The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-08-11

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ference: at least,
Il does not rise above crude amaze
ment. Man. sin-blinded and Unite,
sits and stares.
II is Of him who dies there that
Micah's prophecy, when referring TO
the place OF his lowly birth says.
Whose goings forth are from eter-
nifty" The lImitless past speeds Its
tribute to that Cross, and the unmeas-
ured future can have no glory without
II. Surely IL claims Of man something
more than sitting down and watching.
For Jesus on that Cross Is between
earth and heaven. As II earth had
passed him up and heaven could not
yet receive him. or as II some mys-
.erious reason had caused him to be
adJudged unified for either, there he
| Is suspended on the Cross.
HE was made sh for us who knew
no sin that we might be made the
righteousness Of God in Him: "He
was made curse for u.s.; He died
the just for the unjust that he might
bring us 10 God"
There Is the place Of Loves wonder
work. There is the public explanation
OF Gods estimate of your sins and
mine. There is the counting out Of
the price Of liberty from the bond
slavery OF sin.
There is He who came down to
earth and was lifted up: hence, look
ing there, you see the ladder that con-
meets earth with heaven
How long, how tiresOmely long have
people sought that connecting ladder.
Like the telephone operator at the
central office seeking to establish COM
munication for us with our distant
friends. so has been the waiting and
trying of the millions seeking that
connecting ladder with heaven.
Struggling through the deeds of the
law. or listening for the voices of the
dead. or torturing themselves with
physical suffering. they have sought
the way up ~ the dark.
But there IL Is. His death on the
Cross provides the way. the sure way,
up 10 where He invites poor, lost sim
ners, saying, Come"
Could we but see In one short space
of time all that centers there. then
the soul accorded such a gaze-full
would see wealth uncounted, wealth
understandable. wealth eternal.
Looking there one would see the
mothless. rustless ''riches of, grace"
That gaze would result better than
the most promising markets Of worldly
fortunes Inherited. earned. possessed
and defended. They may fail. But
what that gaze could claim would be
secure forever. II is all there. And
for you!
There we see as II in letters Of fire
the final word of infinite wisdom on
how TO rescue our souls.
There could not be discovered or
presented any other way by which to
save us.
Reverently, let us say II, God can
find no other way. His angels or arch
angels working and investing through
countless ages could not rescue so
much as one lost soul.
And the project of Calvary will not
submit to explanation on the ground
of anything that human invention or
human effort colsd add 10 its value.
No. It's Gods best. There Is none
other name; an the fulness OF time
God sent forth his SON; show shall
we escape II We neglect so great saliva
tion?"
ptn ..frhat uhnSAnxar h.
lieveth in him might not perish"
places the believing In" so over
against the "perishing" that II words
are OF any value TO express truth, 1t
is evident this is the final word of how
God can save our souls.
Come then. come with me. Let us
center our attention there. All, soul
rivers are not deep enough, or gar
dens beautiful enough, or mountains
high enough. or buildings costly
enough TO classify as sacred there. IL
Is He; II Is He!
And there, and there alone do you
find that the worth Of your soul Is so
great that through his blood II is &C.
counted holy, and Il becomes the tenn
pie. the shrine of the Holy Spirit
q. find what Is your worth there.
Cleansed from sin by his most pre-
clOus blood. you become the shrine.
Calvary never cheapens us. II con-
demns MS only to justify us. The in.
yestment made In MS is there. Yes,
we are there. And, there TO be glori.
fed