The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-02-28
Dr.. Rees Tells of
Volunteers"

means the whole human family, buf
there are two classes of sinners, sin.
ners Christ will receive, sinner;
Christ viii not receive. To the unbe
lieving sinner Jesus said: "If we be
lieve not that ! am He; We shall die
in your sins" And he that believetf
not shall be condemned" The un-
repentinr sinner: 81 tell you nay, ex-
! cept We repent We shall all likewise
perish" The non-confessor: "Who-
soevcr therefore shall deny me before
men him viii also deny before my
Father ~ j. IN heaven" The
| Pharasaical: r'Ao~n who occupy the
precarious position, assuming they
are good enough. "Woe unto you,
Scribes and Pharisees and Hypo-
critics" lid the Master. II reminds
one of photographer who gave
much at ention to making negatives,
careful ;hons details in photograph
in~ a woman, when cvevthing was
ready al d the bulb in his hand, he
said: "Now look pleasant" and after
making the exposure, he added: "Now
you may resume your natural express
sion" Q aly for a moment, there are
none rig lteous, no not one, and
"Christ came not to call the righte-
Gus but inners to repentance" Also
the hypo critical: co. e------- one that
saith unlo me, 7 - I'D shall in
helit the kingdom of heaven but he
that doe h the viii of my Father
which is in Heaven. Here are five
classes q least whom he will not re-
ceiye, bus VIC are all more interested
in those y He will receive. The
believing sinner: John 5:24, "Verily,
verify l ay unto you, he that hcareth
my word and beIeveth on Him -
sent me hath everlasting life" And
when tn iailer was under conviction
and aske Paul what he must do ID be
saved, he was prepared from expert
ence and study to give explicit. direc-
ton when he said: believe on the
Lord Jes Is Christ and thou shalt be
saved" Also the ropenting sinner:
Peter knew what advice TO give when
they wee pricked to the heart on
the day Of Pentecost when he sail,
Repent and be baptized every one
OF You j the name of Jesus Christ
for the emission of SIN" The con-
Tossing .nncr: Rom. 1859 Of thou
shalt co fess with thy mouth the
Lord Jess and believe in thine heart
that God hath raised Eirl from the
dead, til shalt be saved. hnd
best OF al, grc2t sinners, both in
time and degree, for wf;ie "the lamp
FOLDS to burn, the vil15. sinner
may retu n" "And this is fai-aiul
saying q d worthy of all acceptation
tina. Chr Jesus came into the world
to save 5. lners. He is able to save TO
the uttornost all that come"
The RI ,eiver: Who is he? This
paIticula. personality whose coming
the propl cts .forotold, toward whose
arrival 4 Patriarchs looked, and at
his co1nii Q so great was the interest
in heaven that an angel came down to
introduce Him and multitude of the
heavenly host sang GLORY to God in
the Highest" If you could appre-
ciate VIVA. He endured to become the
receiver of sinners you surely could
not resist His power. Think of the
contrast Of the place from 49, to
which He came, with the glory lie
had with His Father, and then. taking
upon himself the form of servant
and becoming obedent unto death,
even the death Of the cross. George
Il. Vending declares: nowhere IN
poetry or in art, in fiction or in
philosophy, can we find it. His re-
apDcarance has been and Is looked
for. but not the appearance of an
other in His stead, OF another with
like claims. Did not then something
very strange come over the spirit OF
the whole human race when the Gal
ilcan cried: TT is finished" His
whole answer, the sublimest exhibit
ton of genuine manhood, physical
courage, and moral heroism that can
be found in all the annals OF the
world" Nineteen hundred years OF
investigation ad renlentless criticism
confirms the verdict of His contem-
poraries Il have shed innocent blood,
was the last testimony of Judas, the
betrayer and the suicide; II find no
fault in this Man" calmly said the
representative of . Caesars from
his Judgment seat then Have thou
nothing to do with that just Man,
said Pilates wife, at his side a cru?
cited criminal exclaimed with his
diving breath This Man hath done
noting amiss,' and when all was over
a Roman Centurion cried out: "Sure-
" this was righteous Man, .. A
stranger in this country of our, and a
stranoer y, I'll other countries. lie
is a foreigner everywhere. His home
is elsewhere. He was stranger to
His reputed father, and in some res
poets He was a stranger even to HIS
mother. He was not at home here,
and it did not seem to be in the ma
ture Of things for Him to stay hcfe
very long, There is marvellous con
sistcncy in HIS dying young"
Review what the beloved Disciple
saws of Him in the Il divisions OF
his Gospel. Follow carefully and
somewhat in detail His suffering, and
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