Show H SEEKS LOST LOSTIN MEN L IN SUE SUBLIME LOVE f Lt t Rev P. P A. A Simpkin Speaks of 1 I 1 Gr Great at Fact of Christian Christi n nW W r Religion t- t TO SAVE THE THE SINFUL it I J 1 4 t. t Jesus Jeslis Ta Lesson of Purity i arid Asserted f Ji 0 of f M Men en i- i t fhi gr graL r at aL tact fact of the Christian religion lon 4 in Its e ei appeal to men was as dis discussed dis- dis ls- ls cus cussed d last II evening b by the th nov Rov P P. A A. A 8 In In hi his sermon at Phillips church Mr 11 Simpkin asserted that the declaration of or tho love of or God Is that couched couche In the sl statement that the tho great 11 God Gol Is a s of or lost m men n One can not consider the mechanism of or iT- iT 1 the universe an and all Its adaptation to minister min mm- ister to men without finding Gods God's providence provi 4 c dence very marvelous lou The love lo that gives hc to detail such cat care as 81 will not l Id Idu lt t u a sparrow sparrow fall unnoted Is too vast ast to b be comprehended f The most t wonderful wonder fact however lie hie In 11 this thi assertion that God Is a socket a InN after ter Oie he lost and sin sinful tul m that hat his pur Jur pose oso e Is isto to save ve the lost Jesus Jesus' declara declara- f- f ma made e as ns a a. justification of ot his rein rein- i. fr-i. with Zaccheus as S Ju guest t and friend that The Son of or Man Ian IIan Is come Into th the thc I world orld to seek cek cl and anel save sa that wa was lest 1 11 is the statement stat that has made t tie i inge age what it Is In comparison on with what wlm It wa va- The great heart found the chief chic appeal 1 of that crow crowding company In th the theman man up UI the lie tree tree the the tho hated tax farmer who Mho had md bent benl all his life liCe to acquisition p and material Ii The thing that tha Chi Christ 1st noted was vas his spiritual need need hits his t Jesus asserted u the of or men nien lie Ito t taught aught men of the won wonderful power and anc providence of oC God Goo and n wrote the lesson In tho fragrant runt purity of or tho ho Illy Il clothed upon with all Its beauty b by Go Cod Gods God's s 's s lingers i. i Jesus pictured that thal Ilo c in a wonderful erful and sided many fashion s such ns as men ha had never never dreamed of or before And yet ct how often this word Is on hi his lips The passionate pas jias- T I slona te service of his hiis heart Is expressed to to the the lost Jost k t Think of the lle Co- Co What does he lie mean by Men Ien It are arc IC xo so CI prone irone to think of lo in III the 1 c- c terms lerms o of the hulk hull that low passions f 2 4 have ha marred in the cheek check of oC the painted III lily Illy and antI tho the soul whose shimmering shim shim- meting mering Is soiled with the thc stains stain I 7 or of lust In the poor noon fretted lip that tha t has t i gasped gapped Its last in the chill of oC u a watery wt bc bed bod self sought ou ht in a moments moment's ma madness ness c o of ot the low the brutal the lie abhorrent 3 I. I Yes That h Ib Is a part of or s and Its fruit But Dut the Christ shows hows us that lost- lost j nesi Is 15 jU Just l one thing thing- Did Dill you OU ever read Teall v that trio of or parables In which a shepherd V a housewife hO an and a father each bewails h tl t Here Is tho the truth back of or all nU three The sheep the coin and the thc son were just lost because thc they were out of oC tight place and right rl hl relation That Is I the tho manifest teaching Sin Is ani only the a Rt q d out outcome ut or of a amans ai a. a i mans man's bl being 1 out Z Zaccheus f found und rightness because e he lie I- I f found In the Master of or I Life fc that which set him to doing the divine thing the lie rl right ht thin thing The old motto Rightness r. r makes right hol holds s a 1 whole library of ii illuminating illuminating- truth for this question w we s The mission of or Jesus Is to do o that selfsame self self- same ame thing thins for the lie race That can not b. b done for an any life lire until that thal life chooses t. t to receive the high motive that will wilt mal make makei c I i- i him want to do o the service er of or the I J lather Father Fi A man can not nol have a right relation Lothe to Lo F the lie great Father of or nil all until the will willand and antl purpose e and of oC that F Father ther are aregood I- I good and desirable to him A life In ini i I which sin In which h Is rebellion against th tho rL-f rL Father and his law Is put awa away Jesus' Jesus ag assertion of pur our lack of or right t elation clation finds It Its corroboration within our ourI I hearts as In the lire life of or the lie race He lie taught not anI only our hl high h nature and privilege lIeo to k know ow real Cal relation with sod God ital ble blessed stI fruitful bu but 1 he lu came to tu bring us to Its Us realization llon C c bin Shi in the Terrible Terrible- III Thing in c lie He made matIc sin In to be ue the the terrible thing It Il Itis k is because b cause ho showed us two things He gave Ja U us uso to see e not only that Go God counts It the lie costliest thing In the tho robbing rob rob- hung bing him of or his his' rl right relation with his y children but also that for us It Is lifes life's 1 I most grievous ous fobbing ti 18 of our out life 10 I In God GoU of or ou our hi high h heritage c of or orI I sc ahl abiding ln correspondence him and antI hi his will It Il In Is not a question of sins Ins but f- f sin Kin Not ol of 01 r broken laws Jaws but a broken on relationship In that list which h stands falling to respond mI to tu the thing he has laid lives li 71 t. t upon Illion our jur And AutI what X found roun In III his lo lost lost- l- l heSs ss S. S The Thc 10 love lovo and d power lOWer to II rise ilsc e from tile tho seat sear at of or Ihu 0 an and andreach reach for th the theme of or tin the hit hl high h in the life lIrt of or him wh who sho brought ht the lie new to him men have lit been and fire are minding down on the thc years 0 AA There wi WJ that thal which illuminated and ti the life Ufe o of Zaccheus In the personality per per per- Ir and mC message of or the theIa Master Ia ter tern And n the halls of or the tue years calS are echoing ever moru mow more loudly with whit the lie marching trend r- r I of ur that growing company compan of or tho those e e- l' l have listened to the the- message ue responded e Ii to tu lIc the lie appeal thrilled to the inflow ol 01 the the lie love lo and lind sacrifice of ot him who came cameI I I seeking n the lost and anti whO saves b by setting set set- tins ting men Into rl right ht relation with the I Father so 50 that love lo and antI obedience and andI I and self sacrifice become tho lie norI normal nor nor- I ma mal I expressions of or the i Miss aeh s sang ang the evening solo olo I le Is Is' Is He lie That l f I Bishop Leonard Memorial Ho Home e r 4 k PJ jt I-jt I t F r r WW r- r rr r Ii d 1111 ti tl I St. St Maik d rOt fur for fill se l' e A t. t rated rani y JK W as held t In-t ul 11 i tin lilt iii iU O fur fur- nl the Ii lit new It Il Is b Ii a ii moil t-iu t III he in fur fur- Y YI I I i t i L. 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