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RELIGION OF JESUS CHRIST
e,ec1 OF REV. p G. scouRsE AT TIE FIRST CHRIS
1,AN CHURCH SUNDAY NIeHr-REv j. s. HAWKINS breaches
FOURTH SERMON BOOK OF ESTHER HIS SUB.
IEcr BEING, CHOW JEWS RESCUED"

talth and hope might be in God. See
ing ye have purified yourselves in
YOUR obedience to the truth unto un-
tei2ned love Of the brethren, love one
another from the heart fervently;
having been begotten again (not
bornl not ef corruptible seed but of
incorruptible through the word Of God.
which liveth and abideth. For all
flesh is as grass. And all the glory
thereof as the flower of grass. The
grass Withereth and the flower falieth.
Bat the word of the Lord abideth for
ever. And this is he word of good
t;din@s which was preached unto you.
i | Peter HIPS.
He is the Savior OF the world. Paul
calls Christ the Mediator. All else
may alter. but the great fact abides
To obtain life the Christ must be ac-
cepted. What Prof. Simpson has call
ed "the fact of Christ is not only a
fact of history. also it is a fact of
conscience.
In Christ, and Christ alone, is sal
vation. He alone can guarantee life
insurance. no matter what the risk
be it death itself. He alone can give
life for all eternity "The three short
years of the active life of Jesus have
done more to regenerate and to soften
mankind than all the disquisitions of
philosophers and all the exhortations
CT moralists.' Tecky's History of Eu-
ropean Morals, vol. II, p. 9.
Too many men today are trying to
dodge the issue by saying Jesus was
good man and great teacher No,
sir! He is the Christos of God, the
Messiah of Israel. or he is nothing.
Full well does that keen metaphysi-
clan, John Stuart Mill, says: 'It is
no use to say that Christ as exhibited
ir the gospels is not historical, and
that we know not how much of what
is admirable has been superadded by
the traditions of his followers. It is
no use, for who among his disciples
or his proselytes was capable of in
venting the sayings ascribed to Jesus,
or Cf imagining the life and character
revealed in the gospels?" Three Es-
says on Religion, p. 353. He is beyond
our analysis. We begin probing into
his character and 10! we ccme to our
selves to find that he instead is look
ing into ours.
We plan to examine scientifically:
we find he is examining us spiritually.
Out of Christ is darkness Out of
Christ there is no hope. Out of Christ
the present is ever grey, the future
black. Out of Christ is eternal pun.
ishment. not so much because God
said so, but man because of sin. I'M
atoned.
I said in Christ is rest, peace. hope.
Hear his voice; was it ever greater?
I Matt. 11:2S:30, Luke 1S:26-3O. Shall
! receive more what? John 1919, Johu
S:31:32 Rom. 81. You can not make
peace with God. Eph. 2:14-15, Phil
Al, 10. Col. 1914, Paul learned the
secret to abound, to be ccntented
Phil. 4:13 There are wages, there
is gift. Rom. 6:23, Luke 12:4-5. If
the good things are ours only in and
through Christ, then out of him must
be the evil. First then we must be
in Christ! We must be filled with
the spirit. But how? Realize. Gal
4:6. ROM SO, IA. Now Jesus says
Mark 16:15-16, Matt. 2S:19-2O. Pau
in Gal. 3:22-29, Rom. 6:1-5. Now
comes the hardest, yet the most glo
rious part for us. Living in Christ
and for Christ. What does Jesus say
about living? Look at the great rule
Matt 1912. We must live it. He thai
hath my commandments and keepeti
them. he it is that loveth me.' Re
member, knowledge and obedience are
the tests. Very timely are the word.
of Prof. Anthony, "A submissive viii
Is as necessary as an apprehendine
mind" (The method of Jesus.) Here
Is the crux in most mems lives; here
they rebel; they will not obey. Jesu.
says, Luke 6:27. He said. Glove tn,
neighbor as thyself." and gave as al
| Illustration the tender scene of de
spised Samaritan, ministering unto
fallen stranger lying out there on tn,
rocks of the Jericho road. But on
says, "You can not live Christian lif,
in these days, the times make it i'm
possible" That is only subterfuge
What! sayest thou that the Chris
tianity of Jesus Christ Is a charism,
OF bygone days? That in the stress