The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-03-22

be NF0NENi HhNNI
by il. He teaches that Christians
should submit themselves tO those tn
authority over them, whether govern
mental or Industrial. for the lords
cake, and thye should do Il even in
the case of those masters that are not
good and gentle. but forward In
the course Of the argument he adduccs
tho example Of Christ, who, although
without sin. was reviled, but did net
reyile again, and whose su1eringa
we're carried to the extent Of the cross,
The description of these suLferiu&a liz
fourfold, each ono of the four p~artlcll.
lars illustrating a different aspect OF
the salvation men may receive
through bin.
The Strange Law Of ToNyo,
First, he tells ua bis sufGeringa
were substitutionary who his wi self
bare our sins In his Uwn body In the
tree" 1t is not long ago since there
was an ordinance In Tokyo, Japan, 10
the effect that no foreigner could take
up his residence there without pfoyid-
ing for himself a native substitute.
who IN tho event or hig violating any
law. would suffer the ncnalty in hia
stead. As Eoon ~ he arrived the ones
/ ton would be put to him. who stands
for ?" Jesus Christ stands for an
who put their trust in him,
In the second Mace no tolls Ma that
the daatpn of Chriet's sntfprlngs was
that mon might live INTO righteoua-
ness" that IL mat thew might become
enabled tn live tbot kind Of life set
hegore them In fine preceding yorses.
know a lad who hon IN does any.
thing yery questionable and his con.
sciencn heeing TO trouble him always
asks Ma mother 'Will that keen mo
out of beavonq n the answer ia In
the nepativa bo ia satisAad put the
salyatinn of Jesns Christ ia not for tho
purpose merely of getting into heaven.
INF of living right nj the preseat time,
But n ig wonderful to realize how
this design is made operative in man.
THAT we, being dead to sin, might
live unto r"lghteousnesB.'
The Crouue Ball.
There used to he a rule in cronuet
that when Won struck your opponent's
baIl Won were "doaGo nron If 81 far as
that nlav was concerned The Chris
tian baliever NAV he said to he repre.
eented nv the ball wbile ain Ia tbe
uaI1et in Satanic hand Sin has struck
the believer once In the persop Of his
gubstltute Jesus Christ. and can not
strike him again When Christ died.
he died 10 sin in the sense that II could
paver again hiring him ia the MACE Of
Judgment and IL IL the teaching Of the
New Testament that the believer died
in him in the same sense. 1t is this
fact which sets the believer free 10
live a life Of righteousness. and 1t is
the apprehension of IL as a fact
through the Holy Spirit, that com.
munlcates the power and inspiration
to him SO To live.
The third tbing p.tor tolla nc ahn,,,
the suffartngs of Christ ts their me-
cegsitv Y wara as sbeep going az.
trsy" Tra yeters IN the 0rient toll ,s
TINT Tho tendency of a sheen ia alwavs
IN On farther and farther astrav. ana
so man ~ 1agt "a binself naver will
rat,,rn IN God Of his own accord No
process Of education or evolution viii
ever bring him there. Man Is not a
member of a rising but a fallen and .
falling race, and he who delays to re
ceiye the son Of God nov will be- farth-
or away from him tomorrow than he
is today. Hence the urgency Of the
gospel invitation that now is the NC.
cepted time. today the day OF saliva.