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have no abiding fellowship. knowledge
Of and trust in Christ are the source Of an
abiding jov.

Of and trust in Christ are the source of an
abiding joy.
l. Some regard Him TO have been per
feet man raised up to set an example Of
all holy living. And truly He was. PLATE
could find mo fault in the man." All
worthy history declares the same truth
mo fault in the man" The highest en-
upon the pure Christ-lfe by both the
friends and the foes of christianity. The
united voices Of all candid writer's have
declared Him to be 1.-THE best among the
sons of men,"
He set an example of perfect self denial
and sacrifice for others good; for "He
came not to be ministered unto, but to
minister to the wants of others" His
sympathies were perfect. Were any with
| in reach of His ministry sick or in dis
tress? Lo He quickly hastens to their
relief. Are there mouruers refusing to be
| comforted because loved ones have been
| snatched away by the cruel hand of death?
Jesus weeps and then speaks the omnpo-
tent words, 'come forth" and the dead
are clothed with the powers Of life, and
the tears are dried up, while inexpressible
| Joy drives sorrow far away.
He was perfect in obedience, always
saying, nevertheless rot my will but
thine be done" II was His meat and drink
to do His Fathers will. Know ye not that
| must be about my Fathers business?"
| was a question which sounded the key
note to His wonderful life of obedience to
God No wonder, then, that some are
entranced with the view of Jesus Christ as
the all perfect man
?. Again, some see in Him the chief
evidence of the love of God, that God
loves man; and they think His supreme
work and great mission were 10 write the
words on the human heart, God is love"
Surely. no small truth is here declared
for IL Jesus bad not come, the world could
never have known the real heartfelt love
OF the heavenly Father. Only Jesus could
adequately tell and forcefully demonstrate
1t. II was He who taught US that not
sparrow faleth 10 the gtound without onr
Fathers notice, and that we are so prec-
ious in His sight that even the hairs of
our head are numbered. Il becomes clear
ly evident through the teachings and the
life of Jesus that II is the Fathers good
pleasure TO give Us the Kingdom. Truly.
If Jesus was God manifest In the flesh"
God Is love, and he that dwelieth In God
dweleth in love.
3. But others there are who see and
gladly recognize all these perfections
Of the man Christ Jesus; they behold the
perfect example, the perfect sympathy, the
perfect self-denial, the perfect obe dience,
and the perfect love; aud they praise God
for such a type of what man should be.
But looking beyond all this, they see the
cross. towards which Jesus was ever
travelling, and with eyes filled with the
tears of repentance and sorrow for sin
they behold Lamb Of God for sinners
slain" The world cannot get beyond nor
away from the suprem. need of an atone
ment. 1t is stamped In the consciousness
of all tribes and races. The world is
guilty before God. All have sinned and
come far short of the glory of God. What
can take away sin? No philosopher, no
statesman, no philanthropist has ever
found remedy for he fatal disease of
sin. 1t renamed for God to provide a
remedy. He sent His Son into the world
to live our example, to die our sacrifice,
aud afterwards to rise from the dead as
the first fruits Of them that slept" and
to ascend TO the right hand of the heavenly
throne TO appear as our great High Priest
and al.powerful Advocate. 0, sinner
friend. are you wretChed because you
have sinned against God. and can YOU not
find peace: Look upon Him, your Re-
deemer, suffering in Gethsemane's garden,
sweating the great drops of blood; see
Him on Calvary's cross praying Father
| forgive Them" hear Him exclaim 1T is
finished. " and believe that it is all for YOU;
for Jesus Christ has tasted death for
every man" Look upon Him as the per
feet sacrifice for all your sins, and bid your
guilty fears subside Throw Yourself
with all your wretchedness and SIN, at the
feet Of the crucihed one. Give yourself to
Him, to be used in His service, and YOU
will be led to exclaim with your new
found joy
80 for thousand tongues to sing
Ny great Redeemer's praise;
The glories Of ms God and King,
The triumphs of His grace.
He breaks the power OF cancelled SIN
lie sets the prisoner free;
His blood can make the foulest clean;
His blood availed tor me-"
Though you may never understand the
philosophy of salvation that comes
through the shedding Of innocent blood,
you may know its power and feel its
sweetness stealing IN upon your soul You
may know that it is great salvation COM
ing through the Infinite merits of a great
Redeemer. Believe and thou shalt be
saved, for God commendeth His love to-
ward US, in that while we were vet sin
ners, Christ died for US. Much more then.
being now justified by His blood, we shall
be saved from wrath through Him" Rom
V:89.
"Wherefore He is able to save them to
the uttermost that come unto God by
Him" Heb. VII 25.
o, that to such a mighty Savior the
whole guilty world would 60, and that
each sinner would say for himself:
| "Fll 20 to Jesus. though my sin
Like mountains round me close;
l know His courts. I'll enter in,
Whatever may oppose"
Sooner can the stars fall from heaven,
! or the sun, affrighted move from his
course, than the penitent soul perish
while knocking at mercy's door in Jesus
name. 1t is recorded that at one time q
man who had been a subject of both Great
Britain and the United States was accused
Of some crime in one of the West India
isles and was summarily condemned to be
shot. The Spanish authorities ordered a
detachment of troops to do the fatal deed.
The man appealed to the British and the
American consuls to save him. The
bandaged and awaited his doom. The SOL
diers were drawn up with loaded muskets.
Just then the British and the American
consuls stepped forward with the flags of
their respective countries. The British
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