The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-15

CUNVENNUN HALL lASl
NIGHT, N MANY ATTEND
Il hold that it Is possible to uu-
dcrstand the scriptures as far as
they relate to human life and duty
and destiny. There are parts of the
Bible that relate to Divinity, Etern-
ity and Infinity that are above us.
as the stars are above our heads. But
the greater part of the Bible has to
do with mans obligations to himself,
his family, his fellowmen and his
God. 1t would be unreasonable and
unjust of God to make forgiveness
of sins, the gift of Holy Spirit and
hope of future l!f0 dependent upon
our obedience and then fail to make
our duty plain. Mans responsibilities
and obligations are made plain in the
Bible and can be understood.
THE subject Of the objectionable sin
is one of the most difficult and per-
picking of all the problems in Gods
word. Every preacher has preached on
this subject, every Sunday schoo!
teacher has tried to explain it and
every Christian has anxiously studied
1t. Iohn Milton wrote tract on 1t
and all the great thcologians have
tried to expound it, and yet there arc
probably more doubts and inisgivings
regarding it than any other subject
in the Bible
"The old theologians OF our grand
fathers day had a solution that was
perfectly satisfactory to them. God
was a great and just judge who had
drawn o line and any man who
stepped over it was beyond rcdemp-
ton or pardon, and all OF his prayers
would avail nothing. hold no oIhcr
ucrson responsible for the statement
now make. | am 80 convinced OF
the love and mercy of God that |
believe that Christ would go 10 the
lowest depths Of he'll and die again
for the vllest devil if he could bring
ono to repentance. But devil is a
devil only because he will not re-
pcnt. What could Christ do that ne
has not already done? He could die
again. but any sacrifice that he could
make would be no more efiicacious
than His death upon the cross. we
must find some other solution 10 this
great problem to satisfy the demands
of modern thought. / hold tha'
no sin is objectionable because ol the
unwillingness of God to forgive, but
ONLY because there is something in
herent in the sinner that makes him
incapable OF receiving pardon.
Under the Old Testament dispen-
sation. under the Law OF Moses, there
were nine objectionable sins, sins that
could not be forgiven to DE punished
by death. They We're: idolatry, bias
phemy. Sabbath breaking, murder
adultery, man stealing. willful SINS
disobedience TO parents and bearing
false witness. This stern system ol
government seems hard and cruel
hut we must remember that Moses
ruled in days when men were crue
and savage and nothing but force
could compel obedience. When mer
are harsh and cruel, laws must b'
strict and stern. At the Pacific Car
den Mission in Chicago we were com
pelled to have ushers who were 81
rantlc men, because buns and ruf'
fans. thrown out from low groggeres
would come stumbling in and disturb
our services When an outbreak
was made we had to have ushers wh'
would lay strong hands upon them
with the threat that they would be
thrown ont into the street If they
persisted in their baspehmy. Wher
dealing with men like that we were
corp lied to have force back Of us
- such ushers are needed in this
grcst rldioncc Tor we have a difieren
class u people with which to deal
This cxpl1ins the Ill ference hetweei
The law of Moses and tnc Law o
Chr,t
When w como 10 the New Testo
await , INA thar under the law an'
r. , Chr. lhQe are not nin'
L., .l,aD.c - but only one Bu
iu! a;. one there is no forgiveness
t. 'te So. - the age Ia come. Their
81 &c 81. .,r which lhart is M
l,.. % a. oar lron'cm tonish
g. coy.r. first o. all what ,ha
ululr .nlh in is.
ary nught hy Christ himself
iha. it j. ..o sl against the Hol!
SMrt. Ia tl& s'1, ..3at we h1V
Nv, -.ee ''G,1!Hcs. Two problem
C.. ~ d uul 3 We can solve then
~ PFC. "a IS clear The first problem
/. mis-. JT-l tAc words Of Jesus
voYIG sc,m that q sin against ih
Ec.y Spirit is more malignant an
l,prehons.hlc than a sin against Go
or Christ. for Jesus said that u
manner of sin and blasphemy agains
Goa could Dee forgiven but for bias
phemy against The Holy Spirit ther
should be no forgiveness. But "
know that sin against the Holy spr
could not b, worse than sin agains
COD ana Christ, our second difficult
is this. All sins are sins against th
Holy spirit. The Apostles we're
be guided into an truth by the Hol
spirit Through their word We AT