The Penn's Grove record., 1896-09-18
NUMBER 9.

be with you" In other words. there Is no
such thing rs getting from heaven pardon
and comfort an I eternal life unless We hiring
with us our Divine Brother, the Lord Jesus
Christ. Coming without Him We shal! fall
before we reach the corn-crih. and our
bodies shall be n portion for the jatka's OF
the wilderness. but coming with the Divine
Jesus. all the granaries Of heaven will swing
open before our aoui and abundance shall
he given us. We shall be invited II st in
the palace OF the King, and at the table. and
Thile the Lord of heaven Is app 'rttonlnE
from His " table to the other tables He
will not forget us: and then and there 1t will
he found that our Beniamin's mess is larger
than all the others. for 50 il ought 10 be.
"Worthy is the Lamb that was slain, TO re-
ceive blessing and riches aud honor AMI
glory and power"
Iwant TO make three points. Every frank
and common sense man will acknowledge
himself to be a sinner. What are you going
TO do with YOUR sins2 Havethem parlnned,
YOU lay. How? Through the mercy ot CO..
What do yOu mean by the mercy o. G0lE
il 1t the letting down of a bar for the al
mission of all. without respect to charRcterE
Be not deceived? / sec 4 soul coming up to
the gate OF mercy and knocking at the corn
crib Of heavenly supply; AMI a voice from
Within says; care You alOne?' The sinner
replies, Gan alone The voice from
within saws, You shall not sna my pardon
ing face unless vour divine Brother, the
Lord Jesus, be with You" OBJ, that Is the
point at which so many are discomiited.
There Is no mercy from God except through
Jesus Christ. Coming with Him. VT are a.
cepted. Coming without Him. We are re-
iected. Peter put it right in his great ser
mon before the high priests, when h. 1huu'
dered forth: Neither is thpre salvation in
any other. There l. no other name given
under heaven among men whereby we may
be saved" Oh, anxious sinner Oh, dying
sinner! Oh, lost sinner! all Won have got to
do Is to have this divine Benjamin atom;
with you. Side by side, coming t" the gaze,
all the store-houaes Of heaven Will swing
open before your RuXious soul.
Am l right in calling Jesus Benjamin? q,
yes. Rachel lived only long enough TO give
Il name to that child, AMI with a dying kiss
she called him BenOui. Afterward jacob
changed his nam and he called him Ben
ilmin. ThG meaning Of the NAM sh" gave
was, son OF my Pain The meaning of
the name the father gave was, "Son OF my
Right Han1." AMI was not Christ the Son
of pain? All the sorrows OF Rachel in that
hour when she gave her child over into the
hands of strangers. was As nothing comnArei
with the struggle Of God when He gave up
His only Son. And was not Christ appro-
priately called "SOn of the Right Hantt'
Did not Stephen look into heaven and see
Hin standing ut the right hand OF Godf AMI
does not Paul speak OF HIM As Standing at
the right han | Of God making intercessIon
for US? o. Benjamin-Jesus! Son OF pans!
Son of victory The deepes' emotions Of our
souls ought to be stirred at the SOUND OF that
nomenclature. In your prayers plead His
tears. His sufTerings. His sOrrowS. ana HIS
death. II you refuse TO do It, al the corn
cribs and the palaces of heaven will he
bolted and barred against yonr soul, and a
voice from the throne shall stun you with the
announcement, You shall tot SEES Ny lace