Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-09-26

And Barabbas is the name by which
every reflector of Christ is known, for
it means 'son of his father" Son of
his father! Born but once. Twice
dead, therefore, in trespasses and sins.
Barabbas is the name of every man
who has not been born again, proclaim
ing what he is as a sinner lost and IN
done. 'Ye must be born again. But
Barabbas escapes the cross that has
been prepared for him and another
Barabbas, Son of his Father, Only Be
gotten and well-beIoyed, goes to that
cross in his stead, and in yours and
mine. And a legend has it that, as the
darkness gathered round, Barabbas ran
to the foot of it and, shifting his
breast, cried, ooh, thou Jesus of Naz-
areth, know not who thou art, but
one thing do know; thou art hanging
there in my placer"
Oh, soul, have you said that to Him
That is the faith that saves That is
what is means to believe on his name =
1t is but saying again with the apostle,
'The Son of God loved me and gave
himself for me-"
But see the other two crosses. Hang
ing there are two men sunk far down
in sin. Not only condemned by the
Roman government to die an igno-
minious death because Of their crimes,
but while standing at deaths door they
revile and blaspheme the Lord Of life
and glory: the thieves also which
were crucified with him cast the same
in his teeth"
But ray of divine light enters the
soul of one, and by it he is led to see
the glory of that Person hanging al
his side. From the depths of his sin.
full heart there rises cry, Lord, re
member me when thou comest in thy
kingdom" He has seen all the truth
Has seen that this is the long-promiseG
Messiah. Sees that though he is dying
shameful death, he must come bacl
again in his kingdom, according to al
the prophets and make good the IT'LL
nailed above his head: "The King o
the Jews But the Lord Jesus, with
out an upbraiding word, with no sylla
condition of any kind, goes far beyond
! his request, as He always does, anC
sSayS: 'Y0u do not have to wait unit
I come in my kingdom; will do bette
for you" ''Verily, I say unto thee, to
day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
Saved! in the twinkling of an eye
Saved! Snatched from the very jaw
of death! A man who is not fit to Iiv
on earth made fit to be with Christ il
paradise! What miracle! And he
the same wonder-working Savior tt
day. 1t has been said, 'HThere was on
such case that none might despair, bu
only one that pone might presume.
Let US rather say that here is a pa
tern case of salvation, clearly and fu
ly revealed, so that wherever the stor
of the cross should be told, this stor
of the saved thief must be told in col
nection with it.
Look now at those three crosses. o
the right hangs the saved sinner; o
the left the lost one; in the middle tn
Savior. This man on the right ha
sin in him still, and so has every save
man. But there is no sin on him. u
seen hands have lifted the sin that wa
on him and have laid it upon the On
who hangs at his side, and he die
beneath the awful load. This Man o
the middle cross has no sin in him
''holy, harmless, undefiled and separat
from sinners" must He be to die
your place and mine. The sin-offerin
in Israel must be without blemisl
This man on the left has sin in hin
but alas! it is still on him, and h
dies and goes to hell.
Look againl This man on the rigE
is dying to sin, in the death of b
Substitute on the middle cross. TIL;
is what the Lord meant by losir
ones life in order to find it. I mus
, at the cross, lose the life with whic
was born, to find there a new life
the Crucifed. This Man on the midd
cross is dying s'for" sin. The man {
the left is dying Sin" sin.
Oh, soul, these three little prepos
tons tell all the story that our CT
is so eager to tell, and that men a
so slow to hear. Do not die in sin, d
, to it by receiving as your person
, Savior that Blessed One who died f,
, it in your place once for all, and ply
, ical death shall then, at the very wor
Of it's doing, but take you to be wi
him.