The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-09-26


heart does not realize the peril Of the
sinking sand. but repentance opens
the eyes of the soul to Its desperate
and lost condition In sin. God DO
merciful to me, a sinner" must be tho
cry. observation-disclosures and genuine
repentance-is the condition OF heart
which will break the letters which
bind you to the present position on the
sand and will make you willing and
eager to get upon the sure Foundation
~ Jesus Christ. And faith is tho
cable which will draw you and plant
vour feet upon the Rock. Believe on
the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt
he sayed!" And II your faith Is small.
very small, you may come to Jesus as
did that father long. long years ago.
and cry: Lord, believe; help Thou
mine unbelief." All, how great Is Gods
mercy! It is able to reach to the depths
of the mire of sin. and place the feet
upon the Eternal Rock. All, how great
is Gods patience as He waits for sinful
and lost man to turn from death to life.
from darkness to light! He hears the
faintest cry. His hand is outstretched
to save.
DUT what does salvation through
y Christ mean? 1t means a new
heart and changed life. The old heart
has desires away from God. That is
the reason Jesus told Nicodemus that
he must be born again. But the new
heart which God creates for the be-.
lever In Christ has new and larger
capacity for God. Gods Word declares
that III any man be in Christ chat is.
II a man by repentance and faith has
become established upon Christ the
Foundation) he is new creature; old
things are passed away; behold, ell
things are become new" The old man
with its affections and lusts cannot be-
come established upon Christ the
Foundation. If the rich young man
could have come into the Kingdom OF
God dragging his riches with him, he
would gladly have come. And II many
soul, which is clinging to the old life.
to its ambitions and its sins, could bring
all those unholy things with 1t, 1t would
quickly come. But the life established
upon Christ Jesus must be the cleansed
life. The new heart Is the possession
of the wise man whose life rests upon
the sure Foundation. The foolish man
without foundation knows no such pos
session. The new heart Is part Of the
glorious transformation which God
brings to pass in the life when 1t turns
to the Rock Christ Jesus for salvation
and refuge. How appropriate 1t is that
upon the only sure Foundation God
places the man with new heart. The
old heart is "deceitful above all things
and desperately wicked" but the new
heart which God creates is the center
Of the Divine life which is planted there
and which God desires to have grow
until 1t has attained unto the fullness
of the stature of Christ. The Founda-
ton for a purer and larger and better
life. This is the building which 1t Is
Gods purpose you shall place upon the
Foundation He has laid for you.
THIS means the changed life. God
never intended the Christian to &c
, on living the old life of sin. Tit
Foundation is worthy of more honor
able superstructure. Right here Is thu
battle-ground of the Christian. Th'
man with Christ as his Foundation II
the man who has conflict. There mus
be striving to put off the old maj
and to put on the new. The changed
4 life is the superstructure which grace
3 and honors the Foundation. Christ !
e is the gold and silver of pure an
! holy life, 1t Is the precious stones o
loving faithful service which the Chris
: tian must build upon the Foundation
Paul goes on to declare that ever
mans work shall be made manifest
t for the day shall declare 1t, because
s shall be revealed by fire; and the fir
It shall try every mans work Of what sol
) 1t is II 1t be gold and silver and pre-
d cious stones, it will abid1. but II WOO
q or hay or stubble, it will suffer los'
y and the soul will be saved 80 as
Is fire." God intends every life which
II founded upon the Rock, Christ Jesu
h shall be the changed life. Would 20
a dishonor Christ by cling;ng to the oil
lie life, by seeking delight and satisfa,
ID ton in the old paths and old II
rs dulgences? Oh, what low plane man
IS of us live upon. We claim Christ .
D. Saviour, but we do not live as thong
r we were saved. We call ourselv'
he Christian, but we cannot be distil
IN guished by our conduct from the chi
e. dren of the world. We claim safety {
o. the Foundation, but most of our tin
n, is spent down on the sand with Il
y man without any foundation. No wo
KS der reproach is brought upon the nan
"a, of Christ, and the people of the wor
er are but slowly brought to realize Il
as peril Of no foundation.
OF Tod calls the man in this life wi
Cd ~ Is without foundation foolish, b
as when the day of grace has passed al
Oh the soul passes on into eternity,
calls him lost man. Now, while t
ne day of grace brings salvation mig
'c- He seeks to have the man on the So
Sc. mount to the Rock. Before the stol
nu Of Gods wrath against sin breaks ov
IL the soul 1t may leave the shifting ga
ne and find safety and security upon
IA, everIaattnp Rock hut whou the da