The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-09-28

ual flavor impaired by the doctrines
of Jesus. Because his only are the
infallible doctrines which cannot be
excelled nor superseded. The world
has no invention to make better
man than Jesus. The world can be
converted to nothing higher than the
Christian religion.
Infa1lible and Immutable.
Now we are able to comprehend
why the infallible Christ is the i'm
mutable Christ. His infallibility and
immutability form the two arms of
an arch. Because he is infallible he
is immutable. And because he is
immutable he is infallible. Infalli-
bility is perfection and perfection
only is immutable. Hence we may
rejoice that" Jesus Christ is the same
yesterday, and today, and forever" y
He is thus immutable by reason of
his infallibility. He had the perfect
doctrine while on earth. That doc
trine blossomed into perfect man
and so both the doctrine and the
man, in their essential characteristics
will remain unchanged forever.
And here is fountain of joy and
hope, bright and fresh, in the land
of immortality. Jesus will be the
same kind of Jesus that he was in
the flesh. His doctrines and prin-
ciples will be the same. His essen
tial characteristics will be the same.
His disposition, heart and purposes
of life will be the same. Abundant
scripture yields proof that his mission
to lost souls will be the same. He
cannot deliver up his kingdom till
God is all in all.
1t follows therefore that a Christian
in immortality must conform to the
spiritual standard of Christ which
foated over Judea. Whatever of
mercy, of tenderness whatever of
forgiveness, of humanity, of love to
his Observation-Disclosures of doing as
we would be done by and of loving
God supremely = whatever of all
precious Christian virtues the Master
required of his followers when he
taught in the streets of Jerusalem
and by the sea of Galilee, the same
virtues he will require on the hill
sides of Immortality and on the banks
of the river of life. We must be
bound, therefore, to help the needy
who have passed over Jordan. We
must have open sympathies for the
unfortunate, spiritual charities for
the poor, and become peacemakers
to such as are at variance with their
kind. Our voices must be mellowed
with good woods, our bitterness give
place to sweetness, our ratings to
blessings, our disdain to affection,
and the turbulence of hate to the
serenity of love. Only thus shall we
find heaven in immortality. And we
shall find the Christ in sympathy
with all the amicable deeds which
flow from the possession of these
sympathies-the Christ "who is the
same yesterday and today, and for
ever" And because this is the
perfect condition, it is the infallible
condition and therefore the i'm
mutable condition-oneness with the
infallible and immutable Christ for
ever.
Christianity for Both Worlds.
And what a mellow light these
hopes and sentiments shed upon the
land of glory! They diffuse tender
and royal companionship among all
the crowned and humble who dwell
in the kingdoms of the hereafter.
They receive new baptisms, new
beatitudes in the light of these hopes.
A saint after the old conceptions
seemed in our eyes to have lost his
Christianity.
He appeared like one who had put
off both the human and divine nature
of Jesus. He became metallic, with
out sympathies or affections, mere
organism, an instrument of ten
strings. Such instruments do indeed
give forth sounds to the glory of God,
but in their passive selves they are
insensate pieces of wood and metal.
A saint on earth or in heaven, cannot
be Christian without affection and
sympathy and tenderness and help
fulness to the gloomy and the needy
and the castaways. They must be
such as have no need to be charged
to conform to Christ's likeness and
hence immutable because satisfactory
to the loving Father of all.
Our topic therefore is full of hope
and full of duty. We are thrilled
with the expectation of what we may
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