The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-01-09

DO YOU CONE Up TO GODS STAND
ARDs
II is rot enough 70 be simply a member
Of the church Many will say 10 Me IN
that dav. Lord. Lord. have we not pro-
phesied m Thy name. and IN Thy name
have cast out devilss and viii profess
unto them. | 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
al one time my wife placed IN my hands
niece of paper. written all over, but only
two words were intelligible. Al the top
OF the page was the word carriage
plainly written. the next word was The
same. only not So well written.
Ii was my little daughters first copy.
book. The teacher had ~~vsten the word
at the ton 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 copving the line just above her
work, and the word az the bottom Of the
page as nearly spelled man as y car
riage." Thus people measure themselves
by those around them. forgetting that He
said-"look, unto Me and he ye saved.
You may I've better than the members of
the church. hut what doth It profits You
may he the best man in your community,
but that does not save.
How about Gods Standard
Her Majesty, the Queen. issues frequent
" | am told. an order for soldiers to COM
pose her guard. Every man must he at
least six feet tall | can imagine some
Young Enghshmen measuring themselves
great delight eNclaims, II will surely set
in. for ! am the tallest man in town"
And so he is. hut when he stands before
Her Malestv's officer he is rejected. for he
is three-quarters of an inch under the
mark
His being taller than his friends pro6tod
nothing; they had all IA len short: some
more some less. But there was no diff
ference"
And II You turn nv question in upon N.Y.
self confess that I do fully come up TO
the high standard of God: not in mvself in
anv way far from it-but in Christ: foe
Christ is the end of the law for righteous
ness 10 every one that believeth." and
wherein I fail. He makes up.
IL IA no point as 20 whether Adam or
Eve were the more sinful: they were both
guilty, and there is no difference"
The chiefcst Of all sins is not drunken.
ness, although that is horrible: IL 10
not liccntiousncss, although that is vile;
u is the rejection Of Gods mercy-or the
sin Of unhclef. 'lIe that believeth not is
condemned already. because he hath not
believed IN the name Of the only hegotteb
Son Of God" John III: Is. And whose
ever he he among vou--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:
WHAT Is THE REMEDY?
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
whosocycr shall call upon the name OF the
Lord shall be saved" Romans x 10. IL.
]. IL is useless 10 try by any amount ~
eNertion, or feeling, or even prayer, 10
bring about faith. I have had nv own ex.
pcrIcnce in this. God says In His word,
Faith Cometh by hearing and hearing by
the word Of God"
This is 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 ont into the darkness the
professor placed in his hands a lantern
saying, Take II, George, II will light You
home a step at a time" And this is what
the Bible does
That lantern did not light up the for.
ests, nor make luminous the landscape; IL
was not meant that II should but II made
every step bright.
wan was lbHl Nv UidllUR NhlHns TIC
can only he saved by hearing God Plant
your feet firmly by faith on one single
promise, and God will begin at once Ia
make clear the way If you viii only believe
Him.
2 To the Philippian iailors question,
What must ! do TO be savcdE' Paul's an.
swer was. Believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ and thou shalt be saved" And
there is no respecting Of persons, for "who.
& gl4ll call tho pF iba
Lord shall be saved
A friend OF mine told mo that when he
climbed the Matterhorn he was bcsicgcd
by men. waiting at the base Of the mount.
ain, ready 20 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
lie very easily, however secured a safe
guide when he said, "Show me your pa
pcrs.' Then the men who were without
them stepped back, while the real guides
stepped forward and holding out their
papCrs he read something like this:
I'VE. the undersigned have climbed the
M1ttcrhorn under the care Of such guide
giving his namc), and we commend him to
our fricnds'-and then followed the names
OF people Of great renown at home and
abroad n member Of Parliament, n mem
ber OF Congress, and your personal friend,
and my friend az once felt secure because
others had made the trip in safety.
IL is like that when under condemnation
you ask. What must | dof'
lnideIity attempts an answer; phioso.
ply make a vain effort 10 reply, and Jesus
Christ. the Son OF God, comes with the
rest. Let me suggest 10 you the real test
AK them each, What have you done"
Demand of each that their papers be
shown. Then viii He come whose gar.
ments are dyed red. whose hands were
pierced, and whose heart was broken, who
died and rose again that lie might bc.
come the justIfer Of al that believe, and
On the very palms oi His hands you read
he names. John Bunyan. John Newton,
Jerry McCauley, and brighter than them
iIl-Charlcs Haddon Spurqe0n.
And this II enough for one will say,
Blessed Lord. n Thou canst save others,
md ! know that Thou canst, Thou canst
save me; and ] will let Thee do it now"
VIII YOU JOIN me IN this now;
3. To sum it all up, ii you would escape
'OndemnatlOn yOu need simply 90
HAVE A WILLING MIND ABOUT
SALVATION
Then by faith accept what He in grace
Ificrs you. ] have heard Christian work.
RS say 90 earnest inqulrcTs, Give your
lcart % God and you may be saved" But
his ~ unscriptural-at least the order IL
wrong. Accept first the eft Of eternal life,
hen give yourself, out Of gratitude for His
GOODNESS.
The fret saves you; the second IL the
irst fruit of your salvation.
When William Dawson. the celebrated
trect preacher. was conducting street /
Meeting IN London. he vas told OF young
nan who in a neighborng house was dy.
NJ. lie climbed the rickety stairway ard I.
tOod by the bedside of a young man. a
'ictiri Of consumption. and just nearing
ternty. lie found that he was the son
4 wealthy parents. but that his father be-.