The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-05-14

Worlu, VINO never nad to 90 to tn
altar of mercy and offer up a sacri
fee for sin: yet he was not loved bet
ter or honored more by men. II,
was loving and beloved man. th
pcssesser Of divine truth, a grea
teacher, and scholar of good repute
His thoughts were clothed in beauti
full language, yet how simple anG
touching to the human heart. W.
watch with anxious eyes and long
with yearning soul for the dawn ol
that Messianic day which is to adorn
and beautify the world. Jesus went
down to the margin of the river, .Dor-
dan, yea crossed over it, and con-
structed the bridge over which we
shall cross. He travelled over the
road from life unto death and found
the new highway from death unto
eternal life and paved that way
for us. Every individual, sooner or
later, falls victim to death, but Je-
sus sits on the right hand of the eter-
nal Majesty on high, interceding for
the victim. Thus death gives the
fell-stroke, but Jesus takes possession
of the soul and watts it upward in its
flight into the light of heavenly sun
shine and glory. AS soon as death
strikes the blow, the walls of clay
that inclose the soul, Jehovah like,
will fall and let it go free. The pow
er of death vanishes as paper in the
fire or vapor in the sun. We should
live on the summit of virtues noun
tain, where we can breathe the an
gelic air, for we are watched by the
cherubs and guided by their power.
So why not act angelic like and live
life worthy our existence? Let your
soul be free and permit it to soar to
that height which God desired it
should, then you will exercise the
judgment of an intelligent being and
adorn the God-like spirit Of your ma
ture. God furnishes the good man
with heavenly thought and makes
him a revelator to divulge these
thoughts to other souls. Let the del
fed soul that is within you be guar
iian of justice, equity and love, and
you will be men. God is the uni
Versal and eternal energy, who will
sustain that soul which longs to fly
% the throne Of peace and love. Rev.
,rence the gods and help men. Re-
member that we are the progeny of
me common Parent, one immutable
md eternal Father. The universe is
'ur country, and every one that lives
n the wide world Is our neighb bor.
We are all to be, in the future, the
hildren of a never ending home in
Ieaven where God alone will rule
With love and mercy. Be lofty in
irtue and noble in sentiment and God
Will extol you to the skies where you
hall sing praises unto him forever :
nd forever more. Oh. what a life {
f virtue was that of Christ. Virtue
the power that gives wings TO the
oul to soar through ethereal space
nd hover around the mercy seat of
iod. Christ preached the eternal /
nth, not the truth backed up by $
len, but by God himself. No other I
lind but that of Jesus could have f
'oken such golden truths, for moth 5
lg can divulge itself from the soul, '
lat is not within it. Naturally, man /
prone to evil as the sparks fly up +
ard. "Is there one pure::" Not a
lie except God" Then he that liv- a
h and sayeth he sinneth not, is {
ar, and the truth is not in him. ''He n
so maketh Christ liar The liar t
!all have his portion in that lake of c
'e which is never quenched, and hear Il
e requiems Of the damned in hell, r
sounding in his ears forever. We C.
ell our infrmities when we attempt |,
me weighty task, but Jesus sympa- a
ICES with Us in our weakness. Christ c
me to redeem the world. But be- Ii