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may savs the ghe

ist, although they gi-s no signs o
enfal. If Satan can iduce man II
lung on such rotfd foundation a
Ina ne has aceops'ilsned his object
We cannot imagIrs the adherence with
whph God look, upon such q procedure
WING would pe the feelings of a shep.
hertiif he saw wolf in the same fold
witt his cocks, however quiet he might
seen to lie, or general if among his
roons be saw one wearing the appointed
uhtdrm who nevertheless really belonged
10 the opposing host. Thus must the
nsavfuly Shepherd look upon those who,
tnoleh they are not His sheep, have
embed up some other way aud thus
mVt the Lord of Hosts look upon those
"lo pretend TO be soldiers of the Gross
vile they are His armed enemies. "
an! of you find yourselves deficient in
.usgreat tests of Christian character,
aoRot, beg of you, look upon your pro-
ie'sIon of religion as anything consola-
'ofy. If you have taken your present
poahon from view that you have of
Cartst and your need of Him,
REJOICE WITH JOY UNsPEAKABLE
and full of glory and clap your hands for
giadness, but if you find yourself with
nothing but the name of life, while dead
IN trespasses and sins, arouse before the
door is shut. That gilded profession
the world may not be able to see through
1t, but in the day of divine reckoning it
VIII be found that you have no cloak for
your sin.
Furthermore: Outward morality will
be no covering for the hidden iniquity of
the spirit. The gospel of Christ makes
no assault upon good works. They are
rs beautiful in Cod eye as in ours.
Punctuality, truthfulness, alms-giving.
affection and many other excellences of
life that might be mentioned will ALWAYS
be admired of God and man, but we take
the position that good works cannot be
the ground of our salvation. What we
do right cannot pay for what we do
wrong. Admit that you have all those
traits of character which give merely
worldly responsibility and influence. Won
must at the same time acknowledge that
Turing the course of your life you have
lone many things you ought not to have
lone How are these difficult matters to
ye settledS All, my friends, we must have
IN atonement. No Christ, no saliva
lion. The great Redeemer comes in
and says, 81 will pay your indebted
ness So that which was dark enough
before, is bright enough now. The
stripes that we deserve are fallen upon
Christ. On His scourged and bleeding
shoulders He carries us up over the
of our sins and the hills of our
Iniquites. Christ good works accepted
are sufficient for US, but they who reject
them, depending upon their own, must
perish. Traits of character that may
make US influential on earth will not
open TO us the gate of
heaven. The plank that will be strong
enough for house floor would not do
for ships hulk. Mere morality might
be- enough here but cannot take you
though
DEATH s STORM INTO HEAVEN g HARBOR.
Christ has announced for all ages, 81
am the way, the truth and the life, him
that cometh unto me l will in no wise
cast out. - BIT pitiable in the day of
accounts will be the condition Of that
nan, though he may have given all his
state to benevolent purposes and passed
lis life in the visiting of the distressed,
I'D done much 10 excite the ad-
nlrBtion of the good and the great. if he
av no intimate relation TO Jesus Christ.
lhge IS pride and a depTavity in his
sud that he has never discovered. A
outside ill be no apology for Il
dsp1aved inside. 1t is no theory of mine
but fn announcement of God, who can
LIT De. by the deeds of law shall no |
fssh living be justified. Open the door |
Of henven and look in. Howard is there, |
but Ne did not secure his entrance by the |
Dungeons he illumined and the lazzaret- |
toes ttO which he carried the medicines. |
PIn 4s there, but he did not earn his |
VT! II by the shipwrecks and imprison-
msn1 and scourgings. On a throne |
overlapping perhaps all others, except |
Chst's the OLD missionary exclaims: |
'By fthe grace of God 1 am what l |
an.
again: Exalted social position will be
no eloGK for sin. Men look through the
wikef door of prisons, and seeing the in
Generated wretches eXclain: "Oh, how
much vice there is in the worldl' And |
they pass through the degraded streets
Of city, and looking into the doors of
novels and the dens of corruption they
,all them God-forsaken abodes. But
7ou might walk along the avenues
through which the opulent roll in their
4 urishing pomp and into mansions ele-
Sa1tly adorned, and find, that even in
th' admired walks of life Satan works
mischief and death. The first tempta-
ti1 Satan wrought in garden, and he
Understands yet most thoroughly how to
inmate himself into any door of ease
an splendor. Men frequently judge of
'hby the places in which it Is commit
To-, but
INIQUITY IN SATIN
IS God as loathsome rs Iniquity in
,as, and in the day of Judgment the
lin Of Madison avenue and Elm street
vii ell be driven in one herd. Men cau-
at last for being respectfully
mail. You know Dives was clothed
n Iurple and fine linen and Jared sump-
uo!sly every day, but his fine clothes
lndgood dinners did not save HIM. He
night on earth have drunk something as
ic has champagne and coguao, but at
asst be asked for one drop of water. You
annot Trade of your attractive, abodes ,
lere for house of many mansions on ,
Ugh AID your elegant shade groves here !,
1llI Mt warrant you a seat under the ,
rec ollie. When God drove Adam and :
Eve Gt of Eden, He showed that !
nerelylFing in garden of delights and :
omfDfs will never save man or a :
roman. By giving you so much earthly !
luxury mi refinement, He intimated Z
hat H you'd have you enjoy FOUR Z
elves, trafie would not have you wrap :
in them as a cloak to hide =
our SIM God now walks in your gar =
len as tdh in Eden, even in the cool r
II the df end He stands by your we'll i
IS He dtby well in Sanaria and He :.