The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-08-15

,or lives. In all tenderness we must warn these If
the wrath to come, and in all love give them the in
vitation to come to Jesus and obtain pardon and
healing In all our stated services we must ever keen
before the salvation of sinners as well as the
hlding up of believers. The Church can never four
;sh at home she win the heather world for
Christ if she is composed of merely nominal Chris
tan; she cannot lengthen her cords and STRENGTHEN
her stakes unless there is regular addition
to her membership the children taking the places
of the fathers and all working earnestly to-
gether for the salvation, emancipation and eeva
ton OF humanity This can only be accomplished by
procaiming salvation through Christ The preach.
ing for this age and for all ages must be Biblical
having our Lord Jesus its centre and substance
and the preacher must be ever consumed with a hoy
zeal for the salvation of immortal souls IT must ba
modelled on the preaching of the Apostolic age when
Christ Crucied, risen, assembled to glory Christ the
sinners Saviour and the saints hope was the theme
No ethical gospel, no philanthropic gospel and no
sO-called gospel for the masses meet the inmost
needs of humanity, and they pass away one after
another to be replaced by others which will he dis
carded in their turn; but in the Gospel of the Lord
Jesus christ we have that which meets every need
supplies every want satisfies every longing and sui
fills every aspiration Our great poet Tennyson puts
it very aptly-
Our little systems have their day
They have their day, and cease to be;
They are but broken lights of Thee
And Thou, Lord, art more than thew"
Inc gosPel needed is one that will bless and beau,
my 'ne ihuiViduai life, sweeten and purify human
'e'S' eievale Inc masses, and cause righteousness
70 aOounu LII our midst Christ is still the power of
Tod and the wisdom of God to the salvation of souIs
anu Is our bounden duty to hold Him up in all His
"nsomeness and attractiveness in all His power to
save ana bless the viest Sinners in all His assembled
glory as the Great High Priest who has passed into
heaven that He may plead cause with the Father
as the sympathetic Brother who feels for us in ali
~ iiais, troubles and temptation. We know that
he IS lifted up souls will be drawn to Him. and
n me uuty OF every preacher plainly is not to
.,eoriSe, not to raise doubts not to proclaim the
1. | VI man, but the word of the living God: TO
"Oiu up Christ as the Son of God who sis able IN
H.; e,a " the uttermost that come unto God by
in Inc secret OF the great ingathering of souls
:" 'e apostolic Church the fact that Christ was
r'"'"eu In all His fulness and power to save and
' through Him glorious resurrection to everlasting
t III the history of the Christian Church. when
- C ana ceremonies took the place of the preaching
N.Y. ST. there followed deafness and decay but when
Hin; n our helormers arose to preach Christ and
the dead eo''on irom
"hen the flame of Gospel truth had almost been
Dr." out in the seventeenth century then Baxter
ny "", ana others rekindled the flame; when dead.
NO. P'eVailed In the eighteenth century what great
j.; "uerS The Wesleys and Whitefeld wrought and how
II S pass century men like our own Dr. Cooke G.
ra;P geon, and many others of like mind were
was up 10 earnestly contend for the faith which
mi, Vnce delivered unto the saints" These were all
the 10y men in the Scriptures and they rolled back
coidness, deafness, and error because they
On, '"ed full and free salvation THROUGH Jesus
has -, III a word, they preached Christ The Church
her ways touched hgh-water mark has ever made
earth "er ielt for righteousness and truth on the
mado 81 anu defeated her enemies when her ministers
and n ISL Jesus the sum and substance the Alpha
has mega OF their preaching; and her influence
So M proportionately weak when Christ was not
seryo, and when stress was laid in certain oh
ton ,r ana forms as means Of procuring saliva.
it fl. ne ambassadors of the Lord Jesus must make