Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1904-03-30

VINO never were troubled and who new
err arose TO flee the darkness and coma
out into the Light What is your At
titude in the land Of darkness Are
you at ease? Are you satisfied? Are
you sitting. sitting. sitting. enjoyinr
all that this life can give and utterly
Indifferent TO the Light which is shin
ing for you? Do you realize that YOU
are sitting lin the region and shadow
OF DEATH Think You that there vera
any who were content to sit quietly in
the house while the angry Mount Pelee
was belching forth its fire and smoke
and deadly ashes? In the region and
shadow az death" There were none
who sat then. The danger of death
forced them to fee Death stalks
through the land of darkness as surely
as destruction wasted Martinique Dare
you sit contentedly in the darkness
Dare you be Indifferent to the Light
which is shining for you. Flee. Ace
to that Light and escape the region and
shadow of death,
T HEY VINO abide in darkness are I'm.
der judgment. And this is tho
Judgment. that the Light is come into tho
world and men loved the darkness rath-
er than the Light" "He that believeth
on Him chat is, he that cometh to the
Light is not Judged" but "he that he
lieveth not hath been judged already"
Under Judgment, Do you realize VIVA.
that means? 1t means that here and now
the sentence Of death Las been passed
upon those who persist in abiding in the
darkness; who will not come to Christ.
the Light. II means that those who
are abiding in the darkness become their
own judge. Somehow or other the Devil
has circulated the thought and impress
sion that judgment is not passed upon
guilty and unbelieving mankind until
the presence Of God is gained. and then
III Is hoped and expected that some eX-
tenuating circumstances will be pre-
scented; some loophole of escape dis
covered; some way in which the Judge
may be Modified and punishment es-
capped. How often you hear one saving
that ne VIII take his chances in the next
world. That he will do the best he can.
ana thinks II VIII be all right. And what
does this attitude of mind mean II
means that there is no thought that iudp-
ment has already passed upon those who
VIII not come to Christ. They thinl,
that the matter is rot settled until the
presence of God is reached. or course
the ruler OF the darkness seeks 10 deluda
MS subjects in that way. WHY shouId
ne not try to still the conscience and load
people TO hope for escape from the dark
HISS beyond the grave? But, oh. friend.
you VINO are abiding in the darkness.
near Gods Word Believe no longer
the Devils lie, The Devil calls Won
good man. He holds up before Won
all your virtues He shows you all the
ugly failures and sins OF those who are
trusting in Christ. and then he saws.
II VIII be all right. my boy. God
VIII never condemn such a splendid
1eilow as you are. Take your chances 3"
But stop! The Devil Is binding Won
10 your peril by an awful lie. God ia
not the one that will judge you. You
pass Judgment upon yourself when
you turn from Christ. the Light. God
only executes that condemnaticc,
which you have pronounced against
yourself when you choose the darkness
rather than the Light And this Is tho
judgment that the Light is come into
the world. and men loved the darkness
rather than the Light"
A ND why do they love darkness rather
~ than the Light? Because their
works were evil" This may require a IT.
tie examination to discover its exact and
full meaning. What is evil in Gods
sight? Is it only what evil means 10
mantle baser manifestation of sin?
Or does 1t include everything which can
not meet the white light of Gods right
eousness? Why was il Jesus could say
to the woman sunken in the grosser sins
Of the flesh: Neither do I condemn
thee" and then COLD turn 10 the scribes
and Pharisees who had been her accusers
and who perhaps were not guilty OF any
such gross sin. and say: Woe unto you.
ye hypocriteS?" Was II not because their
attitude OF unbelief was a greater sin in
Gods sight than that OF the grosser in
dulgences OF the flesh? The term evil
includes everything from the positive
sins of the iesh TO the sins Of the heart
and head which shut out the Christ by
unbelief. And those who are abiding in
darkness are there because their works
are evil. because they love the darkness
(self and SIM better than they love the
Light which God has sent into the world.
They come not to the Light because they
do not want TO see themselves as sinners.
How man does fight that declaration Of
God that "all have sinned and come short
of the glory OF God" "Ephraim is Joined
to his idols, let him alone" Shall we?
No. Not while the blessed Light is shin
ing. Not while we have voice and pen
TO declare the glak message Of deliver
ance from darkness and salvation from
sin! You who are sitting in darkness
and the region and shadow Of death. be-
hold the Light, II IS shining for you.
Listen in the darkness which now sur
rounds you and you will hear the voice
OF Jesus say: