The Penn's Grove record., 1910-05-20

prepared for it; made the power
which redeems stronger than the
power which damns.
There is no mistake about Gods
attitude toward sin. He has written
His antagonism to it in laws which
are like a flaming sword. He pun
ishes. but He Furnishes to save. He
has made the way of the transgressoF
hard-unspeakably hard-but He has
lived that hard, rough way with re-
demptiye forces which will never own
defeat; which will never leave you
nor forsake you. I believe in a d.
vine determination in which God has
willed the achievement of His ideal
despite every obstacle, and I believe
that He will have His way.
It is a noble and honoring faith
which has an mistaken confidence IN
the redemptive power of God, which
believes that the love of God is
stronger than sin and will ultimately
triumph, which trusts that somehow,
somewhere, some time, Gods purpose
shall be fulfilled in every life. Take
heart. The God who made the world
is at the helm. He is responsible for
His creation and He will carry it
through. 81 have made and 1 will
bear; yea, 1 will carry and will de-
liver, saith the Lord" Oh, the little
ness of mans faith! His fears lest
the hand of the Lord be shortened
that 1t cannot save.
There has never been a moment in
the life of man when the redeeming
! power of God was not active III the
world. But it was only dimly eel
and imperfectly understood until in
the fullness of time God gave the
world a Saviour from whom there
| shone in deathless radiance His full
| redemptive purpose. Jesus showed
us the goal of the race-the Empire
| of Love. He gave His life daily for
| the realization of that kingdom. He
resisted even unto death every force
| which warred against that ideal. He
showed Enthusiastically what God
meant for the universe; that He
meant good, that His redemptive
| forces were round about mankind.
| Jesus evidenced indisputably in His
life and death what God is doing
Men had cried out, what is the use of
living? What does all this weary
| round amount to? And suddenly
there flashed upon their view a Dur-
pose. a life, a death, which solved
the whole riddle of the universe.
Men looked at that life and death and
whispered God" Humanity's best
and highest gives us the clearest in
depreciation of God. God is judged
by the best He has produced, and that
best is Jesus. So we look upon Jesus
as the supreme revelation of the Fa-
theirs heart. We see Gods purpose
to redeem the race shining through
the life and death of the Master. Now
we know what kind of a God is at the
helm. With Paul We see that here
God made known to Us the mystery
of His will. We can no longer doubt
His purpose or His intention. Gods
will is to save, redeem, to consum-
mate His divine ideal, and He is Civ.
ing Himself in mankind for mankind.
The man who wants to rise has the
heart of the universe with him. The
man who sins has the redemptive
power of the infinite Father against
him. What Jesus showed forth it Is
our duty to show forth-the redemp-
tive power of God. No declaration
of yours that Christ died for your sins
and you have accepted the sacrifice
will save you. You must become a
channel for Gods redemptfve force.
You, too, must become a saviour and
a redeemer. You must catch the
vision of the Empire of Love and just
go on warning against everything
which would defeat its coming. You
must die to selfishness and live for
the Kingdom of Heaven. Be a re-
demptive force in the world, and you
will be most like the Master, and you
will demonstrate anew that God gives
saviours to the world.