The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-07
THREE WAYS TO ACT
TOWARD CHRIST.


one May BE Nominal Christian. May
Reject Christ or Accept Him.
The third of the series of special re-
vival services at the Wesley Monu-
mental Church was held last night and
large congregation heard a strong
sermon by Rev. H. c. Christian, pastor
His subject was: Christ on Every
Mans Hands" The sermon was built
upon the text, Matthew 27:22; plate
saith unto them: What shall l do
then with Jesus which is Christi
The scene during which this inn
portant question was asked is a famil-
lar one" said Mr.. Christian, and the
circumstances are easily recalled. The
King of Man was before the Roman
governor, Pontius PLATE. PLATE had
been warned in a dream and by his
wife to have nothing to do with this
man, but He was still on his hands.
The governor washed his hands of the
responsibility, but it was still there,
and though Plate may have wished
that he had never been born, yet that
did not alter the circumstances. And
as Christ was on the hands Of PLATE
on that early morn of the fateful FRI
day, so He is on the hands Of all to-
night.
I'm the first place, sin has placed
Him upon our hands. The history ana
the experience of the human race mas
been that sin is an incurable disease,
eating the moral nature like an u.cer,
and with no remedy in the world OF
mans genius and invention. Its ten
dency is to advance and to develop to-
ward irreparable loss. thousands
liza aatN anf a
questioned, attest the truth that Christ
has power on earth to forgive sin ana
arrest the destructive power in the hui
man soul 1t is in sin to die when
Christ can save. His claim has never
been refuted that He came to seek ana
save the lost AS a reasonable being,
dying with this incurable disease, shut
up from the source of help, how can
YOU dismiss Christ? lie is on your
hands, waiting at your very door.
Secondly, conscience has put Him
on your hands. The spotless life or
Christ walking amongst men in per
feet conformity to every law or Goa,
brings condemnation to us and troubles
the conscience. The fact that he gave
Himself for us troubles the conscience.
Gratitude is the normal condition of
the heart, not depraved, and when we
reject the great sacrifice made for us,
our own life condemns us for an in
CRATE and our conscience Is troubled.
Thirdly, phopresy put him on your
hands The old Jewish scriptures, the
authenticity of which have never been
denied, point out thousands of years
beforehand the coming of the Messiah.
He was to come in a certain manner,
to be horn at a certain place, to be
buried in a certain way, to be a GER
Al. LII &c haGn
fulfilled, putting Christ on the world
as the Savior and friend of mankind.
Christ is the literal fulfillment of
prophesy uttered thousands of years
before his coming.
"Fourthly, history puts Him on your
hands The history of Christ is the
history of the world for nineteen CEN
turtles Every minute of time Is
counted from that hour. Every book
that has been written, every engrav-
ing in stone, every epitaph, every le-
gal document, every historic event, has
been counted from that hour and
bears testimony TO Him.
Filthy. the twentieth century puts
Him on your hands. You live in the
midst of greater light than has been
shed upon the peoples of the past.
This century opens with His Claim as
King of Truth stronger than it has
ever been in the history of the past.
What will you do with Him?
Something must be done. You can
not ignore him and you cannot post
pone action. He is on your hands to-
night There are but three ways in
which you can act toward Him. You
can join His church or remain a NOM
inal Christian in IL and be lost. Sec
ondly, you can reject him and go out
to your doom: or. thirdly you can
give Him your life and be saved.
The interest in the services at the
Wesley Monumental Church have
been constantly growing. The pastor
has remained at his charge during the
entire summer and his work has re-
suited in considerably increasing the
attendance and membership of the
church.