Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-06-07

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49, for forgiveness of
,M sins.
We are so &C
customed to hear of Gods forgiveness
that we take it for granted. However,
Bishop Westcott has said that it is
an amazing thing that a holy God
forgives sin; he is not surprised to
hear that the wrath of such a God
burns to the lowest hell against sim
ners, but that he has found a way to
be just as yet to justify the ungodly
is the very mystery Of the Gospel.
And when God fOrgives he does it |
| fully and freely; he blots out our sins,
remembers them no more, casts them |
behind his back, buries them in the
! sea.
Martin Luther's Experience.
There are many, even among pro-
Tossing Christians who do not enjoy
true sense of the forgiving love of
God. For them, the experience of
Martin Luther may be helpful. While
still a monk he would exclaim, 20
my sin! o my SIM" AS he lay one
day on couch in despair an old monk
repeated softly the words of the
creed, II believe in the forgiveness Of
SINS" and added, 1--WE are not merely
to believe that there is forgiveness for
David and Peter; the command of
God is that we believe that there is
forgiveness for our own SINS"
This prayer for forgiveness is to be
, uttered daily by the child of God. All
are included in "us." Some have
thought they no longer needed to pray
this prayer, because of their attain
ments in grace. We suspect they are
lacking in that deep view of sin which
the Scriptures give us. IF we say we
have no sin we deceive ourselves and
the truth is not in u.s. Il John 1 ~.
Necessity Of Forgiving Others.
The petition contains a clause over
which some have stumbled, "as we
forgive" or 'have forgiven" Or. w. 1t
r is pointed out that this is legal ground
l. that no reference is made to the
3, atonement and that the prayer was
5. given before the cross and hence
e should not be offered by Christians
n We believe this objection rests on 8
y misrepresentation. Men have never
e been forgiven on the ground of having
forgiven others, but on account of the
q shedding of Christ's blood and thi!
II has been true from the days of Abel
le 'As'' does not mean ION the ground
TO or Gin the measure but "even as" O.
"since'' With reference to tn
d, prayer having been given before tn
7e cross so also was the Lords supper
but no one would argue that the sup
I'd per is therefore obsolete.
os An Indians Forgiveness.
e DR.. Egerton r. Young, an honore
~ missionary among the Indians of tn
VI North, tells of once reading the Lord
~ prayer to a company of WARRIOR
When he came to "Forgive us on
NJ trespasses as we forgive them thu
~ trespass against u.s." chief aske'
NC "What does that mean?" Said Doctt
!, Young, "That means you will have
~ stop looking for scalps!" IF that
o 'u your religion" replied the india
~ ''take it to the old women" and II
- years he refused to listen to tt
-, Gospel.
VI But one night he heard Doct'
- Young preach on the crucifixion al
tell how Christ cried, "Father forgi'
them" His heart was melted but
~ said nothing. The next day a col
~ pany of Indians was seen approachil
,- and Doctor Young was advised to ri
~ off so that he might not witness t
- tragedy which was likely to folio
w w For, he was told, in that company W
- the murderer of the chiefs son; t
chief had just learned the fact and
was expected he would tear the
fender limb from limb. Doctor You
vn' refused to leave but was apprehensi
~ AS the band approached the chief re
o toward the murderer with tOmaha'
az uplifted, exclaiming, "You killed
III boy, you betrayed my trust, J
robbed the tribe OF; its successor, J
90 have broken my heart. You desel
jug to die and you know it. Well for
an' that 1 heard the missionary at
campfire last night! He told us
IVY must forgive if we want forgivene
so although you killed my boy
ans YOU deserve to die, am going to
With give you. I Danish you from my tr
p a but forgive you as hope to be
TIRE given"
the The chief wept like Oh d.
lder never went on the warpath agai
end was willing to sit among boys e1
inal To ten years Of age and study
Bible. He became an earnest CT
only tian and a class leader.
the "Be ye kind one to another. ten
ain hearted, forgiving- one another,
hot- as.sGod for ChIist's sake hath
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