The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-02-06

hell ana nll the nhtohh thah lolkDt AHNt
Great sin, humanity speaking, is not nee
osssTy, but only forget Him and There u
no difference
If YOU had read that remarkable book,
Robert Faconer," written hy Geo. Mac.
Donald. YOU will remember the dream Oh
the wife of Andrew talconer lie was
drunkard and after her death, the dream
being told him, resulted N his conversion
She said in her letter. which she had writ
II thought. Andrew, that the resurrec-
ton morn had come, and ! was looking |
everywhere for YOU. Finally in my wan
dcrings / came 20 q great abyss. IL was |
MOI SO very wide but it was very deep anu |
,v1s filed with blue. like the blue OF the |
sl,v. On the other side / saw you, An
drew. and / gave a shrek which all the
universe must have heard. some'9ins
made me look around. Then l saw one
coming toward me. lie h9d lace -
such a face! fairer than all the sons "
r,on. Ue had ON a rarment which came
down TO His feet and as lie waiheu los
,y,rd me / saw In His feet the print OF
| the nails Then / knew who lie was. j
! I'm nj His feet and cried, %, Lord, An
| drew. Andrew Daughter, would you
! 90 to him? 1 said, Yes, Lord. And; An,
/ drew, He tool, me by the hand ana leu
/ ont over the abyss and we came nearer
ami nearer until at last we were united,
and then He led US back to be with him
forever" o my friends, not in the next
world. If not in this but here and now we
NAV be made one in Him, one for time ana
eternity, but failing here, all hope IS gone
and there is before MS only the olaeiShess
Of darkness Of despair. For there IS 10
The second question is of the greatest
Importance; -....-,,
DO YOU COME UP TO GODS STAND
ARD?
II Is ros enough to be simply a member
of the church. "Many will say to Me IN
that dav, Lord, Lord, have we not pro
phesied in Thy name, and in Thy name
have cast out devils! and Will profess
unto them, 1 never knew YOU"
We have such a way of measuring our,
selves bv ourselves that we may feel well
satisfied with the result. But how about
Gods standard? Upon my return home
at one time my wife placed in my hands a
niece of paper written all over, but only
two words were ineligible. AT the top
of the page was the word carriage
plainly written the next word was The
same, only not so well written.
It was my little daughters first copy.
book The teacher had written the word
at the top of the line, and she had done
Z fairly well so long as she had looked at the
conv But She had fallen into the serious
y error of copving the line Just above her
, work. aud the word at the bottom of the
e page as nearly spelled 'man" as car
n riage" Thus people measure themselves
i by those around them, forgetting that lie
d said-'Took unto Me and be We saved
You may he better than the members o
: the church, but what doth it profit? lol
NAV be the best man in your community
Y but that does not save.
s. How about Gods standard?
IS Her Majesty, the Queen, issues frequent
l. w. I am told, an order for soldiers to com
S, pose her guard. Every man must be a
/! least six feet tall l can imagine som som
m Young Englishmen measuring themselye
is bv themselves, until at last one man Il
e. great delight exclaims 81 will surely &c
o. in. for I am the tallest man in town.
re And so he is. but when he stands hetor
Her Majesty's officer he is rejected. for b
n. is three-uuarters Of an inch under tn
if mark
His being taller than his friends profile
nothing; they had all fallen short; som
more some less. But "there was no di
" ference
~ And if ~ou turn my question in upon m,
As self. I confess that | do fully come up.
IN the high standard Of God; not in myself
i'' anv way far from it-but in Christ ft
IA "Christ is the end Of the law for righteou
90 ness to every one that believeth,' an
ra, wherein fail He makes up.
he 1t is no point as to whether Adam
ni Eve were the more SINFUL they were bo
,ar guilty, and "there is no difference.
an The chjefest of all sins is not drunke
a. ness. although that is horrible: it
,or not hcentiousness although that is vii
- il is the rejection of Gods mercy-or t
~ sin of unbelef "He that believeth not
ew condemned already, because he hath =
~ believed in the name of the only begott
,oY, Son of God" Tnhn iii: Is. And who's
you ever he be among you-sinner either gre
or small, if he fail here, he stands with +
condemned. and "there is no difference.
WY. The third and last important question
GIT ~ WHAT is THE REMEDY?
eI aS There is another "no difference" VIII
answers the question. For there IS
4ho difference for the same Lord o.
: tn e all is rich unto all that call upon Him,
cts whatsoever shall call upon the name Of
t5e Lord shall be saved" Romans X: Il, Il
Z - l. It is useless to try by any amount
rds exertion, or feeling, or even prayer,
md bring about faith have had my own
ro. perience in this God says in His wo
ark. Faith cometh by hearing and hearing
arcs the word of God"
% ceT This is a sure way. A college stud
hicb was greatly troubled spiritually, and
in conference with one of the profess
n until midnight. just as he was leaving
zina house, going out into. the darkness,
lade professor placed N ms n ma 3r lSnC
n ogs home step at a time" And this is "
,on3 the Bible does.
,Gnd That lantern did not light up the
s iii ests, nor make luminous the landscape
'0''' was not meant that it should, but it m
bo- every step bright.
Oe- Man was lost by hearing Satan.
can only be saved by hearing God. p
your feet firmly by faith on one 81
/ by promise. and God will begin at once
y1vnd al,o, van will only bpl