The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-01-08

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sky. On the other side >aw you, M
drew. and ! .lrc i Shr,o.. which at The
universe jal>i have hcur". Somc'hii2
made me loo}; around. Then | sdw On"
coming toward NJ" He iiai Il i"c"-I':
snrh face, iairCr than all the sons 9:
mon. He had on a garment which came
down ,n His feet. end Is tic walked 10.
w,rd me ] saw in His feet the PRINT OF
rn. nails. Then | knew vino lie was. l
fcU at His feet and cried. u. l-oIi. an
drew. Andrew Daughter, world You
20 10 him: | said. Yes. Lord. An";; IN,
drew. He took me by the hand aEI :ed
o,,. over tbe ahysS. and We cam" ucarcr
and nearer. until az last we were un;tec.
and then He led us back To be with ii;n,
forever" o. my friends. not in the neN$
world. if not in this. but here and now we
NAV be made one in Him, one tor time ana
eternity. but failing here, all hope, Is gone
and there is before Ills only the biackneSs
OF darkness of despair. For there Is no
difference
importance:
DO YOU COME Up TO GODS STAMP
. ARD.
It is rot enough to be simply member
of the church. Many will say to Me IN
that day. Lord. Lord. have We not PFC
nhesied in Thy name, and in Thy namc
have cast out devils? and will profess
unto them. never knew you.
We have such way OF measuring our,
selves by ourselves that we may feel wei
satisfied with the result. But how about
Gods standard: Upon my return home
at one time my wife placed III my hanaS 4
piece of paper. written all over. but only
two words were inteligihle. At the TOP
of the page was the word carriage
plainlv written. the next word was me
same only not so well written.
1t was my little daughter trst copy,
ocok. The teacher had written the, word
at the top OF thc iinc. ard she had done
fairly well so long rs she had looked at the
copv. But she had fallen into the serious
error of copying the line just above her
work. aud the word at the bottom OF the
page rs nearly spelled man as car
riage.'' Thus people measure themselves
bv those around them. forgetting that tie
said-"Look unto Ne and be ye saved. :
You NAV he better than the members OF
the church. but what doth 1t profit: o"
NAV be the best man IN youi community.
but that does not save.
How about Gods standard:
Her Majesty. the Queen. issi,cS IreGn2nt-
". am told. an order ior soldiers 10 com.
pose her guard Every man must be a.
least six feet tall. j can iriartnc some
Young Englishmen measuring themselves
bv themselves. until at last ono man IN
great delight exclaims. Il will surely get
in. for 7 am the tallest man III town.
Aud 81 he is. but when he stands before
Her Maicsty's officer he is rejected: fol he
is tnrSc-ouarters of an inch under the
mark =.
His icing taller than his friends proGtcd
nothn;. thev had all fallen snort: some
more. .amc less But there was 10 diff
ference
And il YOU turn my question in upon INV.
self [ confess that [ do fully come uu to
the high standard of God not in mvself in
anT way. far from it--but in Christ: for
Christ is the end of the law fo; righteous.
ness to every one that belicveth. and
wherein fail. He makes up.
Ii is no point as 10 whether Adam or
Eve were the more sinful: they were both
guilty aud there is no difference.
The cliefest Of all sins is not drur ken
ness. although that. is horrible. it is
not RIGHTEOUSNESS, although that is vile;
il is the rejection of Gods mercy--or the
condemned already. because he hath not
believed in the name Of the only begotten
Son of God" John iii: Is. And whose
ever he be among you-sinner. either great
or small. il he fail here, he stands with the
condemned. and there is no difference
The third and last important question IS
this:
There is another mo difference" which.
answers the question. For there is no
difference . for the same Lord over
all is rich unto all that call upon Him. for
whosQever shall call upon the name of the
Lord shall be saved" Romans Y: II, l3.
/. 1t is useless to try by any amount OF
exertion. or feeling. or even prayer. to
bring about faith. have had INV own en-
Faith cometh bv hearing and hearing by
the word of God"
This is a sure way. A college student
was greatly troubled spiritually and was
in conference with one OF the professors
until midnight. just as he was leaving the
house. going out into the darkness. the
professor placed in his hands lantern
saving. Take it. George. it will lish: YOU
home step at a time And this is what
the Biole does.
That lantern did not light UP the :or.
estS. nor. make luminous the landscape: 1t
was not meant that it should. but it made
every step bright.
Man was lost nv hearing Satan. He
Your ;eet firmly by faith on one single
promise. and. God will begin at oucc 10
MAKE Gear the way if YOU will only believe
Him.
.. To tn" phiiippian jailnr's question.
'What must do to be saved?' Paul's an
<wer was. Believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ and thou shalt be saved" And
there is no respecting Of persons, for "who-
soever shall call upon the name o. the
Lord shall be saved
A friend OF mine told ne that when he
climbed the Matterhorn he was besieged
by men. waiting at the base of the mount.
ain. ready to guide him up the difficult
way, but the most of them would have
never brought him down in safety, for
they were simply men out of employment.
He very easily, however. secured safe
guide when he said, "Show me your pa
pers" Then the men who were without
them stepped back, while the real guides
stepped forward and holding out their
papers he read something like this.
I'VE. the undersigned, have climbed the
Matterhorn under the care Of such guide
(giving his name). and we commend him to
our friends"-and then followed the names
of people of great renown at home and
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