The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-08-22
ONE CENT.
SUNDAY SERMON.
Rev. Powiol's Able Discourse Before His
Large Congregation.

Large Congregation.
The sermon on SUNDAY morning in the
Methodist Episcopal church was on Jus
tifoation by Faith " Thetex was f-om Ro.
mans V, IL "Thereiorg being justified by
faith we have peace with God through our
Lord Jesus Christ. By whom also we have
access by faith into this grace wherein we
stand and rejoice il hope of the gloy Of
God"
The argument of the context shows that
all men are sinners, and that as the law
makes no provision for pardon we must be
delivered from sin, if at all, by grace.
Furthermore, that ss present obediencs
canrot atone for past disobedience, their
deliverance must be granted on condition
of faith and not of works.
The Gospel is, therefore, message of de-
liverance from sin and its power. 1t reveals
divine remedy which has all the status
and stability of lsw-"the law of faith.
1t is equitably administered by its divine
Author without respect Of persons. I'm
like the machinery of human pardon
boards, which is often prostituted to ignoble
uses and to defeat the ends of justice in the
interest of specially favored ones, Gods
method of justifying the ungodly magnifes
the law and makes it honorable in that the
penalty is not remitted but made to fall
upon the sinners substitute "who was de-
livered for our offences--wounded for our
ransgressens-bruised for our iniquities
and chastised as the price of our peace"
For God 80 loved the world that He gave
His only begotten son that whosoever be-
lieveth on Him should not perish but have
everlasting life"
This remedy for sin is made imperative
by faith. 1t is by faith that we have
access" to it. Without faith to sppropri-
ate its benefits we shall receive the grace
OF God in vain," Many around us are no
better and have no better chances of heaven
than as though God did not love the world
and Christ had not died for it.
The benefits of the atonement are prac-
ticslly inaccessible to them for want of ap-
propriating faith-faith which apprehends
Jesus as the savior of men-faith which
consents to His method of saving them
faith which surrenders themselves and
and abandons every other refuge and re-
poses upon the merits of an infinite Christ.
Such a faith justfes the soul-thst is,
pardons it of its guilt-discharges the duties
of outraged law-decsres it to be just as
when jury renders its verdict of mot
guilty" and the prisoner is discharged and
he is regarded rs innocent whether he is
actually so or not. This, ON condition Of
simple faith, God is .just and yet the justi-
fer of him that belieyeth in Jesus"
This blessing would be worth but little
unless the sinner is made actually righteous
This blessing also attends that Of justifcs-
ton. By the washing of regeneration and
the renewing of the Holy Ghost the soul is
made new. Hence, when he justifies them
he also glorifes
Among the fruits of justification are
peace with God" and rejoicing in hone
of His glory" The impenitent sinner
looks within and often finds conscience
hardened with sin /; he looks up and sees an
angry God; he looks in the future and be-
holds burning hell. Bat through faith in
Jesus the guilty conscience is made void of
offence. The angry God is transformed
into loving Father, and instead of burn.
ing hell "a house not made with hands
eternal in the heavens"
In the evening the Rev. Messiah Mesro-
plan, native Armenian of Galatia, Asia
Minor, delivered a highly interesting aud
profitable address upon the progress OF the
Gospel among his people and the need Of
further missionary effort in their behalf