The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-11-04


fog your soul lie will tell you that
Heaven Is merely the development OF
the internal resources of man; IL Is
an efiiorescence OF the dynamic forces
into "A state of ethereal and transcend
entail incubation. in close juxtaposition
TO the ever present was" and the great
Ito be-" and the everlasting mo" Con-
sidering themselves wise, they are fools
for time, fools for eternity.
Then there Is another class of persons
who come To the Bible as controversial
lists They are enormous Presbyterians,
or fierce Baptists, or violent Methodists
They cut the Bible to suit their creed
instead Of cutting their creed to suit
the Bible. IL the Scriptures think as
they do, well; II not, so much the worse
yor the Scriptures. TheBible is merely
the milestone on which they sharpen
the dssecting knife of controversy.
time of war comes to- armories or arsen-
ais for weapons and munitions They
have declared everlasting war against
all other sects, and they want SO many
broad-swordS, so many muskets, SO
many howitzcrs, so many columbaids,
so much grape and canister, so many
tield-pieces, with which to rake the
field of dispute; for thoy mean to get
the victory, though the heavens be
darkened with the smoke and the
earth rent with the thunder What
do they care about the religion of the
Lord Jesus Christ? l have seen more
such men come back from an &C.
clesiastical massacre as proud of their
achievements as an Indian warrior
boasting Of the number of scalps he has
taken. / have more admiration for a
man who goes forth with his fists TO
get the championship than | have for
these theological pugilists who make
theological magazines ring with their
war cry. There are men who seem to
think the only use of the sword of truth
is To stick somebody. There is one pas
sage of the scriptures that they like
better than all others, and that Is this:
blessed be the Lord which teacheth
my hands to war and my fingers to
fight" Woe TO us IL we come TO Gods
word as controverSialists, or as skcp-
tics, or as connoisseurs, or as fault
finders, or merely as poets.
Those only get into the heart of Gods
truth who come seeking Christ. We'll
come all such. They will find Him COM
ing ont from behind the curtain of
prophecy until he stands in the full
light of New Testament disclosure,
Jesus the son of God, the Saviour of the
world. They will find Him in genoa
logical table and in chronological call
culation. in poetic stanza and in histor-
zeal narrative, in profound parable and
in startling miracle. They will see His
foot on every sea and His tears in the
drops Of dew on Iicr;non, and hear His
voice in the wind and behold His words
all abloom in the valley between Mt
Ohvet and Jerusalem. There are some
men who come and walk around the
temple of truth and merely sec the out
side
There are others who walk into the
porch. and then 30 away. There are
others who come in and look at the pic
lures, but they known nothing about
the chief attractions of the Biblc. 1t Is
only the men who comes and knocks ~
the rate. saying: Il would see Jesus "
For him the glorics OF that bool, open,
and he goes in and finds Christ, and
with Him peace. pardon, life, comfort
and Heaven. "All in all Is Jesus in
| the Bible.
I remark again TINT Christ is every
thing in the great plan OF redemption.
/ We arc slaves; Christ gives dclivcrance
to the captive. We are thirsty; Christ
| is the river of salvation to Stake our
| thirst We are hungry; Jesus says: IL
/ am the bread of life We are con-
/ dcmncd to die; Christ says; save that
| man from going down To the pit; am
/ the ransom" We are tossed on sea OF
/ troubles: Jesus comes over IL saying:
/ 1T is ], be not afraid" We are in
darkness: Jc,r, says; IL am the bright
( and morning star"
/ We are sick; Jesus is the balm OF
/ Gilead. We are dead; hear the shronds
/ rcud. and the grave hillocks hcave as
/ He cries: Il am the resurrection and
the life; he that bclicycth in me, though
he were dead yet shall he live We
want Justification: Being justified by
faith. we have peace with God through
orr Lord Jesus Christ" We want 70
exercise faith believe in the Lord
Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved. u
want to get from under condemna-
ton: There is now, therefore, no con-
demnatiCn 10 them who are in Christ
Jesus" The croSs-llc carried It, The
flames of hcll-lIe suffered them. Tn,
shame-lIc endured it, The crown-ll'
won it. Heights of Heaven sing 1T, anc
worlds of light TO worlds of light al
around the heavens cry, Glory, Glory
Let MS go forth and gather the tro
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