Telegram-herald., 1890-06-30

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A FLIs-sT COAX.
Furthermore. outwArd morality VIII be
10 covering Tor the hidden iniqgity u tie
Spirit. TIE Gosp<l Of CArist alzkes 10
assault upon good works They are a.
beautiful IA Oo1 eye es ia ours. PGEeta-
atty, trGtafulaess, aiEDszsvlag, arecgioa
and many other excelienoes II HE that
might - meEtioDed Viii always - ad-
Ilirei q God en1 nan. bal We seke the
Position that good works c@aDos be TIE
groand OF eur salvation What Ne do
right cannot nay for what we do wrone.
Admit that yoa have al those trsits ~
character which give merely worldly re
: s3ectabiAty ami innueaoe, yoa must Al the
same tine scknov lodee that duriRg the
course Of Jour life yON have done many
things yoa ought not - have done. How
are these difficult matters 10 be setIleds
All my friends, We must have Al atoae-
neat No CArlst, 10 salvation Tie gnest
Eeeee1aer CONES il and says. Il Will pay
yoaE Indebtedness" So that which was
dark enough before j. bright enough now.
The stripes that we deserve are fallen upon
Ehrist- On his scOgrge1 aud bleeding
shoulders he carries Us up Z, the noun
tain OF our sins and the l.A.s Of our in
iquities- Chrlst's good works accepted are
sufficient for u, bat they VINO reject them.
depending upon their Own, must perish.
Traits Of character that may make as in
fuential on earth VIII not necessarily open
"a. ..st II. n -
viii be strong enough for house floor
would not do for ships hulk. Mere
morality might be enough here, bat can
not take you through deaths 81 into
heavens harbor Christ has announced
for all ages; Il am the way, the truth and
the life, him that oometA unto me / viii
IN no wise east QUIT But pitisble IL the
day Of accounts viii be the condition Of
that man, though he may have given all
hisestate 10 benevolent purposes, and passed
his life in the visiting OF the distressed, and
done much TO excite the admiration of the
good and the great, if lac have no intimate
relation TO Jesus Christ There is a pride
and u depravity in his soul that he has
never discovered. A brilliant outside Will
be no apology for deprayed inside. 1t is
no theory OF mine, but an announcement Of
God, who cannot lie: BY the deeds OF the
law shall no flesh living be justified.
Open the door of heaven and look in.
Howard is there, but he did not secure his
entrance by the dungeons he illumined and
the lazzarettos into which he carried the
medicines. Paul is there, but he did not
earn his way in by the shipwrecas and i'm
prisOnments and scourgings. On throne
overtopping perhaps all Others, except
Christ's, the old missionary exclaims; by
the grace Of God am what 1 am 4"
HEAVEN CANNOT BE BOUGHT.
Again, exalted social position will be no
cloak for sin. Men look through the
wicket door of prisons, and seeing the in
carcerated wretches exclaim, "Oh, how
much vice there is il the worldp' And
they pass through the degraded streets of
a city, and looking into the doors OF novels
and the dens of corruption they call them
God-forsaken abodes. But you might
walk along the avenues through which
the opulent roll in their fourishing pomp,
and into mansions elegantly adorned, and
find that even in the admired walks of life
Satan works mischiefa and death. The first
temptation Satan wrought in a garden,
and he understands yet most thoroughly
how to insinGate himself into any door of
ease and splendor. Men frequently judge
of sin by the places in which it is com
mitted, but iniquity in satin is 10 GOD as
loathsome as iniquity in rags, and in the
Day of Judgment the sins of Madison av-
enue and Elm street VIII all be driven in
one herd Men cannot escape at last for
being respectfully sinful. You know Dives
was clothed in purple and fine linen and
Jared sumptuOusly every day, but his fine
clothes and good dinners did not save him
He might on earth have drunk something
as rich as champagne and cognac, but at
last he asked for one drop of water. You
cannot trade OFF your attractive abodes
here for house Of many mansions on high,
and your elegant shade groves here viii
not warrant you a seat under the tree Of
life. When God drove Adam and Eve out
of Eden he showed that merely living ia
a garden Of delights and comforts viii
never save q man or woman. By giving
You so much earthly luxury and refine
ment he intimated that he would have
you enjoy yourselves, but he would not
have you wrap yourself up in them as "A
cloak to hide your sins. God now walks
in your garden rs he did in Eden, even n
the cool OF the day, and he stands by your
well IS he did by a well il Samaria, and
he would make your comfort on earth a
type of your rapture IN heaven.
THE SHELL OF CHRISTIANITY.
Furthermore, mere soundness Of relig-
ious belief will not hide our iniquitics.
There are men whose heads are as sound
as Jonathan Edwards or John Weslcy's,
whose hearts are as rotten es Tom Paine
or Charles Guiteaus. 1t is important that
we be theoretical Christians. II is utter
folly I'm this day for n man 10 have no
preference for any one form OF faith when
IL is so easy TO become conversant with the
faith Of the different sects An intoxicated
man staggered into my house one night
begging for lodging. He made great pre-
tensions TO religion. / asked where hc
went to church He said: Nowhere,
belong 10 liberal Christianity" But there
arc those who never become Christ ians, be-
cause their o5stinacy prevents them from
ever taking fair view Of what religion Is.
They are Ike brute beas. IN the fact that
their greatest strength lies n their horns.
They are combatant, and all they are ever
willing to do for their souls - u enter al
ecclesiastical fight. / have met men who
would talk all day upon the ninth chapter
Of Romans, who were tkoroUg ghly helpless
before the fourteenth chapter CT John. But
there are those who. having escaped from
this condition, are now depending entirely =
upon their soundness of religious theory.
The doctrines Of mans dspravity AID
Christrs Gtoncment and Gods sovereignty
are theoretically received by faem. Bat.
alssi there they stop. Il is only the shell
of Christianity contelning no evangelical
life They ssaad looking over into heaven
and admire is beaa.y ard rs song. and
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