Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-01
religion of Jesus Christ is a religion o:

religion of Jesus Christ is a religion OF
reason.
No man loves what be pisases, but
what he can. There is no such thing as
man loves God unless He loves US. You
cannot force yourself to love anything.
Your will cannot control your convic-
tons. The will is toward the natural
convictions. God never dem inded any
man to love Hin until he mile an X
hibltion of love to US. Hence, II we
want to love Goa we must become &C.
quaiuted and see If there are any lovab!e
qualities in Him.
The Bible is full OF love letters-it 10
bundle Of love letters, and If we want to
love Him, We must read the love letters.
Well, you Will say that the Bible also
shows where God condemned aud will
punish you. II is like the boy playing.
Oh the bridge. His tnthor loved him and
told him not to play on the bridge, fear
ing that some day he might fail off into
the dark chGsm below. The boy failed
to heed his fathers warnings, and one
day he took hold OF the boy and held
him over the edge of the bridge aud
shook him. The boy cried and after
ward asked his father why he did il.
Tie parent replied that he loved him
and desired to show and impress upon
him his danger, in order that he might
be saved. SO our heavenly Father ut
tiers these words of warning because he
loves us and that we may be saved.
Again, ''how can a man love God
whom he hath not seen?' The preacher
recited an incident in lis own life where
his sister, whom ne had not seen for ff-
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her children and talked of her love for
him. and when he visited that home. al
though it was the first time those chill
drea had ever seen him they showed
their love for him from having their
mother s?saking of the uncle who was
then preaching the gospel. So we should
keep OH talking and talking OF the love
Of God TO rs and our love to God IL we
want our friends to love Him also.
Il good congregation greeted Rev. Mr.
Robinson at the night service. 1t is
very seldom that the Bible is eNpoundei
with such power aud clearness as it was
ny Rev. Robinson. His discourse on Ro-
mans /, 20, was excellent aud listened to
attentively by those present.
For the Invisible things of him from
the creation of the world are clearly
seen. being understood by the things that
ara made, even His eternal power aud
GOdhead; SO that they are without eX-
cuse.
The preacher very nicely takes hold OF
the audience, beginning at the inani-
mate and animate creation, showing
where the hand of God rs the Creator
was in all; and as the coal and all min
erals are brought to view BIZ exploration
and researches of man; again, how the
very skies and earth are full of life, life
everJwnere; and how the iuyisi-
bic things from the creator are clearly
seen. Again, look at the heavens
where you viii see worlds greater than
this and even the heavens declare the
glory of God. And further, after God
bad created everything, and after he
had completed this pyramid OF creation,
he so grandly put on the top of it
"mul '-'' trinity after his own like
ness, with all animate and inanimate
things subject TO him.
Hnen man was thus created he fas-
tened to him g golden chain, which was
fastened 10 tho throne Of God; and the
preacher told how the devil came and
cut II in tive with one end dangling III
the &ir; anI further how the love of God
came TO man in the likeness of His son,
Jesus Christ.
Fhen again, behold Christ upon the
cross weapng ana pleading, and plead
ing ana weeping.
Now l ses how Jesus has hold Of the
end Of the golden chain hanging down
from heaven with one hand, while with
The other ne reaches toward fallen man.
aud now taking hold of the chain he
brings It closer and closer, pleads, and
weeps, and prays, and he cries
i2!oi. E!oi, sabachthani - "My !
God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken !
Ine?' and every moment he is bringing |
the chain closer together. And l now |
listen and glory be to God at the last tho |
chain is welded when Christ says cit is /
finished - and the angels shout.
Tuen further He asceuds 10 heaven and /
gives US the Holy Spirit, that the spirit !
may reveal the invisible TO man.
There will be q service ut 3 p. IN. to- !
daF and everybody is earnestly re-
questei TO be present.
Song service at and preaching at
1880 Tonight.