Evening journal., 1916-02-09

last everyone III the FAMILY Tor
months.
whether it comes by the pistol or the
dagger. or by the gentler process of
chloroform. The world is willing TO
say soft. sweet. saccharine sentimen-
talities about Jesus. but when it
comes to yielding to Him their will.
they refuse. Said Leckey. in his
History Of European Morals" "The
three short years Of the active life
.of Jesus have done more to regen-
crate and TO soften mankind than all
the disquisitions OF philosophers and
all the eXhortations Of moralists."
A friend asked Alfred Tennyson. in
his home. what he thought OF Christ.
The poet held up a flower toward the
sun and replied, "What the sun is to
this flower, giving it life and strength,
so Jesus Christ has been to my soul"
"The Christian religion" says Prof.
Denney. depends not only upon what
Christ was, but upon what He is"
There are so many in our day who
are willing to take this attitude Of
admiration. They speak OF the life IF
Christ being so good. true and beau
tiful. They think OF It as something
important. but they do not regard it
as vital and essential. They do not
realize that il is a matter OF life or
death. You might Just as well try
TO reach up and pull down the sun
out of the skies, or thrust your hand
into your bosom and pluck out your
heart, as to take the power of Christ
from our civilization. This attitude
Of admiration Of Jesus is utterly un-
satisfactory and unworthy.
We come now to the fourth. the
last and the only course consistent
for any reasonable being to take to-
ward Christ. and that is acceptance.
II is the only attitude by which we
can show our proper appreciation,
express our gratitude, and render
right recompense to Him for what He
has done for the world We should
accept Him first Of all for His own
sake When the court chaplain at
Windsor Castle. had preached one
Sunday I'm the presence Of Queen Vie
tOria. he noted near the close of his
sermon, that the queen was I'm tears.
Later in the day he sought an audi
ence with her IN her apartment, to
say that he humhly begged her par
don if he had said anything IN his
message that had hurt her feelings,
and had caused her sorrow. He had
spoken upon the Second Coming Of
Christ" NO" said the queen, 'You
have in no sense hurt my feelings I
have been only overwhelmed at the
great thought of the coming Of Jesus
again to the earth. and my hearts de-
sire is that He may come while I am
still living. so that I may cast down
my crown. the crown of the worlds
greatest empire. at the feet of the
King OF kings"
Accept Jesus also as your Saw
iour and your Lord for others sake.
The great need of the world today is
not more wealth. more culture. It.
is not even reformation; for all of
these may prove temporary and inef-
fectual. The supreme need of the world
today is Jesus Christ. No person can
perform his duty to his fellowmen.
can exert the right influence and
render the right service, without his
life being guided and strengthened
and imbued with the love that
Jesus Christ alone can give. Many OF
you have been saying. Later in my
life l will become a Christian" That
very statement shows you have en-
tirely the wrong idea of the great
object Of salvation. Better to be lost
yourself than to be the cause bv
your indifference, of others being
lost Accept Christ now. that in tile
coming days and years you may ex-
ert an influence, by your words and
example. to bring some other soul
from spiritual death to life.
In the last place. accept Christ for
your own sake. You have done wrong
you have sinned-yOu need a Saw
iour To whom else have you to 20
but to Him? You need a helper amid
the problems and burdens and temp
tations OF every day experience.
Moreover you need a life-giver. He
is the only source OF eternal life.
Without Him you are dead in your
trespasses and sins. helpless and
hopeless. facing an eternity Of dark
ness and doom. When you come
down to the brink of the grave, when
you are facing eternity, when you
feel the chill OF death creeping over
your heart. who else can sustain you
i'm the hour Of need?
When that great steamer, Titanic"
was sailing westward, and Sabbath
evening came. a company OF the pas
sengers had gathered for religious
service. They had invited others who
scorned the invitation They were
absorbed in worldly pleasure, card
playing. drinking and dancing. The
band had been enlivening the festiv-
tiles with popular airs. But when
the boat struck the iceberg. and be-
gan to sink, the dancing ceased, the
liquor was placed back on the tables
untasted, and the cards dropped from
nerveless hands: as the boat was