The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-08-11

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that towards u
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
N again into the world they will
be his w%orshipers. 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 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 sufferings
of u Redeemer, who became IA mar
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
eve 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.
although his vision was more marred
than any man, yet o 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 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. But the appli.
cation may be made more general and
at the same time more personal.
Preacher and the Miner.
l once read of q preacher who went
down into a 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, its too
cheap. l cannot believe in such a re.
ligion as that"
Without an Immediate answer to the
remark, the preacher asked: SLOW dc
you get out of this placer "Simply
by getting into the cage" was the re,
ply. Sand does it take long to get to
the topT" ooh, 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 I have said, you
have only to get into the cage" "But
how about the people who sunk the
shaft, and perfected all this arrange.
ment? Was there much labor or ex-
pense about it?" 'Indeed, yes; that
was a very laborious work. The shaft
is 1,S0O feet deep, and it was sunk at
a great cost to the proprietors, but
without 1t we would not be able to get
to the surface"
"Just So" replied the preacher,
land when Gods Word tells you that
whosoever believeth on the Son of God
hath everlasting life, you at once say
To cheap! too CHEAP !'-forgetting
that Gods work to bring you and
others out of the pit of destruction and
death was accomplished at a vast cost
even the sacrifice of his Son!'
Let me apply this illustration to my
theme, and if some think that this
removal of their %iniquity in one day is
''too cheap" let them remember the
engraving upon the stone, and reflect
that he whom it represents was
wounded for our transgressions, he
was bruised for u iniquities; the
chastisement of our peace was upon
him, and with his stripes we are
healed"