The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-17

M$# ES M$ ing seems to be
Fsss=- = - sfasssa that towards our
Lord Jesus Christ all eyes shall be
turned. In him centers the interest Of
the whole universe. The eye Of God Is
upon him, resting in joy and satisfac-
ton. The eyes of the angels are upon
him. They carOled his birth they min
istered to him in his life; they testi.
fed to his resurrection, and when he
comes again into the world they will
be his worshipers. The eye of Satan
Is upon him, though the 'prince OF this
world" as he is called, has nothing In
him. The eyes Of men are upon him.
Since the earliest promise of the Re-
deemer in the garden Of Eden, believ-
ing humanity has ever turned towards
him as it's only hope. The single de-
sign Of the Gospel and of the ordi-
nances of the House of God is to fix
the eyes of all men upon this Living
Stone, for "He that seeth the Son and
believeth on him hath everlasting life."
To engrave is to pierce and cut,
and the figure speaks of the sufferings
of our Redeemer, who became "a man
Of sorrows and acquainted with grief"
and who "his own self bare our sins
in his own body on the tree"
To engrave is to embellish and beau
| tify, and while the Son of God was
ever infinite and perfect, yet from the
| human side it was possible for him to
grow in favor with God and man. He
| himself called the hour Of his passion
| that In which he was to be glorified.
stsAlthough his vision was more married
/ than any man, yet now is he the chief
| est among ten thousand, the one alto
gether lovely"
The engraving wac by the hand OF
God himself. No bungler held the
chisel; no dummy directed the blows.
Though he had done no violence,
neither was any deceit found in his
mouth, yet it pleased the Lord to
bruise him" And he did this not be-
cause he had delight in the sufferings
Of innocence, but because it would
result in the eternal redemption Of his
chosen people and demonstrate the
meeting of justice and mercy in the
person of his Son.
"And I will remove the iniquity OF
that land in one day" The reference
seems to be to the future restoration
} of Israel when her load of national
guilt shall be taken away, and once
more she shall enjoy peace and pros
perity in her own land. lsut the appli
! cation may be made moro general ant
ut the same time more personal.
. Preacher and the Miner.
> / once read of q preacher who wen
, down into coal mine during the moor
hour to speak to the miners abou
, Christ. After telling them the swee
and simple story, the time came TO
them to return to work and he mus
, ascend the shaft and go out into tn
world again.
!. Meeting the foreman he asked hin
:, what he thought Of Gods way Of saliva
tion. "Oh," replied the man, its to
cheap. I cannot believe In such re
lfgion as that"
Without an immediate answer to tn
: remark, the preacher asked: "How d
: you get out Of this placer" "Simpl
y by getting into the cage" was the re
ply. "And does it take long to get t
i the top:" ooh, no; only few sex
j onds." "Well, that Is very easy an
0 simple; but do you not need to hel
}. raise yourselfT "Of course not" n
4. piled the miner, "as / have said, 70
q have only to get into the cage" 'Br
q. how about the people who sunk tn
shaft, and perfected all this arrang'
ment? Was there much labor or e.
pense about it?" Indeed, yes; thf
= was very laborious work. The sha1
D. is 1900 feet deep, and 1t was sunk
0, a great cost to the proprietors. by
70 to the surface"
i. "Just So" replied the preache
u. "and when Gods Word tells you thi
Il. whatsoever believeth on the Son of Go
hath everlasting life, you at once SO
Too cheap! too cheap !'-forgettir
that Gods work to bring You ar
ne others out of the pit Of destruction or
IN death was accomplished at a vast co
ON even the sacrifice Of his Sonl"
to Let me apply this illustration to n
es theme, and if some think that tn
at removal Of their iniquity In one day
in too cheap" let them remember Il
ge engraving upon the stone, and refie
ar that he whom it represents WI
wounded for our transgressions,
,es was bruised for our iniquities; Il
tie. chastisement Of our peace was up,
Did him, and with his stripes we a
healed"