Gunnison news-champion., 1906-01-05

pst aside envy and jealousy asd re
main true ~ oar c!ssssasste or our
ae,4hpor, who has excellea as IN
lie . great contes,, than II Dies 10
remain true to him who has faded 10
Keep pa-e with US Here Was told
the story Of the friendship of David
aud Jonathan a. Was also the story
ui Dsn,su ani Pythias
Bst brssthren, nay mind tarns TO
another sceue whea reflect oa the
scene Of Damon and Pyth,ss with it's
scaifold oi exrcstIon. Another story
comes vivIdiy before the mind as
well as another scene Of execution
10 iiIm who was tine friend vi man,
who taught es to love our enemies
To llnn whose redeeming love
amazes men aud gels and fills
heaven aud earth with words oi "
To the king ui kings who gave his
iile fer a gullty world. The bright
e,t star in his constellation was re
deemlug love. The most precious
Jewel In his crown was redee ming
love The friendship and love of
the meek and io~ly Jesus was as far
above thai ol Damon aud Pythlas as
the heavens are above the earth
He loved his enemies aud gave his
lille Tor the guilty, not the Inneeent.
Man was ruined by s.a aud led cap
tive by Satan at his Will. Man WAS
condemned and on the scailold OF
execution. His all seeing eye reached
us and his strong arm brought sal
vation. His mercy hew from heaven
to earth, and from earth to the brIuk
of hell, aud cried 10 lnsulteJ justice
10 stay the execution. lie ciasped
the sinner his enemy, in his arms
and cried, you are sale, sale. Here,
brethren, is friendship divine. Here
is love divine. commend it to
you.
We should be 10 possession Of the
elementary moral virtues. Chris
tlanlty includes all OF these and
more No man should claim great
credit or glory for beng honest,
truthldl, kind or large hearted.
These are fundamental virtues and
no man can afford not to have them.
Man would not be decent without
them Ii man was not honest. he
would be a trickster; If he was not
truthful, he would be liar, a fraud
and cheat. Ii a man WAS not kind
he would be mean and cruel. No
man can afford to be a fraud, a
cheat or mean and crnel. But to be
living stones in the house of God
means more than to have the funda-
mental virtues | put little value
on a religion that won t make a man
pay his debts. and tell the truth and
live a vir.uous life. Christianity
means more than these. These are
but the b of character. You
can't have less aud be respectable.
Without them you are not worthy
the name of man or woman. Even
heather may have these. Christianity
calls Ms to higher life than merely
having these elementary virtues.
1t calls us into the church of the
living God. To be q personal fol-
lower Of Jesus. To study his lie;
to obey him; to share his aims, to
cooperate with him in his plans to
save the world. To trust Him as
our atoning Savior. to rise with Him
into a living fellowship with the
Father in Heaven.
Moral law was an external law
given to man because man needed it.
Man was in low moral state when
it was given. Man did not have the
internal Law. the law in his heart,
90 he needed the external law. But
man with the law in his heart
will keep the commandments. 1t is
his natural way to live if he has the
love Of God in his heart. Love full
fills the law, but does not DESTROY
it. Fill mans heart with the love
Of God and be will keep the first
four commandments, and if he loves
his neighbor as himself he will not
break the last six Of the command
ments. The law within speaks in
tones of thunder. "Thou shalt not
steal because thou will rob thine
own soul. and thou shalt not kill.
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