The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-11-13


ulace would have been His enemies, hui
nevertheless u is true picture OF th,
world. Have nothing to do with it. there
fore; as you love your own souls, bewar,
OF it. 1t has slain its thousands and teni
Of thousands. What ruined Lots wife
the world; what ruined Achan until he de
feated the whole camp of Israel? tn,
world; what ruined Judas until he solc
his very soul for greed OF wealth? tb,
world; what has ruined ten thousand souli
that are to-day shut away from God anc
hope, this same old world, "And what shal
1t profit man IL he gain the whole worlc
and lose his own soul"
First. the world is critical. Tt will fine
every flaw that exists in your nature i'm.
perfeetions to which your loved ones would
be blind, and which you yourself were
hardly aware of will be pointed out and
vulgarly displayed.
Second. il is merciless. II has positivel,
no excuse for the man that fails, and Will,
never offering to help him over his Difficult
ties when the tide is against him it laugh
at his despair and mocks at his hopeless
ness.
Third, it is heartless. There is no for
giveness in the world. There may be som
time a disposition to overlook but not {,
forgive, and this sort Of forgiveness hs
lost. SHINING humanity. You who belont
to the world, may / say to you in all Sc
riousness, don't cast stone at maj
that is sinner for the reason that yoi
are, or have been, or may be, just what yoi
condemn in others. No one Of us excep'
we are linked to the Son Of, God, by faltl
and walking heartily in fellowship witt
Him nav hope to escape from the awfu
grip OF Satan. Don't be unforgiving. II,
that cannot forgive others breaks down tn,
bridge over which he must pass himself
and he who is unwilling to forgive other
makes it impossible for God to forgive him
but thank God we are not shut mp to til,
world. There is an open door before us tt
that which is infinitely better than any
thing the world has ever seen.
II.
The laws treatment Now, Moses il
the law commanded us that such should bt
stoned. but what sayest Thou" Verse
This statement is perfectly true, that is the
law. 1t was written by Moses and writer
to him of God. There are only two forces
in operation to-day in the moral world
law and grace. Through one or the Other
of these forces we have submitted our
selves and by one or the other we must
hope to staRd before God By the way o
the law the case would seem to be hope
less. One act of sin is sufficient to incui
the penalty OF death II is always so with
law; if man takes one false step in the
mountains he lands himself at the bottom
of the abyss; there is no mercy shown by
the law. DR.. Parkhurst gives the descrip
tion of his climbing the mountains il
Switzerland with a rope around his waist
held by two guides, one leading and the
other following after him, when he stooc
upon little piece of rock not two inchei
broad and looked down into the depth
which measures 5000 feet. If he had bro
ken the law of gravitatiou and stepped on
from the narrow ledge nothing could have
saved him from q horrible death. We car
quite understand this in nature; the samt
thing applies in morals. II you sin against
your health vou suffer. Law is 4 shrewc
detective. and is ever on the watch. On,
wheel broken in the machinery and thu
whoie is inefficient; one piece of rail dis
n,aced means fearful disaster just on,
transgression of one law OF God the pen
iltv must be paid. "He that offends in one
point is guilty of ALL the Scriptures de
,!are, which simply means that the least
1ftense OF the law means a breaking away
from God. / repeat my statement that
there are but two forces in operation to-
lay in the moral world, law and grace. II
YOU have rejected Christ then your only
hope is in the law, and | should think
every man here must see that that is hope
less. First, you must suffer, for every bro
ken law means n penalty to paw. and every
transgression OF Gods plan brings down
lpon You burden YOU cannot well hear.
Second. you will he found out No man
has sufficient ingenuity to cover up his sim
and no grave has yet ever been deer
enough to save the sinner from the search
ing eye of God BE sure your sin will find
you ont. A truer text was never written.
Third YOU must die. The wages of sin is
Heath. / beg you. therefore. that YOU will
not allow yourself TO be controlled by the
law. 1t il ike the world. merciess and
heartless. and presents to you an ouportt
nifty OF escape from sin. but. thank God
YOU are not shut un to it. There is n way
opening up which leads to heaven shining
brighter and brighter until The perfect day
10 this way | now commend you.
III.
Christ's treatment of sinner. ''Bui
Jesus stopped down and with His fnget
wrote on the ground. as though tlc heard
them not So when they continued asking
Him, He lifted up Himself and said unto
them. He that is without sin among yot
let him first cast stone at her. And agair
He stopped down and wrote on the ground
And they which heard it, being convicted
by their own conscience. went out one by
one, beginning at the eldest even unto the
last. and Jesus was left alone and the wom
an standing in the midst. When Jesus hac
lifted up Himself, and saw none but the
woman He said unto her, Woman. where
are those thine accusers? Hath no mar
condemned thee? She said, No man, Lord
demn thee; go, and sin no more" From
verse @ to II. You have great picture
presented to YOU in this story.
First, the angry crowd
Second, the infinite Saviour III were
an artist | should paint ii. and yet no man
could ever paint the picture Of Christ. ]
know of one who attempted it and then de.
termined that he would never paint again,
because after working upon the face OF
Christ no other face could be worthy of his
skill | doubt ii any man could paint the
trembling woman, her face now flushed and
now pale. trembling in every part OF her
body, and yet you can see It all as you stop
and think. | know why. He was so merci,
full. You say it was because He was di.
vine. and that is true without saying it.,
but it seems to me He must have been es.
pecially merciful because OF the night He
had spent at the Mount of Olives. / am
perfectly sure that that man who prays
much with Christ is ever charitable in his
treatment of those who have gone astray,
Mrs. Whittemore's treatment OF Bluebird
sionary to the outcast; Jerry McAuley's
arm about s. II. Hadley and his prayer,
which reveal to the poor sinful man that
Jerry McAuey knew Christ. are but illus.
trations of the spirit OF which | speak
The man who has the spirit of Christ
is ever gentle with the erring, and
up and down the streets of our cities men
go in multitudes longing for just one word
of sympathy
Said young business man to me this
week 81 have been four years in New
York, most of the time with heavy heart.
No one has ever spoken to me of Christ,
nor invited me to the church, nor asked il
he could be my friend, and 1 have never
craved money from any one, for have not