The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-06

SOW 10 her waIIOwing in the riTe the old
nature of man will lead him into sin There,
holiness OF God-to be Christian-a man
must lie new creature.
In the wisdom and power of men efforts
have been made to make men righteous by
education. legislation or coercion. to no
avail. Peter tne Great said tllat he could
correct the faults Of Russia. but could not
correct his own. Alcibades sat at the feet
OF Socrates. and Seneca was the preceptor
OF Nero ATts- the work Of ridden, Cieve-
iand, Rooseye yeti Jerome and Folk - the
b,tion in Kansas and Maine. the drunkard
drinks mis- dram in those States With The
efforts ard agitation OF good men and
houses of iil-fame are plying their fendish
traffic. and so in every quarter CT the great
struggle of human life sin and Satan are
proving michtlcr than men
The solution. and the only solution. Of
the question OF the reign OF righteousness
among men is that Christ shall change their
depraved and corrupt natures and make
new creatures Of them. for what the law
could not o.. III thai it WIS weak through
the flesh. God. sending his own Son in the
likeness of sinful flesh. and for sin. con-
dsmned sin in the flesh. Christ says of him
self in his touching and tender prayer 70
his Father. recorded in the seventeenth
power over all flesh. that he should give
eternal life to as many as thou hast given
him
Again he says: I am the light of the
wcrid: ne that folioweth shall not walk
in darkness. but shall have the light OF LIE
| am the door; by, me II any man enter IN
he shall be saved In Galatians ii. %.
Paul. after his conversion. bears tie testl-
mony of every true Christian: The life
which l now live in the flesh ! live by the
faith of the Son of God, who loved me
and gave himself for me-
The Bible does not teach that all men
will be saved. but that all men may be
S:yed. Christ came to seek and to save
the lost Only those who realize their need
Of Christ will come to him. and he has
promised that him that cometh to him he
will in nowise cast out. The scif-right-
BUSINESS of some men will bar them out Of
heaven and sink them into he'll
when David was hiding in the cave
Aduliam there came TO him those that were
in distress, those that were in debt and
these that were discontinued: and he be-
csme 4 captain over them. They were
bad lot. but under David they became the
best fighting men of all Israel He i'm
pressed his own life into them. They fol-
lowed him and he led them to victory
David was an aEtitype of Christ This
is faithful saying and worthy OF all ac-
ceptation that Christ Jesus came into. the
world to save sinners. he gathered about
that were disconnected. among whom were
Peter the Swearer, Paul the Prosecutor,
Zaccheus the Publican. Thomas the Doubt
er. Mary Masda!ene. and made new crea-
lures of them-the noblest Christians that
the world has ever known.
Thus. the word Of God and our own eS-
perience make It clear that salvation is not
of works but of grace-not Of mar. but OF
God through Christ Oh that men would
harken to his voice as he calls to them:
Come unto me all We that labor and are
heavy laden, and / will give you rest
Though your sins be as. scarlet, they shall
he as white as snow: though they be red
like crimson. they shall be as WOOL And as
Cod through his prophet Ezekiel. made lIv-
would make new creatures Of them unto
eternal life