The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-18


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'begglrs must not be rboo,r,r.n and
The human race IN H. ,epI,ted stats
I had better moi hr critical off tbe nod
; hN which God would empalure an 49,
] could easily think of "a pIar rn,r..
complimentary 10 our fallen humanity
/ Than thai which e. called the "uIp, ne
salvation III God had uIloVrd a.. IA
do part uf the work of recovery ana lie
| du lhr rest, 1T Nc could dn tbrr,.-,,,,r-
] irrs uf il and lie do ola, Iu.t p,,,rt.r
/ If wr could accomplish most of n uuJ
lic iusf puI m the finishing touches
many could look with morn rnmpIo-
eency upon The projected rriu.tate-
mrnt of the human family n, mat
We must hutr our pride Aubn,sgted
our stubborn will made flexible and .,
supernatural power demonstrated In
ms az every step. A pretty pIgp or
salvation that would he. Of bup,,p
drafting and manufacturing, II ,yopId
be a doNoIogy sung to ourselves. God
must have an The glory. not one stcn
of our hcayeul, throne made Ia. cartb-
ly carpentry; not one stripg rouId we
twist of thc harm of our eternal re-
joiciug. Accent all az an upmcritcd
donation from the skies mr. y,e vu
never have il ataIl
Nov" SAYS some ope ,if Cbrig, Il,
the only way what about tbo bc,tl,cp
who have never heard of Him Us Rut
Nuu are not heather. and why divert ms
from the question of our personal soI-
yaliou9 Satan Is aIyays iptrodpcip,
something irrelevant. lie wants 20
take it out OF a personality into an
abstraction. Get our own salvation SET.
tied. aud then we will discuss the s,lyo-
lion of other people. "Hu." say, some
one. ",yhat percentage of the human
race will be saved? What will be the
comparative number saved and lcst?"
There Satan thnsts in the muthemat-
les of redemption. lie suggests that
YOU find out the mathematical proper
ton OF tn redeemed. But be not de-
ccived. ! am now discussing the cter-
nal welfare Of OILY two persons. YOUR
self and myself. Get ourselves right
before we botber ourselves about get
ting others right Christ, come hith-
cr and master our case! Here are our
sins-pardou them; our wouuds-heal
them; our burdens-lift them: our sor-
rows comfort them. We want the
Christ of haI1imcus 10 open our blind
ewes. the Christ of Martha to help IL i'm
our domestic cares, the Christ of Oil
vet To- help MS preach our sermons. the
Christ of Lake GaItlee to still our tenn
pests. the Christ of Lazarus 10 raise
our dead. Not too tired is He TO come,
though He has on His whipped shout
ders so long carried the worlds woe and
on His acrratcd feet walked this way to
accept our SaMImicn.
IN ,he bIoody ;lroes of lie noun
tain ON which Jesus died. and by the
sepulchcr where Ills mutflarcd body
was iuclosed in Garkened crypt and by
the OIivet from which He arose. while
aytonished fiscio,cs clutched for His
Tobcs ia detafp Him in their compan-
iopship. and by the radiant and ompip-
atc,t throne on which He Sits waiting
for the coming Of all those whose re-
lemntiop was settled IN Heaven. i'm.
5lorC Won 10 bow youI head in imme-
Giate and final submission. Once cxer.
rise sorrow for VIVA, YOU have done
and exercise trust in Him for what lie
is WILLING 70 do. and all is well for both
worlds Then yau can swing out de.
rance to all oppositrou. human and dia-
hoIic. In conouering His foes lie
CONQUERED yours. And have YOU no.
tic, r that pasSaa, il, CoIossians that
renrqsents Him "soyfno despoiled prfn-
cinalities end movers. lie made a show