St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-10-10

were willing to take less! Oh. tn
greatest need of the world is not NOR,
charity, greater philanthropy, highe1
civilization, broader education, but i
is Life! Jesus supreme mission wa,
to give life to dead souls, to save sin
ners!
A ND il Jesus had but one suprem,
- mission, that of saving sinners
and if the supreme message Of tn,
ages is: Believe on the Lord Jesu,
Christ and thou shalt be saved" how
had it ought to affect the Christian
The Christian has a right to have bu
one passion, and that is a passion fol
souls. His message must be the on,
which Jesus has sent him 20 deliver
We do not hear Paul, the Creates
soul-Winner of all times, preaching
anything but Christ Jesus and Hin
crucified. He might have preached
other and helpful things, but he de-
clares: Il determined not to know
anything among you save Jesus Chris
and Him crucified." He might have
gloried in other things, but his prayer
was: God forbid that l should glory
save in the cross of our Lord Jesus
Christ" And the Christian has nc
right or excuse for preaching or teach
ing anything else than that Christ
Jesus came into the world to save sin
ners." This fact must be the central
and supreme motive of the life. Let
all else be subordinate to this one
great truth of Heaven and hope OF
earth.
TO DO so simplifies all the complex
l tiles of the secular and religious
life. 1t is SO easy for the mariner to
miss his course If he takes his eyes
OIL the stars and the compass. It ia
so easy for the Christian to miss his
high calling in Christ Jesus by taking
his eyes from the Christ Who has
come into the world to save sinners.
Commendable Christian activities are
allowed to obscure the main issue,
and soul saving is relegated to the re-
vival period or the more convenient
season. But If the supreme mission OF
Jesus is kept ever in mind, and the
supreme calling Of the Christian is
realized, all Christian activities natu-
rally and beautifully fall into their
rightful place, and the saving power of
Jesus is gloriously manifest. To
recognize the supreme mission OF
Jesus encourages. The only one who
has a right to be hopeful is the Chris
tian. The social, industrial, political
refOrmer is met on every hand with
difficulties and discouragements. When
success is won in one direction fresh
difficulties arise in another. The dis
tressing conditions which prevail in
the large cities and in sections of the
country and the world are alleviated,
but not eliminated or cured. The more
that is done. the more there appears to
be done. The one who serves human
ity with human means and in human
strength has burdens to carry which
crush.
T WAS only few years ago that .
worker in the slums of New York
went insane because of the needs Of
the unfortunates and her own feeble
ness to correct the existing evils. But
It is not SO with the Christian who
keeps in mind the supreme mission of
Jesus into the world. He knows he
has not the crushing burdens of hui
man ills to carry He sees the need
and distress. 1t makes his heart bleed,
but it does not discourage, for he
knows the saddest condition of all is
duty is not to make this life more
but to bring the dead soul to
! saving knowledge in Jesus Christ
He must be charitable, he must be
he must be minister
ng angel at all times, but all must be
to serve the supreme end
that of saving the soul. And with all
Heaven rejoicing over one sinner who
has repented, and with the song of
10y of the new-found hope swelling
n the heart of the saved soul, how can
here be encouragement? The soul
'aving Christians are the happiest and
most hopeful No pessimists are within
heir ranks. All are bright with the
optimism Of Heaven. They lift up the
Christ and He draws all men unto
Him, from every grade and walk of
life.
T HIS is a faithful saying, then.
l "and worthy Of all acceptatiop,
hat Christ Jesus came into the world
o save sinners" Mr. Spurgeon, in
on this verse, said: This
oming of Christ to save sinners, as
inners, Paul regards as truth so well
znown in the Christian church that
had come to be a saying. familiar
n their mouths as household words
t had become sort of proverb with
Christians that Christ Jesus came to
ave sinners, and Paul says that it
night Justly be received as proverb
.mong all nations, for 1t was worthy
f universal acceptance from the
weight of its meaning, the importance
t it's subject, and the Divine author
ty with which it was sealed. More
'ver, that Jesus Christ came into the
world to save sinners is so true that
t is not merely saying, but faith
I'll saying, worthy of all confidence,
eing as sure as the truth of God Him
elf. Pass it around, We Christians; re-
eat it among yourselves without the
highest hesitancy or question: let it