Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-09-18

Rev. P. G.. Cross preached ST the
First Christian church Sunday night
IN "The Religion of Jesus Christ
and he was given an attentive hear
ing. He said in part:
NV subject tonight is 'The Chris
t,anity of Jesus the Christ. and the
texts will be found in John S:31-32:
"Jesus therefore said to those Jews
who had believed him, If ye believe
III my word, then are ye truly my dis
ciples and ye shall know the truth,
and the truth shall make you full
Also the fifty-first verse. 'Verily. yeli
1y, | say unto you, If man keep my
word he shall never see death"
Rules for the life without rules can
be found only in the Holy Scriptures.
Not in some system OF philosophy: for
philosophy is only mans knowledge of
the phenomena of life, explained by
and resolved into the causes and the
reasons of results seen and the power
and laws unseen: therefore. perforce,
largely fallible, for man is here but
little and there is much unseen: not
in books: for men write them, and
men are prone to err: not even in
books specifically discussing Gods
holy word. for man thinks we'll of his
private opinion (and admire no man
who does nob. and no matter how
closely he guards his thoughts, private
Interpretation creeps in: but the rules
for the life without rules can be found
only in Gods word
There is too much reading after
men today. There is danger of the
average person being swamped intel
lectually with the plethora of maga-
zines that assail one on very hand
There is too much taken 'for grant
ed," too much acceptance of statements
and ideas in the lump. "bolted" as
bolts the great python his food. Man
is oft gullible. That insidious saying.
'I haven't the time," has been the
undoing of more than one. There is
not enough individual reading of the
current problems and the rendering of
a fixed opinion as a resultant of that
reading The ignorance CT man when
confronted with the Bible is woeful
and utterly unnecessary. Many glibly
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as much reason as does the East India
parrot. Men speak with much verbos-
ity and vehement of the wrongs of
humanity. the unjustness of the times
Much is heard in these latter days of
reform, and the attempts made, and
the panaceas presented are many, and
like man. faulty. Single tax. socialism,
ur1ionism, social democracy, commun-
ism and the other schemes of social
salvation have their followers and
champions. All have some basic ten
cts that are true, but all do not COM
prise truth, nor does any one of them.
The solution to the ills of society can
be solved only by solving the problem
OF the unit. This settles the question,
so far as the answer is concerned.
there remains the enacting, the living
OF the answer, no matter what it may
be. Christ said many of his greatest
sayings in the singular number. Con-
slder some of them as bearing upon
life's problem: Luke 1923. 6:24,
1890, 1877; Mark 1928; John 14:6;
John 8:51.
knowledge and obedience are the
tests of life And when 7 use the
term life, l mean life in Christ; else
mot life; only existence. Then we
need to realize to the uttermost this
the great fact of the ages. Jesus is
the Christ. the Son of the living God,
the Redeemer of humanity. And what
meaning there is in that word re.
deemer 1t comes from the Latin verb
emere, to buy. Christ purchased us
through his precious blood. 1Jston
to Peter, "And if ye call on him as
Father, who without respect of per.
sons 1udgeth according to each mans
work, pass the time of your soiourn.
ing in fear; knowing that We were
redeemed, not with corruptible things
with silver or gold, from yorr vain
manner of life handed down from vonr
fathers; but with precious blood as
OF a lamb without blemish and with.
out spot. even the blood Of Christ.
who was foreknown indeed before tho
Foundation of the world, but was man.
ifested at he end of the times for vour
sake. who through him are believers
IN God, who raised him from the dead,
and gave him glory; so that your