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| REPENTANCE.
(Synopsis Sunday Mornings Sermon.) BY
Rev. M. E. Melvin.

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There theme that has more interest to all classes
of people than the theme of repentance. What man or
woman boy girl here not time other shed
tears of Now, whether it the kind of repen
tance that is acceptable God is hero determined
There two kinds cannot better define them than by
quoting-f H. Cor, 7:10-sGodly worketh
pentance to salvation not to be epented of but the
OF the world worketh DEATH There is then repentance
that finds favor with God leads life eternal and
another kind of repentance that has it's end in death
So, then, better make distinction present you
two pictures drawn from the two passages i'll the text
the of Judas and the other the of Peter
Let us have the charity to think that Judas, when he
betrayed the Lord intended supposed it would
suit in the crucifxion. Mat 2:3Judas which had be-
rayed him. when he that He condemned repented
himself etc. Yes when he that his action led to
the condemnation of Christ then began to dawn upon
him that he responsible Doubtless he betrayed the
Savior for the love of money supposng that He would
work miracle and all would end we'll But alas! the
words cruelty Him, cruelty Him. sound in his ears
like death knell The thirty pieces of silver weigh up
his soul like mountain of lead He rid himself
of them and thereby eace the memory of that evil act
With bowed head blood shot eye and dazed conutenance
he staggers into the hall where sits the Sanedrm and in
tone of angussays II have snned in that have be-
trayed innocent blood He thinks he will shift the bur-
den them; that possibly they have words of
solation but oh s'What is that us, see to
that the hearses response and the soul of Judas
is dashed back the dashed into spray that meets
the rocky cliff Away he staggers and filings the money
down before the altar of the sanctuary the marble pave
ment and out he rushes Yes into night of despair
night not lighted by single star of promise, but night
of gloom and darkness and death and hell He the
valley of Hinnom, and he passes Getsemane CHASTITY
faces to mock his soul The very and rocks
speak him. On he goes the mountain side he
knows hardly where His burden is He must
rid himself of its weight He will do this Yonder is
rocky projection and the cliff is tree He will take
the rope from around his waist tie the limb
and the other to his neck and put this
life. And he went out and hanged himself
Now how do we know the kind of repentance that
Judas had Why, oy the of Greek word in the orgi
nal text that always change of the feelings,
morse And when the inspired writers indicate
complete change of the SOUL it's purpose differ
emily they Invariably another Greek word. The
word here used is the equivalent of biting
back 1t means simply this: that Judas sorry be-
his plan had failed and he overtaken in the
crime. It the of repentance the murder
er has who is condemned to death. He is sorry be-
the law has overtaken him death him
in the face. Were he entirely free there would be
repentance.
Note in regard to Judas repentance that there was
complete confession of his SIM But this proved of
avail Dear friend, learn that confession all of
pentance simple acknowledgement of weakness and
sin without purpose change will prove of help
you in the sight of God often do we mistake this
for true repentance minister of forty years
rence relates that he had attended the sick bedside of
two thousand patients and heard their confessions of SIM
and that of all that number only proted by
upon them
One more thought in regard to Judas His sin drove
him away from the Savior, when it ought have drawn
him closer THE of the world worketh DEATH -
sand he went out and hanged himself -
Now let turn to the other picture. It is before
dawn Christ is arraigned for trial He up
per end Of the long building befor the Sanhedrim
sitting quietly by in the lower same building
amid crowd of strangers They him of being
follower Of the criminal Three times he vigorously
MES it, and just the last words fall from his lips
hears the clarion voice of the cock Christ looks upon
Peter speaks not word, but simply looks enough
Peter remembers the confession had made of his
loyalty to the Savior He remembers his words of
ing before the cock thou shalt deny me thrice
He recalls all those of pleasant association with
Christ how tender and aectionate had always been
and hiself the weakest most impure in all
Judea Oh what food of bitter memories pours upon
his SOUL He too rushes out into the night it was
night not altogether destitute of shining
at least 81 have prayed that thy faith fail ot'' We
see him with his face in the dust and his eyes bathed in
tears. And he went out and wept bitterly.
Now, what Peter sorry for Pills sin revealed
his heart God it, How he loathed his very soul
how impure his heart how unknd his act how sinful
he had shown himself OF he repented of the
wrong he had nited upon the Savior but first and fore
most he weeping because of the sin itself Judas re-
pented OF the result Peter of the SIM Judas
for what it brought him, Peter the impurities in
his heart that produced wide heaven and hell
True repentance, then, is sorrow for sin itself It
gives right conception of the enormity of sin and it's
Nervousness in the sight Of God It involves genuine hat
red OF SIM loathing of it in all it's FORMS involves
change of purpose; not only seeing and knowing SIM
but turning away with endeavor after obedience
We it up thus it is Cody SIM turn
ing away from sin and turning to God And this leads
to the last thought in connection with Peters repen