The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-01-15


men: He had on garment which came
down to His feet, and as He walked to-
ward me saw in His feet the print of
the nails. Then | knew who He was /
fell at His. feet and cried, %, Lord, An
drew, Andrew. Daughter, would you
drew, He took me by the hand and led
out over the abyss, and we came nearer
and nearer, until at last we were united,
and then He led lis back to be with Him
forever" Q, my friends, not in tho next
world, It not IN this. but here and now wo
may be made one in Him, one for time and
eternity, but failing here, all hope is gone
and there is before us only the blackness
Of darkness of despair. "For there is no
| difference"
The second question is of the greatest
Importance:
DO YOU COME UP TO GODS STAND
ARD?
1t is rot enough to be simply member
of the church. Many will say to Me in
that day, Lord, Lord, have we not pro-
phesied in Thy name, and in Thy name
have cast out devils? and | viii profess
unto them, never knew you"
We have such a way of measuring our
selves by ourselves that we may feel we'll
satisfied with the result. But how about
Gods standard? Upon my return home
at one time my wife placed in my hands
piece CT paper written all over, but only
two words were Ineligible. At the top
Of the page was the word carriage"
plainly written, the next word was the
same, only not so we'll written.
1t was my little daughters first copy
book. The teacher had written the word
at the top of the line, and she had done
fairly well so long as she had looked at the
copy But she had fallen into the serious
error of copying the line just above her
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page as nearly spelled "man" as Gear
| riage." Thus people measure themselves
by those around them, forgetting that He
said-'Lool unto Me and be We saved"
You may be better than the members OF
the church, but what doth it profit? You
may be the best man in your community,
but that does not save.
How about Gods standard?'
Her Majesty, the Queen, issues frequent
ly. am told, an order for soldiers to COM
pose her guard. Every man must be at
least six feet tall. I can imagine some
young Englishmen measuring themselves
by themselves, until at last one man in
great delight exclaims, II will surely get
in, for ] am the tallest man in town"
And so he is, but when he stands before
Her Majesty's officer he is rejected for he
is three-quarters of an inch under the
mark
His being taller than his friends proited
nothing; they had all fallen short; some
more, some less. But "there was no diff
ference"
And if you turn nv question in upon nv
self, [ confess that I do fully come I'D to
the high standard of God; not in myself in
anv way, far from it-but in Christ; for
Christ is the end Of the law for righteous
ness to every one that believeth," and
wherein I fail. He makes up.
1t IS no point as to whether Adam or
c..1
guilty, and "there is no difference
The chiefest of all sins is not drunken
ness, although that is horrible: it is
not RIGHTEOUSNESS, although that is vile:
it is the rejection Of Gods mercy-or the
sin of unbelief. 'He that believeth not is
condemned already, because he hath not
believed in the name of the only begotten
ever he be among you-sinner, either great
or small, if he fail here, he stands with the
condemned and "there is no difference"
The third and last important question is
this:
WHAT IS THE REMEDY?
There is another "no difference" which
answers the question. For there is no
difference y for the same Lord over
all is rich unto all that call upon Him. for
whosoever shall call upon the name of the
Lord shall be saved" Romans x: IL, 49,
l. 1t is useless to try by any amount of
exertion, or feeling, or even prayer. TO
bring about faith. / have had my own ex-
perience in this. God says in His word,
Faith come5h by hearing and hearing by
the word of God"
This is sure way. A college student
was greatly troubled spiritually, and was
in conference with one of the professors
until midnight. Just as he was leaving the
house, going out into the darkness, the
professor placed in his hands lantern
saying, Take it, George, it will light you
home a step at time" And this is what
the Bible does.
That lantern did not LIGHT up the for
ests, nor make luminous the landscape; it
was not meant that it should, but it made
every step bright.
Man was lost by hearing Satan. He
can only be. saved by hearing God. Plant
promise, and God will begin at once to
make clear the way if you will only believe
Him.
2. To the Philippian jailor's question,
What must do to be saved" Paups an
swer was. Believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ and thou shalt be saved" And
there IS no respecting of persons, for "who
soever shall call upon the name of the
Lord shall be saved"
A friend of mine told me that when he
climbed the Matterhorn he was besieged
by men, waiting at the base of the mount
ain, ready to guide him up the difficult
way, but the most of them would have
never brought him down in safety, for
they were simply msn out of employment.
He very easily, however, secured a safe
guide when he said, "Show me your pa
pers." Then the men who were without
them stepped back, while the real guides
stepped forward and holding out their
papers he read something like this:
eve, the undersigned, have climbed the
Matterhorn under the care of such a guide
giving his nance, and we commend him to
our friend" and then followed the names
of people of great renown at home and
abroad, a member of Parliament, mem
ber. of Congress, and your personal friend,
and my friend at once felt secure because
others had made the trip in safety.
1t is. like that when under condemnation
you ask, What must l do?"
Infidelity attempts an answer; philoso-
ply make a vain effort to reply, and Jesus
Christ the Son of God, comes with the
rest. Let me suggest to you the real test.
Ask them each, "What have you done?"
Demand of each that their papers be
shown. Then will He come whose gar
ments are dyed red, whose hands were
pierced, and whose heart was broken, who
died and rose again that He might be-
come the justifer of all that believe, and
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