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VI as OF SOIuSlhihS III OoNA ais
VN4DN beyond the power of words
80 to express; and. strange
to tell the righteous men
wrote the various histories.
.anbac,es psalms and epistles that
an the sacred volume were them
~ -. one and all conscious or
~ and that, too, apparently, In
-anortion to their Righteousness.
~ Who does not know that Paul
-.os the chief Of the apostles
tnows but little Of the history OF
rhristfanity and he that does not
,,nov that Paul regarded himself
tho chief of sinners knows
Mt little about Paul. There Is moth
ing lighthearted in Paufs confession
- Gin II comes from the soul. He
bod looked down upon himself from
a. third heaven. He knew his sins
Gov what they were Neither could
no sneak of his sins as If they We're
.l,ooether things of the past or, IN
decd in any proper sense or the
nost At all He never said, by the
dovica Of the Devil l used to be
sinner" but by the grace or COO
am what | am" | deserve death and,
indeed. | was dead; yet l live, or
rather Christ llyeth in me. II for
moment he contemplated himself as
snart from the living power and pres
once NJ Christ, he was filled with dis
NAV and horror that wrung from him
the cry: 20 wretched man that
am who shall deliver me from the
body of this death?'
Those Who Have Seen Christ.
This hunting out of sin seems
| strange to many Bible students. Our
eyaueellsts confess their longpast
| transgressions very light-heartedly
| and iauntily; our scholars never con-
fess anything; our theologians dis
| cuss sin in the impersonal way in
| which an evolutionist would discuss
a fossil in which he might recognize
the remains of possible ancestor.
| There are exceptions. no doubt.
| There always must be. And the ex-
| ceptions are those who. like Paul.
have seen Christ.
No age has ever been altogether
| without the heaven vision Job saw
| and heard more clearly than many
! others, perhaps because he had come
| into the Divine Presence through
. great fight OF Affections. When the
| vision burst upon him, he said q
have heard of thee by the hearing of
the ear but now mine eye seeth
thee Whereupon | abhor myself.
and repent in dust and ashes" AS
long as he compared himself with
other men he could maintain that he
was righteous. but God had placed
before him a higher standard.
Realization Of Sin.
II by some magical power a beast
could become a man, he would at
once find himself a sinner. for his
beast heart would not be suited to
human relations. Not only would his
habits need reforming. but new ideas.
new motives and even new instincts
would be necessary. II a peasant
could become prince, he would need
similar change of heart. II a man
hears the call of Christ, and, follow.
ing him, passes out of the world into
'ne kingdom of God, he feels as he
never felt before that he is sinner.
ne feels the need Of mentor that
may teach him the rules of the new
social plane on which he essays to
i've. He cannot keep in right paths
unless he hears the voice: This is
the way, walk We in IT," He needs
more than guide and mentor. He
needs thorough transformation.
Somewhere in the far-distant fu.
lure the past may be forgotten. The
old man may die. He that sitteth
upon the throne will say: Behold, I
make all things new" But until that
ume' at least, the man who has been
'uaae partaker of the powers of that
ne" world must look into his former
NE and self as into the depths of
p'' and his song will be: Unto him
,nat hath loved US and washed us In
ms own blood. Nashville Christian
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