SUNDAY READING.

Shannon News, 21 November 1924, Page 4

SUNDAY READING.

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a irreat word that word Wit deansinT tf our conscience Jrom all past g?ilt° t£ deUvery orour soul ttom lhatTdam did. Salvation ia^e^a r fSfiSd yet Tt SEA ££• estate; and yet it ib» lVfttton I *VT«« i* was before we fell. « £S • **- U P»C£ ** *•,-» of our first parents, defiled, staraeu, accTsedfi? ** Wis i o^ .wounds it removes our diseases, It takes away our it puts our 'eet rock Christ' Jesus, and, having thus done, at last it lifts pur M"*"*" above all principalities and powers, to be crowned for ever with Jesus °?*£?E:££i£ oetore » fact: "Neilfce,: J There salvation in any other," Did you ever notice, thtf „^„„«„„a intolerance of Goti's B * lJs *? n7 w In olden times.the heathen, who baa Afferent g.oas,/all 7 of them■ the god B of their neighbours. For m stable.'the king, of Egypt would conSTSJ? the gods of Nineveh wove true and real gods, and the prince of Babylon would acknowledge thai of the Philistines wore, true and real gods, but, Jehovah tto God, of Israel, .put' this a* one of: »■ ** commandments. "Thou shalt hJge none other gods before Me"; and He would not allow them , to pay the Subtest possible respect to the gods of another nation: "Thou shaft hew SeSta pieces; thou their tmeples. and cut d° w moves." Now, just hear, the text: ujtoletant'it Isl "Neither is there'salvati'on in any other." Now, I heir one or two persons saying. "Do you imagine then, sir, Sat none are saved. apart trom Christ?" I reply, I don't ". but I have it here in my text Plainly Well, but." salth one, how Is it concerning. . The Death of Infants? Do not infants die ..without actual k sin? Are they saved? and if so, how? .1 answer, saved they are beyond a .doubt; all children dying in f infancy are caught away to dwell in the third heaven of bliss for ever. But, marK this, no infant was ever saved apart from the death of Christ, Christ Jesus hath bought all those who die in infancy; , ~ Otherwise,. »eloved. infants would be unable to Join in the everlasting song. "Unto Him- that' loved us and washed us from our sins in His blood," If infants were not washed in the blood of Christ, they could not join in that universal song which perpetually surrounds the throne of God. We believe that they are all saved, every one of them, without exception —but not apart from the one great sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ. 2. Now, this brings me to the positive fact.which is inferred inthe text —namely, that There to Salvation j in Jesus Christ. Surely, when I make ! that simple statement I might burst l , fprth with the song of the angels, ' and say, "Glory to God N In the highest and on earth peace, good will towards men." Here are a thousand mercies all bound up In one bundle,' in this sweet, sweet fact, that there is salvation in Jesus Christ. * Now, Jesus Christ was punished in the room, place, and stead of every sinner who hath repented or ever shall repent. Jesus Christ stood as his Substitute and' Scapegoat. God the Father hath accepted Christ in the stead of sinners. Oh, ought not this to lead you to accept Him? If the Judge has accepted the sacrifice, sure you may accept it too; and if Ho be satisfied, sur e you may be content, also. If the creditor, has'written a full and Cree discharge, "you, the poor debtor, may rejoice,; and ;; beliey© that that discharge is satisfactory to you, u because! it is satisfactory to God.jßut do you know; that God has accepted Christ's atonement? ; I remind ypu that Christ ..rose, again | from the,.dead. Christ was put into I the prison-house of thetomb after ; He I died and there lie"waited until God I accepted the, .atonement;, . § "If Jesus ne'er had,paid s the.debt, ;i I He ne'er had been at.freedon. set.''. I ■ Christ would have.,been m. the jtomb 1 | at this very day, if God had not.

I Accepted His Atoiremerit for our justification; butthe Lord looked down from heaven, and He surveyed the work of Christ, arid said within Himself. "It is very good; it is enough"; and, turning to an angel, He saidi "Angel, My Son is confined in prison, a hostage for 'My elect; He has paid th e price; I know He will not break the prison down Himself; go, angel, go and roll away ihß stone from the door of the' sepulchre, arid set Him at liberty." Down flew the angel, and rolled away the inassive stone; and, rising from the shades of death, the Saviour lived, "He died and rose again for, our justification.*' { Now, poor soW, thou seest.God has \ accepted Christ; surely, then, thou j mayeßt accept Him "and believe on Him. I oould turn to you myself, and tell you that surely there must be salvation in Christ for you, since I have found salvation in Christ for myself., Often have I said, I will never, doubt the salvation of any one, so long as 1 can but know that Christ has accepted me. To quicken thy diligence, however, I will conclude by noting that if you do not find salvation in Christ, re-, ■ member you* will, never find it 'elsewhere. What a dreadful .thing it will, be for you if you should lose the salvation provided by Christ! For "How Shall You Escape | | if you neglect so great salvation?" I i To-day very probably, I am not speak dng to very many of the grossest of sinners, yet I know I am speaking to

some even of that class; but whether we are gross sinnerß or not, _. how tearful a thihgit will tie. for us to die without first having found an interest in the Saviour! 6& sinner! this should quicken thee in going to the mercyseat; this' thought, that if thou flndest no mercy at the feet of Jesus, thou canst never find it anywhere else. . ~ . ?

There I see the gate of heaven, and if I must enter it, I must creep on my hands and knees, for it is a low gate; there I se© it, it is a strait arid narrow one. I must leave my. sins behind me, and my proud righteousness, and I must creep in through that wicket. Come, sinner; what sayest thou? Wilt thou go beyond this strait and narrow gate, or wilt thou despise eternal life, arid risk eternal bliss? Or wilt thou go through it humbly hoping that He who ?ave Himself for thee will accept thee in Himself, and save thee now, and save thee everlastingly? May these few words have power to draw some to Christ, and I am content. "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved." "For there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved."