The Newtown bee., 1896-03-06

Again we must pay the price of teachable spirit. The one who thinks rhat ne knows all, will never purchase or receive 8 new truth. He who thinks he is as good as others, or is good enough, will never be led to Jesus for salvation while in that spirit. It is the poor in spirit who are blessed, who find the truth it is the man who feels himself sinner that is ready to
 COMETO JESUS TO BE SAVED. l. was sinners that Jesus came o save, not those who are righteous in their own cOnccits. Hence if we would buy the truth of God as our salvation we must learn and be willing to pay the price of coming to Jesus as a humble penitent sinner, and accept salvation on the condi- tion that we ask and receive as needy souls.
 We can never be saved till we cast aside our own wisdom and goodness, and come humbly to God and beg his mercy and grace.
 One of the great reasons why many are not saved, do not possess this truth of Gods love, ia, they are unwilling to pay the price of humbling themselves to purchase the truth.
 They pride themselves in their superior wisdom, yea, they think they could teach God better way to save men, so they find fault with Gods plan of salvation aud in their pride reject it, and dia in their sins, and perish with all the ungodly, ra t out forever.
 This brings another thought that hind CTS our possessing the truth, our prcju- dices, so if any of you would buy the rluth you must pay the price, to abandon your prcjudice.
 You know how when Jesus preached in Nazareth their pr, judicoa led them to --y If 'iiu ''Is not this Joseph'5 son." g4a after little they were 90 inccnsed that they sought to murder him even or otr Sabbath day. IL WAS this prejudice pr"ducjug envy, that made the Jews per -ocu'e Jesus, reject and cruelty him.
 ruIs pryju3jcc go blinded their hearts, 5i3ta f vas impossible for them to believe cr he saving of their souls.
 We may readily see that while this pre- jndice WAS in tOcr minds and hearts they r"uid Hut I"c, iv,' ti3e truth, their minds y.t:a iHna condition to v4tue truth. The -as'c k t?u.' t9 'tsy; r1, juaice against the .-"sh i7 une U ca" iE"s! powerful reasons .. ivy ta"a d. ool ha4lavo. Like Naaman,
 E- r1, 1;.;t IS t"si7 oyvn opui0r, theories and ,':,uz@.s, ela better than thr duspscd J1ludn, ii" id fa,h:21cd doctrine of sal v.4!to1 through
 REPENTANCE AND FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST. @omc are go pvs jud,cod against certain 1.ctripcs of lhr Bible, which they have never truly studied or tried rightly to know, but have looked At them, only in some c&ricatugcd form made ridiculous by their uwn, or some others perversion Of the truth, and fail to possess this treasure nf fife eternal.
 Again some are SD prejudiccd against cerCa.o professors they know that they never give the religion of the gospel a real candid consideration.
 They say if such conduct is Christian we do not want any of it, but they will not be honest enough to admit, what they well know, that the conduct they condemn is not of the Christian, but the meanness of man.
 For there are some who seem l Ta atnral1yT hot with all that civilization and religion can do for them, they are but half way re- spectable and their gross conduct should not be set down against Christianity. But their conduct gives ground for those who are willing to be deceived and prejudiced against the truth, so as to not l buy 1t. But my hearers if you would 1 buy the truth you must be willing to 1 pay the price of abandoning all preju- dices. 1t may be hard to abandon your prejudice, but there is no other alterna- 1 tive if you would have the truth, and without this truth there is no salvation. i Perhaps one of the greatest hinderances 1 to our obtaining of the truth is indiffsr- ence to or disregard of consequences, be- cause of present gain or qualification. A young man is in a good position he be- gins to live little fast, spends more money than his salary will warrant. He knows he is doing wrong, and that day of reckoning will come, but he goes on indifferent to the consequences; he is bound to have a good time, as he terms Innc inf NO ho or bad, yet he borrows from the money that passes through his hands. His in- difference to the consequence would not let hun buy the truth; that the discovery is inevitable, and he has prepared him. self for disgrace with suicide or the prison cell.
 WE ALL KNOW OF MEN
 who regardless of the consequence of their business which ruins and murders husbands and fathers, starves and curses wives, mothers and children, bringing misery and woe on every hand, yet be. cause their business brings ready money into their pockets, they will not buy the truth, which would teach them that through their business, they become murderers, in the sight of God, and seal their own condemnation to the pit If eternal woe.
 0 how many who often think and la- ment over the terrible misery and woe caused through the liquor traffic; yet regardless and indifferent to the fearful consequence, will go on voting the H.