The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-02-13

Hitti uumDef VI ueiTt-SedTC0lQS
questions suggested By his text. the
speaker rallied attention to the rea-
sonableness OF the Divine require
, inent rs stated In his text. and de-
; ciared thu our Creator could not Justly
or with self RESPECT ask less than this
OF His creatures who would enjoy fits
favor The interests Of all demand
!. that these princIples he required uf
every creature worthy Of eternal life.
whoever falls 10 come up to these con
'iitions would thus evidence his IN
worthinrss VI life everlasting. His
prolonged existence would merely be
prospecting of sin and a menace To the
happiness and righteousness Of others
! The fiwtur then noted the natural
division of his text into three parts,
and discussed these in order He show
ed that the requirement of Justice In
all our dealings cnnmends itself TO
every rational mind. and Includes the
whole Law IT God II In bur Just that
We shouId rtc,,gnize our Creator UrSt.
aud render oI,etlienre to all His right
eous requirements THAI make for our
own happiness and that of Others. 1t
Is also hut right that we should re.
osnize the rights of others. as we
would have them rrs'ognize our rights
Begin Justice at Home.
The Golden Rule. he declared. Is the
barest of Justice. Mol hairs breadth
less would come within the require
'nents of his text He suggested that
each one rriticise his own words aud
deeds toward parents. brothers. sis
fers bnsbahd. wife. and consider
whether he treats those who are near
and dear to him arcordina to the stand.
ards of justice. do we do toward them
as We would have them do toward us3
II not let us after making a begin
ming with the Lord. striving to render
10 Him our houiage AMI Obedience
closely ss'rutinizr every word and act
VI the home life and see to what ex
tent these can he mad. more nearly |
Just. The majority Of people. he feels |
sure will he surprised to know how
unjust they have been to those who |
are of the very nearest and dearest of |
fieshIy relationships
The Pastor suggested that each TO-.
low the natter ny and consider the
Justice ar tlIe injustice of his words /
and deeds with his neighbors and his
duly associates Then followed n Sc
ries OF searching questions for the pur
pose of assisting In the self examina-
ton DO We invariably speak to 9TH
ers with the same tome and gesture
that We w"nld approve II they were
n our place and we in theirs: Do we
drive closet bargain with them thnn T
We would consider just for them to
make with us: DE we speak as kindly
ils mt our neighbours as we would wish
ifm to speak OF us. Etc.. etc. /,
Simple Justice-Nothins More.
Should any one begin to see that
Y PAT God requires Is much beyond
vdat fhe majority have been render
ng. and should ne declare that It would
Ne impossible TO i've fully up to that
the Pastor would agree with
lin. Az st. Paul says. We cannot do
he things that We would The Scrip
rrss again agree ana declare. There
none righteous. no. not one. All
aC. sinned aIId come short Of the {
Tory Of God :" Romans BIO IL
He then showed that Des.ause we are
nabe to live up to even our own con-
options and standards OF justice we
re- not to abandon those standards. 7
IN the contrary. TO ignore our best
ie;ils OF justice would be to permit the :
Onward tendencies OF our depraved
afures 10 carry us further and fur
her from God and the standards Of b
laracter which he approves. We t
honld do nothing Iess than our very
est to live mp to our own Ideals and :
raise those ideals as nearly as pos = !,
bile To the Divine standard =
The Pastor then discussed at length n
le Divine attribute OF Justice. and ex- 5
aimed how God nns arranged that il
trough the death of His Son He can n
Ist'y offer life to the human family q
in Adam He declared that =
,ssibly Gcd could have arranged some ~
her way OF dealing with sin and sin
'rs. bnt the fact that He adopted this :
ethod assures ns that no other would I
we been so wise. so just. 40 other l
ethod would have so fully demon
rafed Gods Wisdom. Justice. Love
ID Power In ne death ~ Jesus as
ans Ransom price God ms provided
the satisfaction of Divine Justice
RESPECTS mankind For the good OF
'ind requires that those who wnnId n
neht by His mercy must cultivate :
ercy In their own hearts. otherwise i,
ey will receive no mercy. F