Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-02-04
FOR ETERNAL LIFE
Glove God SupremeIy, and Thy
FeIIow-Men With True, Zeal
GUS and Constant Love"

GUS and Constant Love"
GTdIS is a personal question for ev-
] cry one to solve for himself. What
can I do to inherit eternal life?"
It is written, This is life eternal,
ITO know Thee, the only true God"
1t is important to know there is
eternal life, and to know what it is;
Ibut the allimportant thing is our per-
gsonal relation to this great truth.
Do know Thee, the only true
God?" For others to know is we'll for
them, but their knowledge will not
answer for my ignorance. The great
question to be resolved is What shah
! do to inherit eternal life?'
Through 1t is evident that the law
yer in the Book of Luke propounded
this question with an Ill and mean de-
sign, yet it was good question. and
addressed to the one above all others
best able to answer 1t. The lawyer
did not believe that the master, as he
called him, could give any new light
4on the subject. Whatever the answer
might be, he hoped to be able to re-
ply that it contained no other direc-
tion for ultimate happiness than what
was already known.
The lawgiver paid no attention to
the malicious design to tempt him,
but at once answered the lawyer with
a question, What is written in the
law. How readest thou?"
He came to catechise the master,
and the master turns to catechise him
and to make him know himself. He
Etreated him as lawyer. as one ac-
auainted with the law, and bade him
practice according to his knowledge.
The lawyer answered discreetly and
wisely that the divine law commanded
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart, and with all thy
soul, and with all thy strength, and
with all thy mind; and thy neighbor
as thyself."
The Masters Answer.
And the master said unto him.
'Thou hast answered right; do this
and thou shalt live; live forever
have eternal life"
They were not speaking OF the
earthly life, and when the master said
Thou shalt live" ne meant eternal!y.
The lawyer is still in doubt as to
one point, or appears to be, in order
to justify himself, and asks, who is
my neighbor??'
The Pharisees had wrong notions
about who were to be regarded as
their neighbors. They did not under
stand that the Gentiles were included
in the command Love thy neighbor
as thyself."
The master, to correct this errone-
ous idea, answered the lawyers ques-
tion by parable representing poor
Jew in distressed circumstances be-
ing snccored and relieved by a good
Samaritan. The priest and the Le-
Vite saw the man on the roadside who
had been robbed and wounded, bit
they passed by on the other side"
The good Samaritan when he saw
him had compassion upon him and
bound up his wounds and brought him
TO an inn, and took care of him.
(which Of these three" asked the
lawgiver of the lawyer, "thinkest thou
was neighbor to him that fell among
'thieves?"
And he said he that showed mercy
on him.
Then, said Jesus unto him, go and
do thou likewise"
The answer to the great question
rwas extorted from the lawyers own
mouth.
Fulfilling of the Law.
What shall I do to inherit eternal
nfe?"
Love God supremely, and all thy fell
1ow-men. with a true. jealous and con-
stant live. Love is the fulfilling of
the law and whosoever fulflls the di-
wine law shall be free from the law
of sin and death and shall live for
ever. Love is immortal and they in
whom the divine spirit Of love for
God and man dwells can never die.
! For God SO loved the world that he
gave his only begotten son, that who
,soever believeth in him should not
perish, but have everlasting life"
1t is also written that God, through
his love and abundant mercy, hath
provided for his obedient children "an
inheritance incorruptible and unde-
filed and that fadeth not away"
Oh the gracious thought Of an in
Fheritance that is fadeless and a life
that is endless.
"And this is eternal life, to know
Thee, the only true Godfrey. Har-
Eey S. Irwin.
/ African Boy Preacher.
J The Christian Observer tells beau