Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-01-15

). NEW SERIES.
and maketh lie." God save us from such I
company. A minister could never lead |
man to serious thought until ne quoted the +
text: :" The wicked shall be turned into !
hell; and all the nations that forget Cod
essary; but only forget Him and There is
no difference" 81
Il you, had read that remarkable book, |
Robert Falconer,' written by Geo: Mac |
| Donald, you will remember the dream of
| the wife, Of Andrew Falconer. He was a
| being told him, resulted in his conversion.
She said her letter, which she had writ
| ten him;
81 thought, Andrew, that the restirree-
tion morn had come, and / was looking
everywhere for you. Finally in my wan
not 50 very wide, but t was very deep and
was filed with blue, like the blue Of the
| sky. On the other side [ saw YOU, An
drew, and | gave shrek which all the
universe must have heard. Something
made made me foea look around es r. Then hen saw One
such face! fairer than all the sons OF
men: He had on garment which came
down to His feet, and as He walked to-
ward me saw in His feet the print Of
the nails: Then l knew who He was. /
| fell at His feet and cried, o, Lord, An
go to him? I said. Yes, Lord And. An
drew, He took me by the hand and led
out over the abyss, and we came nearer
and nearer. until at last we were united,
and then He led US back to be with Him
world, il not in this, but here and now we
may be made one in Him, one for time and
eternity, but failing here, all hope il gone
Of darkness of despair. ''For there is no
difference"
The second question is of the greatest
DO YOU COME UP TO GODS STAND
ARD?
It is rot enough to be simply Il lnember
that day, Lord, Lord, have we not pro
! phesied in Thy name, and in Thy name
have cast out devils: and / will profess
unto them, I never knew you"
; We have such way Of measuring our
selves by ourselves that we may feel well
Gods standard? Upon my return home
at one time my wife placed in rny hands q
piece 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
It was my little daughters first copy
book. The teacher had written the word
at the top of the line; and she had done
fairly well SO long as she had looked at the
copy But She had fallen into the serious
error of copying the line just above her
.. page as nearly spelled IMAM as car
riage." Thus people measure themselves
by those around them forgetting that He
| said-"Iook unto Me and be ye saved"
You may be better than the members OF
the church, but what doth it profit? You
: may be the best man in your community,
| but that does not save.
How about Gods standard?
! Her Majesty, the Queen, issues frequent
ly. [ am told, an order for soldiers to com
J, least six feet tail. can. imagine some
young Englishmen measuring themselves
n by themselves, until at last one man in
$ great delight exclaims. II will surely gel
: in, for I am the tallest man in town.
;. And 50 he is, but when he stands before
e Her Majesty's officer he is rejected. for he
is three-quarters Of an inch under the
!; mark.
il His being taller than his friends profted
nothing; they had all fallen short; some
more, some less. But "there was no diff
r ference
IS self, l confess that I do fully come up te
h the high standard of God; not in myself il
IS any way. far from it-but in Christ; fol
Christ is the end Of the law for righteous
T. ness to every one that believeth," ane
10 wherein fail, He makes up.
le Eve were the more sinful they were boti
d guilty, and ''there is no difference.H
II The chiefest Of all sins is not drunken
N ness, although that is horrible: it il
S not licentiousness, although that is vile
II it is the rejection Of Gods merey--er th'
| 81, &c o1;of stuo hat ho1:o,-n+L
It condemned already, because he hath no
W believed in the name of the only begotte,
t. Son of God" John iii: l8. And whose
III ever he be among you-sinner. either grea
T. or small if he fail here, he stands with tn
condemned. and Hthere is no difference"
The third and last important question
,,et WHAT is THE REMEDY
1t There is another mo difference whic
Of answers the question m ~, For there I is IN n
ne all is rich unto all that call upon Him, 70
if whosoever shall call upon the name Of tn
$. Lord shall be saved Romans x: IL, l3
ne l. It is useless to try by any amount 6
is exertion, or feeling, or even prayer, t
ds bring about faith. / have had my own e.
I'd perience in this. God says in His wore
e Faith cometh b., hearing and hearing b
K the word of Cod
es This is a sure, way. A college studen
r. was greatly troubled spiritually, and wa
ch in conference with one Of the professor
until midnight just as he was leaving th
house, going out into the darkness, th
no professor placed in his hands lanter
de saying "Take it, George, it will light 70
;" home step at time" And this is whs
le, the Bible does.
pd That lantern did not light up the TO
Is. ests, nor make luminous the landscape;
ali was not meant that it should, but it mac
every step brigh6.
- Man was lost by hearing Satan. +
can only be saved by hearing God. Plal
your feet firmly by faith on one sing
promise, and God will begin at once
by make clear the way if you will only belize
ed Him.
to 9 To the Philippian jailors questio
ne 'sWhat must do to be sayed?' Paufs a
'us swer was. Believe on the Lord Jes,
Or Christ and thou shalt be saved" Ar
ng there is no respecting Of psrsons, for '.wh
er- soever shall call unon the name of Il
In Lord shall be saved
OF A friend Of mine told me that when
eir climbed the Matterhorn he was besieg'
:, by men, waiting at the base Of the nnour
ell ain, ready to guide him up the dificr
he way. but the most OF then, would ha
OF never brought him down in safety, f
1nr Il \