Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-06

would have been some left out. II 1t were
only the rich, or the very poor. those who
were unable to employ a physician, or those
bitten merely on the hand or foot, not in
vital part; or IL 1t had been for those
Under certain age or all who could read
the Bible through, or had certain amount
of wisdom. or were of certain nationality,
some would of necessity have been left
out But God so loved the world?' That
includes me, 1t includes you. You can
not by any possibility feel that it does not.
If the poor stricken people in the wilder
ness had been obliged to crawl up to that
pole and climb 1t and touch the brazen
serpent it would have been impossible for
many. But they only had to look. And
now. today, we have only to turn and give
one look at Jesus. who has been lifted up
for our sins; and we may be healed, We
need but believe enough in the possibility
Of the cure to make US turn and look.
There are men who claim that salvation
should have been made even easier than
this. They think that God should have
God responsible for their own evil hearts
by saying that He came to condemn the
world.
Tenderly He answers that :"God sent not
His Son into the world to condemn the
world. This is the condemnation, that light
Is come and men love darkness
rather than light" Therefore the con-
domination comes from the sinner, not from
the Savior, and we may not blame God for
the condemnation I'm the world because 1t
Is our own evil deeds that bring the poison
of sin.
A Christian must of necessity believe in
foreign missions and home missions If he
believes in his own salvation for 1t is only
through the Wilderness of Gods mercy that
he is able at all to narrow it down to him
self.
There is preciousness unspeakable in that
pointed word, whatsoever" which brings
the treasures of heaven within the compass
or the meanest and lowest that walk this
earth whatsoever means met" said one
poor sinner, and many and many another
has grasped the thought joyfully that Jesus
through that word, was speaking to his own
sin-spent, sorrow-worn, agoniZed soul, and
bidding him TO come to Him aid live for
ever
Therefore, you ought to be glad today
that the gospel is wide enough to include
that mean, proud, dishonest man, whom
you dislike beyond all men, for in your
own soul, unsupported perhaps, there may
TURK even lower depths of meanness, pride
and dishonesty than he shows to you and
to the world so plainly. And when we re-
]oice In the preciousness of personal Sa-
Vlor we should give one thought at least to
giadness that He came to save every man,
else you and would not be included
Does not this thought lead on to another
our duty to love those whom Christ loves?
And our privilege to bring the light to
others?
Jesus promised: "And I, If be lifted I'D
from the earth, will draw all men unto
me- 1t Is not Christ's fault if all men
have not salvation. The drawing power is
PSiiCSt ne reason tfldC some are not
drawn is because they refuse to be at
tracted The magnet attracts the nails and
VIII draw them even out of the mire and
NTH OF the gutter. But the magnet cannot
Draw copper. 1t refuses to come even
though placed close beside the strongest
magnet. Is not this like the men who love
darkness rather than light because their
deeds are evil. They are wrong themselves.
drawing
Applied Truth.
poor, iiliterate young man was once
asked how he knew that Christ was divine
His answer was: How do I know He's d.
vine? Why, bless you, He's saved my soul,
and love Him for it."
woman brought before Bloody Bonner
on trial Of her religion was threatened with
having her husband taken away. "Christ
IS my husband, she replied. Then the
threat included her children. Christ is
better to me than ten sons she said Then
she was told she would be stripped of all
outward comforts yea" said she ''b,,t
Christ is mine, and you cannot strip me of
Him."
How to Help the Leader.
Repeat:
whoever you are, wherever you are
Know this one thing is true:
That God. in His infinite grace and might
Gives the wealth of His grace to you
He does not ask you to spend your days
Grieving about your SIM
Or wasting your strength In useless tears,
But simply to come unto Him.
He does not want you to dwell on your faults
With an unavailing lament;
He simply says this-blessed Lord =
Repent, ny child, repent
Parallel passages-Isaiah 1912: Luke,
9:5G; Romans. 5:S; Corinthians, 1913: Ro-
mans, S:32-34; l Thessalonians, 1910; 1
John, 49, 10; Hebrews, 7:25
Hints to the leader-Christian Endeavor
hymns, 62. 60. 14s, 161, 1888. The Endeavor
Hymnal, II, 49, 81 IA, 81, Jog, 145
Make special effort during the preceding