The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-29

GOLDEN TExr-I am not asharea !, -
gospel OF Christ; for II Is the power az e..
Into saivation 70 every one that believerh--
TINE-writen early In the .pr,D, =, -
% soon after the Episiie 20 the Catalan.
nero was emperor NJ this time.
iIAek.-W Written TO The church OF Rome fror,
.orintn. al The close Of tho three months resi
ocnce there OF Acts sD:3. the "winserinr" ~
coNrosIrroS.-lt was composed apparcns ..
I'm 'hc mousse OF q Cortnthian Christian.
Gaius or Caius from. 1873. see 1 Cor LA.
Tcrttus one
LANGUAGE Paul writes In Greek because
~ Greek was universally understood anon.
tne nali-forcign poorer classes Of The nnperiai
Wy " sreex was the more farnfliar lam
Ruaxe 20 Paul, his native language. and he
could write more perfectly In this lanruaga
p Greek was BY far the most pcrfec, IAN
Ruage In which 10 embalm for all ages the word
OF God Paul had TO speak.
The ErisTLE VAS SENT by . Christian wom-
IN, q deacoaess named Phebc, who was about
"rali from one OF the ports OF Coriuth To Rome.
The CHURCH AT ROME was composed ~
Jews and Ccntles. the latter prcdominatin0
the name OF the original founder Of the Roman
church mas not been preserved 10 Us by history.
nor even celebrated by tradition. Early
ehurch tradition" says Farrar. rs indeed al.
IA asserting that 81 RgfoR
was rarfyrcd u Rome, but his visit In
the city dfd not long prcccde his death :,
~ Is probable thai private Christians.
converted In PALESTINE. even as early a. Inc
great outpouring OF the spirit on Pentcross
tAcfs 2lol. made their way TO Rome; bur
prooapiy Inc larger number Of those who intro
ouccu the Gospel ut Rome were converted IN
various places under the preaching OF Paul
himself There was continual Intercourse he
tween Rome and the cities OF Greece ana All.
Minor. We know too from the greetings ~
enapter 10 that Paul was acquainted with :
unioe % christians there. According 10 Dr.
schan. the Jews In Rome itself numbered from
twenty 70 thirty thousand souls. mad even
~synagogucs and three cemeterieS
The oBJEcT or THE EPIsTLE written IN
chureh be had never visited, was appare.,lv
~ To send a greeting TO his many friends Who
: kono mere and assure them OF his abiding
anection; 90 10 prepare the way for his yssi, IA
them which he was planning 70 make: "a, 10
comfort and instruct those who had been s,ruv-
glhH along without any apostle TO keep them
from error or TO lesd them into larger truth
THE POWER OF oop.
The End; Unto salvation. This
power has particular object-salva-
ton. What Is salvation? Forgiveness
OF SINS return to God the Father. de-
iiverance from the punishment of sin.
welcome to Heaven. restoration Of the
10 its true condition of spiritual
health. IL Is ~delivcrance from the ruin
wrought by sin and restoration To- the
molly viii, Ia Heavenly character. the
loving nature. the spiritual life and
health, the grace and glory imaged in
Jesus Christ
Christ the Power of God I Cbr;st e.
the power of God because in the d.
'ine-iiuman Saviour are all the sources
power by which sin can be over
~ Conviction Of sin: (2) n way
forgiveness: tS) n revelation of God
IND Heaven and duty; 90 Divine au-
90 human sympa thy: tG) d.
zine aid in the Holy Spirit; "a a rev.
'lation OF our danger; ts) a kindling
u hope; 90 the drawing Of the love
fod; tlo) a perfect example. III. Christ
$ hown to DC the power of God by the
Obstacles 1t overcomcs. Power is meas
lrcd in two ways-by the difficulties Il
'vercones, and by what it does in spite
these difficulties. Now the cleans
ng OF the human heart from sin. the
emoval OF sin from the world. is the
nost difficult achievement proposed
Q man. Human art and ciyiliza-
ion and labor can do almost every
hing but this Here human religions
nd PHILOSOPHERS are a failure. Here
; that which says: THUS far. and no
and here shall thy proud waves
G stayed iii. Christ is shown To be
be power OF God by what II has ac-
,mpiishcd Notwithstanding this OBJ
II has changed the face Of the
Grid II has renovated its morals. IL
rs lifted whole nations to a high state
civilization. tits renewing the worst
men, ani yearly changing null
Of lives for the better. II has
)u9icd The number of Christians in the
~ ciyhty years. III you take 2 man
the world like those made by tho
Dvernmcnt census bureau. and put
le countries in white where Il the
Ighest morality and the greatest hap
ness. and darlcn the color as the
darlzens. and place beside it
missionary map with the Chr: stiln-
ed ~ounirie IN white. while the color
as the Christianity grows i'm
ire, and the countries descend into
G blaclEness " heathcnism. the
% maps will almost exactly coincide.
here Is the most Of Christ cruciied.
ere are the purcst morality and the
.ppicst lives Nv. Christ Is The power
God. not only in overcoming sin,
I for destroying all other evils
'kncss. sorrow, death. temptation,
1orance. ITO every one that be-
Believing Is the means by
lich the salvation is received. The
ht of the sun Is abundant for every
{ who win open his eyes. Water is
limited for every one who will
Salvation is offered to all the
rid. 70 every one who accepts il, re-
wing it in his heart by faith. See
It verse. ITO the jew first In
&c. Christ was a Jew and preached
I TO them. but II was meant also to
Creek the representative Of all
titles.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
We get much from the study OF tho
site asa whole, which we do not
ain by detached portions.
IL is n good thing to have tho
ID full and overlooking with great
jcct.