The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-02-16

by some Othef man Wlle Wnat you
would be tempted to kill man for il
he did with your wife. Young men,
never do with some other young
mans sister what you would be
tempted to kill young man for il
he did with your sister. and when you
come up to the bridal altar bring the
same purity that you expect the bride
to bring. It's all wrong for young
man to be as vile as the devil and
exact for his companion for life a
pure girl. If you fail at this point
you're life and home can never be
what it would have been if your life
had been pure.
THE EXIT GATES
rejoice with you all and that for
which | praise God most is there is a.
way out of this city; there are two
exit gates. believe on the Lord
Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved"
and "If we confess our sins he is
faithful and just to forgive us our
sins and to cleanse us from all I'M
righteousness" The glory of it all is
that there is not man here today but
can go out of this building SAVED
from all his sins. Though you may
have lived on street and avenue, yet
God loves you and is saying to you
this afternoon, Escape for thy life"
and in behalf of the home and the
mother and the wife and the children,
in behalf of Him and all that's dear
and true and noble, arise to your OPP
pol'tunity and say with all the earn
estness Of your being: "God helping
me. from this day until the end !
will live a Christian life"
THE TRAGEDY OF THE
AGES. TOLD BY DIR. REEFS
At tho evening service Mr.. Rees
spoke on "The Tragedy of the Ages"
The tragedy of the Goth century was
the Great War, but the supreme tra-
gedy of all the centuries was the
death of the Son Of God on Calvary.
Often should let pass before GU
thought the cyclorama of that aw-
full day, when Christ was "despiscd
and rejected of men," and carried his
own cross on the sorrowful way from
Pilates Judgment hall to the "place
where he was cructied." - We should
in reverence contemplate that scene,
but always with personal appli
cation of its meaning.
ave may not know, we cannot tell
What pains He had to bear,
But we believe it was for us
He hung and suffered there"
"The blood of Jesus Christ cleans
eth US from all SIM" 1t was "royal
Blood" ~ am the Alpha and the
Omega, the First and the Last" 1t
was a brothers blood; he had nerves,
sensibilities, just like ours.
What must have been His suffering.
1t was "oven' the death of the CROSS
that he ldured "Christ did for the
/ am not interested in
theories about the atonement, but |
an profoundly moved by the glorious
fact. This advanced age needs no
new gospel as some claim. There
S for all ages but one Gospel
Good News, and that is that Christ |
died for all men, that whatsoever will !
nay come" When men are brought !
face to face with this great fact they |
cannot but respond. A fine looking
military man, captain, in meeting
in San Diego, when he heard the
story of Christ's suffelings for him,
ell on his knees and uttered this re-
prayer: "Lord, this is the
first time have ever prayed.
nave never spoken to you before. If
you can save q man as wicked as |
nave been, please do it.
How many fail to- treat Jesus as
hey would treat friend of acquaint-
.ncc. When we leave them we are
and say "good-bye', but
We turn our back on Jesus, our best
friend, and leave him, with never a
word. Have you been so
,ude and unkind? Then turn back.
He'll not resent it; he will gladly well
,omc you. The "blood of Jesus
Christ clcanseth US from all SIM"
What is your sin? 1t can be cleansed.
IS it profanity, or intoxication, or
or dishonesty, OF gamb-
ing, or impurity, or a backbiting
onguc, or a passionate temper, or
or what is it? Whatever
is, Christ can save unto the utter
most" Will you not say? "Lord, l
believe, help. Thou my unbelief."
NOTES OF THE REEFS
MEETINGS
Tonight at 7.30 five st. Johnsbury