The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-06
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ed him with perpetual infamy Shall
be some othor Matthew. whose avarice an
greed are dwarfing and Quenching all th
better impulses Of the heart? Shall 1t
some one who has sinned against a father
Joy. mothers love- a wifes devotion? Q
shall II be some one who discovers that h
has sinned. that greater sin OF despisin
and trampling on Gods love? Neve
mind. We need not particularize. 1t
an old hulk OF lost humanity, and the worl
has lost faith In him. and may be tn
church has lost faith. and all men say
Hes hopeless case" and his own hear
condemns him. But Obi there comes tina
way some day the Master builder OF re
deemed character. and Jesus sees some
thing that no oncAHlse has Suspected. III
looks through wreck and rubbish and dis
covers not our disabilities, but our posi-
bilities. not our DESTROYED manhood. bu
our redeemed and restored manhood. Yes
Jesus sees the saved man. too. He sees 4
In you and In mo and In each OF us.
Blessed be God for such n gospel, TX
those who are cast down and despairing. tc
those who are reckless and needless. "a
those whose hearts are hardening into ada
mant under the conviction that they have
passed beyond all hope. this truth sings the
sweetest song OF "A springtiinc. when the
flowers may bloom once more. and the
sunshiny skies come back and the old
time gladness thrills us again with de-
light. Tho world does not see 1t. my best
friends may not see II. yea, may be blind
to II myself, but Jesus sees somewhere
within me the better man. the man that |
may be by grace. and He says: Follow ME
and I Will make YOU Gods child"
g. But the individualism OF the gospcl
does not stop here. and remark in the
next place that Christianity discovers the
mission OF individuals / mean that 4,
reveals TO every saved individual that he
has a personal mission to perform to the
lost world, and emphasizes the fact that
this hayward world is to be reclaimed and
won TO Christ not by rites and pageants.
not by ceremonies and services. but by the
ministry OF saved and Christanized indi-
riduals in personal contact with uusaved
Individuals
The old Jewish pose OF citizenship will
not answer for the kingdom OF God. 1, s
not enough TO behave yourself and enjoy
your rights and privileges a. a member OF
favored nation. In the Christian COM
monwcalth the citizen. IN al
cheny concerned with the carry
ing out OF an intensely personal commits
sion which he has received, lie is 10 think
less Of his rights ind more OF his duties
Tho DAYS Of nriostly monopoly are over.
There are no longer any common people !
In the kingdom OF God but every believer
is King and priest. Because you are a
believer IN Christ. my fellow Christian. and |
not because OF any clerical vows or ordain-
ing orders. art yon under binding ahlga- I
ton to proclaim the GOSPEL OF the kingdom
TO othe~s | am preacher not merely be
cause am an ordained minister. but be.
cause | am a believer IN Jesus Christ Lot I
him that hoareth say come" Christianlty
destroys wipes out the distinrtiou between
clergy and laity, so far a. witnessing for
Christ is concerned. and discovers .ne ,uis-
sion of the Individual NAV II not he e,ies.
toned whether the church has YET &C
repted that doctrine In IFS rut,retye Yet II
must be not oniv accented hut Nyoa II W.
are ever to oyertake the world with tho
Glad tliinrs o, the crogs
Hardy anythin. hls trapspIr,1 in the
history ~ fhr C'h,1s,i.n church /" snv mr.
Parkhurs, cha, has done more I, arrest
its Growth tbau the sprlnrluc Nh, M MAJ
Kind Of discrimination between clcrt-,, ana
laitv lhat dis,fnguishes the tvo fre,n onc
another. no; simply In function when IN
roas, nahle and Scriutur,l .uot,n b,t In
the respective relations 10 the Co.l-snir,t
considered as a personal ;s,1ant. i,suirrl ne.
tuator. I'm the indivi1u.l ufe and arttytiv