Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-01-28
THE DIVINE WOOING.
What God Has Done to Win Sinful
Man Back to Himself.
AIienated by Sin. Man Finds Recon-
ciliRtion Through Chri~t Jesus
Sermon by the "Highway
and Bywns" Preacher.
Copyright. l.c. by a N Kellogg News
paper Coz


TcXt:-"Now then We are ambassadors
| Tor Christ, as though God. did beseech you
by US; We pray YOU in Christ = stead be
| ye reconciled to God For lie hath made
Him to be sin for US. who knew no sin;
That We might be made the Righteousness of
God in Him. IL Cor. J:2O-2
n love story with the triune God
as the woocr, the world as the OBJ
| Ject of His affection. and those who
nave accepted Christ as Saviour and
Lord as the amba SSadors of God 10
carry the love messages to the world,
which He seeks to win back To Him
self. y love story is always readable
| and fascinating. \ true love story
more than any other appeals to the
human heart. Fiction is all well
enough in its place, but there is moth
| ing that stirs rs IA chapter from real
life. There is always added interest
| and power in a story which we know
to be based ON facts. Our text j.
suggestive of love and loves great
y"arning. Separation has come. The
world has been lured and enticed
away from the True Lovers side
Reconciliation is sought. The True
Lover i willing to sacrifice His great
| est treasure To win back the wan
derinC one. Who * there who truly
loves who would not he willing to
| give all IN order that the heart hun
| ger might be satisfied? WHY. that is
| the test of love.
Because the mother loves. the
hours and days and perhaps months
and years which mark the separation
of the son or daughter from the shell
| ter of the home, wandering, she
knows not whittier, are periods of
unbroken heart -yearning and an
| Sulsh. All, if the boy would only re-
turn horne and cease his wanderingS,
There II nothing she would not give
| If only she could win him back again
HecauSe Jacob loved he could serve
seven long years to win Rachel to
wife, and they seemed unto him but
| few days. for the love he had to
her. And when Laban. his father
in-law. dealt deccitfully with him and
| gave him Leah to wife, instead. love
made him patient to serve seven
more wears for Rachel
Because the father of the prodigaI
| son loved, not a day went by after
| the hayward boy left home but that
he watched eagerly the roadway for
the return of the prodigal from the
| far country. Love kept him at his
post. and when at last one day the
straining eyes of the father caught
| glimpse of the ragged. wrctched
| boy i'm the distance. love gave his
| feet wings as he rushed out to meet
him. Love shut his eyes to the rags
and disgrace OF the young man, and
made him keen to see within the
pcnitcut heart that beat PRAYER for
| forgiveness. Because of love the ia
| ther received him back into his old
| place in the home. because Of love he
| brought out the best robe. and the
! gold ring. and killed the choicest
| calf in the herd and made a feast of
| rejoicing, for the son who was dead
was alive again, the son who was lost
| was found. The days of separation
| had been days of sorrow and bitter
| ness, but now that the boy was
| home again. the fathers heart sang
| for Joy. There was nothing else on
that farm, there was nothing else in
all the world that could satisfy the
longing of that fathers heart. The
obedient faithful son who remained
home and proved so dutiful could not
fill the place left vacant by the de-
parture of the younger boy. Love
for the maynard boy could ONLY IL.
satisfied by the return OF the prod
igal.
"God is love" The eternal Spirit
of Truth has recorded these words.
and Gods record of Himself and Ills
dealings with man. from Genesis to
! Revelation. reveal Him as a God II
love God the worlds Lover. and u,
such mourning the separation Of the
world from Himself by reason Of sin.
and planning in His eternal purposes
20 win the world back to Himself.
The life experiences of Hosea. the
! prophet. give MS wonderful iIlustra-
| fiuu of God rcInti,,, q, tho ,,.,.-i,i