The Newtown bee., 1898-09-23

who have lived so as to show they would |
have accepted Christ had they known of |
Him, can believe but on the other hand |
those who knowingly and Intentionally |
violate Gods laws and Gods way of sal. |
walton and who, living in a Christian |
land, deliberately reject Christ, have no |
excuse; they do It in the face Of that en- |
phatic assertion that
THERE IS NO OTHER NAME
given among men whereby we must be |
saved" and she that believeth not in
live without Christ till they die,
SO they will be judged without
Christ and as they depart from
the judgment they will read in charac-
ters as blazing as those who startled King
Belshazzar, thou are weighed and found
wanting" and those solemn words of
Christ will again be heard, Verify l say
unto you, it will be more tolerable in this
day OF Judgment for SodOm and Gomor-
rah, Tyre and Sidon than for you: for
if the mighty works of Christ, (his mir
acles) and the mightier works OF his love
and grace which you have seen had been
done there and if his gracious words
which you have heard or read had been
spoken there they would have repented
and believed" Yes, many now sitting
in our churches and listening to the truth
OF the gospel will in the great day weigh
less 8, d meet with less favor than the
heather. Christ said this. Ie is true
and true possibly OF some here. 1t
should be pres ched by every Christian
minister as a part of the Gospel in tidel-
itY, tenderness and love. The only way
TO escape such condemnation is to re-
| repent OF sin, believe the gospel and live
| the gospel. Put Christ and the gospel
and q Christian life into the scale
or you will be found wanting by
Him who weighs the actions and the
life. Let us secure an interest in
Christ's atoning work-appropriate his
| righteousness, His right doing, his atom
| ing and finished redemptive work-by
faith, and then if we confess and forsake
every known ain and if we do what we
do with sincere desire and purpose to
please Him, we shall not be found want
irg in the great testing dsy.
only remind you in clio sing that God
looks more at the quality than the guam
tity OF our actions. Ii we cannot accom-
plish great things we may do what we do
| we'll. IT'S the well doing that receives
frona Christ "well-done." The Orien-
| tails have an allegory that each man has
! two angels: when he acts well and right
ly the good angel records 1t and smiles
/ cords it and waits for signs of penitence;
| II they appear he grasses it; If rot he
seals it for the judgment day land weeps.
0 let there be in all our hearts such pen
| itence for our imperfect service as well
as for our wrong actions and such trust
| in Christ for pardon and for Heaven that
! the recording angel will smile, that there
1 will be Joy In Heaven and ON earth and
that all fear of the judgment dav, when
our actions will be examined, will be re-
moved.
| What becomes of lost or spir-
itually dead souls in another
world is much debated ques-
ton. But leave that 20 God. We trust
the United States government to take
care of dead letters, lost, misdirected
letters, letters gone wror g and gone as
| tray, to examine and retura them to
their owners if no law has been inten-
tionally violated or to dispose Of them
as it sees fit. Can we not trust the ALI
to care for so called lost souls, lost
through ignorance or misdirection, who
have gone astray and gone wrong be-
cause they knew TO better? We simply
do net know the fate of those who never
heard of Christ or Of the Bible and way
of salvationI But how ls it with you,
an erring soul living in Christian land
How Ia it with those who have heard of
Christ and rejected him, who will not,
yes, simp1y will not repent and believe
and live so as TO bring forth fruits meet
for repentance and faith.
0, FRIENDS IN NEwTowN,
(to some of whom I preached the gospel
25 years ago and then continuously for
16 years.. IS years from now most OF US
who were once associated in the life and
v5arix Of this nhnrah will hn en- atarnity,
What then! With Paul / can say my
hearts desire and prayer to God for you
ia that you may all be saved. / pray
that those who have heard the gospel so
long without fully accepting it may seek
salvation, not in veur way but Cote
way. Jesus said 81 am the way" Be-
lieve in him and live as he directs.
"Jesus, engrave it on my haart,
That Thou the one thing needful art.
can from all things parted be
| Butnevel. never. Lord from thee"
How many whom we have known and
with whom we bave worshipped and
communed In this loved sanctuary, have
been parted from all earthly things, but
they took Jesus with them into eternity
and so were accepted by Him by whom
actions are weighed. Is Christ In you,
the hope OF glory?
MY record says that I attended $50
funerals In this place during my pastor
ate here. From the fret funerals at
which efflciated in this church (those
OF William Perkins and Mrs Emily San
ford, TO the last, those OF Mrs Stahl and
Mrs Hammond) and others mere recent
ly OF blessed memory, how many bave
disappeared from earth only to appear In
Heaven, welcomed by the Saviour in
whom they believed. Let US who re-
main so believe and SO be and so live be-
-. n.