Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1905-06-29
by the thought of Gods omnipotenca
wrote the 10th Psalm. |


That God is above all and through
all, and in ell, and that of Him and
through Him and to Him are an
things is one of the commonplaces OF.
the Bible; and whether we use the OLD
phrase, 1.-The indwelling God" or the
phrase now most popular, ''the imma-
nent Cod" the thought needs to be
emphasized and wrought into the con-
sclousness of the Christians of our day
tnat God is in His world and dwells
IN special fulness in the hearts of those
VINO love and serve Him.
NOR will the holiness of God be for
gotten. The decadence of the sense
or sin has been caused by the blur
ring OF the doctrine of Gods holiness.
Holy Father VS. the title by which
Jesus knew God, and it is thus that
we must know Him if it is to be well
with our souls. The forms in which
retrlbution was often preached in pre-
ced1ng generations were so grotesuue
and arbitrary that some of us have
Deen ashamed to say it right out clear
and strong, that God pun shes men
LOT >helr slEs. In the coming day We
are going to believe again that whatso-
ever man soTeth that shall he also
reap, that without holiness no man can
unto the wicked, that the soul that sim
meth dies in the act of it's SHINING. and
that God is calling upon men everv-
where to repent.
NO man Acquainted with the teach.
Ing Of the latest science need he
ashamed or afraid to preach the most
rigorous doctrine ct retribution "You
preachers do not tell men often enough
that every sin brings it's inevitable
punishment" is a sentence spoken t0
me years ago by physician. Behold
the goodness and severity of God! This
is the completing statement of the
apostle, and the prophets who are re-
deem the twentieth century will let the
sentence stand without abridgment.
with cities rOtting at our doors and
the wall OF the damned ringing in our
ears, and with an ancient empire
prumbl1ng to pieces before our eyes.
ht is not hard to believe that while
God is ready always to forgive the
penitent He will by no means spare
the guilty.
Behold your God! will bn the STIR
ring note of the coming message. and
the only God who will stir the hearts
OF the people will be the God who is
revealed in Jesus Christ Christ is
GOD manifest il the flesh. He is the
express image of His father Through
Him the revelation of the Infinite
heart has come. In seeing Him we see
the Father, and we come to the Father
only through Him. We do not see
Chrlst as He is unless we see in Him
the majesty and authority of a king.
We have too much followed the idea
of Goethe and Carlyle, that Christi
anity is religion of sorrow. and that
ITS chief end is that of consolation.
This leads men like Mr.. John Morley
to call the gospel sovereign legend
of pity" and to long for wider Cos
pei OF justice and progress.
Christianity is more than legend
of pity, it is bugle blast calling men
to battle. Jesus is more than the con-
soler OF people in trouble, He is the
ano1nted King of men. He announces
His Kingship again and again in His
discourses, and it is as Lord and Mes
s1ah that Peter presents Him to His
countrymen on the Day of Pentecost.
10 submit to Him Internationally is
mans wisdom and peace. It is not the
picture of the earthly Jesus with His
hand upon leper that this age needs
most Of all to see. We need to see
IL,
saw Him, with many crowns upon His
head, the universal Sovereign of the
kingdoms Of life.
Gods condescension will also be seen
afresh in Christ. The great words
spoken in the upper chamber will be
restudied, and upon many hearts they
will fall with the emancipating charm
OF fresh revelation. ''Ye shall know
that | am in My Father, and ye in Me
and l In you" "If a man love Me he
VII! keep MY words. and My Father
will love him, and we will come unto
him and make Our abode with him."
We do not know God as He is until
we have seen Him not only high and
lifted up, sitting on throne. but also
as the apostle saw Him. standing as a
suppliant, saying. Behold. 1 stand at
the door and knock: if any man hear
My voice and open the door. I will
come In to him, and will sup with him.
and he with Me-"