Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-05-26
A SIN
SPECIALIST
By REV. 2. r MARSH
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This l. a rslfhfaI saying and worthy q
all the acc-ptafian that Christ Jesus cams
into TIE world TO save sinners-i Timl.
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Many men claim place In the worlds
crowded temple Of fame. Explorers
xho have discovered new worlds: tn
ventors who have opened new fields Of
activity. astronomers who have re-
vealsd new heavens. scientists who
have formulated the natural laws Of
the physical universe. artists who
have made canvas speak and marble
breathe. soldiers who have carved
empires from human flesh. statesmen
Who have vifallzed dismembered parts
into one organic body. reformers who
have lifted continents Of humanity to
higher levels OF life-these are the
men whose finished task has set tho
seal Of greatness upon their names
Amid that host no man can number,
one figure stands supreme. pre-emin-
ent among the sons Of men. Richter
says Christ has lifted empires on
their hinges and turned streams OF
history into new channels- Emerson
declared: The name Of Christ ID
plowed deep into the world Even Re
nan admits: His life has been made
q corner stone 10 the building OF our
race"
The question n not impertineut:
Man q Galilee. what have you dpus
TO receive such recognition and
achieve such recognition and achieve
such results, What have you added TO
the wealth or knowledge or progress
Of the world. that the world should
so honor YOU" Ponder we'll the an
swer. for II Is strange: II seek and
save sinners"
Jesus Christ Is unique among men.
He is the sin specialist OF the world
Huuen philosophy has specialized
On tbs results OF SIN and ended IN
fatalism. Human maferialism has
hlinked at the presence OF sin and
ended In sensuaIity. Human sympathy
has faced the fact Of sin and tried
TO ease its suffering with the snodyne
OF charity. But Robert Morrison was
right after all He closed the Bible.
exiled God. annihilated heaven and
he'll and said logically: 1T is no use
discussing the matter. there Is no
remedy for a bad heart"
Jenner discovered how TO combat
and counteract smallpox. Pasteur for
mulated laws for the treatment OF
germ disease tuberculosis. typhoid.
diphtheria and a host Of ills to which
the flesh is heir are capable Of being
controlled. But the problem Of hu-
man happiness and human progress Is
far more difficult than these incidents
OF our mortality.
II was Macbeth WHO complained to
his physician;
Cznst thou ngs minister to a mind Dis
eased:
Pluck from tn. memory the rooted sor~
row.
RAN out the written troubles % ths
brain.
AID with some sweet ohiivious snfisote.
Cleanse the stuffed bosom Of the DerfIous
stun
Which weighs upon tho heart
Poor Jean Vatican wept bitterly for
his sins as he watched the boy play
with the huttercups and prayed that
God would give him, criminal though
he was. to feel again as he felt when
years before he had pressed his cheek
against his mothers knee. Eugene
Aram dared not trust himself out un-
der the stars 1T night. for they biaxed
upon him out Of the night like eyes
that would not relent The water in
the basin could not wash OF the red
spots on the hands Of Lady Macbeth.
but would the @multitudinous seas in
caruadine.'
Is there no balm in Gilead for a bro
ken spirits Is there no hearts ease
TO soothe a Borrowing soul, Is there
no bosom on which poor Magdalene
can sob her bitter confessions. No
rest from remorse7 No surcease from
sorrow, No cure for SIN, Perhaps
the gods may forgive sin." said Plato
TO Socrates. Perhaps. but I do not
know" replied hts master II do not
know that IL would be safe for the
gods to pardon"
Save sinners-even Paul said: That
means me-" Our human sympathfes
GO out to the good man In hard luck.
Chrtst's love calls the corrupt man In
any circumstances. The sinner Is lit
orally one who has missed the mark.
The figure is that Of the archer who
shoots the arrow and fails TO lift the
many times. aimed high. striven sim
cerely to ring the right-and failed
Sometimes IL has seemed like all the
arrows were sped-quiver empty, bow
string slack. defeat certain When the
vessel was broken the potter made II
over again. That Is what Jesus Christ
can do for a life-ean do, VIII do N
We let him That is his business. He
came to seek and 70 save sinners.