East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-03-22

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peop.e yesterday morning % hear
Esg. z. snydsr. tns pastor q the
! PrssbgtsTtan ch1reh. preach gpOn the
{ Matches Love % Cod he took
f0r ~ ts1i -For God - loved the
Eori1 tAai hs gave hls only beEottsE
Son"
Re said IN part. ~Thh the
srsztest sentence IN the Bible and
since the Bible - the greatest book
in all literature ths l. the greatest
. sentence ever written
80 one can state eonpleisly the
Z ElgnlfIcanes % thz sentence. No
more than an artist can paint a pic
tgrs % the heavens completely. Itz
I profgndiiy. is sEeep. - grandeur Is
beyOnd human conception Yet Il -
the mosr cherished ysrse In the Bible
Men syeryNhers love this text These
are the words 5y which all human
I ~ IL 70 be eheered and comforted
and ziOrifisd. To fully comprehend
the significance Of this text We must
{ comprehend the meaning of the
word world To most people this
circle in which they move. TO the
chosen feE whom they call friends
Have No Love.
They have no love. thought or
sympathy for any outside their clan.
The tOillng suffering. sorrOWing mui-
titude does not belong 70 their world
But the world expressed IN these
words Of the Savior Ia not restricted.
Il embraces the whole human family.
The world Ia a motley crowd, Il is
black with iniquity. II IL fun Of Bit
tsTness. sin and sOrrOT. sickness and
death, but God loves the world Not
70 with Us we desplse the world. We
have no patience with the world. II
we had our way about II we would
sweep half the world In the sea. But
God loves the world. he loves every
creature in the world. because he
knows the possibilities Of every crea-
ture in Christ Jesus.
God knows that down deep In
every human heart lies the possibili-
ties Of beauty. rsyerance and power.
All that humanity needs IL the divine
touch TO cause Il 10 rise In beauty
and strength. God sees humanity as
expressed in the life and character Of
Jesus Christ
Gods Love for AL.
He sees the Magdalen restored 10
virtue, the thief made honest, the
drunkard made sober the tyrant made
gentle and kind. God Is always look
Ing for the transformation OF charac-
ter. The most remarkable thing
about Gods love is the degree OF IT..
He so loved the world that he gave
/ his only begotten Son. We can not
comprehend this gift, because we can
not comprehend Christ's relation TO
| Cod
I'VE know what II means for an
earthly parent TO surrender a son 10
science, to religion or upon the altar
OF his country. but we do not know
what It meant for God TO surrender
Jesus 10 suffer and die upon the
cross. We only know that II was the
greatest gift he could make. And
why did he give Jesus to die? That
we who believe might have eternal
life. Eternal life does not mean
simply Immortality. Immortality Is
Cnly the endless bleEsedness of the
| life In Christ
Eternal Life.
Eternal life means the fullness OF
everything that makes man great
and existence sweet Eternal life is
realized when a man comes to his
better self, when he Is saved from
the consequences OF sin. Now eter-
nal life comes through belief in
Jesus Christ. The word believe
comes from two old words, TO llve-by.
II l believe in Abraham Lincoln I
will live by Lincoln, l will be ami
mated by his life and example.
'If believe in Jesus Christ will
live by him, his teaching, his life and
his character will guide me-and
fashion my life, and where in all the
world can we find better life to
follow?"