West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-05-06
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made for me:


rings;
They sent influences to look after
what was TO hold me:
All forces have been steadily employed
TO complete and delight me"
Mans only enemy is man, and the
devil from whom he gets his inspira-
ton To his inhumanity.
:. Gods Plan Embraces All Human
Life Upon Earth.
That all human life is embraced
within the plan of God is "A truth still
less clearly discerned. We all are the
work OF his hands. His choice OF All
ram and of the multitude that should
call him Father" to. receive his reve
Iatlon was for great purpose beyond
that in them should all nations be
blessed. The Messiah was To be n
ight to igthen the nations, and the
glory OF Israel The keen prophetic
insight OF Paul was able TO pierce
through the crust of Jewish conserva-
tism and race self-complacencv and
read even In strange letters the great
truth that I'VE all are His offspring"
and to declare that God hath made of
one blood all nations of men TO dwell
upon all the face OF the earth" We
assent to these things, and yet the
proud heart of man Is slow TO assert
that the truth that the differences
which mark of from each other Cor
man and Austrian and Russian, Indian
ana Chinese and Japanese. African and
American, are purely superficial and
that underneath are the universal ele-
mental human forces common TO olI
men and women. that constitute hu-
man life, sacred and priceless wher-
ever found. There is i'm reality "No
difference" and human life everv-
where is the object OF the divine
thought and love.
s. Gods Plan Aims at the Creation of n
Type of Life to be Recognized as
Sons OF God.
The purpose of divine grace which is
vital and embraces all human life aims
clearly at the production of a certain
type OF iife among men. II is satisfied
with nothing less than the creation of
type of life most like unto the Eter-
nal Son and who shall also be called
Sons" of God That this is the divine
plan the words of our text make clear.
But man has experienced a tremen-
dous cataclysm. His ideals have van
ished. The light of life has gone out.
Darkness enshrouds his soul i'm death.
from his mind there has gone the i'm
age OF his Father. In strange world
ne wanders, ever and anon awakinp
as "an infant in the night, an infant
crying FOR the light, and with no Ian
guage but cry" However. we NAV
account for It, man has failed To real
ize his sonship. The ideal has long
been crushed TO its death. Sin. dark
malignant, deadly rules over his soul
Blinded and stihed he lacks ideal in
centive and power In this sad plight
OF the soul the plan of God is illumin-
ated with marvellous grace. Notwitb-
standing all that has befallen him.
man yet may realize his sonship with
God through the mediation of Jesus
Christ
H. This New Life is "By Adoption
Through Jesus Christ"
Jesus is the mediator Of the new fl
ial life which God has designed. His
mission as he described it was distinct
ly related to the life OF men. "I came
that yc might have life abundantly."
The love of God the Father is made Of
fectiye in human life through the me
diation of the Son. God so loved the
world that lie gave His only begotten
Son that whosoever belieyeth I'm Him
should not perish, but have everlasting
me- II is by its reception OF Jesus
Christ that humanity can realize its
sonship. He came unto His own and
Ills own received Him not but as
many as received Him, to them gave
tie the right 10 become sons OF God
even to them that believe on His
name SO certainly is Jesus the me
diator Of the new life that of Him 81
is declared This is the record. that
God hath given unto US eternal life
ana this life is in His Son. He that
hath the Son hath the life, and he that
hath not the Son hath not the life
The apostles under trial declare there
Is no other name under heaven that f.
known unto men wherein they can be
saved
i. Jesus Reveals the True Nature of
God and His Relation to Men the
Father.
IN his work OF mediation Jesus first
or all restores the lost image OF tho
Rather In the great high-pries1v
prayer OF Jesus in the 18th chapter Of
John we have these notable words
20 righteous Father. the world hath
not known Thee. but I have known
Thee The pathos OF revelation is
just this, that God. while pouring out
infinite love upon each child OF His.
remains the Unknown Father. Be
fore we can realize the life of sons Of
God we must have clear light as TO
Gods nature and relation TO us. Jesus
reveals the Father to us I'm so much
that he can say "He that beholdeth mo
beholdeth Him that sent me" And
again NO man hath seen God at any