The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-24
PRESBYTERIAN BILLBOARD.

= PRESSH EHINN olIGoONnc' n Q o Sin has many tools, but . . lie is the handle that fits them . ti all. Q o He that coyereth his sins . . sal not prosper. Prov 2S:13. . . . . . . Q 0 . . . . . .
 THE GLORIOUS GOSPEL.
 According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God which was com m.ttcd to my trust" I Tim. 1:2.
 The greatest novelty of our time is the gospel of God, It Is so old that it is new The worldly eruption3 of volcanic debris has covered it in every age, but there are always some faithful ones who are eXcavat- ing it from its imprisonment to prove that although it may be old, yet it is always new, and adequate t2 every age of the worlds develop ment IL is true that the enemies Of the Gospel have buried it beneath much trash and stuff, but it will never remain long hidden among the stuff" There are many people who haze never read it, much less studied it's prcciCls truths, but it's truths are none the less precious because man Is unwilling to find ear what .ary are, and what is their true value to his immortal soul
 The roble Ia madge says: ''Thcre is no philosophy about it It is plain. matter of Bible statement. and of childlike faith. The ablest t.aclogioal professor is a Christian mother who, out of her own expert ence can tell the four-year-old how beautiful Christ was on earth. and how dearly He loves little folks, and then she kneels down and puts one arm around the boy, and with h.y somewhat faded cheek aga nst tho roseate cheek of the little one, con saclatcs him for time and eternity to Him who said, Suffer little children to come unto me-
 There sits the dear old theolo- gian with his books piled wall high on such subjects as Inspiration, and Exegesis and Apolcgetics for the Almighty With all the cheer known to the little one up to him comes his little grandchild for a good night kiss, and to show from it's very being that Out of the mouths of babes and stockings thou has perfected praise" The Bible, the Judgment bay, Eternity ned no apologetics. Science may lave all sorts of long and confounding defi- nitions for our existence and des- rin7 t iet the children speak out the Truth from their hearts, simple. plain, childlike Truth that will lead men and women to the Light, for little child shall lead them"
 Some think that the world can Y. sa~ed ly lew and the exposure of crime, and from every state and city we hear the remedy for evil coming from erudite lips, only to be trampled to dust under the feet of the children who, in the simpl- city Of their being, dare to believe that there is sin in the world, and that Jesus came that they might be freed from sin, and be prepared for an eternity of service with him One term of years we have a Repub- lican boss. and a second, a Demo CT tio bo5s, and third a national quarrel to see who will be the next boss, for politics will save the city the same day that perdition is evan gc'ized.
 For no reform can be effectual that does not begin with the heart You can take a pig and educate him to do many trick; wash him so his coat will shine; feed him until you put an "e' in his tail, but if you turn him out in the back yard he will forget all his education. all his washing and fine environment, and wallow in the first mudhole that he comes to, for the simple reason that you have not changed his nature. Pigs is Pigs" and you have proven it. The gos- pei says, T will put a new Spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them an heart of flesh that they may walk in my statutes and kccN my ordinance to do them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God"
 There are others who cover up the gospel with the theory that it makes TO difference what you be- neve, or how you act, or what you say-you are all bound for heaven, anyhow. With their hands we raise the curtain and there, side by side, in Heaven sit Garfield and Guiteau. who srot him; Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth and the conspirators who murdered him; Mckinley and his assassin, Czolgosz; Washington and Thomas Paine, who slandered him; Herod and the children whom he massacred; Paul and Nero, who beheaded him. As a result of the