St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-20
The Talented Young Christian
Scientist Takes a New
Theme,
And Talks Of a Visit to the
Penitentiary Of North
Dakota.
The Prisoners at the Worst
Were Open to Religious
influence,
And She Marked the Benef1-
cent Effects Of Sweet
Music.

In his glory and all the angels with
him, then shall he sit on the throne of
his glory, and before him shall be
gathered all the nations: and he shall
separate them, one from another, as the
shepherd separateth the sheep from the
goats; and he shall set the sheep on his
right hand, but the goats on the left.
Then shall the King say unto them on
his right hand, come We blessed OF my
Father; inherit the kingdom prepared
for you from the foundation OF the
world; for l was endangered. and We
gave me meat; 1 was thirsty, and ye
gave me drink; | was stranger, and
we took me in; naked. and We clothed
me; | was sick, and ye visited me;
was III prison, and We came unto me.
Inasmuch as we did it unto one
of these my brethren, even these least,
We did it unto me. Then shall he say
to them on his left hand. Depart from
me. We cursed. into everlasting fire pre-
pared for the devil and his angels: for L
was an-hungered. and We gave me no
meat; l was thirsty, and we gave me no
drink; L was stranger, and We took me
not in; naked, and We clothed me not;
SICK, anu III prison, anu Eo FotCVu nv
not. Inasmuch as ye did it not
unto one of these least, We did it not
unto me. And these shall 20 away into
everlasting punishment; but the right
eous into eternal life" Matt. XIV,
3l-46.
Teach Us the Test
These Scriptural verses teach us what
is to he the test of our fitness for the
l. DO, ~ Eoth nd x1rho &c
that test? Not whether we call our
selves Baptists, Methodists, Universal
lists, Christian Scientists OF any other
lists" but whether we had fed and
clothed and ministered unto the sinner
as unto Christ. Observe that Jesus
said, 81 was hungry and thirsty: / was
naked, sick and in prison." What
could He have meant? When we go to
the needy and ffiicted do we go unto
Christ? What do you think of this?
OF course we know Jesus did not simply
refer to those who were poor, sick and
in prison materially; but He was speak
ing of men hungry for the word OF Goa,
thlrSting for the waters Of life, which
are the thoughts Of truth; naked, be-
cause stripped Of the robe OF righteous
ness; a stranger to the mystery OF godll-
ness, sick of sin; bound hand and foot
did Jesus mean by saying that when we
find people in these conditions, we find
Him, Christ? He meant just What He
said. What" you say, when find a
man selfish, dishonest, deceltful,
proud, worldly, do find Christ"'
Yes, verify you do, and not
only in these conditions, but even
worse, the very worst, for Jesus said:
Even the least. QCwesN the thief, the
burglar, the highway robber, the liber-
tine, the murderer-to each and all you
must GO as unto Christ. Each and eve
ry one of these is, spiritually, the son of
God, and the son of God is Christ. the
express image of His person" But"
the sinner has fallen, has become sim
full" Nay, but it hath not. "Whoso-
ever is born of God doth not commit sin,
for his seed remaineth in him and lie
cannot sin, because he is born of God"
John |. 40. Here is plain statement
that mans spiritual identity, the image
and likeness of God, cannot change,
cannot sin. But we ought to know
that, whether we are told by John or not.
And, naturally, we dO know it. Natur-
ally we cannot conceive of Gods Off
spring SHINING. for we understand that
the offspring of God hath Gods own
nature and no ather attributes. Then
how can he sin? Every divine image is
perfect now, not Will be. If | stood
looking at your likeness in mirror and
saw it fall, l should know at
once you had fallen. And so. if | I'M
derstand, the image and likeness of God
has fallen, l must understand that He
has fallen. But if God, or His likeness,
once fell from perfection, what would
prevent a second or third fall, or a fall
at any future time? Even il the fallen
image could be restored, there would be
no surety that it would thereafter for
ever remain unfallen, for if perfection
could not prevent first fall it could |
not prevent second, or third or fourth, |
or any number of falls; and there is
nothing greater than perfection, hence |
there would be no preve ntive, and |
man would be without hope of eternal |
salvation.
Rest assured that the divine likeness, |
the Christ is the man in each one of us.
And when we go to uplift man, we |
must uplift the Christ from within, the
only "hope of glory" as Paul said. This |
is "resurrecting the Christi within, and |
if the Christ be not there, He could not |
be reSurrected, and the preaching OF |
Jesus and the apostles
Would he in Vain.
"If Christ be not risen, theu is my |
preaching vain" Then. surely, if we |
go to the sinner and do not try to resur-
rect that Christ, then will our efforts be |
vain. once read an apt Illustration of |
the divine nature of man seemingly |
buried in sin as follows: An apple tree