Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1920-03-03

cdilnOt "tfppt WHAT tlcN 40 not iuil
understand l. there nothing els
they cannot explain? Who can e.;
plain how mind controls matter? @
the gloWt! of the trees and flower:
fruits and vegetable, or even cxplai,
what is electricity When Edisol
was once asked, what is electii
city," he replied 81 WAS never goo
on definitions. | do not know wha
the stuff is" Let us not ovcrlool
the fact THAT the Bible, one Of God
three greatest gifts to this old world
has been hono"ed by the best Of men
and the most noble Of women. ST
Walter Scott when dying asked hi
aon-inlaW. Mr.. Lockhalt. to read tC
him. Out Of what Book, Sir Wal
ter, shall | rcad?" The dying poet
who had made Scotland immortal sair
''Thcrc is but one book. read to mo
out of the Bible" Ninety per cent o:
! the masterpieces of art were inspire,
by a sin"lc hook, written by q pllysic-
ian by the name of st. Luke, among
them, "Thc Messiah" of Handel. Ru-
ben's "Desccnt from the Cross,
Raphaers "Madcnna," etc. "Oh,
come to the light it is shining for
thee, Swcctly the light has dawn"d
upon me, Once | was blind, but now
can see, the Light Of the world
is Jesus"
Saint Augustine said we, oh God
were made for thee and we will never
find rest until VIC come to tH""" Also
dissatisfied, you have tried to find
satisfaction in money making, office
seeking, in home making, in educa-
ton, music. art, and other avenues to
find after all you have failed. There
is only one avenue accessible to man
in all the world that leads to salts
faction and that is the avenue that
leads TO Jesus Christ. "Comc unto
me all We that labor and are heavy
laden and | will give you rest"
AT the service in Grace Methodist
church Friday night Miss Alice f.
Hall was the pianist and a duet wa,
sung by Mrs. Rees and Mrs. George
G.. Cary. DR.. Rces preached a most
impressive sermon on the theme,
Receiving Volunteers saying i'll
part:
Text: Luke 1872, "This man receiv-
eth sinners" Just four words;
words over which angels sang; words
for which this whole world reioices;
words uttered by the alistrocracy, be-
cause of the attention Jesus gave
publicans and sinners, and so they
said of Him: "This Man receiveth
sinners" Thank God! If it were not
true we would not be here. Having
all sinned, we conclude that this
means the whole human family, but
there are two classes of sinners, sin
ners Christ will receive, sinners
Christ will not receive. To the unbc-
licving sinner Jesus said: of yc be-
licve not that am He; yc shall die
in your sins" And he that belicveth
not shall be condemned" The I'M
sinner: 81 tell you nay, cx-
ccpt We repent We shall all likewise
perish" The non-confessor: "Who-
soever therefore shall deny me before
men him will l also deny before my
Father --''~'' is in heaven" The
Pharasaical: '"''~en who occupy the
precarious position, assuming they
are good enough. "Woe unto you,
Scribes and Pharisees and Hypo-
critics" said the Master. It reminds
one of photographer who gave
much attention to making negatives,
careful about details in photograph
in~ a woman, whc~ cvcvthing was
ready and the bulb in his hand, he
said: "Now look pleasant" and after
the exposure, he added: "Now
you may resume your natural express
sion" Only for a moment, there arc
none righteous, no not one, and
"Christ came not to call the rightc-
Gus but sinners to repentance" Also
the hypocritical: "Nr~4 --~----~ one that
saith unto me, TO- ord, shall in
hcrit the kingdom of heaven but he
that docth the will of my Father
which is in Heaven" Here are five
classes at least whom he will not re-
ccive, but we arc all more interested
in those '- He will receive. The
believing sinner: John 5:24, "Verily,
verify I say unto you, he that heareth !
my word and believeth on Him = q,
sent me hath everlasting life" And
when the iailer was under conviction
and asked Paul what he must do to be
saved, he was prepared from expert /
encc and study to give explicit drec-
ton when he said: believe on the
Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be
saved" Also the repenting sinner:
Peter knew what advice to give when !
they were pricked to the heart on
the day of Pentecost when he said,
Repent ard be baptized every one
of you in the name of Jesus Christ =
for the remission of SIM" The con
Tossing sinner: Rom. 1879 "If thou
shalt confess with thy mouth the
Lord Jesus and believe in thine heart |
that God hath raised Him from the
dead. thou shalt be saved" And
best Of all, great sinners, both in
time and degree, for while "the lamp
l. Odds to burn, the vilest sinner
may return" "And this is faithful
saying and worthy of all acceptaticn
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