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AMEN FeIolilSoIioh'
The law was hoy leader" the
slave whose task it was TO take
the children to the tutor 1t is
holy. lust, and good; but is also
revelation to man of his own in
veterate sinfulness. 1t strikes all
excuses dead upon the sinners lips.
1t cries, DO" but at the same
time discloses to himself man
utter importance, and leads him
to seek a plying eye, delivering
arm. The office of the law Is
finely depicted in the Epistles to
the Romans and Galatians. How
can consciously and confessedly
imperfect morality bring perfect
salvation? Cause must be sufficl-
ent to produce effect; yet, what
multitudes seem content to remain
under the law, with its ordinances
of death, and that, o,when grace,
with its gift of eternal life, is so
freely proffered The moral law
is magnificent salon, spacious
enough to contain the human race.
Within it's four walls is everything
really conducive to human happi-
ness and advancement. There God
would have us stay. The walls
are pierced with doors varying in
size and conspicuousness 1t mat
tiers little whether man goes out
at a large door or small one, one
in plain view of some clandestine
chute. The question is, has he
gone out? If so, he is a goer-be-
yond, transgressor. The law is
one. Having broken it at one
point, he has broken the whole
law. What mortal tongue can af-
firm absolute obedience in thought
and word as we'll as deed? Every
mouth is stopped. A world is gull
ty. The need of a Savior is i'm
perative. 1t is affirmed that the
blow to art. Either ignorance of
the fact that, in spite of the COM
mandment, Moses went on at Di-
vine command, and cast brazen
oxen and golden cherubim, or in
sincerity in putting a meaning up
on the commandment which the
Hebrews did not attach to it. Ig-
norance or insincerity. These are
the horns of the dilemma. That
was a very old saw at best. Even
Calvin in his day said: There is
no necessity to refute what some
have foolishly imagined, that sculp-
ture and painting of every kind
are condemned here" Modern in
fidelity is. TO a large extent, Il gal
vanizing of ancient and effete OBJ
jections. The second command
ment is merely the prohibition of
images as objects of worship. The
two tables of twenty-seven by eigh-
teen inches each, and engraven up
on both sides, would easily contain
the one hundred and seventy-twO
Hebrew words in the Decalogue. A
man could readily carry stones of
that size, and they would fit into
the ark of the covenant as its
proportions are generally estimated.
There was no favoritism in the cleo
ton of Israel. The Divine purpose,
as declared on Mount Sinai, was
ito make of them a kingdom OF
priests. The nation, as such, had
Ia religious function to perform to-
ward the rxho1l1 Sace Ihey had an
advantage over surrounding ma
tions, because to them were COM
mitted the oracles of God, chief OF
which was the hope of Messiah.
But they held these truths in trust
for the whole race. They were
Gods almoners. Added advantage
brought also added accountability.
Moses scaling the natural staircase
of Sinai, lost to view in the cloud
which enveloped the Divine pres
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surances of Gods favor toward his
people, is a striking type of the
Mediator of the new covenant.
Young Peoples Devotional Service.
l John 5; lis.
The Ideal Christian: GX) His
Faith. (Consecration Meeting.)
The birth of God in the soul of
man depends upon faith, and vic
tory over the world depends upon
the new birth. The witness of the
Spirit also waits upon the faith OF
the individual. These are the
axioms: Whosoever believeth is
born. Whosoever is born, over
cometh. He that believeth hath
the witness.
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