The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-21
IHGyGHTS Of A
H0NAGENARIAN
SERMON ON CHRISTIAN LIFE
WRITTEN BY GEORGE T.
L0AR, AGED 81 YEARS.
REMARKABLE PAPER BY MAN
WHO HAS LIVED MORE THAN
-FOUR SCORE AND TEN.

years OF age and hale and hearty, his
mental faculties strong and active as
Shown by his discourse. Mr.. Loar
@rites we'll, his chirography would
be good for a boy Of 20 and hi.
thoughts are sound. His sermon fol-
lows:
Subject: "The Beautiful Tree Of
Life" Text. On either side of the
river, was there the tree Of life. bear
ing twelve manner OF fruits, and
yielding her fruit every month, and
the leaves Of the tree, as we'll as the
fruit it bears, is for the healing Of
the pations.-Rov. 22:2.
Tho names OF the fruit are these,
first, Wisdom, Temperance, Patience,
Humility, Holiness, Truth, Love,
Hope, Joy, Faith, Charity, Virtue.
These arela few Of the christian
graces, necessary to adOrn the chris
tian character, Wherein we may be
able to stand, and rejoice in hope Of
tile glory OF God. When once con-
verted, we are then admonislled to go
on to perfection, adding TO Il faith
virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowl-
edge temperance, to Temperance"
brotllerly kindness and charity and
all the christian graccs, necessary for
q we'll developed christian character
which is all very plainly taught in
this book. In this book we learn the
mind of God is full Of good will to
the fallen race Of man. 1t shows the
state Of man us a sinner, and the way
Of salvation by faith in Christ, and
also the doom OF the impenitent sin
ner, and The happiness OF the believer
in Christ, who trusts and serves Hin
fully to the close of life, Its doctrines
are holy, its precepts binding, its his
tories true, its decisions immutablc.
Read it and mediate upon 1t to be
wise; believe 1t to be safe, and prac-
tice it to be holy. 1t plainly teaches
the care and the love OF the Father
in devising the plan, to save REBEL
Gus man. How Kind Jesus was in SO
Willingly sacrificing His own life to
aid in carrying out the Fathers plan
4eea glorious redemption for Ii fall
lon race, and provided every neces-
sary means for IL complete work. He
placed them all within easy reach of
all, then invited all to Him for sal
walton, then gave the world free and
full access to all this rich store OF d.
vineygrace, where they may draw
without money and without price,
without measure and without end,
until all our spiritual wants may he
fully redressed, out Of His unwasting
fullness. Giving does not tm%poverisA
Hin, nor Withholding enrich Him,
but the conditions of His grace are
such that none a ever ask too
much.
And after having completed the
great and grand work Of mans re-
demption and was about ready to as
cend to the Father, out Of love and
sympathy for His suffering people, He
opened up a line Of communication
from every part Of the inhabited
earth, direct to the throne, where He
now is seated, as our, advocate, or at
torncy. where He receives all, and
gives it in to the Father That line
Of communication beats the telG-
phone or the telegraph or wireless
We need no instrument the starting
point anywhere, where help IS need
ed. He says call upon Me in time OF
trouble and l will hear YOU NOW
He is calling, come unto Me all ye
ends OF the earth, and be ye saved
He willeth not the death Of any, buy
would rathc rail- would turn into
would rather all would turn into
why viii you die, when mercy is Of
fered free?
Then this book gives us the very
important part, the Holy Spirit IS
aching in mans redemption for II ait
er all that Jesus did for mans re-
demption we then would have Deen
cast upon our own resources inue-
pendent of the agency and influence
81 the Holy Spirit, we might well en-
claim, woe is sufficient for THESE
things, and abandon the hope Of sal
walton, for fixed and impervious dis
pair. But We have abundant reason
tosthank God that the great economy
Of redemption has provided no less
for the errectual application OF us
benefits by the wiorking'o the Spirit,
than it did Tor the procurement OF
them in the gift and mediation OF
Jesus Christ and the claims OF ting
Godhead has not been more complete
Nv f%oreseen and provided for, Dy
Christ than all the weakness n
wants and w~ickedncss Of the human
& heart has been ~Coreseon, and proVtd-
edsfor by the spirit. We find n glor'
ions completeness in the great
scheme of redemption, which evch
I the suspicious eye Of unbelief or the
searching look of a trouble and
anxious conscience can find out nc
defect. Even the hardness OF o'tl
hearts, the deafness Of conscience
ha wildness of our imagination, tht
disorder o. our passions our tiIata'