The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-18

ledltOr OF Sunday School Literature
lpreached to large congregation at
Calvary Evangelical church from
the text, Christ Died for Our
Sins. !" / Cor. 1913. In part he
spoke as follows
"The death Of Christ was made
necessary by human. The disobedi-
ence of our first parents brought
death intS the world with all its
woe. To remove sin and its con-
sequences required the death of the
ISon of God. Christ died Tor the
sins of one rs much as for the
sins of mankind. 1t took as much
to redeem one soul as to redeem
the entire human race. If there
had been only one sinner, Christ
would have had to die to. save him.
| And we believe that the Son of
God would have left His home in
heaven and come to earth to suf-
fer and die to save one soul.
"The death of Christ reaches the
climax of human suffering. His
suffering is an nnfathomable mys-
terry. 1t was real an intense. On
account of His sinless nature He
had q greater capacity for suffer
ing than any other human being.
His life was filled with suffering.
He was man of sorrows and ac-
quainted with grief. The journey
from Bethlehem to Calvary was
made in the shadow Cd the cross.
His suffering was both physical
and metal and was SO intense that
He finally died Of broken heart.
"The death Of Christ reaches the
climax OF injustice. His suffering
was not only intense but also un-
just. Human courts are maintain.
ed to protect the innocent and
punish the guilty according TO the
gravity Oh their crimes. A man
who neglects his family is SEN
fenced to the workhouse. A thief
is ser.cnced TO the peniteniiary.
A murderer is sentenced to life
Imprisonment or capital punishment
Capital punishment has been IN
flicted justly. Goliath. Haman. the
assassin of Mckinley, and Hoch
were justly put to death. But
Jesus was guilty OF no crime
against the church or state and
yet suffered the penalty for the
greatest crime.
"The death Of Christ rdeems
from the power of sin. Sin is ter ,
rible power. There is only one
power stronger and that is the
power of grace. Sin darkens rca- |
son. detilHs the affections. And
enslaves the will. The devil "a
lhe worst sinner in the universe.
lie Is liar and a murderer. He is
too bad to be saved. Efforts TO |
reform the devil are wasted. The |
tendency of sin is downward and [
dtevilward. II eltaces the divine
mag! IN man and puts upon him
the image of the beast. Men that |
serve God become Godlike while !
men that serve the Satan become |
like their master. The death of tbe
Son OF God yedeems men from the
power Of sin.
The death of Christ reveals tbc
valne OF one soul. We see the value
on the soul in its power, immortal.
ny and destiny but especially in
the price paid for the redemntion
ior we have not been rcaeemeJ
WIZ corruptible things such as
silver and gold but with the prec.
lons blood Of Christ as of a lamb
without blemish and without spoi
1.-THE death Of Christ is Gods |
appeal to men to be reconciled to
hlm. The price of redemption has
been paid. God appeals to men 70
accept salvation. lie does this ON
account Of the infinite loss of
neglecting salvation. the sin of re.
Joiclng and the infinite BLESSING
Of accepting the Savior. {"
Rev. A. c. Crist of Delaware,
filled the vacancy caused by the
retirement of Rev. Mr.. IOwnie
from the Lee Street Mission work.
lie was present Sunday afternoon II
when the Sunday School was un- c
usually well attended and Sun 4
day evening he preached to an Ie
large congregation. ,c
A cornetist and viOlinist have
oeen added to the musical portion d
'f The services and the interest h
is particularly gratify- 10
ng to the Mission workers. The
'erviees arc being attended by Il
pleasingly large number of men Il
md women, adults, and the at- ls'
endance Of the children is 4 p
onrse OF JOY and wonder to tho
workers. IVA Al wtln
Rev. N. r. GalIeher Of Gallon. "
occupied the pulpit at both morn Ie'
ng and evening services, Sunday
i the First Christian church.
1argc audiences were present and Y