The Monroe journal., 1919-09-26

might share with h.m the everlasting
+ liie-Ihe highest life here. the most
abundant. anG a still higher one. the
supreme one. hereafter. The last
word in divine unselfishness,
God 50 loved ,he world" The
object OF Gods love is the whole
world. We see signs of that every
where. all around us. We see things
+ fashioned with a loving hand. We
see the world of plants, the world of
animals. the world of minerals. all
fDlowins definite laws insuring or
DIR. harmony and the highest devel-
opment Of each respective kind. j;
I is easy TO see that the perfection of
the whole is The crsator's object. II
is easy 10 see behind il all the bene-
ficient, loving God. Individuals may
suffer al times but il is by the good
of the majority and often for their
own highest development.
Especially 40 we notice this OF the
world OF humanity. the last in the eli
max OF creation. Man has been given
dominion over all the other creatures.
animate and inanimaie. He was
formed in the likeness of God him
self. And God hreathed into his nos
trils the breath q life spiritual life
because he already had animal life.
and man became living soul. OF
no other creature is this said in the
book Of books. God gave TO human
itv with the gift of the soul. the
breath of life. the power to obey or
disobey. free will. conscience All
these ideas and more are contained
in the expression living SOUL. and
the account in the Book of Genesis.
and all other evidences show II be
yond amy possible question.
The world might be called the eN-
pre- ssion of God. We cannot fathom
Gods motives his purposes, in Great
ing the world life and mankind. bur
we know that he has put us here ana
given us the mower to share with hlm
i'm some measure the full life in the
eternal meaning of that word, the llte
here. and if We will the life hereafter,
II is enough for us to know that ne
has given us this glorious, unspeak-
ably grand privilege And we learn
from his son tha: ii was because he
IOAbu us. Alltl y ltGRt lllN fNbii 4iN''H''N
us all The other evidences also indl-
Gated How God must love the world.
What divinoly magnificent birth
right is ours, Shall we sell II Tor
any kind of a mess of pOttage? shall
we lose il for failure TO pay The m
! Eeriiance tax?
God so loved the world that he
gave his only begotten son" Man
) kind fell away from God, grew eyil.
Sin was keeping men out of that
greatest inheritance that was ever
: heard of. And the wages OF SIN was
, death. spiritual death, loss OF tha'
life With God. Now see the meas
ure of Gods love for mankind. lie
SO loved men that he gave his only
: begoten son. The measure OF thal
, divine love that passeth understand
. ing was the gift of the son. Ana
what did the gift OF the son mean
Nothing less than the physical and
mental and spiritual xulfering ana
: the physical death OF That son Ana
such a DEATH CruciliXion' The most
, degradnS form of execution ol 'h'
age The death by which the vilesl
: criminals were put out,of the way
Tho death which il was decreed
should be meted out to no Roman cltl-
zen. be his crime what II might. II
was not only death. but a combina-
tion of the most exquisite torture and
shameful degradation known To lh'
men of that day. And God gave his
son to that, Did il TO save men
from themselves. II was the only
way. il seemed, by which he could
redeem men from the consequences
of their sins God must take upon
himself the sins of the world. II was
another and a final chance for men.
II they would believe on the son, they
would not perish for their sins, but
sin be allowed TO inherit the ever
lasting life. Again, how God must
have loved men.
Think of the cruel cross when YOU
think of the measure of Gods love
for us. Think Of the love of hui
man father for his only begotten son,
Then think of God. all-seeing. all
knowing. all-hearing. all-poweriul
omnipresent: think of him by whom
all the worlds and the sparrow's wing
alike are moved. Think of him with
his capacity for loving as compared
with the earthly fathers We can't
think. The human mind grows para
lived before the conception of such
love and such a sacrifice. We can
only be grateful and show our gpti-