun lt This thing We
call conscience tells man that be is wrong
Ia the face of It's warnings and pleadings he
goes on 10 destruction
SecJnd-lt is not because the wicked
imagine thar their sins are not known TO
God OF that His law Is TOO weak 10 punish
them IF our hearts condemn rs, God -
greater than our hearts and knoweth all
I things This Is a tenet even Ot natural re-
ligion Hence the offerings among heather
OF beast and human victims till the ground
beneath the affairs becomes red and mellow
with blood. Henre the cry Of scoiier AMI
inhdel in Him: Danger and death. They
I know the almightiness of Jehovah God.
Thirt-It Is often because of the idea
/ especially i; the life has been moral one
I that God somehow will overlook the Ofense
\ We may hatter ourselves that our sins are
/ not as great as others; and that the mercy
i of God may let them pass his severe ludg-
ment But this IS a charge of weakness
/ This is eXtOiling the divine grace at the
expense of divine justice. IL Is making God
| imperfect, which Is tantamount 10 ignoring
| His being. IL is an error Of ignorance
! Some sin NAV be more enOT-
| nous than others-we grant this
| bat there is no such thing as gulltless Oi
| non-cOndemning sin. Every offense is
marked with an infnity of guilt. If We
break the last commandment, are We not
gully OF breaking the whole. | break the
last link in a chain. Do | not break the
chain in two. The law is like our
person Ii has many members, bu
il is one whOle-a unit 1t matters not wha
member is injured all is afiected-the integ
rity, the completeness has been marred
O, let Us learn this sin-the thing sin-evor
in its smallest in its inhnitesimal degree
is infinitely and eternaly offensive 10 God
He cannot look upon it the Word as
sures."
But the most common reason for man
action il there is no reasoning about It.
Deny il as we may. mans nature Is sinful
Unpalatabe as the doctrine is, nevertheless
il is true that we are as prone TO do evil a,
the waters are To flow 10 the sea and the lr'
70 ascend 10 its parent sun. Unless there
be some prevention our course Is inevitably
downward.
We come finally to the third aud las
point of our text: the inference The sen
tence is not speedily executed" Here j
the implication that "Tbe SenteRcc aUW b
s,srelg executed" The mills of the god
grind slow. but thev grind sure, is but
pagan paraphrase of the christian teaching
BE not deceived &c" This position
of the Bible is not arbitrary. but logical. |
i based on two great facts thatinhere in tn
nature Of things. o. Gods veracity; r
the necessity of the case. View for mo
ment each of these propositions.
say, First, Tue veracity Of God is in
volved in the execution sooner or later. HI
President of our country may veto bill AM
the Senate pass il over hi, veto. A judg
NAV pronounce penalty ana that penalt.
be never carried out. But not 50 In yOnde
court The declaration of a penalty
equivalent 70 its execution. No emergenc
can arise which can possibly change the de
CisiOn while the grounds upon which II /
based continue. The law must be satisfied
the honor Of God must be vindicated. IN
penalty must be visited. The edict /. irrey
Ocsbe
Now-"grest is the mystery of godliness
"a substitute has been offered by JehOval
"A way of escape has been planned
whereby none OF these conditions nee
be violated. which. from its exceeding ex
cellency. is called both the wisdom an
power of God But this rejected, ther
can be no hope of salvation. Even tn
gospel. which IS the very embodiment q
mercy and love, il plain in the declaration
that He that believeth shall not be con
demned" Either this is true or Jehovah
words is false There can be no middl
ground
Further. Second-There is a divine neces
srv that the sentence De executed. tn
perpetual commission Of sin Wit impunit
would be inconsistent with the sovereignt
Of God SIN is growing and powerfr
evil IL began, probably, with thought z
pride. aud how like wild-hre 10 has spreal
It marred the pesce Of heaven, it has cos
erred the earth with woe ii has peopled be
with f0rmen'ed spirits Two worlds bag
already been damaged and a fhiri created
without satisfaction 70 the demon of Su Wh
ra0 feli what fhe consequence would be
its unresfrsinel and unpuuished caree'
That fha enarnitr should NOT become fQ
mrnstrous deafh las been instituted
carry 0f che children ri men Aountaif
and seas End nstursi AMI political animu
rites separate uBn from man fha' they ma
mas ae blended info a common mass
corruption ani raneiiien-
New a tais state ~ .hirgs lf huma