Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-12

jot or one little shall 10 no wis,
pass away from the law, till al
things be accomplished. Whose
ever shall break one Of these leas
commandments, aud shall teacl
men so, shall be called least in tht
Kingdom of Heaven; but whosoevel
shall do and teach them, he shall
be called great in the King
dom of Heaven. In the Meth
odist Sunday School literature
find the following The Old les
lament Scriptures we're known as
the law and the prophets. They
required a very holy life. Wher
Jesus came preaching glad tidings,
there were those who thought that
he intended to do away with this
law. He said, no. it was very
good; it should never fail. Will the
moral laws Of God ever grow old or
change? No. till Heaven and earth
shall pass away, not one jot or little
shall fail. Not the dot of an i. or
the cross of at. This is a pIctur-
esque way of saying that every
part of the law, however minute, is
abiding and sacred. The smallest
portion OF it Will last as long as the
huge bulk of created worlds. The
law is eternal, like our relations to
God, and like God himself. The
law is truth in the moral order of
things, and truth cannot be abol-
ished. Can time come, can cir.
arise, can a dispense
ton be foreseen, that would make
truth cease to be truth, man cease
to be man, or God cease to be God?
1t is then only that the law could
exist no longer. 1t may be fulfilled
with greater or less ease, undre cir
more or less favorable;
it may receive any particular form,
any particular expression; but
a bollshed or altered it can never
be. How perfectly those words agree
With the statements of the Scriptures
Psalms 1912. "Thy law is the
ruth. John 17:17, "Thy word
S truth" Psalms 1890, Every
ne of thy righteous judgments en-
Iureth forever"
The New York Christian Advo-
ate, the leading paper of the Meth
dist Episcopal church said: It'll
Ieaven and earth pass, one jot or
ne title shall in no wise pass from
he law, till all be fulfilled" "This
vas undoubtedly familiar form of
speech to declare of thing that it
vas fixed and unchangeable.'
Adam Clarke, the great common
ator, says; "God has done nothing
q nature or grace that does not re.
lound to his own honor and glory;
ind because all is done in right
.ousness, 1t endureth forever.
will quote next from that ably
:dited Sunday School periodical,
The Baptist Teacher: Having
described the nature and the privi-
eyes of the Kingdom He came to
stablish, and also the spirit and
of such as might be-
ong to it, Jesus proceeds to show
hat all this is in exact accordance
With the true Interpretation of the
aw as given by Moses. He as
ures his hearers that he did not
ONE to annul or set aside the law,
,ut to fulfill it; Notwithstanding all
he charges to the contrary that
lad been made against him. God
wants us to live in harmony with
him, and the law simply tells us
now to do it.
David said, Il esteem all Thy
orecepts to be right. "
THE IMNUTABILITY OF THE LAW.
If the law were a mere arbitrary
enactment, then it might presently
be put aside; but if it be the exc
preston of the divine nature, then
t must be eternal at Gods throne,
Heaven and earth may pass away, !
out not one jot or little of the law.
Men may transgress the law, they |
nay forget it, or defy it, or imagine
hey can improve upon it, or have
gotten beyond it, but the law
changes not its standard, alters not
It's tone, but evermore asserts it's
divine authority and inflicts its
awful penalty.
Society may become debauched |
and mems consciences corrupted,
and the times may be out of Joint;
but Gods law is the same yester- /