The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-27

remains 10 be seen. These are ques-
lions for another time and place. But
thank God the thurch is in a position
of effective usefulness today.
Since we are prone to allow the spir-
it of our thanksgiving to become self
oentered and materialistic, stree time
is the son of eternity and eternity is
the son of God ard slice we must as
far as possible view the blessings of
! this life nom the viewpoint of the
! Judgment Throne of Christ, it is we'll
that we heed these familiar lines OF
Kipling:
God of our fathers known of old
Lord of our far-flung battle line
Beneath Whose awful Hand we hold
Dominion over palm and pine
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest We forget, lest we forget"
In keeping with this thought our
breasts fill with gratitude as we repeat
the words of st. Paul: Thanks be
unto God for this unspeakable gift.
The immediate connection of the text
with the context brifiy stated is this:
St. Paul in his second epistle to the
church at Corintl requested the mem
bers to make contribution for the
temporal comfort of the poor, persecut-
ed saints of Jerusalem. He desired
that all the offerings be in readiness
before the arrival of Titus, who was
coming to take the money to that city.
AS an argument for liberal collection
Paul mentions the good effects which
would thereby be produced. L. The
needs of the saints would be supplied
.. Thanksgiving would be rendered
! to God. 5. Tue Corinthians would
/ demonstrate their subsection to the
Gospel
| The climax of the argument is
reached in the words of our text. A
/ striking comparison is made between
I the gift of the Corinthians to the
/ saints and Gods supreme gift to them
and to the world in The person of His
Son. The Corinthians gift could be es-
timated The greatness of the gift Of
1 God is unspeakable. The material
blessings are inexpressible because
they are innumerable The spiritual
Gift of God in Jesus Christ is unspeak-
/ able because he is divine. AS the
heavens are higher than the earth so
are the spiritual gifts of God above
the material. God help Us 20 learn this
eternal equation.
I Jesus Christ, the unspeakable gift
of God to man. is the crown of our
blessings, because he is the crown of
all divine revelation Not nature,
( however beautiful; not history, howev-
{ er splendid; not intellect, however
magnificent; not even the pentetench
and prophecies however divinely in
spired, but Jehovah's revealment of
himself in the personality of His Son
is the pinacle of all revelation.
In the beginning was the
Word and the Word was with
God and the Word was God,
and the word was made flesh and
dwelt among u.s. God hath spoken to
US through His Son, the ex press image
of His Person, the embodiment of His
divine nature What inexpressible
condescension, We can not compre.
bend it. The infinite love of God is
the motive of revelation. Behold the
grace of God revealed in the incarna
ton. the abiding miracle Of eternity
Behold the wisdom of God in the
words of Jesus Clrist. Behold the
love Of God as revealed at calvary il
begotten Son, Behold the eterna
power of God as Jesus came forth from
the grave the supreme conqueror o
death and hell, All that God is Il
man, He is in Jesus Christ. All tina
man is to God, he is in Jesus Christ
Thus Jesus Christ is all and IN all t.
God and man. What wonderful rea
son for rejoicing.
Jesus Carist, the unspcakable gif
of God to man is the crown of all gu
blessings because He redeemed maj
from sin with His own precious blood
! Man is by nature lost sinner. He
born with a carnal nature All hav
, sinned and come short of the glory c
God" Sin is disobedience to the RI
vealed will of God. Who has not bee
: guilty of breaking Gods Law? Sa
walton is for every man and every ma
needs salvation. Since it becam
necessary for Jesus to offer this praye
in the Garden, 20, my Fathe- if it b
! possible let this cup pas from me
how dark and bitter must be the gui
of sin in man: If it was necessar
for Jesus to shed his blood to was
away our transgressions how filth
must be the pollution Of SIN in mai
Jesus died of broken heart on Ii
cruel cross and cried My God, M
God, why hast thou forsaken me-
# how great must be the dominion {
n sin in man. The Christ of God suffere
the pangs of spiritual death in ordt
e to place his arms OF love and rescu
n underneath lost men in the depths
n total depravity. o, how op and tie
Is rible must be the final penalty for 81
in man. In these rushing God-forge
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