The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-03-16

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,
AMI the figure speaks Of the sufferings
of our Redeemer, who became 50 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 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 glorified.
Although his vision was more marred
than any man, yet now 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. In
other words, on the day when Jesus
Christ exclaimed upon the cross, ut is
finished"' complete atonement was
made for the sins Of all men, and the
way opened for their pardon and ac-
ceptance with God. All! what a day
that was DAY of all days the best"
Good Friday In sense in which 1t will
take us the ages Of eternity to explore.
And there is still closer sense in
which this removal Of iniquity 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 day was that
to the 1900 souls at Pentecost.
1 once read of a 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, sits too
cheap. I cannot believe in such re-
ligion as that"
Without an immediate answer to the
remark, the preacher asked: "How do
you get out of this placer" Simply
by getting into the cage" was the re-
ply. "And does it take long to get to
the top?" ooh, no; only few sec
onds" 'Well, 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
SIalI, ana perleCleu I'LL lIllS dITdnSc-
ment? Was there much labor or ex-
pense about it?" Indeed, yes; that
was a very laborious work. The shaft
is 1880 feet deep, and it was sunk at
a great cost to the proprietors, but
without it we would not be able to get
to the surface"
"Just so,' replied the preacher,
land when Gods Word tells you that
whatsoever believeth on the Son of God
hath everlasting life, you at once say
Too cheap! too cheap forgetting
that Gods work to bring you and
others out Of the rit of destruction and
death was accomplished at 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 our iniquities; the
chastisement of our peace was upon