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Show lllltlsr IMI JIAV 11V B. C IlICIlAltDS. Itosv far tlioatoueiiiciit of Christ It nv&llftUuIn Its application to man' redemption, Ii ijuittan tbat has bctti UWuMivtl I y far ruaoliln,; inlmli, tuth in Itio llfilit of ttitory mid of rmeli-tlon. rmeli-tlon. Outliti Kflnltll.ty mil I1010 cjf rUmi tton drpunili entirely tliu Irtuo ntil rillcacy nf tlia atouvnibut. It IvlrluftUy bccoiues lliu Alplu Bint Omeita, the Ttry foundntlou ujon which muttt Iju rrnttxl tbu entlrtJ ctructure of tho Christian religion. Anil without u cornet umliriUmJInp, ft true concci tlun of tills prlntlpU, thtru canlw uollfliii; fultli, no ntlJ lnsliopoli) luaii'u rulctii tluu from lils fill (mi aitJ Hltiful comlltloUi Uv UItM of hi I'athvr'ti prtcuncu nud Tho )fft clmracter anJ iuImIoii of Jtiui ChrUt to tnrtli, rvoeuU mcli u ooi.trA't Willi that of ordluary man, tUtltlinsltiu dllUoult to rucoguliQ tlie fact that they aro of tho ami "inlly, rhllJrtu uf the Hnmu J athcr UJ UdiLIuliI totlm mu inheritance hi jflefututtidory. JIu It full of wisdom, luvuhml works of rl(thtiouauM; thu tjthir of folly, hitu und wlU.ctlntn flic one poftHilti(C nil powtr loth In litavcntuit on tnrth, thu othrr tub. Kttothdltitlrittltluiof Ufo and oven eitliMlthout iveti powttr to dllvor, The 0110 ilfithod with towir to Irj dowu IiU Ufo und take It win, llHiothbrlnlnndisu to both Bin una anntli, ti mpornl imd f 1 Irltiml. Tho om j romUliie iti rnal ltv to all wlu would Uiiliivooiilllm. thu other dntttutoof tntilioin of obtaining It, tut by mid Jnrfui'h Ills Intercession and faur. Tho uno coMimntliiR to llvu without Hn, that ty vlrtuo of His Inuoteuui JIIllemlKlitl0 ait atctpUhluiffttrl. live tooirir for a ransom of the ruIUj, tho oiiu by whom thu worl t und tlit-y Jio Inhibit It weru radt, and by hcm ulorio man can be ndttinuu. rb pno lyhls life and tho tuvuror '"' mrl Ui cl irlnj: that ho !a "God with ui,' una that by -vlrtuo of Ills uivlnn u.lf-lcn und n-dvemlnu jwwor won may rernirnUu M true relation lad Uetnidencn upon the orMraiy t( Ihoatoiitmtiit niaUu by htm and no. fiitul by the 1 Alhrr for nun' m-(temilioti m-(temilioti and rictoratlou to oil that badb tin Uen lout. 1'rom tbu condition tntallol njon thu entlro huniau race by the trtmttrta sioti of one, It wua dubrvml tint all aluuld be ndtt mid llirouRh the obe 1 loucd of oiie-that a In one ull dlud i)lrltinll, by btlug cut out from thu 1 uthor'si riLUCf, soltione should all Lumadttullrtt and come batk Into JIls I rrntHuoifaln Thu atonemtnt, thirefjrf, muklbu as far rcnchltiR In Uh riHlruiliitt power as was the fall lu Itn conntmieuce; other vtlhv It would hu Iiu'oiiipirtii, only par tlal In 11 oppllcitiuu, an 1 wliuti, and uht'ir, aud tu whom It would be In-1 In-1 (H-rallTo could ntvir t determined. IhUooce admlttul n bHnic ivr.lblf, would tUttruy all faith lu thunuruy anJ Jutlcoof (1j I, an ouu who Is "nti nitfccler of penton.' 'lliu atonnnent was mido and acefpttd by tho J ather for tho tx nm uri'ost of I rlnlntf man bat k Into thu print nee of lit ninV.tr, cont-twpieiitly, must b unllcablu to man durlni; thu tntlro jttrlodof timo hu must tnJuru bauMiment from that iretiente, whttlar In llio boUj,or to the spirit out of the bod, until they unitedly, an thoMOul of man. In Immortality come to thu Immortal pruKiico, wluruttare will 1 no more death as thure wan nouubiforo. rtili luvolvoa tho extent or limits of thu claim of mercy iioti the croaluru, beforu nathlut: the touuds of Justice, for onu can novtr 1 0 pi rmltttd (0 trt I aMUi-on thoothtir. lhuitolv.0 ditltr-uiitnttrlbuttHtof ditltr-uiitnttrlbuttHtof DUt lmn tacli tlnlr active Qold f operation, ami aro itewr found lu co till let with tacli othur. Mtny txtuititi jiut m far ui the utom ment Is eilU at loin, and ko loiiu m thathnpillcabletotbu tnuturu hu i within uuiurlkdlctloii of mtny, nnd may lay tUIni to all lUmHautsw aud powtrn ty ioiiilyln with thu Uruii, which aru faith, rtr-cutanco an I nbiNllence. Ihrnudtmand an I net urn foMivcmsMwHIi illvln power. is one aro t ntlnly out of thu n-nch of rtiliimtlonhy lrtuuof CluUt' atouc-mtnt atouc-mtnt until they btiwnientiKels to tho devil The iJiionl t5ioinutiuch by flrvt ttnovt hu that Jtsus Is the Chrlut, ty 14IO1 anduU. Ikncuto Ills will, an J retlliu the Holy Clhost, and then ftltocfthir lurnlncnHuy from aud du-nyliiR du-nyliiR Hint by which tnej pit Him to an ojoii ihaim, uu 1 rlrtiiully crucify Him afal)to tlieniMlvei, und aiMctit tolheahoddlnttof Ills lunouut blood. Ihls slarvsalltULlilDa more fearful fear-ful condition imiii than tho JuM wire In wlifi they nctuul ly m com 1 lithe 1 his death. Jemi jrnynl the I'lithcr to forgive them for thuy know not whit tluy did. Hut for those who Invv once known lltm that l U thnJtit kt mcr, by thu Jloly (ilioi t, width boars wttniut of bo Hi the lather and thu hu., tturu U no foraUentM In this worll nor In the world to 1 me. It U wiltlvn of all mich that where do 1 nnd Christ dwtll U113 cJiiuotcomt, worlli without end rhuy aru not only diprlwd of lliu Kathtr'-Jprtaeiici, foal to nduuptlou'ii I on-it, but tbu tn J of tin ir torment nn I u LI trim: no man kuawi, It hu not Iwcn, nor cur will bo rovealed to Altotlurs than tlicie, whatow r le tlulrr 11 Iltluu, whether In tills worll or In thu n urld U 101m , ur the spirits In the pirn line of (lod, the mtny uf OoJ, by vlrtuo of ( IirUt's ntoniiij Hood, hnachlm upon them. Mercy, const kril n a principle or asouattrlhutuof Deity, Is from ecr Utln(C louvi rVtlng. Tbe mercy of (lid t ndnrt-th forever.' It Is tho utent dUtliifmlihlriK future or Ills cuarac teriuduAtlntrwllh HtsclilUreii. It Js uvldtucu of ills love, iindir tho lu flucuca of which justice Ik ncr admlnlatired,but lu Its ajplhatlou to ludKIduo! merit It only follows inch niHuf the chltdrtu uf men as are promrtedby thu Himo spirit as Is hi Him who Iw thu fountain aud aourin tht rt of. A its of love aro acts c( tnercj and the tivtof lovi Uktej Imi the Jaw Xo wilful Molatlon of law has any 1 lulm on mvre. Justlcnevirdemanls u vindication of the law, and to ai-pcate, ai-pcate, that di man I thu enalty attach-inl attach-inl mini bu cudurel. !y sitrorlut; suchpiualty the tratiftgreiaor atunej for hUhidhlduul cullt, whfii inert iM'aln rlulmi tho iruature as free from thebomlflgu of aln, nnd within the rulm of fur loving ktudueBsnudro Utmilnn jowcr. For tlulr IndhJUnl ulns all pieu may tnduru thoiiunlshmunt alllxed to thu violation of tacli und oerylawof their bthnc mi I uiallatlou, and w litre Juitlco It RitlvflLiI, the mu by re 1 entancu nndobtdleuiu bu restored to tltomtroy uud grate of OaJ, and Itarn, David did. that their aouts sliall not be lift hi lull, I tcaiuo UoJ's Holy Cue dl I not automation. 11 virtue of His nuwtr otr death, anJatqulrlog ijHithur 1 iwer botli In bejvuiiaul otienrth, lie will nt lait, when He accounts to tbu J 'attar, hau tho honor and Klory of kaylng! Of all thou hast iflTtin me I have loot none, avuthoo who aru sons of trdltlou " All wilt bu permitted to dwell In aoniu onu of thu many mansions which aru I rtparedlnUierather'ri hoinie lurome oue of the glories of the kingdoms which rertfut tho torlta of thu it dttmod, from the ttleitlul to the ctliktlaf, thuKruattstofall "An by one man came death, so 1 fliiutumelhnriiurrttll(in,, by virtue of which nllinnn will be restored Vi tbat Immortal atate In which man was found biforo tho sentence of tl itli was pained upon him. Iherjlrlt nnd body aaln united will totihtitutu thu Immortal Im-mortal soul, llvhu where there Is no tli ath, having pubred I uyond tt u limit of Its powtr,iud where, llkeGol, ho may nee us he Ijhj atil iiiiderttaud all thftl nlalestohlHUlngof the put, thupueutniid tbat whhlila to comt, In thattoudllhm he will comprebunU thu nien'y of (led In the n w ard of the faithful, aud the Justice of Uo I In tin pmlilimviituf the wleLtnJ, ai j lanued in tht uountlls nf thu t temal oum I o-ft o-ft re thu tarth wdm formed or man in tun I upon the sj hereof time hi tern irarary 1 rolutlou, und without which1 ho could novtr bo ou Immortal aoul, Ho woul I remain only n dlsemboJIe t tplrlt us tn fore imio wan. Man may, for lilt own ItnlMdu-il sins, however hi lcou(tbty may I, by sutlerlng thupnilty ofliiu law. an I due rirHutaiitu lor lu, find himself asalu where mercy reigns suprtm, till throjuh the tatal guu of crime lit rtachts that of Pbellhnr Inuoeetit blood ur 1fduuhn thu ChrUt after KliuwlnifHlm by tho power of thellol (ih out, so that buennuut be aialn re iKWetllnto rccutntire Wiien with his knowIvdRumauof choice commits their Uin unto death," there Js tin his name Riven by which he can be saved, rromsuch tonJltlon there Ii no provision In redtni) lion's Jan ly which hu may lu ramomed from the powtrof him who lualea ttuu his nuccUtonll ittrn!t, as hu did one third ofthehoiU of haven, who fell with him to rJxii no more. llythu Klvlnof UN life and tho eheldlurof Hlsbloud Christ became tho lEe lecmer of the worl I. Thu tac rlflce was no eped licausu no greater could be niadu. Ity It man was ran eon 10 J from thu ttUA nnd coiue rjuencesof tho original Iranian titan. All nun barn luto thu world mutt come lu n klitu of Innocent. Tho ruthur has lecosulrcJ thlx eondltlou, nm aflor lid the nen iary proticthu lu tho child by holding Its paienU reponilblufor Its life until joirs of ptri-onftl accountability are acquired, when the acceptance of the Qtonemont by tbecrtaturu mint ap4r, by com frying with tbu sainu rule, and b yleldhiifobodlnnco to the same law, by which the one maklme Me atone meut Is RovoriiuJ Hy conform Ins U Ufa to thuio tcMulro merits, he Is piriullU 1 to unalu dwell In the prcaenieof the 1 athtriu he did teforuthe fall, an 1 as Chrlftt docaniw, upon JlUrlht lmin(nitldun Interirfttlon forthom who are Hls.to thu en 1 that they may bo one w ilh thu lather, 11s He Is one with Him. lo thoio who tlci tbU llo husiromUid, 'All that My Tither Imth ehall le Rhou unto them " This Is thu hlRbtst coniummttfon IRtlhIo to contim late as the glorious rirult of man's ml 11 to earth, to I IlkeUod the I atheMviodetilnsthronrfi, kliiKdnur, prim Iralltln and joweM, with thu 1 ( rnal Increatto of eudleis llus hi worllswlthouttnd. |