Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1919-07-12

Ia "a "A pu>Sag" Of Scrip
I$SA Ed lure. Gods unNIce
as Ia how To- net
costs nothing. 1t Is altogether OF grace.
or favor. II II were not for this race
oftentimeS greatly abused. human nf
fairs would Immediately collapse. but
Gods hand is stretched out still aud
We are simply to take what he offers
To every one who accepts his saliva
ton, through faith In the ntoning Sncri
flee Of his SON God imparts his own
nature. by the Holy Spirit. when
man Is thus possessed. he hates sin In
himself and others because Gnd hates
II. and IA" denies he will not praciic.
or 'ungndliness and worldly
lustS." and he lives ">ohcrly. righteous
~ and godly in this present world"
Under human government life for
the individual. and for society. has
two divisiunS--prnhihiti or /, cation.
aud then positive obedience. or action.
However men may object Ia prohibit
tons. they remain rs facts In all lnws
Man tindS thHt thrr" are many things
that he must not do he must deny
ungndlincSS and desires that encroach
on The rights of others. 4 man only
needs 10 -rnk about him To see ungodl
ness practically of all kinds. aud h.
must decline To enter into IL. Probably
this is not very difficult for those who
read this sermon hii the most secure,
In moral life. need 10 +" careful for
Peter fell from The position nf prmacy
among the APOSTLES To the position Of n
common laughlng-Stnck and liar
There i no mo mans hand" between
the prohibitions and positive inIunc-
tinnS. II u,iu ceases fo do wrong he
must immediately begin To DO right.
h. mus study ih" practice of sohricty.
h. should live ri.htrou~ly. And that
Is what tn" pro- lent Of the United
stat, IS >'r.'1.n- - have III" nations
Of III" car'h d. aul this side ~ thr
direct divine government on the earth.
this is the best guarantee Of pcrina-
nrncy of pence conditions.
But man should 20 further. he
should b" gudly, and this he cannot
he IN reality until he accepts Gods
salvation through Christ.
A godiy. righteous man is the finest
type Of man. To hr truly religious IL
not tn he fanaiical or supcrStitiouS. To
60 back Ia the sixteenth century. II Is
to b" abreast Of the age In which we
live. The genuinely religious man Is
fnrcefnl man and has power ~ lnilu-
enc" beyond others
To everything in life there must be
motive. aud h"r" Il Is the blessed
hope of ~" glorious appearing of the
great God and our Saviour Jesus
Christ"
The child always looks forward 70
the time when he wlll be n grown.up:
the young man looks 10 the time when
he can take his fathers business or
profession. ana the mature man II he
IL not willing To be considered worm
out horse. only III 10 die looks be-
yond this life
Even those who have Immortality In
mind are Quickrned by that hope hut
here the hope Is defined the hope ~
the glorious appearing OF the great
God and our Saviour.
Is that statement merely rhetorical
appeal to the Imagination or iigurH-
tive? As men and things are failing us
all the time. and some nf the wiseSt
men are saying that the whole social
world Is about Ia ~ to pieces unless
one little thing happens the feeding
Of the Siarvin. peoples Of Europe-iS
II not Nm" 20 hay. >n,u"thinG that man
does not manage?
Jesus Christ. rs God. with his in
finite power. viii sloriously appear on
this earth and the arch-rnrmy of the
race. Satan. wlll be bound. and II reign
Of righteousness he inaugurutcd. and
that rriga Will never cease.
There Is not II hope tha, the world
has today ha' u questioned. and those
hopes mr." MANY but when the hope 0f
the world rests On the infallihlr Word
of Cod. indeed on God himself, man
can speak and aci with ahSolut" con
fidcncc. II the coming nf The great
God was the same 10 all people. we
might not urge the Importance ~ this
text, hut 10 only those who deny I'M
godliness and worldly desires and seek
sobriety. righteousness and eodlness.
will the blessings From that coming he
secured. Those not thus described will
BE- visited by destruction. with which
the destruction ~ the peoples on earth
In the war areas within the last i've
yenrs Will he as chiids play.