The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-09-28

A ~ stands like
hound at leasA
eager to be Off. someone tugging al
his cloak and saying, Don't 10 10
Rome, Paul, to preach the Gospel Of
the cross. They will luugh your story
to scorn. Rome. remember. was the
home OF Cicero. and his orutlOns aN
still studied there. and Senecn Is dls
coursng In the streets. Go to them
Paul, with n little sociology. religioui
pathology and ethical culture, but nt
with the word Of the cross" And
Paul answers back: 81 nm not nshamcd
OF the Gospel OF Christ. for II is til.
power Of God unto salvation to every
one that beleveth. to the Jew first aud
also to the Greek"
There nre people today who tell N
that the Gospel OF the cross doesn't
meet the modern mind. Well. MAJ
know little OF the modern mind. but
! do know great deal about the
modern heart, and one thing Is this
that II is still "deceltful above all
things and desperately wicked" md
thank God, know what Gun meet 10
needs and that Is the cross OF Christ
The trouble, friends, Is not with Ou
heads but with our hearts; LET them
be cleansed by the blood OF Christ and
the modern mind has no difficulty 10
understanding the story OF the cross
Problems there may be. but the hean
that knows the cleansing power Of The
blood clings In simple fuith to lh
Cross of Christ.
Then there are those who say that
the Cross OF Christ does not meet ID,
problem of today. What problenlsur
there today that were not the prob
lens Of yesterday What about th
moral corruption Of the tlnes7 IL 4
any worse than II was In Paul's dayl
When the apostle was eager to 80 10
Rome, lecherous, reprobate Nero, who
had sunk almost to the nethermOa
hell, was on the throne. Yet Paul wai
not desirOus OF going to Rome wlh
a moral mud scow, but with the Cos
pei OF Christ. lie knew what soms
moderns do not know. that refomE
tiOn follows regeneration, and so h
was enger to preach In that cOrruR
city the Gospel of the cross. What
lesson 10 some would-be preachers
of today who. not knowing the powe
of the Gospel to regenerate society
are trying with their puny scoops 10
cleanse the cesspUOls OF lnlquity. when
they have at their command the dynr
mite Of God. We might just Hs well
try to batter down fortress with
popgun and toy pistol us to attempt 10
overcome the forces of evil In the
world by any moral reformation which
leaves out the cross OF Christ.
But what about world immersed 10
pleasure7 VIII the Gospel reach such
world? AS Paul stood facing Rome
mad with pleasure. he said. 81 ala
ready 10 preach the Gospel to yon thai
are at Rome also" And yet the city
was almost altogether given over 10
pleasure. During the reign Of CLAUDE
us, who preceded Nero on the throne
the gladlatorla games became nlmOsl
an insane frenzy and in NerO's Tina
as we know, II was no better. Paul.
however, was eager to 30 there Win
the Gospel. II Is great challenge
that the pleasure-loving world gives
the preachers OF today. How shall
they meet it2 Shall they. In extreIR
ity, try something else besides the
Gospel. or is the Gospel still the pow
er Of God unto salvation. even unto
pleasure-loving world? One Of the
saddest sights to behold is II ministry
that has abandoned the Gospel dn1
substituted In the place sociological
shovel and n pathological plaster. IL
hell ever laughs II laughs at such
substitution. for II knows that make
shifts will never meet the worIds
need and defeat hell.
Come on, preachers, the world ehat
lenges us, let us meet the challenge
with Paurs 81 am ready to preach the
Gospel" What Gospel2 Why lhs
Gospel OF the cross. OF course foi
there Is none other. And with Paul
let us say, no matter what the worlu
may say, we are not ashamed OF Ine
Gospel OF Christ. Why not nshamN,
Because II Is the dynamite OF GOd'
That means II has In Itself the power
to do business for God. No wonne'
Paul, facing intellectual, corrups
pleasure-loving Rome, said. u NV
ready. am not ushumed to preach lhs
Gospfl to you that are at Rome nlso'