Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-04

eaIncstness la tho aocentua,Ion
come, or they would long seo have No.,
IN the Kingdom. Ny friends rel,rio, r.
either sham or tremendous roalitv I,
~ ~ asnain, let us cease to have anythiny
W uo WIN christian association. II he
lIaiIy, then great populations are on
.neir way TO the bar OF God united for
tho orueal, and what are we doinai
Justification Defined.
In order to reach the muI,,,uao ~ a,,.
slders we must drop all techniosll,,as e,,.
OF our religion, When we tall 10 rsn,'is
nbout the hypostatlc union nnd frSnnh
enoyolopcdianism and ernstianisr, a,a
oomplutensnnisin, we ara ns ,mroi,,I.
uhu mug Understood As II physician
snoulu YAK 10 an ordinary patient about
the pericardlum and intercostnl mnscla
anu soofoutio symptoms Many OF us
come OUT OF the theological seminnries so
ionGeu up That we take the first ten years
70 snow our people how much wo know
anu INC next ten years got our people TO
KNOW as much as we know, and at the
end IND that neither of Us knows anything
as we ought to know. Here arc hundreds
oil thousands OF shining, struggling and
dylnS people who need to realize Just one
Nn"e SNSus Nurist came TO save
'nenl anu VIII save them now.
but we go into profound and elaborate
oehhitloh OF what Justification is, and aft.
er an inc WORK there arc not, outside OF
the learned professions O. 600 people In the
uhltod states who can toll what iustiilcn.
hoh Is. VIII read you tho definition;
Justinchuon Is purely forensic act, the
hct OF Iuago sitting In tho forum, In
Whioh the supreme Ruler and Judge, who
IS accountable to none, and who alonn
KNOWS inc manner ~ which the ends Of
ms universal government can best be at
talned' reekohs that which was done by
inc substitute and not on account Of any
thlhB uohe py themi nut purely upon ac-
count OF thls gracious method OF reckon
ing grants thoih tho iuil remission OF
'hvir slns'
Now Wnhu rs )ustincatlohi Will tell
you what !ustlnoatlon is. When sinner
ocileNos' 900 le's MN on. one summer,
III S1hneu''out went TO large factory,
nnu saw over the uoor written the words,
no aumlttanoe' ! entered and saw
oNor 'he next uoor' no abundance, VI
eourso ohte4ea' got INSIDE ana found
~ pm factory ana they We're making
pinsl very seiEloeanIe, ine ana useiul pins
90 tho ApiFlVoi e4clusiVeness has practical
~ written over the outside dooroi many
ohulcu' no huinlttanee. ANA II the
stranger enter ne hnus practically written
over the second door No admittanco' -
ana II no goes IN over all the pew doors
seems written No aahittancu, while
the minister STANDS IN the pulpit hammer
ing OUT hls niue nleeties OF belief pound
lhgouV the teehhlcAlltles OF fellglon-nak-
ing pms In the most practical common
sense way and laying aside the nonessen'
tials ana TINS hard definitions OF religion,
90 out on tho God given mission, telling
tho people what they need and when and
how they can get It.
Saved In One Interview.
Comparatively little effort as yet has
been made to save that large class Of per.
sons In our midst called skoptics, and he
who goes to work hero will not be build
ing upon another mans foundation.
There Is great multitude of them. Thoy
are afraid Of us and our churches, for the
reason we do not know how to treat them.
One Of this class met Christ, and hoar with
what Tenderness and pathos and beauty
and success Christ dealt with him; Thou
shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all
thy mind, and with all thy strength This
is tho first commandment, and the second
is like to this--namely, thou shalt love thy
neighbor as myself There is no other
commandment greater than this" And
the scribe said to him: well, Master,
thou hnst said the truth, for there Is one
God, and to love him with all the heart,
aud all the understanding and all the
soul, mud all the strength Is moro than
whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. And
when Jesus saw that be answered discreet
~ ho said unto him, Thou art not far
from the kingdom Of God" So a skeptiu
was saved In one interview. But TOW
Christian people treat the skeptiu in that
way. Instead Of taking hold OF him with
the gentle hand OF love, we are apt to take
him with tho iron plnehers Of ecclesiasu-
oism.
You would not DO so rough ON that man
II you know by what process he bad lost
his faith In Christianity. have known
men skeptioal from the fact that they grew
up In houses where religion was oyerdone.
Sunday was the most awfnl day OF the
week. They had religion driven into them
with trip hammer. They wore surfcited
with prayer meetings Thoy were stunned
and ohoked with oateohisms They were
often told they were the worst boys tho
parents ever knew, because they liked to
ride down hill better than to read Bun
vans "Pilgrim's Progress. Whenever
father and mother talked OF religion, they
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