The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-03-08

1 that towards oui
Lord Jesus Christ all eyes shall be
turned. In him centers the interest Of
the whole universe. The eye of God IL
upon him, resting In Joy and satlsfac
ton. The eyes Of the angels are upor
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
hin. The eyes Of men are upon him,
Since the earliest promise Of the Re
deemer In the garden Of Eden, bellev-
Ing humanity has eve turned towards
him as Its 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 sufferlngs
OF our Redeemer, who became "a man
of sorrows and acquainted with grief"
and who his W 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 1t 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 gloriled.
Although his vision was more married
than any man, yet is he the chief
est among ten thousand, the one alto
gether lovely"
The engraving was 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 1t pleased the Lord to
brulse him." And he did this not be-
aus 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 / will remove the lnlQuity 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. But the appli-
cation may be made more general and
at the same time more personal. In
other words, on the day when Jesus
Christ exclaimed upon the cross, ut is
finishedP J" a complete atonement was
made for the sins Of all men, and the
way opened for their pardon and &C
ceptance with God. All! what q day
that wasl DAY Of all days the best"
Good Friday In q sense In which II will
take us the agesu Of eternity to explore.
And there is q still closer sense In
which this removal Of inlquity in one
day may be applied. 1t Is the day
when any sinner receives Jesus Christ
as his personal Savior and confesses
him as his Lord. Such a day was that
to the 5000 souls at Pentecost.
Preacher and the Miner.
/ once read Of n preacher who went
down into q coal mine during the noon
hour to speak to the miners about
Christ. After telling them the sweet
and simple story, the time came for
them to return to work and he must
ascend the shaft and go out into the
world again.
Meeting the foreman he asked him
what he thought Of Gods way of saliva
ton. "Oh." replied the man, 'It's too
cheap. I cannot believe in such u re-
llgion Is that"
Without an immediate answer to the
remark, the preacher asked: slow do
you get out of this placer "Simply
by getting into the cage" was the re-
ply. "And does 1t take long to get to
the top?" "Oh, no; only a few Sec
onds." swell, that is very easy and
simple; but do you not need to help
raise yourself?" "of course not" re-
piled the miner, "as / have said, you
have only to get into the cage" "But
how about the people who sunk the
shaft, and perfected oil this arrange
ment? Was there much labor or ex-
pense about itT Indeed, yes; that
was a very laborlous work. The shaft
is $500 feet deep, and 1t was sunk ut
n great cost to the proprietors, but
without 1t we would not be able to get
to the surface"
Just So" replied the preacher,
'and when Gods Word tells you that
whosoever believeth on the Son of God
hath everlasting life, you at once say
Too cheapl too cheap forgetting
that Gods work to bring you and
others out Of the pit Of destruction and
death was accomplished at n vast cost
the sacrifice of his Son!"
Let me apply this illustration to my
theme, and If some think that this
removal Of their iniqulty in one day is
too cheap" let them remember the
engraving upon the stone, and reflect
that he whom It represents was
wounded for u transgressions, he
was bruised for our inlquities; the
.hastisement of our peace was upon