Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-11
To be Continued.
NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL
Why the Real Christian Is True to
His Faith.

Why the Real Christian Is True to
His Faith.
There are many reasons why Chris
pei of Christ. Perhaps the chiefest
among these reasons (from the man
side) is the one that he finds in his
own salvation. A redeemed one can
say, Il am not ashamed of the gospel
of Christ" for 1t convinced me of my
sill and misery, 1t pointed me In the
way of life and led me to the Savior,
who has saved me from sin and death,
and filled my heart with joy and hope.
70 be ashamed of Christ's gospel is to
be ashamed of Christ himself. why
should 1 be ashamed of the One who,
by His life, sufferngs and death, Sc
cured for me pardon from sin here and
the joys of heaven hereafter? But
some migrate might say, Il would not
acknowledge your Savior, for He was
hanged on a cross" Yes, He was but
my sins helped to nail Him to that
cross. He was not worthy of death,
for He had done no wrong; but l was
worthy of DEATH and death was to be
my portion, but this Savior died in my
stead that l might live in Him. Shall
| be ashamed of Him, then, because He
hanged on the cross, when He hanged
on that cross for me? | think not, l
think not.
A boy at college was constantly
speaking to a friend about his beauti-
full mother. So frequently and so eX-
travagantly did the boy speak OF his
mothers beauty that his friend became
curious to see that most beautiful OF
women. At length the opportunity
came. On invitation he accompanied
the boy to his home. The mother met
them at the gate, and the friend was
introduced to her. But instead OF
meeting a mother with SURPRISING
beauty, there stood before him a wo-
man with drawn hands and SCARED
face-really repulsive in appearance
and yet the boy was raving over her
beauty. The friend was puzzled. He
could not solve the mystery. At length,
however, the mystery was solved. one
who knew the facts told the inquirins
friend that years before when, on
certain occasion, this boy lay asleep
in burning building, his mother, at
the risk Of her own life, rushed through
the flames and rescued her boy, and
that those drawn hands, and that scar
red face were the marks Of his moth =
er'S love. No wonder, then that, while
to others, the scars that the mother
wore were repulslve, to the son, those
scars were marks of beauty: for they
told him of a mothers love and of the
price that she had paid for his life.
So others. if they please, may de-
fame the Savior. because He was cru
Gifted on cross; but when | shall
meet Him on the other side and see In
His hands and feet, the prints of the
nails that fastedcd Him to the cross
instead of being ashamed of those
scars. shall then cXclaim, how charm
ing, how lovely. how beautiful! for
those scars will remind mc Of the price
that He paid for my life.
And when you, dear friends, reach
the better land and see what the Sa-
viOr has done for you there, and think
of what it cost Him to bring you to
that land. if you have never said it be-
fore. you will then say. from the
depths Of your heart Il am not aSham-
cd of the gospel of Christ. w,
\. Hafncr in March Christian MeSSen-
ger