The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-01

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National progress moves along the red
road of sacrifice.
The power of the print of the nails.
Paul prayed, "That might know the
power of His resurrection" This Greek
word dunamis that has been translated
power, is that from which we get the
word dynamite. The disciples and
Thomas knew the dynamiting power OF
His resurrection. When Thomas saw
the print of the nails, he worshpped
Him exclaiming, my Lord and my
Cod" Brethren, | crave for you the
power of the print of the nails. Paul
said II came among you determined to
know nothing among men save Jesus
and Him crucifedr In other words,
Jesus and the print of the nails" ! am
not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for
it is the dynamite of God unto salvation.
Oh men! that you might know the
| power OF the print of the nails! What
| God has revealed in nature and in the
progress of civilization He has pre-emi-
nently revealed in the gospel of tls ris-
en- Redeemer. That gospel is powerless
unless there is perpetually manifested in
and through it the revelation of the
print of the nails From Bethlehem to
Olvet, the marks of the cross were upon
Him. Neither His teachings, wonderful
| in their content and extent as they were,
nor His miracles full of might and mercy,
/ were as certain evidences of His power
as a Redeemer, as the print of the nails.
| Concerning Him and His mission the
gospel declares: THE Son of Man came
not TO be ministered unto but to min
lister, and to give His life a ransom for
! - e
| to be served by somebody, but to serve
everybody; not to receive, but to COM
municate; not to gather, but to give,
and the kind of service which He rem
dered cost Him His lifes He could not
render efficient service cheaper. In His
ministry to others, He poured forth life;
this was the only kind of service that
could possibly reveal His character as
Redeemer He was perpetually going
about doing good, and the good which
He did, had on il the mark of the print
of the nails The path of Jesus from
Jerusalem to Bethany was red road
marked everywhere by the print of the
nails. Christ presents His credentials to
sinful men as worthy Of acceptance be
cause they are sealed with the mark OF
the print OF the nails.
nails he was satisfied This is the Christ |
of Christianity; none other can do, none
other will do The Christ of the print of |
the nails alone is efficient and sufficient.
In conclusion, let me say, if the print |
Of the nails are the credentials of the |
Christ, then it must follow that the only
true credentials of the genuine Christian
and true Knight Templar are these same
credentials of the print of the nails.
What think you is the meaning of that
cross which Is so conspicuous in our
orders l. ii not thistle meaning Of
the cross Of Christ in the life of the fol-
lower OF Christ is more than historic
dogma; the atonement of Jesus is not
simply theory, it is working program,
a vital principle, the one enduring evil
dence that Christ is really resident and
dominant in the life of His followers.
In the light of this principle, il is for
ever impossible for the followers of
Christ TO be content to sing In the
cross of Christ | glory unless that cross
is reproduced in ethical expression in the
kitchen, at the tireside, in the school
room, behind the counter in the social
circle, on the farm, at the desk, in the
city council; indeed, wherever the life OF
man needs the life of God.
Our sole mission must be to reveal the
print of the nails and by that revelation T,
to compel men TO acknowledge the au- /.
thority and divinity and desirableness OF
Christ Methods of work may change
because conditions change, but the meth )
DDS of revealing the real Christ never !
,hange because Christ is Interchangeable,
md the eternal Interchangeable method of ;
-eyealing the genuine Jesus is by the {
'evelation of the print of the nails. SO,
all our work, will Christ come
% men and men viii come to Christ .
The world is restless without Christ =
he world hungers for the real Jesus l
They will not believe unless they see; y
hey will not see unless we reveal; and Il
Except they see the print of the nails $
'hrist will have no place in their life
Every one of these disciples, with the n
of John, who died a natural t
eath on the Isle of Patmos, died vio- a
ent death for their Lord and their God n
they went forth into the world to spend
nd be spent and to bear in their bodies 81
he marks of the Lord Jesus, and at last I
o make the supreme sacrifice, the laying II
own of their lives for the truth. They IL
literally burned out for God! Lift up o
our eyes. See the world outstretched
pom its cross, bleeding, suffering, dying
or YOU and for me, and for nations UNI Z
orn. Ii bleeds at every pore. 1t bears
he print Of the nails Behold the print
( the nsils They have been inflicted
pom the world by the German beast
Thich is the spirit of anti-Christ. Do
OF be deceived by the cry of Peace
eace!" when there is no peace. See the
rint of the nails in Armenia, Syria,
erbia, Rumsnia. Belgium, Russia, Po-
md, France, Britain. | beg of you, |
eseech you, men, women, children,
,cus your eyes on the print of the nails.
mighty God listen to the bitter cry
the widow and the orphan in all these
nds. Let the people of America hear
lie dull deavy thud of the hammer as it
sscends upon the nail that is piercing
he very life of the world Then when
c have been thoroughly aroused to our
niger and peril, new sense of obliga-
on to our allies will have come into
ir hearts, and a new light into our
res, and holy and deep conservation
to our souls, that we will place all
bon the altar of our country and our
cd Our allies have seen; have felt
it'll their hands and their hearts; and
cause they have seen and experienced
ey have believed. Hear Him SAYING to
e soul of America, Blessed are they
at have not seen and yet have be-
we'd"
Standing bfore the Christ with the