The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-06

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look the world in E@Mg@
the face and say,
(Which of you convinceth me of SIM
Among others there are four things
concerning man to which he bears tes-
timOny.
1. The Worth Of Mantle CONNER
cialism of the day would almost make
us think that man Is to be little thought
of when money Is involved, but he says.
"What is a man profited If he shall gain
the whole world and lose his life?" A
man Is worth more than the world and
therefore a man Is worth more than
anything in the world. In answer to
the question Of John the Baptist he
says: 1.-THE poor have the gospel
preached to them" In answer to the
mistake of his disciples he says: "Suf-
fer the little children to come unto
me-" He had time not only for the rich
and the powerful, but the poor and the
weak were of infinite value to him. No
other religious teacher ever taught
like this. To him man was of sucf
value that he was willing to lay down
his life for one of them. Even the lost
were to him of infinite worth for 1.-THE
Son of Man Is come to seek that
which was lost" Lu. Il :10.
2. The Trouble With Man.-That
there is something wrong is seen IN
the universal talk of Improvement.
| What is wrong Is the question. Against
all the ideas advanced by man in an
swer to this question he says that the
trouble Is sin. In this all troubles are
included.
(a) He says 1t is universal. eff ye
then being evil know how to give good
gifts to your children" Lu. IL :13. Even
the ones who sometimes may be said
to give good are evil. These were his
own disciples and yet even they were
evil.
(b) He says it Is deep-seated. 1t Is
not on the outside where the trouble
lies, but out of the heart Of man pro-
coed" the evil things. 1t Is not what Is
seen hat is the trouble with men, but
that which he has deep within his own
heart. AS Jeremiah puts it, 1.-THE heart
of man is deceitful above all things and
desperately wicked" Jer. 17:9 6.
(c) He says 1t is beyond repair.
There are many who would relieve man
by doing away with all that affiicts
man on the outside, but he says: "Ye
must be born again." If you would be
free from the trouble. While man is
Of infinite worth he has an affection
called sin which is so universal and of
such deep root that relief can only be
found by becoming a new creation-by
being "born again."
8. The Hope for Mantle came to
bring relief and he came to make 1t
possible for mar to be born again.
(a) For those in bondage he gives
himself a ransom In such a way that
man may find victory over his w de-
ceitful and desperately wicked heart.
He cancelled the sin when on the cross
and now stands to break the power of
the sin he cancelled.
(b) For those who are lost he Is
himself the way. 81 am the way, the
truth and the life" Jno. IA e. Men
are continually seeking for hat which
will satisfy their aspirations and never
finding 1t until they find 1t in Christ
Jesus.
(c) For those dying he Is the remedy.
Sin is a sickness fastening upon all
men and fatal in its operation. All
have sinned and come short Of the
glory.of God. Jesus bears witness that
the only relief is to be found in him
self. Many expedients are being re,
sorted to by which to be freed from
sin, but they all fail until he is found,
AS 1t was in the days of the wilder
ness journey of the people of old, "AS
Moses lifted up the serpent in the wi,
derness even so must the Son of M "a
be lifted up hat whatsoever believet!
on him might not perish but have ever
lasting life"
(d) For those dead he is the life.
The wages Of sin Is death and death
has come upon all men for that all
have sinned. But his testimony is, 81
am the resurrection and the life; he
that believeth on me though he were
dead yet shall he live"
(e) For all he IS the great hope sent
from God to meet all of mans need.
q. The Danger of Man.-The Lord
himself, this true witness, bears testi-
mony to the truth that "He that be-
lieveth shall be saved and he that be-
lieveth not shall be damned" These
are the words of the true witness.
At the court of our reason his case
Is won at the court of our conscience
his case is won, but what says our Wilt
Can we afford to turn from his testi-
mony concerning our common trouble,
our hope and our danger?
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