The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-23

faith hath saved thee, go in peace. There is the bankrupt's faith in the giv- Ing of his tainted soul and substance to Jesus in childlike faith; there IS salVa- tion, forgiveness, peace. Yea II IS espec- ially for these lost ones that Jesus came' to give them a new chance in life, new and better opportunity with his help and presence to attend them.
 The Lord specially belongs to tainted men with tainted money. Zacheus 1ounC in Him salvation both for himself ana his house. and chief publican though he was, Jesus made a special visit to his house. Matthew a publican, found Him and made a feast that He might meet His fellow publicans and sinners.
 Jesus is the only hope of tainted men and tainted money. They above all men have a right to him their Saviour and Redeemer. No Pharisee can have part with Him except as a tainted man with tainted money. The gospel Is addressed to sinners and sinners only. It is thelr greatest boon and worthless is he who takes Christ away from those He came to seek and save. l know of nothing that would warrant sinner to withhold aught of self and goods from his Saviour.
 3. This being true of all men on eorth who ought to be interested in Jesus and His work il should be these tainted men with tainted money. They ought to honor
  hope so that their most fragrant oint- ment shall be for Ills feet. Our Lord permitted His feet to be annointed by woman with ointment bought with the price of her shame. To what purpose on earth could those tears and kisses and disheveled hair and fragrant ointment be better put by a sinner than In honor ing her Saviour. To what appetence of the soul could 1t more nobly gratify than the desire to honor Him who bore her sin in His own body on the tree.
 The sinner has right to give to his Saviour not only his tainted soul but his tainted money for the salvation of both from evil. If the body of Jesus in which he entempled in Gallllee permitted itself to receive the tainted ointment of sin ful woman when the church His body became so sensitively pharisaical as to rebuff the offerings of sinners seeking to honor the Redeemer that now entemples in her? Does 1t not spring out of the fact that we regard the church more as a clique of Pharisaical Simon than the body of him who seeks to the last.
 Can we say nay to any sinner who seeks to do honor to his Saviour by be- slowing blessings on His body. If Jesus allowed His flesh and blood to receive the womans ointment, who are we to for bid it now?
 Has Privilege to Give.
 As I see 1t every tainted sinner with tainted money who in his soul would love to honor his Saviour by doing an outward act to serve His body has the full and free privilege and none has a right to deny him. More than that. l urge you tainted men with tainted money to honor Him who alone can take the taint away from both man and money. As blessed be He who can take unto Himself sinful men with their tainted money and with it redeem q sinful world.
 If the vilest of the vile wants part in the salvation of his fellow-sinners, it is his privilege to do so through that agency our Lord has chosen as His body and through which the work of saving the lost is to be done. So our church re- ceives tainted men and tainted money for the honor and glory of Him who came to save both. l care not who you are nor what you may be thought to be by the Simons of society if you wish to honor your Lord by service of love to Him you are invited to do so. Nay more, not only your gift of money, but above and beyond all your gift of your self whatever be your talnt is solicited for Him who seeks the sinful and eats with them.
 It is not the province of the church to punish men whom the law cannot reach II tnere are any medltory getters or wealth 1t Is the duty of the state to see that such injustice Is corrected, but 1t is the duty of the church to save these sinners and bind them to the Saviour with a love that effects great honor for tho Lord-"Man who made me judge and a divider between you.''
 In these words our Lord expressly re- pudiated the function of temporary judiciary for himself and his church. Let him who disregard the teaching remember the Ecclesiastical courts which proved such curse to the middle ages. All the church can require is that the oint- ment belongs lawfully to the sinner and be intended by her to honor the Lord To do more is to become followers of Simon rather than of Jesus.
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