The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-08-15

X ~ Hz### But IDNOiNeu III
&A A that question OF
sin Is another
that Is also settled. II is the question
of death.
It is to be feared that many Of the
Lords people have not read the ~ofa5
of this text. or, if they have done 50
yet do not believe The precious truth
they proclaim. One who has looked
into the empty tomb of Christ ana
then away to thar place where de Sis
In glory, can look into his W tomb
without fear. No Christian that knows
his personal interest in Christ's ex-
a~ltatlon Is afraid TO die.
Read again those words and be as
sured of the great ~deliverance he has
wrought for you. THAT He might
deliver all them who through fear OF
death were all their lifetime subject 10
bondage" Appalled, in the presence Of
death is the soul of the sinner unsayed.
He treInbles at the very thought OF
II. Vel he may! For death is sins
wages. and TO meet it without Christ
is to be lost forever in utter darkness
But not so the believing sinner who by
faith has laid hold upon Christ's I'm
ished work In his behalf. He cannot
fear II for he knows thar ito die is
gain" for ii is TO depart and be with
Christ which is far better" 10 be alb
sen from the body and to be present
with the Lord. For him death has
no terrors. He regards II as a dark
servant. retained by the Lord of life
and glory throughout this night of His
absence. 10 lay some of His W 10
sleep until the morning of His return.
That which is a dreaded enemy TO the
sinner has become through the cross
the friend Of the saint and IS reckoned
in the inventory Of his possessions:
"All things are yours whether
life or DEATH" Hear this from the lips
of our lovely Lord: Verify. verify. ]
say unto you, if a man keep my say
ing. he shall never see death. Then
said the Jews unto him. Now we know
that thou hast a demon. Abraham IS
dead. and the prophets and thou say
est. If a man keep my saying, he shall
never taste of DEATH" TASTE" IS the
force of the word used by the Lord
and thus they use it in their angry re
ply. Blessed word! | may die. and II
the Lord does not return beforehand. ]
shall. But taste death. never! For
He tasted death for every man" with
bitterness in the awful cup that can.
not be told
A lady while working among her
/ flowers was ing by a bee. Her child
playing nearby screamed with fright
when he heard his mothers cry of pain
To reassure him she drew him TO her
side and pointing to q tiny speek IN
her hand said: See, that bee lef;
its sting in mammals hand. Il annoi
hurt you" o soul. the sting of death
which is sin, hath forever sheafhed
itself in the broken heart Of the Son
Of God: il cannot hurt you. II is writ
ten: THE sting of death IS sin" bui
1t is written again: He hath made
him 70 be sin for US" Were you &c
die at this moment. it would not be
deaths triumph: It would be your
own
Through death" He did It. By 90
ing into death He overcame its power
Entering the strong mans house He
bound the strong man and spoiled his
goods. From Satan's grasp He
wrenched the power of death and now
in His W hand He holds it for al
the subjects of His grace. Wher
| Johp. on Pafmos.. fell at His feet. as
dead. he would have remained there
bur for what followed He laid his
right hand upon me. saying unto me
Fear not: I am he that liveth. ant
was dead: and. behold. I am alive for
evermore. Amen; and have the KEYS
Of hell and of death" The KEYS Of
that which. until the cross. held the
soul. and of that which still holds fhe
hodv. are now in the hands that were
stretched upon the cross for u sins
And from that place in glory where
now He sits as one who finished His
work. He bangles those keys before
our wondering eyes TO relieve our feaI
and fill our hearts with glad confidence
O soul. in the bondage Of fear, from
that high place He is still speaking
TO thee, pleading with thee 10 accept
His finished work and be freel