The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-20

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power, or strength, or ingenuity? tell
you nay! None shall deliver from GODS
hand! Once those who forget God fall
into His hands for judgment m all
hope is gone forever. For this reason
God pleads: NOW consider this, ye
that forget God!"
lie holds up before you, as we
III have tried to show you, the certain
awful judgments which will fall upon
you and tear you in pieces If you do not
hear and heed; and on the other hand
He shows you what blessing will be
yours If you turn to Him. In dealing
with God, (and the soul must deal with
Him. it is either a case of judgment or
blessing. Blessing He wants to give;
judgment He must give if you reject the
offer of mercy. He holds before the For
getters of God the picture Of the mar
who has yielded himself to Him.
Whose offereth the sacrifice of thanks
giving glorifieth Me; and to him that or
dereth his way Alright will I shew the
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for sin has been made. Jesus Christ the
righteous One has suffered in place OF
guilty and lost man. God pleads with
you to thankfully accept Him as a Saw
Jour. God can be glorified and honored
in no greater way than for you to accept
His gift to the world. Think you that
the sacrifice Of thanksgiving means
some great thing you can do for God;
some service you can perform for Him,
some goodness you car manifest In your
life? The only sacrifice you can make
that will be acceptable to God is the sac
rifce of you will that will give Christ
the possession of your heart. The only
thanksgiving which will reach the ear
of God and be pleasing to Him is the
thanksgiving that has as it's inspiration
and theme the crucified and risen Lord
Gods promise is as sure as His judg-
ment. He says that he will shew His
salvation to the nan who ordereth his
way Alright. In the days Of the Roman
power, when the Caesars ruled the
world, it is said that all roads led to
Rome. Sure it is that all roads that God
calls right lead to Christ and salvation.
He who walketh over the road of re-
pentance and faith will be shown the
glorious salvation of God in Christ
Jesus. Forgetters of God, your posi-
ton is a perilous one. God pleads with
you to consider your relations to Him.
7 T is God Who Is speaking. 1t is not
L mans message, but Gods message.
The opening verses Of the Psalm de-
clare that "the Mighty One, God, Je-
hovah, hath spoken" "The Mighty One
hath spoken" There is authority and
power behind the spoken word-authOr-
ity to command, and power to execute.
God hath spoken" The Maker OF
Heaven and earth, the Creator of man,
the Ruler of the universe hath talked
with man! Jehovah, the One Who
holds peculiar and close spiritual rela-
tons with man, the One Who covenants
with man and Who keeps those ~
enants i~nviolate, is the One Who hath
spoken. If He Who speaks is all this,
and more, does it not behoove us to
listen? THE Mighty One, God, Jeho-
yah, hath spoken!" When Napoleon
spoke it Is said that his soldiers trem-
bled before him. 1t meant something
for the fierce, all-conquering general to
speak. He must be heard. He must be
obeyed. And when God speaks how
much more it should be true that He
must be heard and obeyed. Napoleon
has long since ceased to speak. His
tongue is silent. His power and author
ity are ended. But not so with God. He
Who spoke in thunder tones on Mount
Sinai, and made the children of Israel
fear and tremble before Him, is speak
ing to-day. And think you that it is q
light thing that God should speak? l
tell you nay! God must be heard! II
the ear is stopped and the heart hard
ened in this life so that appeal and warn
ing and blessed promise of salvation
are without effect, then, as the soul ap-
pears before God, it must hear Him speak
in judgment. The soul may turn from
God in this life, but it cannot escape Him
in the next. If it will not listen here, 1t
must do SO in the hereafter. Listen, We
who would forget God: 'The Mighty
One, God, Jehovah, hath spoken" His
message is to you. Listen, oh, precious
soul! NOW consider this, we that forget
God, lest l tear you in pieces, and there
be none to deliver: Whose offereth the
sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifeth Me:
and to him that ordereth his way Alright
will l shew the salvation of God"