The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-10-02


lieeed). "God loved the world does net
mean the elect. "me and my wife. my son
John and his wife: we four. no more,
amen" Not the people we ike, but the
heather Chinee. 1t does not mean simply
that God made this worid-that IS wonder
ful-but the gospel says the world IS not
simply law world, but 1t IS love world
II any man says it IS easy to 2eheve', ne
does not know much about It. 1t you lose
one whom YOU love better than your
self it is not easy to believe It is love
world. When some bitter trouble comes,
when pain racks your body, when the one
thing you lived for is taken away, in the
hour Of trouble and toll and pain 1t is pot
easy to get up and say: VIII be man
after the heart Of Jesus Christ, Tor 6ei
lieve that God loves the world; it is love
world"
! do not believe there is one mother or
father that has had experience, who does
not know it is not easy to believe at times
that God loves the world But it is the
gospel, the great gospel Of Jesus Christ.
The second thing IS his; God so loved
the world that He gave what Is the mes
sage Of Jesus Christ about God giving? 1t
simply means that God does not superin:
tend the world at distance, like the old
Greek idea Of gods set up there IN Oiym-
pus where the waters are cool and the air
sweet. and there is shade from the burning
sun and all that the world needs to crafty
the senses That Is the (irecian idea OF
God. 1t is not my idea OF God at all. We
still think Of God on His throne. not
dwelling down here. As Tennyson says:
a god into whose nostrils the steam OIL
life hardly comes" God is not away above
the word: not experimenting the world
somewhere outside the world, but the idea
is, God is right there where His children
are Where they suffer, God is; where
they rejoice. God is; where life is sweet,
God is: where love is, God is. God 80
loved the world that He gave" Nothing
costs like giving A mother gives her babe
life but it costs her much. We give our
children the best we have. We give them
our pain, the result Of hours OF tod; we
give and are glad 10 give because we love
them ] say: What win you give for your
SOM" You say. u am not talking about
those things it is sacrilege; | viii give all
for my SON. There is not mother IN
this church who would not give her life for
her daughter There ia not a decent man
in this church who would not give his last
dollar to save mis- boys life OF honor-hs
would give his hand, his life to make the
boy what he ought to he. God SO loved
the world that He gave How did God
give? ! do not know. How could God feel
pain? ! do not know. How could He en-
OF Jesus Christ: God SO loved-lie gave"
Then can 70 out into the world, and 1t is
not so hard to give. ! do not want to suck
the world like an orange | know every
now and then temptation SAYS; Get that
sweet thing But life is giving. not tax
ing" That means pain, toll, disappoint-
ment-it may be- death God 50 loved
that He gave Then | begin to under
stand If the God and Father OF Jesus
Christ is giving cannot ! gyeE Cannot
that boy who is thinking only Of good
time begin to eiye% ! remember, long ago.
in the old study at home making up my
mind what my life was going to be.
longed to be soldier and follow in the
footsteps Of my forbears, but it flashed
upon me that only wanted lust to have a
good time, and ] PRAYED God Tor grace to
lead useful life We have got to make
choice between giving life and getting life
one is the worldly life and the other - the
Christian life The whole purpose Of God
comes ont in giving God Himself Is a
giger God 50 loved the world that lie
gave
The third thought First. the world is
love world second, love is not simply
something looking down, hut something in
dwelling here with rs, giving His only be-
gotten Son What IS third2 Love victor
ious The love OF God Is not Simply beau
tiful. pstlent pain universal :hine, bur
an almighty thing Back Of the love OF
God is all mighty all wisdom. all resource.
God that made the world Is the God that
saws. "Shall not perish" lie says whose
ever bclieveth shall not perish. Not the
hero the great the wise the strong, but
the whole world OF men. II there is any.
thing in me that is worth living. God viii
keep my bfe: if nothing, | do not want to
he kent alive | can 70 on working, trying
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