St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-06-18
IT is also immediate. Oh. If guilty
u lost sinners who have q daWninE

realize that the salvation which is Of
fered them is one of immediateness
Not something to be realized to-mor-
row, next week or next year, but now,
right now. 1t is always in the pres
ent that God saves All of Gods
promises of salvation are written in
the present tense. God does not date
His salvation notes ahead so that the
soul must wait until the day arrives
before cashing them. God says: "Now
is the accepted time, now is the day
of salvation Now, right now! Inn
mediate salvation! I was talking with
a dear man the other day who realized
he needed Christ. He believed in God.
He believed in Christ as the Son Of
God and the Saviour Of the world. He
wanted to be and expected to be a
Christian some day. And in the dark
ness and uncertainty of q future hope
and purpose he was cropping about. To
him, religion was profound study"
as he put 1t. The idea possessed his
soul that to be saved required days
and weeks and perhaps months and
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tried to point him to the Immediate
ness Of the salvation which God Of
fered him. But he Is still unsaved. He
Is still cropping about In the-darkness
Of his own notions, while the bright
promises of Gods word continue to
bear the date of the present. To-day
he may have salvation. Tomorrow,
next week, next month, next year, God
promises nothing.
A ND last of all 1t is an only saliva
n ton. so great salvation" that
there Is nothing like it In Heaven or
in earth. It is the one and only sal
walton The world has sought to pick.
a quarrel with God upon this score.
1t has called God narrow because He
offered an only salvation, and has in-s
vented schemes and religions of its
own which would seem to offer a
multitude of roads by which the soul
may travel from earth to Heaven.
Gods road is the only through road
to Heaven. Mans roads appear well
paved in this life, but they end in
nothingness in the life beyond. And it
God has provided an only and sure
way of salvation, what more is need
ed? What man is there in the world
who would seek to pick quarrel with
his town and neighboring city be-
cause more than one good, safe
through road was not provided? 1t is
h0
to pass from one place to the Other
are glad to take the only road y What
folly for some dissatisfied soul to
plunge off over some rosd that begins
well and ends in a swamp or woods
somewhere He would have no one to
blame but himself And why should
the man be dissatisfied with God upon
this score? When God provides an !
only salvation in the person OF His
Son, and then makes the offer to the
world that whosoever will may come,
He has done all that Is necessary to
save the lost world, and He is not
to be blamed if some choose dark
ness rather than light, because their
deeds are evil" Surely it is 80 great
salvation" because 1t Is the only sal
walton which meets the Righteousness
OF God, and provides for the needs OF
man, of the high and the lowly, of
the rich and the poor, Of the wise and
the ignorant. s1%
THIS is the wonderful salvation
j which God offers to you and to me.
and as He offers it and in patience waits
it's acceptance, the servant Of God, in
our text, exclaims: How shall we es-
cape If we neglect SO great salvation.
There are an infinite number Of rea-
sons why people reject Gods o1er OF
salvation. We have not space or time
to enumerate them. You know what
it is that is keeping you from accept
ing of this 80 great salvation. But
our text suggests perhaps the reason
why most people are not saved. Just
simple neglect. But even those who
neglect $50 great salvation" are to be
lost with all those who for other rea-
sons reject Gods offer. All, how
many, many precious souls, who know
of Gods offer of salvation, who be-
lieve that Jesus is the Son of God and
the Saviour of the world. are every day |
and month and year going down to eter-
nal death because of neglect! They in
tend some day to close with Gods Of
fer. They want to be saved. But they |
keep putting of. They neglect 80
great salvation" and how can they es-
cape? They have no excuse to offer.
Neglect has written the warrant Of |
death against their souls The ques-
ton which our text asks has never
been answered. Man has theorized |
and specialized over 1t, but never has !
there been an answer found for this
solemn question: "How shall we es-
cape? Yea, answer oh. soul! Con-
slider the matter well! How shall you |
escape if you neglect SO great salva- |
toni You, cannot escape, for there Is |
salvation in none other than in
Jesus. "for there is no other name
under Heaven given among men,
whereby we must be saved" Then let
not neglect or any other thing hinder
you from accepting the salvation
which God SO freely offers you. Let
this question burn itself into your
heart: How shall we escape, it we
neglect so great salyation?"