The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-26
MIR. .O'HARA' 'SSERM0N
DISCOURSE OF CLAYTON STREET
 BAPTIST PREACHER.
Talked to Large Congregation Last Night On Maa's Redemption and Took His Text From Book of
 Enhesfmns.

to a large conEregatlon last hisht on Mans Redemption
 His text was taken from Ephesians i-7 and he made q marked impression on his hearers. He spoke as follows
 "In whom we have redemption though his blood, the forgiveness of our sins according to the riches of His grace Eph. i-7.
 E Our subject for tonight has to dc with a thought equally sublime to the one of last Sunday evening. namely,
 'srhe Redemption of Man We VIII view the subject from three questions
 Does man need a redeemerT Has such a redeener been provided?' and
 What does man do with this redeemer?'
 Does man need redeemer2 The ari- swer to this query is a four-fold argu-
 ment as to such necessity.
 1. Man is under condemnation from Adam, sin of disopedience which pro duced the fall and the evil consequen- ces which ensued- It was to this thought your minds were directed a week ago. without the committal of any actual sin, as we learned last week. If 1t Is possible to find such a being. Our inheritance from Adam alone will fokever condemn us for As
 in Adam all die. so in Christ shall all
 be made alive" Cor xv-22 Ana again (Rom v l4-ie1 Hevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses So then as thouFb one srespass ,,atn oar one denination, even so through the one act of rfghteousness the free gift come unto all men unto justification of life" These passage convey an un- answerable statement.
 9. Man is under aggravated condem-
 nation because he has added many sins to this one. for all and each or which he must be punished. Man be- comes more guilty as he. grows more sinful and the wicked and ungodly are becoming worse and worse. Sin and iniquity and unrighteousness are the daily product of humanity. Paul gives us a dark, yet adequate picture of the sins of the human heart. (Rom. l-2s- 32,) Tn refusing to have God in their knowledge, being filled with all unrfEhteousness. wickedness, coveteous ness, malieiousness. full of envy. mur- der. strife deceit malignity' wnlspers' backbiters, haters of God, insolent, hauehty. boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenant breakers. without natural affection. unmercifui And again (2 Tim. ii-1-5.) But know this that in these days grievous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful' naughty, railers. disobedient to pa rents. unthankfuI. unholy. without natural affection, impIacabIe. slander- ers. fierce, without self control, no lovers of good, traitors, headstrong' puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding form or eodIfness. But evil men and imDostors shall wax worse and worse. deceiving and being deceived" These sins are all common and practiced to- day. ThSy are aggravAting the conai- ton, increasing the penalty and max ing more weighty the condemnation which rests upon men. You, dear friend, have one or more of these charged to your account. They hang as a pail over your life.
 If ia significant that Paul uses the expression. "fuIf of so often in this description. IL, describes quite ac- eurately the heart of man as 1t reeks with sins and unrighteousness, But again. ..t.
 Man is unable to remove this condemnation himself or even relieve the harshness of its aspects. He may come with a life of morality and 1t IS cast away as chaff. He may bring sl- yer and gold and precious metal and. II becomes dross in the refining furnace of God. And which of you by beiug anxious. can add one cubit to his stat ure, Mat. vii:27, or Can the Ethi- opian change his skin or the leopard his spots2 Then may ye also do good. that are accustomed to do evil. xtii:2s. Sin has taken hold upon your life in such "a way that 1t Is impossible for you to turn yourself away from 1t. Man cannot redeem himself nor through his own merits become holy and just, Place man in prison; he is the same kind of man he was on the outside with the possibility of becoming worse. Let him go to any cline and he is confronted with the same evil tendcn- cy. But more still.
 4. Man, owing to total human de- prayity, will not voluntarily seek God or strive to relieve the situation In which he is found. He must be urged to it and even then many will not re- spond It brings an inestimable argu- ment for the necessity of redeemer with the means of his acquaintance when we consider mans depraved state The Savior found man stubborn ana obstinate under even his earnest plsaa- ings. 70 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which kiIleth the prophets and stonest them. that are sent her. how often would have gathered her children together Hs A hen gathereth her chickens under her wings and ye would not. Mat xxiii' 37. 3S Paul found a similar condition as expressed In Rom. iit:10-19. There is none righteous. no not one; there Is none that understandeth, there Is none that seeketh after God; they have all turned aside, they are together become there is none that doeth good, no not so much as one! their throat is an open sepulchre, with their tongues they have used deceit, the poi son of asps is under their lips, whose mouth Is full of cursing and bitter ness" These lines give us reason why the hearts of men appear so hard and why they are so difficult to reach Tt is their inherent depraved condition.
 with these facts and reasons we are made to conclude without shad- ow of doubt that man needs a rededem-
 IT. Has such a Savior and redeem or been provided. We give several evidences.
 I. The Savior of promise. It is study to search out m the Did Testament the references to the oronised Messiah. 'I will put enmity | between thy seed and her seed. It shail oruisie thy head and thou shall nruise lis heel" 'Tn thy seed shall all tns nations of the earth be blessed Ine ,cepter shall not depart from Juuah lor the rulers staff from between ms feet until Shiloh come" tGen; H;Io, ; xii;s; xiix:1O.) cannot take the time 'o give you all the references bnt ,uffice 1t to say they tell of HIS % nlrtn' His birthplace, the time of HIS coHlhs, lis form and appearance, His hte ana ana work, His suffering, His crucinxlohh. h Ilis feath, His resurrection, ID iact tleIS s something In prophecy whlcn coI1 orehends what He was and dio "nile ,n earth. r-..4h
 2. His own declaration here on Eartn- nov