The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-01-15

sad and awful it is to remember that
with those who gladly bow the knee in
| reverent worship, and joyfully confess
God as their Father and Christ as their
Saviour, there will be gathered those
! whose wills were never yielded to God
and whose hearts were never cleansed
from sin in Jesus blood. The knees of
such will bend in fear and the tongues
will confess in terror, but there will be
no room for repentance then, the day
of grace will have given place to the day
of judgment.
WHERE will you be found, my
w friend, in that last great day?
Will you be with that white robed
throng on the right hand, whose knees
gladly bow and whose tongues eagerly
confess their Lord, or will you be with
those on the left hand, whose willful-
ness and rebellion can no longer keep
their knees from bending and their
tongues from acknowledging the Lord
of Heaven and earth? This is a Ques-
ton which must be decided in this life.
We may not delay its answer While
God calls: Look unto Me and be We
know the joy of salvation. If we turn
from Him and listen only to the allur-
ing music of the world the day of grace
may pass for us and we be lost eternal
ly. AS Moses lifted up the serpent in the
wilderness and commanded the dying
Hebrews to look and live" even so
has 'the Son of Man been lifted up"
and God commands the soul dying from
the sting of sin to look unto Him and
be saved" What is involved in this
blessed work of redeeming grace? On
mans part ii implies a need, desper-
ate need. On Gods part it assures that
adequate provision has been made for
the supplying of that need. God says
LOOK" because He has something for
man to look to. Man must LOOK" be-
cause there is salvation for him in no
other way. Note how solemnly God
enforces His command to LOOK"
For am God, there is none else" No
other God. No other way of salvation.
Let us consider what it is that God holds
before the eyes of the dying world, and
why it is that the dying world must
needs look if it would see life eternal.
II we can only bring you, dear soul, to
realize what God has done for you, and
how you need the salvation which He
offers so fully and freely, we know that
as the call comes to your heart from
God to LOOK you will look and live
COD does not hold before the eyes
" of the sinner the law and saw:
Look on this and live" The children
M oil to rrrI
given, failed miserably in the keeping
of it. The law held up before the sim
ner's eyes condemns instead of justify
ing. God does not hold before the soul
high ideals of human life, charity. cul-
ture, education, and say: Look on
these and live" There was just one
thing those bitten Israelites, writhing
in the death agony of the sands of the
wilderness, needed. 1t was the brazen
serpent which Moses faithful and obe-
dient hand lifted high and held firmly
until every perishing soul either looked
and lived, or else died in unbelief and
rebellion. If Moses had held up the
tables of stone on which were craven
the perfect law of God, they could not
have saved the dying people He
forms, but they would not have met
the desperate needs of the people
Moses said: Look" and held up the
serpent, which typified the Christ and
God says: Look" and holds up the
crucified Saviour. Nothing else is of
avail to the dying soul. God does not
hold before us the perfect man Christ
Jesus as He appeared in the righteous
triumph of the TRANSPORTATION, and
say: Follow in His steps" But God
does hold up the cross on which is the
Christ. and pleads: Look on Him and
live"
THE question which is oftenest
L asked in connection with the day
of grace is as to its duration. How
long will the day of grace continue?
This is a question which cannot be
answered with any definiteness. God
in His Word does not make it clear
how long His mercy shall be extend
ed TO the world Its termination will