The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-06-17

ference between the religion OF the
Jew and the religion OF the Chris
tian. The writer of that book is striv.
ing to show what an improvement
Christianity is over Judaism and he
says:
Contrasting Oispensations.
For ye are not come unto the
mount that might be touched and
that burned with fire, nor unto black.
ness, and darkness, and tempest. and
the sound of trumpet. and the voice
of words: which voice they that fcC-d
entreated that the word should not be
spoken to them any more. (For they
could not endure that which was com.
manded And If so much as beast
touch the mountain it shall be stoned.
or thrust through with DART and so
terrible was the sight. that Moses
said, l exceedingly fear and quake)
But ye are come unto Mount Zion. and
unto the city of the living God. the
heavenly Jerusalem, and to an in
Vulnerable company OF angels. To
the general assembly and church OF
the first-born, which are written IL
heaven, and to God the judge OF all.
and to the spirits of just men made
perfect, and to Jesus the mediator OF
the new covenant. and to the blood OF
sprinkling. that speaketh better
things than that of Abel"
Christianity No Annex.
By such words as these Apollos up.
sets the contention OF the Jewish peo-
pie that Christianity is mere annex
of Judaism and that all the converts
from heathenism must start whore
they did, from Sinais smoking mount.
Apollos says, No! Christianity means
Zion in the place Of Sinai. We have
got beyond clouds. and lightnings, and
thunderbolts, and earthquakes, and
paralyzing fear. and terrible visions
and fleeing from the presence of the
Gwful cataclysm. We have come to q
mountain which is the Joy Of the
whole earth, We are attracted, not re-
PEELED. We are wooed, not driven. We
are drawn by love, not coerced By
force. We are charmed with tender
words, not stunned with thunder
bitioNS. VIC olt win
gels, not envelcped in blackness and
tempest. We have city. the Heav-
enly Jerusalem not barren desert,
overhung with gloomy mountains.
We have a new covenant written on
our hearts, not covenant carved on
tablets of stone, We have glorious
liberty, not a yoke of bondage. We
have divine principles, not set of
rules. We are treated as sons o.'
God, not servants of the household
We are saved by grace. not by legal
ism. We are not under the curse, but
under grace. We do not walk accord
ing to an ancient rule, but according
as He walked. We do not seek to
make ourselves acceptable to God by
doing, we do because we have been
made acceptable to God. We are not
pleasing Moses, we are following
Christ. We are not putting the law
always before our face. We are put
ting the Lord always before our face.
We do not ask, What does Moses say?
We ask. What does Christ say? We
read the commandments Of Moses, by
the Interpretation which Jesus gave
them. We are not living in the yea:
1900 B. c., but in the year 1909 A. ID.
Legal Bondage Still.
And yet the sad fact is that in spite
OF the plain teaching OF the Bible
there is a vast amount Of legal bond
age in the church to-day. Not only
Romanism but Professionalism has la
mentally gone back into the legal
bondage of the Mosaic dispensation
three thousand years behind the
times. They have not only resumed
the laws of Moses, but they have
made thousand moro and added to
their burdens, already intolerable.
The people work day and night and
still fall far short OF their duty. Ignor'
ant of the fact that Christ has for
ever superseded Moses and Aaron, tri'
rmphantly fulfilling the law by pay
ing all its penalty. they still stagger
A.ong under the law dispensation. in
lead Of the grace dispensation OF the
Gedeemer. The gospel Is the great
1ancipation proclamation to the
~orid. In sweet and loving fellow
- : and harmony with our delivercr
We arc Just as free from the law az
orc were no law. Rules and reg
;-''o7s cannot exist where love is'
Iav and Lows contrasted.
80 rodel home Is not founded o.
Snt on Zion. to grieve the pare'
''-nhedionce hurts the child NOR
iAe strap. And the teacher wh'
tho loye of her pupils has no
!ar the forrule. Tte new dispen
tatlon under which we live is the e's
r'1rc.'Ga = love.