The Penn's Grove record., 1906-10-12

subject, The Goa OF Grace

-@-NH@CA+|N A~EfA-
l9paI Church, South. who was elected
to the B~lshopric An May last. 1t which
rune ne YES the editor OF lhe South
~ra Christian Advocate. The hishao
h ? vigorous and lively preacher OF
ihe 9iU-ttme Methodist order Hie
. subject was THE God Of C-aee." a.4
ne took for his text the passage. II
! Corinthians, we: For God. who
commanded the light % shine ont OF
darkness, hath shiued In our hearts
70 give the light of the knowledge or
me glory 0f Cod in the face OF Jesus
/ Christ He said:
The great lesson that l.a- On the
surface Of this text is JAac the God
OF creation Is also the COD Of grace
n salvation. II you ard 7 should
think about it s|uperfcially We should
be inclined to believe that the cod
who built the universe Is s greater
God than tho One who saved the scrl
but therein would lie a radical mis-
take. Many a man Of great wealth
and resources has found it easier to
build a palace than TO frame the lie
Of a son, ana many Q man SO situated
would give al he =Ta- armed liz or
der that he might have 4 hoy after
his own liking. The Car found IL
easier to accumulate resources. in
Guiding men ana material, Gor the
war against japan tlan ne is dndi1g
~ 20 paclty tae people OF Russia Lo-
DAY. The more we think ABOUT IL
the more we shall he compelled to
believe that 4TorE problem involving
the government Of moral matters is
more difficult than the f~asHioning of
material things For the element OF
rreecola enters tCtc rEa former pro
+ posi-. nj wherever We are dealing
( with hose who ere free we cannot
count on the T5-1 AZ we can when
dealing with forces that are fixed
The free n the lze6-shese are
two realms, buC the God OF the fixed
is ..iso the God O. she frea. and the
God Of creation Is also the God Of
Feyetat;Gn and Sraca 4u7 the saliva
ffoa - the h-MaA soul For Cod,
who commanded the light TO shine
Gar ri ~darEHls5. lath sbfRe1 IN Gus
hearts 70 give the light Of knowledge
ST tbs ai]ry cf God In the face Of
3es2s Christ Now there is certain
W - fA.is phrase as Spress raminis-
ea1ea - the FIRST chapter Of Genesis.
Goa said. Lsl there be light, and
*4sge vas light Is IS very easy fOG
|F ~ -f+HNA~ a&N. aLE tA-sAAI-s sE-Ag+ ia h4nE
@nF3a | csr conceive the sun 10
be elct cd oU tha moon ana The
Stars no lfslsa u sCi5e; the foUaGa-
ions q the saeth removed. Bu5 at
Ter I shall have imagined this sua
trd that there IS q void. eternal. in
&aA1as mr. EFFORT q Thought
q l ault fgiats n may be nothing,
2 yet ! anaot conceive ii as if It
were not.Eag. T 7 think 3 little
more clost aoaat IL az obiigel t.
conceive tis 7eie as absolutely dark.
Thal is I'd, 9s light Is g positive en-
tity. darkness IS nothing. Til" re-
nova Of taa source of -- hrinE5
darkness, AID since ir al.s .-.aUess
there Is mo- source Of 'sEh Lust be
altogether o8ga- Now, 81 Gs darF-
ness is he absence If Ugh. 20 Col1
is Inc Complete absence q heat
Everything even ice. possesses q
little hea we cannoE imagine what
lnfi1iIe Calt is. Yet [ is void attr-
mai tnfnt .e, is Al once CORP tely
cold. Again. Silence is the absence
If sound. e.LaDca does net sauiire
any ebsolt He ca4se; in order 10 eye
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ICONS ,,eig rey Al ar estf are
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