The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-12-29

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II would have said: II have watched
that planet with minute and compre-
hensive inspection. and / cannot have
the ofense longer continued" ntruth
had spoken. Il would have said; Il de-
clare that they who offend the law
must 70 down under the law" But d.
une love took = different view Of the
worlds obdursey and pollution. II
said: II pity all those woes Of the
earth. I cannot stand here and see
no assnagement Of those sufieFings. ]
will 20 down and reform the world.
! will mediate lite wosndG i win calm
its frenzy. win wash on its pollu-
tion. l will become incarnAted. / win
take on my shoulders and upon my
brow and into my heart the conse-
quencss Of the worlds miabehavior. Il
start now, and between my arrival al
Bethlehem and my accent from 0iivet
| will weep their tears and suffer their
grisfs and die their death. Farewell.
my throne, my crown, my sceptsr, my
angelic environment, my Heaven, till
l have anlahed the work aud come
back" God was nsser conquered but
once, and thai was when He was con-
quered BY His M love. "God IL love-
In this day. when the ereeds Of
churches are being revised, let more
emphesia be pus upon the thought OF
my text. Letita appear OF the beginning
Of every creed aud at the cloae. The
a~ncisnta used to tell of . great mill
tary ehisitain who. about to 70 . o bat
tie. was clad in armor, helmet on head
and sword % aide. and who put out
his arms TO give farewell embrace to
his child, and the child. affrighted at
his appearance, ran. shrieking, away.
Then the father put OF the armor that
caused the alarm, and the child saw
who be was and ran into hts arms and
snuggled against his heart. Creeds
must not have too much iron in their
make up, terrorizing rather than at
traetlng. They must not hide the smil-
ing face and the warn heart OF u
Father, God. Let nothing imply that
there is q sheriff at svsry door ready to
make arrest, but oven US all and around
10 all q mercy that wants 10 saye. and
save now.
II n paragraph Of the creed seems
70 take you, like . child, out Of the
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This wa, the rsason the Bible was
written. The world needs no inspired
page to tell It that God will chastiss
sin. for that 10 proved in the life Of
many an offender. You can look
through the wicket Of any prison and
stood thousands OF yesrs before Solo
mon wrote II; The way OF the trans
grsssor Is hard The world needed
NO Bible to tell 1t that God is omnipo
tent, for anyone who has seen Nom
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