The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-02-27

sheds Irht upon lhe koaptl story huu
makes both plain and powerful one phase
OF the work accomplished by our blessed
Lord
There was something in the color of the
heifer. for it was not allowable 10 have one
single white hair-all must be red. Surely |
this FL lust n little hint that iu the sacrh
cihl life and death of Jesus Christ there
was not one single bright ray.
The Offering must be without bemsh /
II there was the least spot Of weakness /
about IL 10 was 10 be rejected. And lie /
was without spot or wrinkle, or any such /
| thing too-absoluteiy perfect was the Son /
of God, our Saviour.
/ The red heifer was 10 be taken out Of |
/ the camp, and there put TO death. And |
/ Jesus was taken outside the city and cru. |
/ cited upon the green hill which we call |
/ Calvary.
When the heller was burned. into the |
+ flames was cast scarlet, which q supposed
/ was used to typlty the sins OF Israel, tol
/ both theirs and ours are red like crimson
Or scarlet. Cedar wood and hyssop were
also cast in. The cedar was the proudesl
tree in the olden times, the king of the
I forest, while hyssOp was the common
1 everyday plant which could be found but
tide the door of every cottage. Taking the
hyssop on the one side and the cedar on
the other all nature would be included II
the sweep. Surely there must be hint
here as to the breadth of the atonement
provided by Jesus Christ, and also a clear
suggestion as to the power OF Chrlsts
blood to cleanse.
In the sixth chapter of Numbers Grst
twelve verses, we have the law of the NaZ-
artes From this we learn that II the Naz-
arite dehled himself IN any way he must
Immediately be cleansed, or else step ont
of fellowship with God, and that II he IS
out of fellowship the days of his unclean-
ness are lost with God. In other words, II
there is in our hearts or lives any uncon-
fessed or unforgiyen sin, we may be saved
we will not argue that Queston-but our
time is lost; it counts for nothing with
God, and for this loss of time we shall one
day be called to a strict account. How
many Christians to-day are absolutely
without power. Their voices were once
heard in the prayer meeting. Their testi-
mony once rang out clearly in the church
Their life in the home was without re-
proach. And to-day they have lost their
testimony. 1t Is when man IS IN such
condition as this that the evil bird comes
straight from hell to say to him:
"Ah, yesl You once accepted Christ
and made great professions. You once
joined the church and gave much promise
of usefulness. You were once prominent
in the Christian world But now this IS
past. You have lost it all, for your case
is hopeless"
7 have been told that in the olden days
there was a Puritan divine that followed
this custom: Every once in a while he
called the roll of the dead called the pa
triarchs by name, one by one, and then,
standing silent IN the pulpit waited for an
answer. The silence was voiceful. Then,
looking at his congregation these were his
/ words:
Brethren, there is no response"
After calling these names he would call
> the names of kings, the names of apostles,
the names of famous historians, the names
Of artists, of scientists. of inventors, OF
philanthropists, and after the roll call
came again and again the answer:
y Brethren, there IS no response. These
men are dead"
) could call the names, too, if | would
n Here is the name of one who was once the
: superintendent of a Sundayschool and
: who answered not at the roll call Here Is
=. another who once stood as an officer in the
, church, but his voice is silent. Here Ii
: another who was once honored in society
for his professed faithfulness unto God
q but there is no response TO his name. And
= oh, the sadness! here is another whose
name was once a household word as ar
honored minister of the gospel, and there
!, is no response to his name. What is the
>, reason Because, like the NaZarite, they
= have come in contact with the dead. Theil
i old sins have come up again, like bones
: from the grave, defling their memory anC
:, robbing them of their power. 1t is be
- cause the very atmosphere they have beer
- Obliged to breathe like ours, is agains
y God and in enmity to Christ, and it is no
\ easy to keep unspotted from the world
~ The Jews counted every open vessel I'm
= clean.
Il But one is still left to us. God is still
g. love. He still loves you, and, having loveC
10 you will love you unto the end. His New
~ Testament provision is far better on
- than the old. "For if the blood of bull
!, and of goats, and the ashes of an hefe
- sprinkling the unclean, sanctlfieth to tn
Is purifying of the flesh, how much NOR
Il shall the blood of Christ who through tn
~ Eternal Spirit offered Himself withou
~ ~ SPOT to God, purge your conscience iron
- (Hebrews tx: 13, l4). We need not sta
40 out of fellowship, or be depr we'd of power
=. God is love. and He will give us all things
81 if we but fulfill His conditions.
id III.
ne "And thou shalt take the other ran
ia and Aaron and his sons shall put thei
70 hands upon the head of the ram. The
pc shalt thou kill the ram, and take of hi
m ear Of Aaron, and upon the tip of tn
cd right ear of his sons, and upon the thum
va of their right hand and upon the grea
TO toe Of their right foot, and sprinkle tn
az blood upon the altar round about" El
I'm XXX 10, 20
mt Another part of the offering of Abra1
W. was the ram. This, like all the rest, shed
light upon the gospel, and the understand
as ing of it is the secret of peace for many
IN life
n; When the blood was sprinlled ON the ca
I'm and +he thumb and foot If was SIGN the
EN- we're henceforth To he separated from n
Ire worldly purposes. In this we get dee
lesson touching conservation. We hay