The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-03

the limitless eternity TO be looked upon a. the
one who has been held for the crime OF fighting
Against his Creator, and richly deserved 70 be
condemned TO all eternity, but through the
mercy OF God he escaped But he goes "a the
bearer OF the mercy OF God
rms mission of Christ was that Of redeeulnr
sinners So that the bsst thing we can do is 10
take the place Of sinners. We do not occupy
the vantage ground Of the objects Of mercy tai
we DO this. When the self-righteous came
70 him and wanted 10 be saved By what they
were In themselves the Savior told them that He
would have to pass them by; He was not here 70
save The righteous, but the xinnera There in no
insercession needed for the righteous. II yon
Tell the Lord that you do not want 20 occupy the
pace OF The sinner, you have told Him that you
90 not want the mediation OF Christ.
ihere 10 the Savior In the court pleading His
death Tor ali that have trusted in Him ~ sinners
and Tor these he pleada He pleads his own
NE; His own death. Therefore We should come
70 Him as sinners, so that His mercy can be dis
played In saving as from our sina
sour natural hearts may tell us of thou
SAND other ways that they would like TO have us
come to God, but whatever these ways may be
tnsy would ali set aside the mercy of God as
arranged to be displayed in the mediation of
Christ. This mighty friend must not be de-
prived OF the privilege of coming between US
and death When He comes TO give His life for
may a. much surprise US any other part of the
WORK which God has done. That which ron
may think would be the best way to come before
the Lord and be pleasing 70 Him is just the
thing that can never be done and q soul be
saved You might say that you do not want
70 trouble the Prince OF Glory to come and
assist you TO become @ child of God. You
would have Him let you do some of this saving
OF your soul. But in this you would have 70
lose the display OF His mercy. The mediation
OF Christ is the bond of the mercy OF God. And
because of this there comes TO US the thought OF
the great necessity of trusting our redemption
to this mediation Of Christ Oh, my friends, we
are not powerful enough a. the court to procure
the favor of the King. But the mediation of
Christ can do this, and lift US higher than the
height from which we fell.
81 close by telling you that there in the medi-
alton of Christ you have mercy, but not at the
expense OF justice. There should be a correct
ing OF loose way OF thinking here That is,
that mercy can be worthy of the name when 1t
is separated from justice. It would be an easy
matter for the governments of the world to
throw wide open all the prison doors of all the
lands. They could set all the prisoners free
They might go further than this and remove all
the penalties from all the crimes all over the
world. They might write Mercy over all the
courts of law, and tell the criminals that there
Is no need to tremble in coming into these places
any more
"Would that be mercy9 Would such deeds be
worthy OF being called anything else than the
most cruel injustice?
"How different is the mercy of God from all
this kind OF mere sentiment Of which we have
so much in these daysl God has shut all up in
unbelief that He may have mercy upon all That
Is, here is q prison home. This world has be-
come place where the wicked have deserved
the Punishment from God. Their crimes have
become great in the sight OF heaven. Not one
can go out of this place except a. he goes
through the mercy of God And this means
just what you are here today to represent. That
the crimes and sins of all these have been laid
upon another. Justice has not been set aside.
1t, too, has been magnided. Christ comes into
the prison house and asks what the crime
against this one Ia, and when II is all written
up, He says: Put that down to my account
He goes 10 another one and says: What is the
crime laid up against this one? The answer 10:
They are ell great, aud there are very many of
them Then put them all down to my ae-
count And SO the savior makes His
journey through all the prison-house of
this unbelief, and all VINO will trust
Him, He takes the accounts of all his sins, and
says TO Eternal Justice: charge all these UP to
my account Then about Calvary we hear the
deep mutterings of Justice saying that the PEN
atty OF these sins IL death. Prepare, then, for
execution says the mediator. The cross is
lifted, and to our establishment He goes to 1t
Himself, between the penalty and His people.
We stand around this bleeding cross and behold
Mercy and Justice shaking hands in an ever
lasting friendship. Justice is now asked If he
has any more claim, any more penalties to be
met and he answers, None Then as Christ
gets up from the grave, He says to the prisoners:
You are free; Mercy has come to meet you in
your lowest prison cell Here is pardon with all
thy penalties met, and borne away as the scspe-
goat carries the scarlet thread away to the
desert, no more 10 return That Mercy is so
great and tender that IL ought to be accepted
by all In this presence at this moment"