The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-08-13

GlALXAIlQN propositions. SAL
lSAlYAIIdNl walton in it's
lsAlYAIIQM largest conception
6ALAAIIoH is more than the
Ia VA 2nlJ escape of the soul
from hell. Saliva
ton includes all the riches which
are in Christ Jesus. Salvation
Is large word. 1t means In
finitely more In the spiritual realm
than 1t does in the natural. Here
is a man In danger of physical
death. In the nick of time he Is res
cued II Is a complete sfact. His
salvation from death is not progress
i've. Because he was saved yesterday
does not require that he be saved
again to-day But 1t Is quite the con-
trary in the spiritual realm, for sal
walton of the sinner to-day means that
tomorrow he may and should enter
into a larger and fuller realization and
enjoyment of that salvation. This Is
the thought of Paul when he COM
mands the Philippian saints to work
out their own salvation with fear and
trembling" He did not want them
to fall into the error of supposing, as
so many Christians do, that the saliva
ton which came with the acceptance
by faith of Jesus Christ as Saviour
was all that the soul was to realize.
1t was to be daily salvation;
progressive in its realization, and in
the end-what? Salvation. Not some
thing more than salvation, but sal
vation-the fullness OF salvation. Pc
ter in the six short verses preceding
our text unfolds in wonderful way
the fullness of salvation which God
in His mercy had provided for man.
Read them slowly and thoughtfully
and prayerfully, and see If, when you
reach the words of our text, which
speaks of the final triumph Of our
faith in the salvation of souls, that
salvation does not mean more to you
than 1t did before.
HERE we find the merciful God, the
i crucified but living Lord, and the
redeemed soul bound together by the
most intimate ties of fellowship. The
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1t gives to the soul merciful Heaven
ly Father whose plan for the salvation
OF man extends through the ages, and
| that salvation includes growing &C
| simultaneously with the Heavenly Fa-
| Their and His marvellous work of grace
1t gives to the soul crucified and
risen Lord-"crucified for our trans
rotC In IN n q
tification." 1t gives to the soul here
in this life a protection within the
hollow of His hand and in the life
to come an inheritance incorruptible
and undefiled, and that fadeth no!
away" Surely salvation means more
than escape from the consequences OF
sin, 1t means more than deliverance
from death. It means soul life-eter-
nal life which begins to unfold the
moment the soul puts Its faith In
Jesus Christ as the Saviour from sin.
and which continues until It comes
into the full realization of all that
that salvation means, and that time
is not reached until we receive the end
of our faith, even the salvation Of our
souls.
DAUL In his letter to the Philippian
/ church speaks of his ambition to
win Christ even at the sacrifice of
the loss OF all things, else. The fact
that Christ had forgiven his sins and
saved his soul was not sufficient for
him. He wanted all that Christ had
to give him. He realized that how
ever much God had revealed of His
grace and truth to him, however much
of Christlike character he had at
tanned, yet he had not reached the
goal, he was not yet made perfect;
but, he says; II press on, IL so be
that may apprehend that for which
also was apprehended by Christ
Jesus Brethren, l count not myself
to have apprehended; but this one thing
do, forgetting those things which
are behind, and stretching forward To
the things which are before. I press
on toward the mark for the prize OF
the high calling of God in Christ
! Jesus" Salvation to Paul meant tina,
| the saving power. the resurrection life
of that Christ was to reach to every
atom of his life and being. He yearned
not alone for the hope that would stay
his heart In the hour of death and
give him hope Of abundant entrance
into Heaven at last, but he wanted
everything that salvation could give
| him.
THE term salvation holds such vary
i ing meanings for different people.
| To so many 1t means only the final
escape from death as q consequence
of sin. To others 1t holds an increas-
ing meaning and beauty for this life
and salvation--fuil salvation--to b<
entered upon when this life is ended
1t Is like the flower by the roadside
| which mods its greeting to the multi.
Ftudes as they pass. To all II IL Z
flower. All recognize II as q bit Of
nature which Is charming and fra.
grant and lovely. And to some II never
means more than this, but to others 1,
speaks an increasing message. - ths
perfectness of every detail OF thu
flower IL revealed to the appreciativs
] and searching eye Of the one sensitive