Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-27

pie have come to believe that II IL en-
tirely true that every man has his
price.
Not long ego. man in this city
said to me, in connection with some
noted man whom he was discussing,
Every man has his price. you know"
He said II with that air OF f1nality
which admits OF no argument. He
said Il with the kind OF conference
which men exhibit when they put
down great. indisputable premises
from which they are to draw unavoid-
though he were uttering the death
knell of the man whom we were, talk
ing about-a man whom he as cordial
iy disliked as I enthusiastically adj
mired.
/ happened to have direct evidence
that the man in question Is not for
sale never has been; that he might
have brought a big price had he been
that kind of a man.
No. it is not awhole truth that
every man has his price; but there is
so much truth in II that an earnest
warning ought to be sounded.
The men who have their own prices
and their estimate OF the cost of
other men have reckoned far below
the value of a single human being. On
doubtcdly there are men who have
sold themselves for a mere dollar, and
yet the state OF Ohio evidently thinks
that even a bad boy-so bad that he
Is kept by the state in the reforma-
tory at Lancaster, Ohio-is worth at
least i've dollars; for the state win
pay that much to any person who will
return one Of those boys of the boy
succeeds in escaping.
No, We do not put the proper valu-
alton on ourselves or on others There
are people, to be sure, who overesti-
mate their own importance, but no one
No -,N 81 H,a AL 49,
Himself is the great Appraiser OF
Mans spiritual life. There are
glimpses in the Old Testament OF the
conception OF Gods own estimate OF
the individual. Possibly there is nc
one passage that gives more definite
emphasis to It than that beautiful H.
lustration in Isaiah where God says He
can never forget his people. The
mother may forget her child. though
a case like that is so exceptional: but
God can never forget. Behold have
craven thee upon the palms OF my
| hands, thy walls are continually be-
| fore me-"
This idea is carried forward to IL
cumlination in the New Testament
where the love of God for the soul!
Of men Is expressed in terms OF tbs
magnificent sacrifice Of Jesus-th'
j Son of God the Saviour Of the world.
While It is not true that every maj
has the price in the sense OF being
available to do wrong and sell on
his honor. there is another sense II
which il is true that every man ha!
his price, and that is in the fact tina
our prospects OF salvation and eterna
happiness are based upon the dealt
of Jesus, the Son OF God. He paid on
debt. Henceforth we are his debtors
and also debtors to our fellow men.
And this salvation is personal ant
| immediate. There could be nothing
| more personal than John 3: 16: "Goi
so loved John Jones Cor any othe
name you might put there) that H
gave His only begotten Son, that Johi
| Jones, believing in Him might no
perish, lent have eternal light" What
ever may be your name. whoever yo
are, whatever you have been or ma
| be now, your name has a right to &
in there for the claiming of that prom
| Use.
And there is another word OF grea
assurance and Indebtedness in connec
ton with the thought of a present an
personal salvation: He that believet
on the Son hath (now) eternal life.
Nothing could be more definite that
| that
The sermon closed with an apes
for decision to accept and folloI
Christ for personal salvation