The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-02-10
MEETINGS CLOSE
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ing you the way out, and into the
light and life and liberty Of Jesus
Christ The way He tells is very plain
and the simplest can follow.
II this building should catch fire
we inside would hasten to take any
way cut. There would be no stopping
to investigate methods. or discuss
theor RS. We would take any way, and
be glad to take 1t. Well, we are in a
world of sin. No matter which way
you turn you will face the most hor-
rible sin. And we must find a way
out. God tells US Listen:-"For by
Grace are ye saved, thru faith, and
that not yourselves, 1t is the gift
of God. And not by works, lest any
man should boast" That is Gods
way
want to use simple language to-
night, so that all can understand It,
for Gods truths are simple and
meant for all. Now, what is grace?
1t is love, and sweetness and kind
ness, especially as it is shown in
the scheme Of redemption by Christ,
our Lord. And it is only by this that
we may be saved.
Christ died there on Calvary as the
gift of Gods love. Christ hanging
there on the cross is a demonstration
of Gods love to every person in
this world-to you, and to you. For
God so loved the world that He gave
His only begotten Son that whosoev-
er believeth on Him shall not perish,
but have eternal life.
i can in my mind see the scene in
Heaven, when, God called for volun-
teers, who should rescue the world
from its degradation and sin. And /
can almost SEQ the scene, when the
only begotten Son of the Father,
left His throne in glory and came
down here TO this sin cursed world.
and took on Himself the form Of
flight, ard He reached down TO the
very lowest and raised them up reek-
ing and dripping with sin, that their
book of Life.
But how do we receive this gift of
Gods Salvation? Let us come bold
iy to the throne of Grace" And how
are we to come to the Throne of
Grace? We come in prayer. 1t is the
simplest thing in the world. We can
come to the Throne just as we are,
sitting in our seats, and there we
can find mercy and relief in time of
need.
And how are we to receive this
gift? BY coming in a spirit of humi-
lily, for God resisteth the proud, but
tie giveth grace to the humble" Mr..
Boswell told an old veterans story
of the death on the battlefield of a
man who had been a skeptic, and
who after the fatal bullet found him,
cried, increasingly God be merciful
TO me, a sinner" and how his cries
echoed above the din of battle while
the fighters moved on and left him
dying and still crying for mercy.
Oh, you may scott at Christianity,
Mr.. Boswell went on. but the time is
coming when you, too, will cry out,
God be merciful to me a sinner"
And II may then be too late.
But He is waiting now, tonight
holding out to you the immeasurable
gift of His love. And 30 whom Is that
love given? To the man in the gut
Ter, and If he will accept 1t, God
will raise him up out of his sin and
shame, and give him a name. And 1t
Is given to the fallen woman, and to
the business man, and TO the busy
housewife, and to the student facing
deep problems, and to the young man
ready to step out into the great world
beyond, and to that young woman soon
20 meet life. He will load and guide
her from evrey pitfall. The love and
grace of Cod Is held out, also, too
tn those who are totterlng on the brink
Of the grave. ready to pitch over.
And they are held out TO the boy and
girl, no matter how young in life.
Some one may say, "You have for