"NO DIFFERENCE”

Hoa Maori, Issue 26, 1 October 1892, Cover Page

"NO DIFFERENCE”

" CTaFIERE is no difference, for all have .; VPSI sinned and home short of the glory I of God!”Rom. iii. 22, 28.f<,W ■ ; What a hard lesson*to learn! That there ■ is no difference between man and man. ’ Ope common verdict has been passed on - all j alike“ all have sinned.” i.',l M ■p)ear reader, I know not your character, •nor your outward life; but whoever you ; may be, you are included in the word “ all,” i anil theiefore this plain statement from the, r Word of God, which , affects everybody, 1 affbcts you. You may he moral, respectable, ■]- even religious; but alas, you are a sinner. i Your sins are under the eye of a thrice-holy , God. . Have you ever owned to be in His . [ presence? ' n. ssri l .': '- ,J . , ,11. .. ~ .& \ < 1 There is no difference . . * : for the .

same Lord over all is rick unto all that call upon Him.”—Rom. x 12.

Blessed be God, though our sins have involved us in common ruin, yet there is a ■ common salvation. . Again, let me say, it matters not what difference there is in man’s sight between man and man, “ the same Lord . . . . is rich unto all.” But there is ‘one condition. We must cad upon Him.” We must own our standing on the “no difference” platform of sin, and claim a place, because of the work of our Lord Jesus .Christ, on the “no difference ” platform of grace.

Header, have you done this ? Have you called upon Him ? “ Call upon Me in the day of trouble, I will deliver thee,” is His gracious word. Psa. 1. 15. Now is the day of trouble ; you are about to perish for ever, to suffer the everlasting punishment due to your sins. Oh, then, call upon Him who is rich to bless, and He will hear. “ God hath concluded (shut up) all in unbelief, that He might have mercy upon all. 0 the depth of the riches both of,.the .wisdom and knowledge of God-Horn. xi. 32, 33 P. J. M. *