Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-10-18

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with agony Of longing, turn my eye ;
calvary ard cry
Jesus, the sinners friend, TO thee,
Lost and undonc for aid fiee."
Here the whole of the hy mn was quoted
The law makes Calvary pract cal be.
cause rec ssary, and .Jeeus, Lord an,
Saviour instead OF the benevolent priuc,
of tragediaus and Instead OF the greeting
OF complaisant piaulits and floral tri
butt OF admiration, we humbly confess
with Thomas, nv Lord and my God, ant
cry with blind Bartimeus, Jesus, Thol
Bon of David, have mercy on mel Ant
forget the inher7nt virtue of humanity
and he moral dignity OF man while we
chant:
"Just as / am without one plea.n
Hymn, which was all recited.
Until By faith in his atoning merits VIZ
accept him as our sufficient and abiding
saviour aud he touches our hear with
new life and our lips with new song,
and we shout with joyous accents:
ooh, happy day, that fixed my choice,
oh Ihee my Saviour and my God"
| The whole hymn was quoted.
| Who shall lay anything to the charge
OF Gods elect, 1t 10 God that jus,ifieth
who is he that condemneth, etc.-Rom,
VIII, 1899.
2. The condition OF the promise.
The scriptures hath concluded all I'M
Ter elm, that tho promise by faith oil
jesus Christ might be given to them thai
believe.
The blessing is Conditioned upon faith
In Jesus.
1t is man and not God that puts salva-
tion at the end OF long series of i'm
proving processes. God puts 1t at the
beginning, with faith as rs condition,
upon Jesus as the object and Improve.
ment and moral development o. the
essential resultant of It. IL is not deliv-
GRANGE from the consequences, but from
ullt and sin. SO that, II any man be in
Christ, he is new creature, old things
have passed away, aud behold, all things
| are become new.
But to all this faith is the divinely and
natura ly imposed condition. Hence,
IL Is not secured as q result OF moral
character, social standing or intellectual
status, but on the,exercIse OF an universal
faculty. It'll not he that is he that
Knows or he that does, but he that be-
lieves In Jesus.
Did you ever discover the depths OF
coudi ion? Did you ever think that how
ever low the organism, or sensual the
mind, or Rroveling the character, or de.
plorable the ignorance, yet the capacity
| OF TAI h inheres 10 every man. Aye, even
he brdte is possessed Of it. 'Thc OF
knoweth his owner" believes he will
eed him); 1.-THE ass his masters crib"
believes there Is corn there). And to
this commonest of all and universal fac
ulty salvation imprlnges, conditioned only
upon Its exercise. An exerci precis ly
analogous to Its every day activities. And
to whomsovver, by whomsoever 1t IL
exel cised bnd Christ accepted comes, wi 10
shall describe II? What tongue portray
the transformation "rhere 10 10y in
Heaven over Que sinner that repenteth. I"
Ring all the bells of the glory world; let
the minute guns boom the triumph from
celestial parapets; let the blood washed
redeemed parade the city, displaying the
battle flags OF the cross; lot the angel
orchestra make the eternal arches reyer
berate with the Symphonies OF the skies.
An adoption Is made, prince Is inau. u
rated; a sinner saved takes his place on
The earth, "a king aud priest unto God"
''The scripture hath concluded all under
sin that the promise by faith of Jesus
Christ might be given to them that be-
lIeve,"
8. The terms of the blessing.
The divine blessings are free. In ma
ture there Is no bargaining for sunshine,
air or water. He gives enough of each
Tor all. So the promised salvation cannot
be secured by barter. 1t is not exchanged
for so much OF feeling, Of penance, or
penitence, or prayers. He gives it to
them that believe.
sinuer,it is not at this stage question
OF doing on your part, but of acceptance.
"But to him that worketh not but beliey-
eth on him that jusliaeth the uogodly,
his faith lie counted TO him for righteous
ness. "-Rom. IV:5.
dare to say that, so far from your cal
Walton being difficult, apart from your
self, the Father hath made 1t so plain and
brouyht 1t so near that It Ia impossible
for you TO be lost but by the most persis
tent rejection Of His son. "The word is
nigh thee, even In thy mouth and in thine
heart the word of faith which we preach"
Rom. X.
Whatever has been or may he your
course toward Him, God seeks thee to-
day, out on the mountains OF sin AMI
wastes Of folly, He socks for His lost
one, and long has He toiled In the search.
He never gives up o soul SO long IS in
the economy OF His grace there is one re-
source lett, or In His infinite ingenuity
one untried suggestion. God give up
SOUL The thought would darken His great
white throne with suspicion. God give up
a SOUL IL is not the loss of the soul that
gives the climax to such o suggestion,
but the fact that It takes the godlineRs
out Of God.
Though he is discarded OF thee, thou
art not rejected of Him. To-day He In
vites thine acceptance of HIS Son as thy
Saviour; to-day he protfers thee His
grace; to-day He tenders thee free and
full pardon OF all thy offence; to. dag He
offers thee sonship with Himself and
brotherhood with the Saviour.
But though 80 free, It is offered only on
this condition. Jesus says: ~ am the
way, the truth and the life; no man
cometh unto the Father but by Me-"
"Neither is there salvation In any other,
for there IL no other name under Heaven
given among men whereby we must be
saved" ale that bslieveth on Him is
not condemned"
"The scriptures hath concluded all
under sin. You are included. Shall
the object of this conclusion In your case
be secured; "that tie promise by faith in
Jesus Christ might be given to them that
believe" He, lie alone hath maize atone
ment for the sins of the world, complete
and sufficient to all eternity, and God is
satisfied with the Precipitation of His Sou.
So that you have not to bring additional
worth to be accepted. And this is true OF
every sinner, however great his guilt.
"Naught OF merit or or price
Remains to Justice due;
Jesus died and paid 1t all,
Yes, all tho debt owe.
afWben Tie from His lofty throne