The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-09


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Il detiare tint there meme righteous
no. fl0t one Bit j MAJ y fot
4 thai adndttihs that al nlea haze
sinned soisie ini Wigs more peculiar
to one nationality and sgnle 10 an
other, It Is ours 70 point out the need
OF an Atonement for SIN and the face
that .'the blood the sacriaee) Of Jesui
4 Christ orr Lord. clcanseth us from al
sim Neither Is there salvation IN
any other, for there Is none other
Name given under heaven or amongst
men whereby We must Do saypds-
\ JEW or Gentle. bond or free, eau.
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believe, therefore. that ] cannot do
better than To relate to YOU the "old,
Old Story Of the love Of God mani.
tested in Christ. the Redeemer Ny
text tells that Old Story in precious
] words Of life, which had well.nigh
been lost during the darker ages and
since; for many Of you may be sur
prised to know that the vast majority
OF people in Christian lands have very
slight conception Of the love OF Cod
Indeed, am Sorry that It is true, but
the faith of many Christians, as ex-
pressed In their creeds, Is more terri
bic, more God,dishOnorinG than arc
the beliefs of any heather in the
whole world.
am glad to tell you. however. that
really very few people in Christian
lands any longer believe their own
crceds. / know not how much of
them are preached here. True Chris.
tlan people a1e much better than theii
creeds. They have sympathy fol
You who live In these parts and for
residents of other bentghted lands.
Many OF them give literally. whether
wisely or not, in their desire to Ieilr.
At the lieathen!
/ assure you that however much
their crbetls assert It. these kind.heart
cd neople do not believe TINT the mass.
es OF mankind are bound TO eternal
misery bErause Of not having heard "
the aOnly Name" They really do not
know what they believs The smoke
Of tile dark nges' stlll brevalls tai
such an extent that their eyes 81 mi.
derstahdlns cannot see The length
and the breadth and tile height and
the depth or the love OF God. which
passetl aIl understanding" They dc
know, however, that, although they
are fallen from Gods image through
sin. they still have too much Of Ills
God-like quality of love to torture any
body, or even dumb brtites; hence the!
realize that there must be some mis-
take in the creeds which they have sc
long possessed. which conslgn all ex.
cept "the elect" TO eternal misery.
Now Look at Our Text.
Note in our text the terms OF
a blessing intended of God for ev.
cry creature. Two thousand years lie
fore the angels uttered those words
God gave the same Message of hope
and JOY to Father Abraham, Let those
of this audience who are Mohamne-
dams. rs we'll as others, gall to mind
the promise to which refer. 1t was
the promise With the oath God. fore
knowing that 5the. fultllmeht Of the
promise would be long DELAYED, made
oath to 1t, so that all who trust in
Him might have the consolation Of
that promise. And what IS the prom
Use? God said to Abraham, In thee
and in thy seed shall all the families
of the earth he blessed"
Abraham WAS twice glad! he. re.
loiced that the curse That had rested
upon the race would ultimately he
lifted: secondly, he rejOiced that the
blessing of the Almighty would reach
mankind through his posterity. Mel
Their lshmael nor Isaac WAS the prom
Used seed-ueither blessed the world.
Neither Jacob nor Esau was the prom
ised Seed of Abraham to bless the
world, for neither of them did the
work. Neither did the nation of Israel
succeed in blessing the world; nor did
they attain eternal life for themselves.
The Divine Purpose looked down to
Messiah and saw in Him the real Seed
of Abraham through whom eventually
Divine Power will he exercised aud Di-
vine Grace be shed abroad among men.
According to the Scriptures, the Mes.
siah, the Delivercr, is cOmposite-com-
posed OF numerous members. Each
Dne of these members must he tested
md proven in respect TO his loyalty to
God aud to the principles of righteous
ness before he can attain TO his gle
riouS reward of the divine nature. God
nus roreOrdained how many shall con-
stitute this Messiah company and what
shall he their Observation-Disclosures,
according To which they may make
heir calling and their election sure"
They must be so loyal to God and to
he principles OF His Righteousness
hat they will gladly sacrifice every
,arthly interest, yea, life itself. 1t will
De readily seen that there are not very
many Of such deep devotion us this, in
he whole world. However, God, who
Knows the end from the beginning, de
flares that His purposes shall not fail,
Which means that He will succeed in
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