St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-02-28
complete punishment of sin, and He

complete punishment of sin, and He
is merciful with mercy which made
Him willing to give His Son as sacri-
flee for sin. Oh, what wonderful and
complete provision God has made FOR
sinful man! Yes, God in His wooing
has bridged the chasm which separ-
ated the world from Him. The way
of reconciliation has been made plain,
and now we who rejoice in that recon-
Citation, we who have walked down
the delightful lovers lane of Gods
Word and way, beseech you in Christ's
stead ''be We reconciled to God!"
Gods wooing of the world.-What
theme! Gods wooing carried on
through human agencies.-What an
exalted privilege! Ambassadors of
Jesus Christ sent on the greatest mis-
sion ever committed to the hands Of
men or angels! We have not time to
dwell upon this thought or to develop
it. 1t is worthy sermon of itself.
But, Oh, we do want to say word
which will awaken the Christian heart
to realization of its great privilege
and responsibility. Ambassadors for
Christ! Then we cannot serve self or
the world. Jesus Himself plainly said:
I'VE cannot serve God and mammon."
If we belong to Jesus Christ by faith
in Him and cleansing in His shed blood,
then we are His ambassadors. What
contempt we have for traitor, for
one who, when in the service of one per-
son, turns about and betrays his trust
into the hands of another! And, oh,
how many Christians have forgotten
their high calling in Christ Jesus, and
are betraying their trust! AS am
bassadors of Jesus Christ we are sent
into the world on one mission-that
of telling the love message of God and
seeking to win lost souls. The am
bassador must know intimately the
one who has sent him on his mission.
Do you, oh ambassador Of Jesus Christ,
know your Lord intimately? The am
bassador must come direct from the
presence of the king, as he goes on his
mission; he must receive his last in
structions as to just how to carry the
mission to a successful issue. As you
go upon your mission, oh, ambassador
of Jesus Christ, do you come direct
from the presence of your Lord, with
last instructions to guide you in the
task before you? The ambassador
must feel and believe hismessage. Your
human love or your human faith will
never succeed in winning soul for
God. You must have Gods heart of
love, you must have His faith, if you
would prove a successful ambassador
for Him. If we are going to stand in
Christ's stead, we must have His love,
we must have His faith. Human love
can compass this life, but it takes the
Divine love to reach into the eternities.
Human faith may carry one through
life's problem to the edge of the grave,
but it takes the Divine faith of Jesus
Christ to carry one through the black
ness and death of the tomb into the
light and glory of the Celestial City.
As ambassadors of Jesus Christ we
ought to begin to cry to God to give us
His love, to fill US with the faith Of
Jesus Christ, so that we would be
equipped for the greatest mission upon
which man has ever been sent. Then
we shall be able to stand in Christ's
stead in the world, and beseech
the world to become reconciled to
God. And as we carry on the
wooing for God, we will find sinful
hearts melting like snow under the
midday sun. We will find that the
spirit of God will wonderfully coop
crate with us and aid us as we tell the
love story. Oh, Christian, be a true
ambassador for Christ! Oh, unsaved
soul, eve pray you in Christ's stead,
be ye reconciled to God! For He hath
made Christ to be sin for us, Who knew
no sin; that we might be made the
righteousness of God in Him."
Soaking In.
Il mean to give my boy fine educa-
tion," said a prosperous business man
to the country relative across whose
fields he was walking. "He shall have
every advantage here and across the
water" Eye can pour on all We want
to, butye can't make it soak in, replied
the deaf old farmer, catching only the
last word and applying it to the rocky
strip of land on which his own eyes and
thoughts were fixed. But he spoke the
truth-more truly than he might have
answered had he heard. No father,
whateverhis desires, canreally educate
his SON He can lavish rfnon him. ovorv
advantage, but the soaking in" proc
ess must depend upon the boy himself,
and without it all opportunities are
wasted. So it is with our spiritual ed
ucation. All the home training, the
surroundings, the examples, the incen-
tives-loye human and divine, and all
the wondrous discipline of Life, cannot
make fine character except as we care
to have it so. tEarthi and Heaven may
pour out their advantages, but the APP
preparation of them rests with our
selves alone.-Wellspring.
Reason and Love.
It is love story, and not a system
of philosophy. The Gospel is preem-
inently heart appeal. Is it there
fore an unreasonable thing? No, it is
all the more reasonable" because it
is indefnable. The invitation of the
Old Testament is: "Come, let US reason
together" The cry of the New Tes-
lament is: "Come unto Me and will
give you rest" The message OF love
goes further, sinks deeper, than the