Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-05-21

of Christ upon them? Men, who care
fully consider and discharge conscien-
tiously other obligations that devolve I.
upon them, often fail to regard the
obligation that rests upon them to do
something with Christ, who rightly OBJ
obtrudes himself upon them.
Whether a man likes it or not, he
must do something with Jesus Christ.
He must either accept Christ by faith
as his own personal Saviour or reject
him. There is no middle position he
can take. Jesus himself settled this
when he said: "He that is not with
me is against me-"
To assume to take neutral posi-
ton toward Christ in view of this
| plain word of his. is to go contrary
to Christ's statement of the truth,
that there is no neutral ground. Why,
then, should one attempt to put off
his decision concerning Christ by the
sophistry that he is neutral toward
| him? 1t is simply an attempt to de-
| lay decision that must be made some
day. Christ at once places those who
assume this position on the side of
| those who are against him, and so,
though one says: 81 refuse to commit
myself further than to say 1 am neu-
trail toward Christ" Christ himself
says: "There is no neutral ground,
you are against me-" The so-called
neutral position with this fact so
clearly stated is seen to be an un-
tenable one.
There are, then, just two classes Of
people in the world, those who are
/ against Christ and those who are for
him. In which class are you? Are
you one who is trusting him as your
Saviour and are, therefore, with him,
or are you one who has never taken
this step of faith and so are against
him?
1t behooves us to determine definite
Iy our relation to Christ, because so
much depends upon it. If it is provi-
dent for us to provide for our tenn
poral needs, it certainly is provident
for us to make provision for our spir-
ltual needs and these can be met only
in Christ. He alone. meeting every
spiritual need, satisfies the human
heart.
At one time after Christ's resurrec
ton, so we read, he came into thu
midst of his disciples, the doors be
Ing shut This incident well illus
trates how Christ presses his claim:
upon men. There is no way of shutting
him out of ones presence; no doors o1
life can keep him out. Business ma!
seem to be a door that should shu
out from a man the claims Of Chris
upon him. But try it and see If By
immersing yourself in business yol
can altogether avoid Christ. 1t ma.
l be that you will live your life in bust
> ness as if there were no Christ, bu
to thus ignore him does not by an,
: means relieve you of the fact of hi
existence and his claim on you. b.
, is there silently there, with you a
l your business. You date your ledge
: and your letters in recognition of him
v do not say in honor Of him, but il
3 recognition of him, for he is the sig
nif1cance of the date that heads you
Q letter and on your ledger keeps you
p business transactions so that you cal
! keep track of them.
Then, too, in various other ways an
places, as we'll as in business, Chris
evidences himself The land is dotte
with churches and other institution
l. that speak loudly of him. How ca
you ignore that verse Of Scriptur
/ that greeted you today, as you rode i
. your automobile out on the countr
Sc highway? You say some religion
crank put it there. Well, grant it, bu
mark you, though a religious Gran
+ may have put it there, that which 70
Il read is the Word of God and It
u vocal with Christ.
Il On earth there is scarcely a plac
y you can go to get away from the fac
y that Christ has claim upon you. 81
s- is preached on the street corner,
gospel halls and churches. Go to th
r. islands of the sea or bury yoursel
y among some uncivilized tribe, and
It Christ's missionary is not there, b
soon will be, for the genius of Chri
n tianity is that it is to be preached an
st the preachers are to go to the ute
n most parts of the earth to proclail
s. the glad tidings of Christ's salvation
'e Mark you well, that to ignol
Christ's claim upon you does not r
70 lieve you of your responsibility t
H. ward him.