The Alaska citizen., 1916-02-07

Jesus Christ is the only mediator between God and man, and l would advise you to take the Lords word for it in preference to all others Proxy religion involves too great a risk: you had better see to your souls matters yourself, and leave them in no mans hands.
 Yes, only God can justify the ungodly. But He can do it to per lection. He casts our sins behind his back. He hides them in the deepest sea; He blots them out of His memory; He separates us from them "as far as the east Is from the west; though they be sought for they shall not be found. And the reason is given that he is not will ing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. My friend. if you wake up some morn ing and find yourself in hell for ever. it will be in spite of every thing that you have heard that i3 good; in spite of your own better self: in spite of the teacher ot your Sunday school class when you were young; in spite of your mother s prayers; in spite of the Lord Jesus Christ himself In order to get there you must finally Clumb ovel the cross to make your last leap into the bottomless pit. God goes the length in making an end 01 sin. It is recorded of Him. "WhC is a God like unto thee, that par doneth iniQuity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He retaineth not his an ger for ever, because He delighteth in mercy" You have thought ct Him as a God who delighted in your destruction. How sadly, Oh how sadly, are you mistaken.
 The matter of strict justice is not before us, and we are not speaking of you getting the deserts of your deeds. If you profess to deal with a righteous Lord on la" terms, everlasting wrath threatens you, for that is what you deserve. He has not dealt with us according to sin nor rewarded us according to our iniquities." He treats with us on terms of free grace and inf nite compassion, and says further, I will receive you graciously, and love you freely" Read with care the parable of the prodigal son and see how the forgiving father received the returning wanderer with as much love as If he had never gone away, and had never defiled himself with harlots. So far did he carry this affection that the elder son began to gr-umble, but the father did not withdraw his love. o my brother, if you will come back to God He will treat you as if you had never gone away. in fact, there will be joy in the presence of the angels over your repentance. What say you to this?
 Surely you can see that God jus tifies the ungodly, and He alone does 1t, and He alone can do it. Do you not see that when He does it, it Is we'll done, rightly done, justly done, and everlastingly done? See how the text puts the challenge, Who can lay anything to the charge of Gods elect? It is God that justi- fieth." You can read most any time in a magazine published Outside, and which has a rather hot" name that the Bible holds a doctrine that man imagines that he can have his sins forgiven and be justified in the eyes of God The Bible holds no such a theory, but it publishes it as a fac. that God justifieth the ungodly," and Tt is God that justifieth" This is the grandest fact that ever came to the notice of man, that God in His infinite mercy forgives the guilty, not for anything that is in the guilty, nor that God foresees He will do. but out of the goodness of His heart does He justify the sinner. This is the truth that is preached, and will be preached as long as men speak forth the truth of God. God is not ashamed to justify the ungodly, and his ministers are not ashamed to preach it.
 The justification that comes from God Himself is beyond. If the high est court acquits from sin and guilt, who shall lay charge to Gods elect? Justification from God is a sufficient answer to an awak- ened conscience. The Holy Spirit breathed peace into the soul of the Justified and he no longer has fear. With such justification he can an swer all the roarings of the devil and the railings of ungodly men. With this he is able to live, and with this he Is able to die.
 Guilty one, the Lord can blot out your sins, and all of them. l make no shot in the dark in such an ut, terance All manner of sin and of blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men" Though you are steeped to the crown of your head with crime and wickedness, God can with word