PILATES QUESTION.
Sunday Discourse by Dr. Chapman, vie
Noted Pastor-Evangelist.
Lessons Drawn From Hid Failure to Seize
Salvation Refused to Eater the
Kingdom of Cod
NEw York Crry.—The following sermon
is one prepared for publication by the Rev,
J. Wilbur Chapman, America’s best-known
evangelist, who is now preaching to over-
lowiag congregations in this city. 1t is en-
itled “Pilate’s Question,” and is founded
mn the text, Matt. xxvii, 22: “What shall 1
lo then with Jesus which is called Christ?’
It would not be possible for vs either to
inderstand or appreciate this pasiage of
derinture without studying that which im-
mediately precedes it, and likewise that
which follows. Next to Jesus Himself the
important character on the scene is Pilate,
who asked the above question
One never thinks of him without a shud-
der, beosuse ho is one of the men who
came 80 very near to entering the kingdom
of God, and yet, after ull, miserably failed.
He came very near taking his place with
Joseph of Arimathaea and ‘with Nicode-
mus. If, when he kvew that Jesus was
the Son of God, he had bared his own
back to the smiters, or had gone himself
to be crucified, there would have been no
name in the early history of the church
to outshine his. But instead of being in
the presence of God to-cay, he is undoubt-
edly in the lost world
When Jest: passed by the cross and
went through the tomb of Joseph of Ari
mathaea, and made His way to the place
of ascension, not far from Bethany, and
left His wondering disciples, He took with
Him into the skies His hands that had
been pierced, His feet, through which the
nails had torn their way, His side, thrust
through with the spear. and against which
the beloved disciple had leaned. In a
word, He took with Him His body. But
there was one thing He left; when hang
ing on the cross, from His head, His hands,
His feet and His broken heart the blood
came trickling down, and not only stained
the rocks upon Calvary. but left its mark
upon the world as Il, and leaving His
biood there, the world is to-day responsible
for it. That same blood 18 ¢
world and men, either for their
tion or for redemption
In a remarkable book which came across
‘he seas some years ago, bearing the }
0: “Letters From Hell.” and having an in-
troduction by George MacDomald, ti
brated Scotch preacher, there is a story of
Pilate in the lost world stoopir
wash his hands in a running
keeps on, it would seem, almos
if time were i
Some one touc
“Pi
condemma-
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the cele-
ate,
ia) oi
crimson on
he cries out with
and re-echoes throughout
lost
“Will
as
never be
they
treated ia thi
emphasize would be,
“WHAT.”
Reading the text with th
nd it
made a choice
choosing one then
wo must do something wi
is easy to understand
implies the rejects
might also be taken
some future time, and I w
it mean, “What i
judgrient with Jesus Christ?”
moon shall be turned into bl
sun shall be black as the sackcloth
when the “elements shall melt with
fervent heat” -
it naturall
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sit of the
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“What I do then?”
In the sixth chapter of Revelation we read
that in the last day men shall ery out and
say fo the rocks and hills on
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Ail us,
teth upon the throne, and from the wrath
the Lamb: for the great day of His
wrath is come, and who shall be able to
stand?’ But mn the closing part of Reve.
lation we are told that there will be no
rocks and no hills to fall upon the lost and
shut out the vision of the face of the Son
of God, and they must see Him whether
they will qr not, Him whom they have re
jected, Him from whom they have deliber-
a.ely turned away.
e¢ next emphatic word is the name
Jesus, “What shall I do then
WITH JESUS
That was His earthly name, and de
seribed His earrliiiy life. “Thou shalt call
His name Jesus, for He shall save His peo-
ple from their sins,” and His earthly life
came to its climax in Hie sacrificial death
upon the cross. To pay the penalty of sin
His life was given up, and if we fail to ac
cept Him as a personal Saviour, we delib-
erately take our stand with those who
have nailed Him to the cross. When we
stand before God we shall be called to an
account for th : chiefest of all sins. For
to reject the Son of God is to crucify Him
afresh.
The last word to emphasize would be
His anointed name. which is
“CHRIST.”
As Christ He stands at the right hand
of God, our Mediator and Advocate. For
fear that some one should say, “If I should
become a Christian, I could not hold out.”
God seems to sweep away every false argu-
ment and false hope when He tells ue that
after we have accepted Him as Jesus, He
becomes Christ for us, and takes His stand
st God's sight hand, pleading for us in otir
weakness, and ever bringing to God's re
membrance His atoning death, that our
many sins may be i away and for
gotten.
But another outline has also been sug
gested as heing a proper one to grow out
of this text. The Rev. R. A. Torrey has
nade the suggestion that there are certain
things that naturally depend upon what
we do with Jesus. Of these I make brief
nention.
I. Our acceptance hefore God depends
dpon what we do with Jesus. “He that
believeth on Him is not condemned, but
be that believeth not is condemned al
rerdy, because he hath not believed in the
name of the only-begotten Bon of God.”
John iii: 18,
|
If we accept Jesus, God accepts us. If
we reject Jesus, God rejects us. Thewe are
short sentences, but esch one is worth a
lifetime of study. The vilest sinner in the
world accepting Christ is immediately ac
cepted of God. The most upright man re-
jecting Christ is instantly rejected of God
I'he moment we accept we are justified
from all things from which we could not
be justified by the law of Moses; and jus
tification is more than pardon, for in par
don there may still be the memory of sin,
but when God justifies He “remembers
against us our transgressions no more for- |
ever,”
11. Our becoming sons of God depends
upon what we do with Jesus. “But as
many as received Him, to them gave He
power to become the sons of God, even te
them that believe on His name.” John
a: 12.
There is a very insidions kind of heresy
making its way through the world to-day,
which declares there is guch a thing as the
universal fatherhood of God and the uni
versal brotherhood of man; that God is the
father of all His creatures, and that every
man is my brother. This is certainly con
trary to the Scriptures, We become sons
of God, not by the lives we live, nor by
doing good, nor by reading the Bihie, nor
by praying without ceasmg, but we become
God's sons by regeneration. This is the
work of the Holy Ghost, and is wrought
in us the very moment we by faith accept
Jesus Christ as a Saviour, It is not possi
ble for us in any other way to come into !
this world than to be born into it; it
not possible for uz ever to enter the king
dom of God except by the new birth
This constitutes us children of God.
I1I. Our having peace depends upon |
what do with Jesus Christ. “There
fore being justified by faith, we have peace
with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Romans v: 1
When we remember that peace is the op-
pasite of confusion, of strife, of unrest, we |
are able to see how great the blessing
which comes to us by the acceptance of |
God's Son. We do not think of peace as |
simpiy an emotion. It is not an experience
but it which comes to us with the
sence of Christ He is our peace, and
may, be i , mn in the
t or {in
other words) if he has fail ept Him,
he must go forever throughout world
crying, but for hum re
can be no §
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we do
seen, ye |
Him not,
joy unspeakable
Peter i: 8. We
of Jesus when He said
poken unto you that My joy m
in in you, and that your joy might
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joy depends upon what
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remember the
“These words
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BE THE LAST
The Need of Tenderness,
f tenderness, for it
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ter service to Him than reflecting His ten-
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eopie long for tenderness. Harsh meas
ures never won a soul to higher things
Sympathy is the magic key by which we
may gain access to bungry, aching hearts
Tenderness may be developed by studying
character of our Master. He recog
nized the innermost longings of weary
mankind, and met this yearning with infi-
nite tenderness and pity. Svrely we as His
followers should imitate Him to the best
of our ability along this line. Let us de.
termine by the heip of the Holy Spirit
never to be betrayed into harshness. The
world ie hard and cold enough without
you and I adding to its burden. Rather let »
us seek by tenderness and sympathy to aid
some soul to reach a firmer foundation,
and bring joy and peace to some little cor
ner of ng x ~{3eorge D. Gelwicks., -
the
Good Cheer in Religion,
It is a hapoy thing to live. It is a
happy thing to die. Our religion has the
promise of the life that now is and also
of that which is to come. It makes the
world ours and all things in it. We re
joice in its beauty and its joys, the laugh.
ter of Inttie children, the love of young
men and maidens, the grave friendship of
the old, the confidence of life and the
calm and trust which belong to us all
Our religion now tells us to look upon
these and all the beautiful things of fife,
and to take them, holding them in hol
ness as the happy gifts of our glad God.
And, above all torse, and in all these,
Christ is now revealed to us. He was and
He will be. Yea, and He is. No other
day ever set Him so high or loved Him so
dearly. To be sure, there is enough that
is dark still, and the shadows could be
drawn heavily, sadly, but this hour let ue
see the sunshine and play in it. ‘The Lord
Christ! He is the good cheer of religion
to-day, as He has been in all days. If our
good cheer is better and cheerier than any
of old, it is because we see Him more clear.
ly and love Him more dearly because we
have gone a hittle further in making our
life His and Him our life.” <Congregation-
alist,
Rewards of Life,
The man who sees in life the oppor
tunity to express himself in the largest
terms, who after ascerfaining what face
nities he has determines to develop them
to the highest possible efficiency, who is
capable of seeing the sweetness and jo
that lie all about him, who, being proud,
does not allow his y or mind to
defiled, he in the one who obtains the big
rewards, the big successes. ~Men
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the remainder of } being made
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the
utensils
samen jured, three of
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Brothers’ circus at Marysville. The ac-
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with President Mitchell re
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with difficulty.
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