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' Norfolk, -Va., Feb. 13.-Are tfio words
o our text truo? 1b it possible thnt
the true religion of the Blblo demnnds
nothing more of us than is expressed
In "this text? What about the Jew
ish Law? "Wliat about its Bin-offering,
its burnt-offering, its tbauk-offeriugs?
.Vhat about the tcu commandments?
What about tho digest of those com-
. ihandments approved by our Lord Je
sus, "Thou shalt love tho Lord thy
God with all thy heart, with all thy
mind, with all thy being, with all thy
strength; and thou slmlt love thy
neighbor as thyself"? What about
Church attendance? What about our
responsibilities to our families? To the
Church? To the poor? What about
study of the Bible to know God's will?
What about our responsibility for the
heathen? Wlint about baptism and
tho Lord's supper?
Indirectly, Uenr brethren, all tho
innttcrs Included in our questions and
many more are included Incidentally In
the provisions of our text. Sometimes
a wholo sermon. Is preached in a few
words. No one will dispute tho rea
sonableness of the Divine requirement
ns" stated In our text. Our Creator
.could not justly or with self-respect
"nsk less thnn this of his creatures who
would enjoy his favor. Tho interests
'.of nil demand that these principles
. should bo required of every creature
permitted the enjoyment of Divine fa
vor to tho extent of eternal life. Who
ever falls to come up to theso condi
tions would thus evidence his un-
' worthiness of life eternal; his pro
longed existence would merely be a
prospering of slu and a menace to tho
happiness and righteousness of others.
But now let us hoo the scope of this
Dlvino requirement, whose justice wo
have already, acknowledged. Wo note
the natural division of our text into
three parts:
(1) Doing justly;
(2) Loving mercy;
(3) Walking humbly.
The requirement of justice in all our
dealings with our fellows, commends
Itself to every rational mind. It In
cludes the whole Law of God. A
brief statement of that Law which
had our Lord's approval reads, Thou
shalt lovo the Lord thy God with all
thy heart and all thy mind, nil thy
being nud all thy strength; and thou
shalt lovo thy neighbor as thyself. On
those two prqposltlons hang all tho
Law nud tho Prophets. It Is but Just
that wo should recognize our Creator
as llrst; that wo should glorify the
One who gnvo us our being nnd all
the blessings that como thorowlth;
that wo should bo obedient to his
righteous requirements that mako for
our own happiness nnd thnt of others,
it Is nlso but right that wo should
recognlzo tho rights of others, as wo
would have them recognlzo our rights.
The Golden Itule Is tho barest of jus
lice. Not a hair's breadth less would
come within the requlrouicnts of our
text, Do Justly. Come, then, let us
reason , together. How many of us
do justly in all of Ufo's affalrs-ln our
relationship to our God and to our
neighbor?
Begin at home. Lot oneh ono criti
cise his wonts and his deeds toward
his pa ronls t toward his children; to-
ward his brothers; toward his sisters;
toward husband; toward wife Do
wo in nil of our relationship of llfo
, troat thoso who tiro so near nnd so
dear to us according to the standards
of iusttct, according to tho tloldon
Utile? Do wo do toward them ns we
would havo them do toward us? If
not, after mtiklug a beginning with
tho Lord, striving to rondor to him
our homngo and obedience, lot us close
ly scrutinize every word, every act of
tho homo life and boo to what oxtent
theso can bo Improved upon and made
(moro nonrly Just. Tho majority of
"ittetnlo. wo fool sure, will bo surprised
to kuow how unjust they havo been
toward thoso who nro of the very
nearest nnd dearost of tloshly relation
ships. Follow the matter up and consider
the Justice or injustice of your words
and dooda In dally llfo with your
neighbors nud dally associates. Do you
Invariably spoalc to them in the same
wordB and with the samo tono and
gesture that you would approve if they
wero in your place and you In theirs?
In mnttora of buslnoss do you drlvo u
closqr bargain with them than you
would thluk Just for thorn to mako
with you? Or, on the other htind, do
you ask of them higher prices for the
cervices or materials you furnish them
than you would consider Just and right
if you wore the purchaser and they
tho sunders? Do you wateh your
chickens that they do not commit den-
rjKlaffona upon your neighbor's gardou
" carefully ti you would wish your
neighbor to watch, his chickens us re
tenocTn your garden. If you hud ono?
Do you blow tio niaro tobacco amoko
in tfio faoo of .your neighbor than you
'vgauia llfce to have him Mow In your
Mm?' Are you a careful itbout wIh
IwrTour foot when onterffig U bouse
aVm would like ulm to be when an
twin yur bou-? Do you treat all
HiftH. women, children and RJnmla s
kindly. m gently, as properly every
h-hv ri you think would bv J
rlKlU If von were In their !' ud
tuV iu your? D yu 8 k,nd'
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Pastor Brooklyn ; "7", , . ,
m i I v Text, "What Doth Thy God Require ol
1 abernacle. f. 71, bul t0 Do Judy, and to Lore Mercy,
' and to Walk Humbly With Thy God"
r,(Micab vi,8.)
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ly of your neighbors as you would
have them speak of you? Or do you
hold up their imperfections to ridicule,
as you would like to havo them hold
up yours? Do you guard your tongue
so that you speak only things you
would think proper for your neighbor
to speak respecting you, if you changed
places?
8Imple Justice Nothing Moro.
Do you not begin to sec, dear friends,
that what God requires of us Is much
beyond what the majority have been
rendering? Do you stand appalled and
tell me that It would bo Impossible to
live fully up to that standard? 1 agree
with you. And St. Paul agrees, say
ing, "We cannot do tho things which
wo would." Tho Scriptures again
agree and declare "There is none
righteous, no, not ono. AH have sin
ned and como short of the glory of
God."
What shall we do? Shall wo say
tht because wo arc unable to live up
to our own conceptions and stand
ards of justice we will make no at
tempt to do so, but nbaudon those
standards entirely? God forbid. Wo
are weak enough and Imperfect enough
as It is. To Ignore our best Ideals of
justice would be to tnko off all tho
brakes nnd permit the downward tend
encies of our depraved natures to go
rapidly from bad to worse to carry us
further nnd further from God and tho
standards of character which he ap
proves. Wo can surely bo content to
do nothing less than our very best to
live up to our own Ideals and to raise
those Ideals as tienrly as possible to
the Divine standard.
What Would Be the Use?
Supposo wo do our very best dnlly
to mensure up to our highest concep
tions of our God-given Ideals and
standards, would God accept of this
and count us worthy of his fnvor nnd
of eternal life? Surely not. The Law
of the Lord Is perfect. Justico is
Justico. Not the hearer of a law, not
tho woll-wlshlng. receives tho reward,
but tho doer, tho obedient! Here, then,
wo llnd ourselves In dltllculty. With
our hearts, our minds, wo npprovo
God's Law and deslro to bo obedient
to him, but llnd, as St. Paul says, that
many things wo wish to do wo fall
to accomplish; and many of tho things
wo do not wish to do wo cannot avoid.
"Wo cannot do tho things that we
would." We approvo tho oxcollent do
mands of God's Law. Wo disapprove
tho Imperfections of our own flesh.
Llko St. Paul, wo cry out. "O wretch
ed man that 1 am! who shall deliver
mo from this dead body?"-thls body
that Is Imperfect through Inherited
slu nnd weaknesses. With our minds
wo serve God's Law and approve It;
but with our bodies wo como short.
What Is our hopoV How shall wo bo
delivered? Can we prevnll upon God
to change the rcnsonablo requirement
of our text so that It shall read. What
doth God require of me but to will
justly and do Imperfectly? We can
not hope foe such a change In tho
Dlvino Law. Are wo then hopeless as
respects Divine approval and eternal
llfo? (Honmus vll. 17-21.) j
Tho Gift of God Is Eternal Life. I
' In our moment of perplexity wo
hear God's message "speaking peace
through Jesus Christ our Lord." Tho
message of peace Is that what wo
could not do for ourselves in tho way
of lifting ourselves up to Divine ap
proval God has provided shall ho done
for us through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Our fnlluro to keep ttie Law marks us
ns" unworthy of eternal life, and
I worthy of tho wages of sin net ctcr
' mil torment, but death. God In mercy
' concluded to offer us eternal llfo as a ,
I gift because of our not actually merit- !
Ing It under his legal roqulromouts. ;
i Thus we read. "The wanes of sin Is
death; but the ulft of God Is eternal
llfo through Jesus Christ our Lord"
(ltomuns vl. J3i. What we could not
obtain logally under tho Dlvtuo re
qulromouts God proffers to us na a
gift. But tho gift Is a conditional ono
as grossed In tho words, "through
Josus Christ our Lonl." Only thoso
who accept Jesus Christ as "tho Way,
tho Truth, and the Life" may havo
God's gift of etornut life. Henco It
will bo seen thut It Is wholly u mistake
to suppose that the heathen at homo
or abroad can got otoruul life, tho gift
of God, In Ignorance of Christ. All tho
Scrlpturos contlrm this and declare not
only that we cannot save ourselves by
obedience to tho terms of God's Law,
. but that "there Id none other mune un
'dor heaven glvou among men, whereby
wo must be saved"-through faith In
his name turougu luitu in ms uiuuu
(Acts lv, lii).
But how Is this done Justly? aud.
why does God so limit his gift of eter
nal life?
God's Law represents hlmsolf and
cannot change, lie cannot require loss
thau perfect Ion. To do o would be to
Oil Hie Universe to nil otornlty with
depraved nnd imperfect bolng. God
has a higher plan thau this and de
clare. "As the htwvons are higher than
the earth. o tire iy ways higher than
your way" (laalah lv. fit. He explains
that his ulOmatr purpose la that then)
shall h m tutprfct creature In nil
ul Uulrew. All who Uearta are
loyal to Ulm and the principle of his
jjeniljjiittli olfijrjoteaj1ana all
nlfnTniVifnHtrdifel In the Se'oond
mth. ihtifl. eventually, every knee
shall bow rtiid every lotigue con less to
tlie-gldry of God. Then every creature
which is In henven. and on the earth,
and under tho earth, shall be heard
saying. Blessing, and honor nnd glory
and power bo unto him that sltteth
upon tho throne, nnd unto tho Lamb
forever (Revelation v, 13.
You Are Bought With a Price.
Possibly God could have arranged
some other way of dealing with slu
and sinners which woUkl not havo re
quired tho death of Jesus as tho Ran
som price, tho purchaso price, tho re
demption price for sinners. But th
fact that this mothod was adopted by
our great Creator assures us that no.
other method would have been so
wisp, so Just, so beneficial. No other
method would have so fully demon
strated God's Wisdom, Justice, Love
and Power.
In brief, then, God's arrangement is
that all of his human creatures shall
havo opportunity of full return to har
mony with himself, provided they wish
to do so. provided their hearts, their
wills, nro fully responsive to the letter
nnd spirit of his Law tho require
ments set forth in our text. God bus
provided In Jesus for the satisfaction
of Divine Justico as respects all of tho
condemned race who deslro to return
to his favor.
We agree with all the orthoddx
creedB of Christendom that only re
pentunco from sin and an endeavor to
put It away from our thoughts nnd
words and deeds, combined with faith
in tho Redeemer's sacrifice and a full
consecration of heart and llfo to do
the Father's will nothing short of
this attainment will gain the salvation
which God Is now holding out to man
kind. To such tho Apostle explains thnt
tho righteousness, the full demands of
the Law of God. his full requirement.
"Is fullllled In us who nro walking not
after tho tlesh. but after the Spirit"
(Romans viil. 4). From the, moment of
our consecration nud begetting of tho
holy Spirit God deals with this class
ns with sons. He trains them in tho
School of Christ, disciplining, chnston
ing, proving thorn, testing the sincerity
of their consecration Vows and the
loyalty of their hearts. To thoso who
prove faithful the great reward is
promised glory, honor, immortality,
jolnt-helrshlp with the Lord Jesus
Christ in his Millennial Kingdom and
its work of blessing nil tho families of
tho earth (Galntinns Hi, 29; Revelation
111. 21).
Our disagreement with nil "orthodox
creeds" is in respect to what shall be
done with tho uusaintly with those
who do not present themselves to God
nnd who are .not begotten again of
tho holy Spirit. Our creeds of tho
dark ages misrepresented tho teach
ings of tho Bible in respect to theso
nud told us that they are all to bo con
signed for hundreds or thousands of
yenrs to Purgatory or for all eternity
In hell torment Not such is tho teach
ing of God's Word, but the very re
verse, ns wo have previously shown.
The Scriptures do not declare, In thee
nnd in thy Seed shall all tho families
of tho earth be damned; but tho re
verse of this that they shall all bo
blessed. All tho sin-blind eyes shall bo
opened. All tho deaf eurs of ignorance
Bhnll bo unstopped. For tho blest
thousands yenrs of Christ's reign tho
world's uplifting or resurrection will
proceed, while tho knowledge of the
glory of God shall fill the wholo earth.
Tho angels on the plains of Bethlehem
did not declare to the shepherds, Fear
greatly! for behold, wo bring you bad
tidings of great misery which shall bo
unto all people. Their message was
tho reverse of this: "Fear not; behold,
wo brlmr you nood tldinos of great joy
which Bhnll bo unto all people" (Luko :
11. 10). God who had a "due time" for
cnlllne natural Israel aud who had i
also a "due time" for calling spiritual
Israel, has a "due time" for making
known tho riches of his graco to the
non-elect world of munklud. And tho
"elect" of spiritual Israel and of tint
urol Israel are to bo the channels of
this Divine graco and mercy, which,
during the Millennial Age, will tlow
as n river of salvation, to which all
mankind will bo Invited to como nnd
drink freely.
Love Mercy and Walk Humbly.
It may astonish some thnt God re
quires even more thau Justice, which
is his legal stuudurd. In his permis
sion of sin nnd its wngo of death ho
has shown tho sinner his owu mercy
or love. And It is for tho sinner's ben-1
out and for tho good of nil, that God
requires that all who will havo tho
full benefit of his mercy shall bo re
quired to culttvnto this mercy quality
In their own hearts. As tho sluuer
attempts to conform his life to tho
perfect standard aud finds himself un
able to keep God's Law aud obliged to
come for tnorcy. to the Throno of
Grace, ho Is informed that ho can havo
that morcy only upon condltiou that
, ho will exercise similar mercy toward
tttose who trespass against him, his
1 Ideals and Interests.
Humility Is a quality very necessary
to every croature. Pride U a foe
which besots not merely the weak and
Imperfect, but which overcame tho
great nugel of light. Lucifer, aud trans
formed him from a faithful servant of
Johovnh Into Satan, the Adversary of
God. Wo aro glad, thoroforo, that Di
vine Wisdom requires humility ns one
of the conditions of our acceptance
with htm. This requirement assures
us of tho security of the Dlvino Um
pire against all treason In tho future;
for none will be admitted to tho etor
3Hl life conditions either uow or In tho
MlllonulHl At' except the humble.
Let us hearken then to the lesson of
Mir text and conclude with the words
of the ApoNtl?. "Humble yourselves,
therefore, under the mluhty ha ad of
God. that u may exalt you In due
. time" (I Peter v. .
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