The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-05-28

Text: 81 have power to lay down
my life, and l have power to take it
away" John 10. 49,. "The hour is
come that the Son of man should be
glorified." John IL. 23).
There is glory belonging to power
and glory pertaining to wisdom
and glory in unblemished righteous.
ness; but even the God who in Him,
self represents these and all other di.
vine attributes in perfection, finds His
greatest glory in sacrifice for others
So reads this Book as to Jesus Christ,
and so reads all history as to men
from the beginning. So it will be to
the end. With this most illustrious ex'
ample before us the gateway to hon
or and unfading glory opens to all. To
lay down life for others is to take it
again. The door of immortality
swings wide to every man.
Let us find, if possible, the essential
element Of sacrifice. We do we'll to
distinguish between the material and
the spiritual when We use this sig
nificant word. They do grievOusly
err who tell US that sacrifice is uni
versal in the domain of nature" The
merely chemical transitions and phys.
ical changes going forward in nature
are not to be dignified even in figure
by this word of sublime meaning. The
sun gives forth light and heat under
the operation of memorable law. Sac
rifice implies the conscious power to
withhold what is surrendered. What
God gives to main in the air, and soil,
and sea is not in the nature of sac
rifice, but of bounty. But when Jesus
Christ tasted death for every man."
that was sacrifice. The devotement
or setting apart to some holy or sac
red end and under the mighty i'm
pulse of unselfish love of possession
held beyond price, this is sacrifice.
In the Offering of Christ on the cross
we see love, not law.
A Soldier to Soldiers.
"What has this to do with the SOL
dier?" Everything, as We shall see.
The christian religion consists essen
TALLY of two elements-love to God
and love to man. God needs no sacri-
flee at our hands, but having so loved
the world as to give His beloved Son
for it's salvation, He turns all the
wealth of love thus drawn toward Him
self into the same channel with His
own and accepts sacrifice for human
ity as an offering to Himself Outside
the cross of Christ in what single
symbol known of men has humanity
larger interest than in the flag fol-
lowed by the soldier of the Civil war?
Who can serve that flag without max
ing an offering to humanity? l per-
ceive clearly that there is a patriot
ism whose fires are kindled at the
holy affairs of religion, and which car
ries thence the Christly spirit of sac
rifice AS Jesus was the ideal man, so
He was the typical hero of the ages.
We shall bear higher tribute to our
fallen comrades in arms if we better
understand the Hero of Calvary II
the word sacrifice carries the idea of
setting apart for other than the own
er's personal uses or advantage his
endowments, possessions, abilities or
opportunities for the benefit of anoth-
err whether for his household, his com.
munity or his country, then if there
be one possession which includes all
others, and that is yielded up it is
complete sacrifice So the offering of
ones only life, for cause. held dear
er than life, is complete sacrifice to
that cause; because life represents
everything to a man. 1t holds all his
joys, and hopes, and opportunity for
achievements; his home, his friends,
his plans, his future, as we'll as his
present. Let us not forget, then that
If 10 lay down life be equivalent to
giving up all these priceless treas
ures, then the voluntary surrender of
them is equivalent to laying down life