Evening journal., 1905-11-13

I'VE are not to suppose from this
hat the angels Of heaven are redeemed
human beings. The testimony OF the
scriptures is perfectly clear tha- the
angels are an entirely separate order
of creatures. But in the passage be-
fore MS the word angels is used TO
signify the spirits of little children who |
have gone from earth-they are In |
Heaven. where they always behold the
face OF the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ
ITO understand how the children Of
sinful men and women are included IN
The redemption OF the cross. ii Is nee
|cessary 20 see the universal chlractcr
lof that redemption. Jesus bled and
died not only for believers. He also
died for unbelievers. He died as fhe
Lamb OF God. Which taketh away the
sin OF the world CJohn / 29) Tie
is the propitiation for our SINS and not
for ours only but also for the sins )f
the whole world. q. John 2. % The
lfulness of Gods purpose concerning
Him is set forth In ]. John 4: 1--we
have seen and do testify that the
Father sent the Son to be the Saviour
Of the world And in ii. Cor 8: 10 90
is written that God was I'm Christ, re-
conoiing the world unto Himself not
limputing their trespasses unto them.
"That is to say, all the sins of an the
world, from the beginning of the world
unto the end OF time-all our sins were
liaid on Jesus. and He bore them away
ION the cross. Therefore, the world is
mo longer condemned by sin. Jesus
tasted death for every man (Heb. ?. 80
Men are lost. not because they are sin-
Iners. but because they spurn the gift
lof salvation. This Is the only thing
that can condemn any man. God sent
mot His son into the world TO condemn
the world, but that the world might be
saved through Hin. He that believeth
Is not condemned. he that believeth not
Is condemned already because he hath
not believed on the name of the only
lbegotten son OF God. And this is the
condemnation, that light has come in-
TO the world, and men loved darkness
lrather than light because their deeds
We're evil' Thus men are lost because
they will not have the Saviour. who
died for them, the Just for the unjust,
that He might bring them to God.
Nevertheless. He is the Saviour Of an
men. especially of them that believe.
they were included i'm the race for
which Jesus died and they have not
( forfeited their salvation by unbelief.
Therefore when they depart from earth
before the age of responsibility, they
go at once into Gods presence always
TO dwell with Him and behold His face.
l1hey are His peculiar treasure. loan
ed for a little time to the earth. but
caught away before they could be de-
lhled by the blighting sin OF unbelief
" Saviour, for the little one
Safely gathered I'm thine arms
Ere the battle had begun.
Victor. spared from wars alarms
We who toll and struggle sing
Praise TO Thee. the children's King.
First of all Thy martyr band.
Infants for Thy sake were slain;
Day by day. from every land
Infants swell the guileless train,
Who this vale of tears untrod.
stand before the throne of God.
d" Thou dosi give and take away
Full of love, in AN Thy ways,
BE each mourners heart today
Fun of loving trust and praise,
ln the midst OF grief 10 bring
Thanks 10 rhce the chldren's King.
"tow think yeg if amy man have a
hundred sheep. and one OF them Doe gone
astfay doth he not leave the ninety and
ninc and go unto the mountains. and
seek that which goeth astiayy And il SO
be that he lind it. verify / say unto you
he rcjoiceth over il more than over the
ninety and nine which have not gone
astray. Even so it is not The will Of
your Father which is in heaven. that one
of these little ones should perish. Cys
is-l4) Thus does the Great Shepherd of
The Sheep show Ills tender love for the
little lambs of the flock.
"'rhe second mention Of the church IN
Matthews Gospel Is contained in the next
paragraph Cs l5-20) Here are given the
most explicit directions as to how TO deal
with SHINING brother ~ my brother
sin AGAINST thee. go. show HIM his faut
between thee and him alone, ANA ir he
hear thee. thou hast gained thy brother
az. No., This Is to be the object Of the
visit Ito gain thy brother Not to punish
himi rot q, stand upon thy dignity and
gain thy rights. but to gain thy brother
This is the first step. DO not go about air-
ing thy grievance and exposing thy
brothers. failure, but go. show him his
fault between thee and him alone.
"'aut 81 he hear thee not take with
thee one or two more. that at the mouth
OF two witnesses or three every word
may Doe established Cv. 16) Here again,
we need TO tread carefully In Galatians
61 it is written, Brethren, II "A man be
overtaken m any trespass, ye who arc
spiritual restore such one in the spirit
of gentleness; looking TO myself lest thou
also be tempted II is unpleasant work.
but often very blessed. 1t is iowly labor
washing the disciples feet cleansing
their walk from the denlement of the
way--but il is fellowship with Jesus and
that is precious. This second step, If taken
In the proper spirit-the spirit OF gentle
ness-wiu usually result in the restora-
tlon OF the offending brother. But if not
'if he refuse to hear them. tell it unto
the church: and II he refuse TO hear the
church also. let him be unto thee as the
Gentle and the publication. v. I'D
"Thls offender. let us observe. is a
Chrlstian-a brother And yet the church
Is here commanded to exclude him from
its fellowship SO long as he refuses 90
purge himself Of his offense That the oc-
tion of The church. when taken in accord
ance with the Word of God. is fully uu-
thorized. may be seen from verse Isl.
Verify | say unto YOU. what things so-