The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-22

ard md Inc restorniion e DIVINE tayor. a..
sake SAX His way and his thoughts and re re-
turn to tho love and service Of God. T !,
tsrms co Grs yahy eny o sns Un
n Hia his swlctedncss lie, deserves no
mercy y but Wosysr ma tS d 3S 30
| longer any condemnation CRom. vil!1!.
Ti1lfi1 ca NTRAsT (vcrsss 10 and llD.--
The last point the Inv Of forsalven1ie s,:
needed 70 be explained ana enfGrced (. m ,o
he y pon 1ii Mon, in their ordinary STATE,
do not act this. It Is customary for them
e treasure up nm offGnse - c9mmli s
tie offender. Out, of this fsposltion has
come the domestic, social and lnterna-
tional controversies DANES iv:D How
in advance that he is anxious to blot out
traiisgressions. that he, Will do 80 on the
most simple and easy terms. and that nc
God Is not man. His thoughts, purposes
and plans are far above those men, Us
e ar Ss IS as On.
couragement to the wicked. . They should
not hide away in fear thinking there Is
hoGy hey
'G THE II 'f SURETY = oversees 1o-1D- Upon
wha hn hs satse9 be az
enough to rest upon a Divine dcclara ton?
Some men can, and some men cannot. al-
though all men should. IT Is In the tenn
upon nature and her exactlons to doubt
the word Of God. And SO He condeocends
here and in many other cases 70 help
faith asa. iiv:e). Tie "a rain comes down
to water tho earth, that it may give seed
to the sower, and bread to- the eater.
occurrence s IN nature Witnessed ~ all
word Of the Lord, spoken on any subject.
that Of forgiveness, Included. will not
compllsh the end on which It is sent. The
Almighty deals with certainties Ills
words are yea and amen e Cor. 1:2), Let
THE BLESSING oversees 12-l3).-It Is
exceedingly difficult to set forth spiritual
stantly- do earthly and temporal things
engage the thoughts that they, exclude
those higher concerns and even diminish
iil4 For this I rnso mig figures sv' Of i speech ai
are employed al,lthrough the Scripture
In an effort to bring within the range Of
human hum no understandinE that which other
This was the secret OF our Lords teach
ing (Mnu kills.. So, here, the prophet
s s5.Is' or TO make Israel know what
cept the invitation given. The mountains,
the fields, the trees, and other inanimate
things are represented as assuming 10y
ful disposition and an attitude Of rejoicing
Extravagant as these expressions are they
convey only inperfectly tho idea OF gain,
resulting from the reimbursement OF 'rea-
tons with God all OF It TO the perpetual
glory OF God. ~
THE #sUMMARY.-Gather UP In a
few words the substance OF this massage,
we have, the following salient points: az
The wicked man. away from God seeks
to crafty his desires by the things which
are Of little WORTH things which must
utterly fall to meet his needs; az there
Is that In the Gospel which will satisfy,
comparable to food for the hungry and
water for the thirsty. so that every power
and condition may be adequa tey metz
go Of this fact men are Ignorant, con-
SANITY pursuing a course Of folly$to their
own loss; az to awaken their Interest and
secure their attention call sounds forth
from the messenger of God, an invita-
tlon TO seek the Lord 4 (5) this is attended
by q promise Of good, a blessing. pictured
by material forms, sufficient to excite
the desire and klndle the hope; (6) where
fore, the norcy. of God isurpa sses the
Ignorance and folly of man and offers
what man cannot afford to neglect