THE SCRANTOX TRIBUNE-SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 2G. 1898.
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FIRST MOVE TOWARD
REIGN OF SCIENCE
That Is (be Meaning ol Thai Recent
Ohio MnrrlBje Dill.
MORE DEVELOPMENTS YET TO COME
After the Iloitrlctlon ol .11 infringe Are
to Coma Uulhnnnsln lor Incurnblns,
Ucnth lor Mlmlinpcn llnbloi, nml
the Killing of C'onlirmod Criminals.
Scloncr.'s Lntcit Idem.
Washington Letter In tho Sun.
The Introduction of a bill In tho Olilo
legislature to restrict marilngo to per-
sona of sound bodies nnd wine minds 1b
not due to tho caprice of tho doctor
legislator who presented It. According
to tho statement of a man of HClence
attached to the Smithsonian institution
tills Is the llrst step toward what ho
calls "the reign of science," and it Is
not the suggestion of any one mun.
but of a number. The final steps us
Indicated by him nro revolutionary
so i evolutionary that progress must bo
slow, thouuh tho men who aie Inter
ested harbor no doubts of ultimate suc
cess. Ohio wap chosen as the field for
the llrst effort after Ung deliberation,
because cxpetlenco has shown thut the
people of that state are "more prompt
and ardent than any other to apply a
new Idea the Instant It is sl70d by
the Inlcllltcnce."
This bill iu the product of thiee or
four years' correspondence among pei-i-ioriH
who nre addicted to tho puisult
of science In different parts of the
country. It wan drawn up long ago
nnd after many alterations and elimination-'
copies wcie submitted to tin
approval of. more than n score of men
who are famous In the world of science,
Including two or three physicians In
New York. It Is not ixpected that the
hill will become a law nt this ncw-Ion,
the fiist purpose being to make people
fnmlllar with the subject and to Induce
them to recognize the soundness of Its
principle. "The Utopian Idea of this
year Is the piuctical policy of next
year," said Its advocates It was be
lieved tint the novelty of the iiiensute
would c.iusp It to bo discussed by the
newspapers of tho whole country nnd
hot the public to thinking about It. Tho
desirability of the kind of man laces
S lhat are alone allowed by the bill they
consider self-evident, and In tlmp nr
gumfnts will be presented In defence
f the Intel ventloh.of the stale.
to avi:ut DfccsnxnrtACY.
The ultimate aim," paid one of the
men inteiested in it, "is to rescue tho
Inn n mi iaco fiom the obvious tendency
toward deterioration and degeneration.
The physical deterioration of civilized
mankind was observed by Jean Jacques
Rousseau, who sounded the warning
that our ways of living were fatal to
strong bodies, active lives, and long
living, 'do back!' he exclaimed.
'Abandon the destructive methods and
manners of civilized society. Take o
tho woods, and In the simple savage
state regain the strength that has been
dissipated.'
"Prof. Max Notdnu and Prof. I,om
broso, both clos.e nnd accurate observ
ers and well qualified to determine the
tendencies of tho time, have revealed
how positively and rapidly moral de
generation has advanced. They have
found In tho asymmetry and malfor
mation of the skull and In the miss
hapen ears and other physical defects
the sure Indications of a degenerate
race. A German statistician, nn ab
stract of whose paper has appeared In
the Medical Record, has shown by tho
census returns of the different coun
tries that the centenarians nre con
fined almost exclusively to the least
civilized and least prosperous and edu
cated peoples and classes of society.
Actual paupersr, deprived of the power
of overindulgence, show a far higher
percentage of centenarians than the
nobility or even than the well-to-do
classes.
"Zola, today himself a victim to n
prejudice and race hatred that belongs
to a barbaric age, has called this 'the
century of science.' It Is that only In
the Sense that science did not begin Its
revolutionary career until this century
was fully open. Born in the days of
Sir Isaac Newton, science was In swad
dling clothes nlmost down to the be
ginning of this half century. Rut the
spirit of science does not yet permeate
society and domlnato the thoughts and
lives of men. Tho fact Is obtrusive
that this Is an nge of softness, while
science Is as hard as adamant. "Wo
have womnnlzed and nre womanizing.
Rut the day of science is dawning nnd
tho spirit and nethods of science will
be called upon to check the destruct
ive Influences of an unscientific system
of living.
WHAT SCIKNCK WILL DO.
"What will science do? When sci
ence actually reigns and legislates, the
restriction of marriage to the sound
and sane and to those capable of car
ing for the children they bring Into tho
world will be only one among many
things necessary to tho preservation of
the human race. No rational person
denies the desirability of the object of
limiting marriage, but the opposition
Is chiefly against a new Invasion or
personal liberty and nntagonlsm to the
dictates of love. 'Love heeds not caste,
nor 'sleep a broken bed." In our pres
ent haphazard life, disease and deform
ity are no bar to love. But w hen It Is
seen to be a choice between restric
tion and the rapid and fatal degener
acy of the race the opposition will di
minish. "Science will kill the wretched. This
Important policy Is nlrendy further ad
vanced than most people know or will
believe or want to believe. Euthnna
4la, the cure for Incurables, painless
death for the hopelessly allllcted, has
more advocates than the Inexperienced
can Imagine. Few were disposed to
credit the statement of the vice-presi
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dent of tho New York Medico-Legal so
ciety, that k. is a common thing for
the physicians of the city to administer
nn anaesthetic to Incurnblo sufferers to
produce eternal sleep, but It will be
come common If It Is not so already.
With the decline of superstition nnd the
growth of the belief that Qod does not
enjoy the spectacle of a human being
In tho throes of n fatal dlsense, the
victims oT useless, purposeless pain will
more and more appeal to the doctors
to give tho only relief there Is, a pain
less death. More nnd more tho tor
tured friends will Indorse the nufferer's
appeals, and more nnd more tho hu
mane doctors will meet the demand.
Then society will recognize tho wisdom
of authorlzlnn what It cannot ritop, In
order to surround It wllh nil possible
safeguards against abuse.
KILLING INCimAIiLKH.
"In the best and most enlightened
dnvs of Rome It was the practice to
end the lives of the Incurables whose
dying pains were haul to bear. A man
who .should allow one of his family to
drag out days of pain nnd nights of
anguish, with no hope of better days
to come, would have been looked upon
ns no better than the savage who en
Joys the slght of a tortured man. Sir
Thomas More was iv strong advocate
of euthanasia, and In his Utopia he
made It u general custom. The Utopian
who was nn Incurable sulTcter had
only to call the priests nnd council
to his side to obtain permission to give
up his life. The sufferer was never
killed without his own consent. Tho
composer Berllo?, nfter seeing a be
loved sister suffer execrable and use
lew toituie, for six months from an
Incurable cancer, condemned as cruel,
stupid, and barbarous the laws that
denied to the unhappy victim of a
fatal dlhcne the right to apply the
only possible cure. When a quarter of
a century ago, an Englishman In the
Fortnightly Review urged society to
provide for the painless death of ln
cmables, the project received the In
dorsement of mnny leading mon.but tho
church was too .strong for them. Kven
In this country, pel haps moio hero than
an where else, n man would bo cen
sured by the public for advocating this
beneficent nnd humane cause Hut the
cnuse will make its way.
Another thing science will do, a
natural sequence f this will be to
save mtshappen babies lrom the mis
erable fate to which a. pitiless nature
dooms them. The little unfortunates
deformed, defective, demented, or
whatever their Incuinblo 111, will bo
pn:nh"sly F"iit out of a world that has
only suffeilng in stole for them. This
for their own Mike nnd for the good of
mankind. Herodotu.s, I'into, Cicero,
and all the gieat free minds that had
never been warped by superstition vveio
tho f i lends of a fender nnd humane
Infanticide. The fault of the Spaitnns
In their destruction of weakly children
was In the lack, of gentleness In their
methods.
EUTHANASIA.
"What Is the stioain of tendency re
specting these thines we may see not
onlv In the lucre ilns frequency of sui
cide among people of Intelligence wh'osf
lives have been upright, but also In
the frequency of puljllt-hed niguments
defending th- light of the Incurable
sufffier or the hopelessly Incapacitated
to lake his own life. In hls work on
'European Morals' I.ecky f-hotf.s tho
contrast between the extreme Indiffer
ence to suicide which pievalled in tho
Hi tt century of the Christian ern nnd
tho utter nbhonenco of it Introduced
by the Christian church That modern
liberalism tends towaid the eurliet ex
treme of Indifference Is very plain. All
that Archbishop Whately had to say
against suicide was that It wis merely
an exaggerated form of wasting time
n Kind cf Idleness. But such an objec
tion could not apply to the case of a
man on his deathbed seeking escapo
from prolonged pain. It Is affirmed
that tlie abhorrence of suicide by the
Catholic church Is duo to the fact that'
It usually leaves no time for the death
bed ceremonies that nro ,o Important
from tl.e Catholic point of view. Cer
tainly everything points to diminished
oppesltlon to enthnnasla.
"Science will kill chronic, confirmed,
or Incurable criminals. Here, too, Is
the t-ame puipcse in view as In the re
stilctlon of marriage nnd the sacrifice
of misshapen babies, nnd also the bet
ter protection of life and property.
Death Is surely the most deterrent of
all punishments. To tho experienced
pilson oiliclal It Is the only effective
detenent. That the chronic criminal
Is such not so much, from deliberate
choice ns from a law of h'ls nature Is
no longer a matter of speculation. Ills
reform Is Impossible. Again and again
he finds that the pleasure of crime
are a delusion and tho penalties alone
real, and again and again he defter
mines to reform, but ho Is powerless In
the grasp of a destiny made for him by
his ancestors. Dentil Is the punishment
for tho confirmed criminal that Is least
embauasslng and leabt expensive to
society.
AS TO HEREDITY.
"The madness of tho present policy
of condemning a chronic criminal to a
specllo term In prison and then releas
ing him, with the eettnln knowledge
that he will instantly prey on the in
nocent community. Is already recog
nised, and schemes for Indeterminate
sentence that will keep him In prison
for life are strongly urged on the legis
lator. It is maintained that he Is as
Incurable as and more entitled, to favor
than the confirmed lunatic, and that
theie Is no reason why he should not
be secluded on the wmo teims, which
means for life. But In prison he must
either be supported In Idleness "by the
labors of tho Innocent, or else his labor
enters Intti competition with that of the
Innocent free labor Another, and per
lutw strangest argument In favor of
the scientific penalty, the death penalty
for the Incurable criminal, Is that it Is
the most eettnln to prevent the heredi
tary des-cent of the criminal instincts.
Wo know enough of the laws of liordl
ty, regatdless of the dispute over the
Wclsmann theory, to fear- the offspilng
of th- ehronlo criminal Science con
siders It monstrous that such criminals
Behind
Brush
What is it braiu or brawn?
Do you clean by main
strength or do you use labor
savers? Do you use the best labor
saver? If jou arc uudecided which
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StiEQlay SctoooS Lesson for
Matt. XI; 20-30.
BY J. E. GILBERT, D. D., L.L. D.,
Secretary of American Society of Religious Education.
CONTEXT. We are unnblo to Unco
the precise order of events from tho Bend
ing fortli of tho twclvo studied last week
to tho passage that forms today's lesson.
Tho scholars who have attempted to hnr
monlzo tho nurrative of tho four Gos
pels do not iirtco lit their arrangement.
For our present put pose It muy not bo
necessary to fix any doflnlto order the
chronology may not be Important, if
Matthew's recital Is accepted as com
plete Jesus went forth alone (Ch. xl, 1)
to preach, having liiBliucted and dis
missed Ills disciples. Standing In the
midst of the multitudes who gathered
about, Ho delivered His messngo In tho
same spirit as at the beginning ot His
ministry. Ills purpose appears in His
expostulation with the curious, ns If He
would wlu them to bo His followers
(verses 1G to 19). He wns over zealous In
seeking souls. In our'lcwson He emplos
two methods, nppenllng first to tho fears
and then to tho hopes of Ills hearers.
lMPENlTENT.-Ciipcrnnum. BelhsnUa
and Chonizln thteo cltb s lying on tho
northwest coast of the sea ot Galilee
were highly favored during the ministry
of Jesus. In the Hist Ho made His homo
(Matt. lv. 12), after His rejection nt Naz
areth. Thero Ho wrought many miracles
(Matt, vili,' 0, and delivered many sei
mons (Matt. I, 21). Thio He suffered the
Rloty of His character to shlno forth rnd
gained fame which endured to the end of
His career (John vi, 21). Thence He wont
forth on missionary tours iu various parts
ot Ojlllce, Ills reputation preceding Him
(Luke lv, 31), and thither Ho icturned
amidst the plaudits of the peoplo who fol
lowed Ucthb.ilda was the homo ot threo
apostles (John I, 41), and was frequently
visited by the Lord, as was unornim.
And yet, the peoplo of the.se communities,
notwithstanding tho rncsou.ee and labor
of such an Illustrious Person failed to np-
picelato lllm. Neither did they repent
of their Mns (veise TO). In utter Indif
ference to the mercy offered nnd to the
new life made poss-lblo they lemalned m
wickedness.
REPROACHED. Jesus did not nlwavs
bear a benignant look Ho did not al
ways speak In gentle tones. Theio wcro
times, not many to be sure, when He glow
sirrn nnd when His wotds were sovero
(Matt, xlli, 1.!), ns when Ho called the
Pharisees hypocrites. There Is no Indig
nation like that of tho righteous (Itev.
vi, 1). After many montns hnd been
spent In theso lnko cities, teaching nnd
laboring for their good. He turned to tho
people with upbraiding for their hard
ness of heait Ho declares that they wcro
mine obdurate than wero the heathen of
Tjro und Sldon, two great eomniercl il
cities on tho Mediterranean, whose peo
plo under the mlnlbtry of Ezekles (Ezek,
xwll, 23), si J. centuries before, would havo
repented In sack cloth and ashes, had
that old piophct performed miiaclcs ns
Christ had done (ven-os 2) nnd 21). Ho
also declares that In tho day ot retribu
tion these Impenitent Jews will recelvo a
gteater condemnation than tho Syro
Phnetdclnns (verso 2J).
should be allowed to leave their crimi
nal Instincts as a legacy to allllct so
ciety. "Science Is hnid, undoubtedly. But
it Is the baldness of the surgeon who
Inflicts some pain to save the patient
from something very much worse. To
save-our feelings from the shock of an
easy an J painless death to a confirmed
ciltnlnnl wo Incur the certain danger
of witnessing the more shocking spec-tacl-
of Innocence daughter by the
preserved ci Imlnnl. To avoid nn Inter
ference with personal Hberty.wo allow
a deformed, defective, inefficient, or
lunatic person, doomed to an early
death, perhaps, to bring Into the world
offspring who will be wt etched and
probably a charge on the public, and
who Vill perpetuate physical and men
tnl infirmities. At any rate, we have
the good sense to deny entry into this
country of Immigrants of that kind.
The race will go on in Its foolish course
until men's eyes nre more widely
opened. Then science will reign and
America will develop itvmi and woiiun
who are able to work out tho great
problems of social and political life,
which Is their appointed mission."
UUJITON'S BUSY FOUR MINUTES
What n 111 nn Can Drenm in n Cat Nnp
Lusting from 5: 12 to 5: IG.
From tho Chicago Dally News.
Burton had set his alarm clock for
5:30, as he had some writing to do, and
knew that he couldn't steal time for
that puropso at the office during tho
clay. When the alarm clanged he awoke
sat up In bed, thought lazily for a mo
ment, and utterly forgot his writing. It
wns C:42 for he looked at the unwink
ing face of the dial when he settled
back for an Involuntary doze one of
thobc quick little naps that overpower
a man In the short hours of the morn
ing. A few moments later he was standing
In n small Inclosure sdrrounded by log
walls. A blown horse stamped beside
l.lm, and a woman bearing a mar
vellous resemblance In face and voice
to his wife was trying to tell him
something. Ho shook his head, disen
gaged his arm from her "restraining
lmud, and tightened the saddle girth
upon the brown horse. On, the horse's
buck he sprung, the wnlls opened, and
he sped out, while behind him came
streaming a tumultous rout of horse
nnd foot soldiery In blue uniforms,
whom he had really failed to notice be
fore, but who evidently belonged to the
walled inclosure.
Tho air was cool, bracing, delicious
the skies bright blue. To light and
left rolling hills of considerable height
were crowned with underbrush and
snuggling trees, while deeper woods ex
tended to the background. He noticed
that the leuves weie resplendent In red
and yellow, and he realized that Octo
her was In all Its glory.
Somehow the ride must have been
short. Theie was a Whirl of dust and
a coach whizzed by not a stage coach
of the West, but one of those affairs
with broad tires and cushioned seats
so much In vogue for tally-ho parties.
He found himself, horso and all, by the
side of the log wall again, and the
coach passed Inside, The next Instant
he noticed a puff of white smoke up
on the hillside, about 1,000 feet away.
Then cume other white puffs, and tho
leaves flew In spots on either side of
hlm. He called his men called In a
voice which seemed to give no sound
and there was no noise accompany
ing tho white pufllngs up theie among
tho underbrush. His men began tu skull
behind trees and walls and opened (Ire
upon tho places whence the white
clouds kept rolling,
A man Iu black ran out upon the
hillside, emerging from u clump of
brush, There was a general firing and
the man staggered. As ho fell Burton
noticed that he had changed his cos
tume in the moment of the fall and was
now arrayed In a blue-gray uniform.
He picked himself up and reeled back
February 2t
PREDICTED. Turning next to the fu
ture, whoso events were always sprcud
before His mind, Jesus proclaimed tho
fate of tho city of His adoption (verse 23).
For a moment He recalled the opportun
ity of Capernaum as "exalted to heaven,"
ft figure of fpeech employed by Jewish
poets (tsa. xlv, 13), covering a thought
that early possessed the ;iilnds of men
Won. xl, 4), This city that hnd such am
bitions nnd prides Minll bo brought down
to destruction, What a hazardous pre
diction. Who, unless gifted with pres
cience, dare make It? So had thn old
prophet warned (Lam. II, 1). So Jesus nt"
teiward ns He stood betoro Jerusalem an
nounced Its dcstl action (I.uku xlll, '&).
Two cities, otio In tho north, tho other In
the south, tho metropolis of commerce,
and seat of religious power, both doomc d
because they received not tho Lord. Tho
prediction was fulfilled. Tho great and
prosperous Capernaum enmo to utter
ruin, and the very hpot on which It stood
is a matter of dispute. The traveler finds
only hero nnd thero omo fragments to
show that It onco existed (verse 21).
COMMUNED. Tho sad snccluclo or a
city hastening to uiln is enough to make
one heait sick. No ono can medltato
long upon such a disaster. Instinctively
tho mind turns away for comfort. So It
was with Jesus. From tho dieary pios
pect Ho passed to nobler contemplations
As on other occasions, after much labor
and mnny conflicts, Ho sought tommiin
Ion with heaven (Luke vi, 12). As If re
plying to some message thut had coma
from ubovo He breaks foith In thanks
giving (verso 25, as Ho rcmeiubois tho
Divine plan ot dealing with men. It tho
great nnd worldly Wise are blinded to
their best Interests, so that tho glory of
righteousness does not appear (I Cor. I,
19), It Is nevertheless true that tho meek
nnd simple, tho very babes In their own
estimation, may know (Psalm vill, 2). Re
flecting on this fact Jesus pnssos Judg
ment upon Its wisdom In n brief sollloqm
(verso 20). Ho nppioved what had been
ordained Ho was satisfied to have some
who thought themselves great, reject
Him, provided others would accept.
PFIILISHED.-Hnd our Lord's worm
ended with tho 20th verso some might
havo misjudged lllm supposing that lie
was a mero prophet like unto those who
had gone before Hut the 27th vert.e pre
vents nny suth conclusion. In It llo
plainly sots lorth His n.Uuro and oflice.
Ho publishes to Ills fellow-townsmen, in
deed to all the world, that Ho Is tho head
and source, the administrator of tho new
covenant. All things have been delivered
to Him (John III, 35). He Is of such tran
scelidant glory that no ono knows Him
except tho Father men will perpetually
belittle Him. He Is so necessary to tho
world, that men may search forover and
never know Ood until Jesus reveals Him.
What a timely publication was tills. Just
nt the time when men failed to appreciate
Him, when In their Impenitence they wero
hastening on In tho path to destruction,
when He appears to be alone nnd unhon
ored, then tho declaration came, burst
ing out of His consciousness, that Ho
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among tho trees. There was more fir
ing and Burton awoke.
Fully believing himself hours behind
his olllce time, he looked at his clock,
it registered D:4C. All the events of the
dream hnd passed before his drowsy
mind in four minutes of actuality.
SOMETHING JUST AS GOOD.
Hotv n Billions .Man Cmo Up Ills
Two Cups ofBronliast Coll'ee.
An East End man was advised some
time ago not to drink toffee. His doctor
told him It helped to make lYls liver
torpid and his liver was doing its best
to render life miserable for himself and
all the rest of the family.
But, no, he couldn't give up his two
cups at breakfast time. He couldn't
make the sacrifice. Nothing could take
the place of the delicious Java and
Mocha mixed that he had learned to
love.
One day his wife suggested In a mild
way that he might be Just as well sat
isfied with one of the brands of Imi
tation coffee. He almost frothed at the
mouth.
"That Infernal stuff," he cried, "Not
much. The very first gulp would settle
me. I'd like to see anybody try to fool
me with a counterfeit of that sort."
He didn't notice that his wife quietly
smiled. But, strange to say, from that
time on he grew better. Ills bilious ten
dency was greatly lessened. He felt llko
a new man.
Ono day Iip met the dm toi.
"Hello, doc," he cried. "I'm getting
better in spite of you,"
"Given up coffee, have you?" queried
the smiling doctor.
"Given up coffee? Not much. Coffee's
all right."
A few weeks later he met the man
fiom whom he orders his groceries.
"Hulle," quoth the grocer, "how well
you are looking."
"Yes," suld the convalescent, "I'm
feeling a great deal better."
"By the way,' said the grocer, "you
seem to like thut substitute I've been
sending you."
"What substitute?"
"Why. that substitute for coffee,"
and he named ono of the numerous Im
itations of the fragrant berry.
"Never had a cup of It in the house,"
said the bilious man emphatically
"That's funny," said the grocer. "I
haven't sold your folks a pound of gen
uine coffee, In the Inst three months,"
The bilious man didn't say anything
further, but his thoughts vvoie busy.
Tho next morning he looked at his cup
u little suspiciously, but he drank It
without a tremor Perhaps he fancied
he detected th" difference. Perhaps
not. Anvwr his wife still fondly
Imagines he dc.n t know of the decep
tion. And cvrv time he drinks a cup
of the decoction he congratulates him
self on the fact that his health Is so
much Improved that he can control his
temper.
was the very one whom these people,
nnd all people, need.
INVITED. Thero is something exceed
ingly beautiful and highly attractive In
tho Inexhnustlblo pntlcuco And In the un
wearied efCott of Jesus for men. Tho
cities had not accepted Him tho mssrs
pushed on regardless of lllm. Hut He
turns, after considering Ood's plan and
Ills own oflice, to offer Hlmscit to the
few, those who wero weary with sin, who
vnlnly sought relief by ceremonial ob
servance. Theso may bo found In every
community. To all such He extends an
Invitation a two-fold Invitation (verses
IS nnd )). First, let them come to lllm,
accept Him nB Saviour, teacher and guide.
Then let them put en His yoke, emblem of
service and become submissive to lllm
and lenrn ot lllm. Such Invitations
spoken at such an hour were proofs ot
egotlm and audacity It ho wcro a mero
man, but tho expressions uf tender lovo
and sollcltudo If He were Divine, as the
world believes.
ENCOUHAOBD. Why should men
come to Jesus? How may they ho per
suaded to nctept this Invitation? llo as
signs two reasons or motives (vcises 2?
nnd 21). First, llo Is "meek und lowly In
heart" (Zach, Ix, !). He does not heck
His own glory, neither does He call men
thnt they ma minster to Ills vanity Uhd
establish Ills power, Oa tho contrary Ho
Invites that Ho may save and bless (Mntt,
I, 31). Ho expects to win a following be
cause of what Ho Is. Second, Ho prom
ises rest to thoso who come, a two-fold
rest, a lest given, nnd a rest found, tho
llrst tho pence of pardon (Uom, v, 1), the
other the pcaco of loynl desclpleshtp. Tho
requhoments of Christian dlsclplpshlp, un.
like thoso of tho old tilspenrntlon, nre
e'isy und light (verso 30), yielding satis
faction to him upon whom they nro laid,
never to bo legordcd, therefore, ns bur
dens. What foice In that connectlvo
"for!" "Como for" en me because of
what Christ Is, come because Ot what Will
be gained In coirlng.
SUMMARY. Tho Divine message to
men always has these two elements
warning uguliist Impending dnngcr nnd
Imitation to possible blessing (Jer xxl,
'i. homotlmcs one clement seems to bo
obscured because emphnsls Is laid on tho
other, but bcth nro tcjlly always present.
Each Implies the other. So there uro two
sides to tho character und mission of
Christ they misunderstand lllm who sup
pose that Ho Is vi holly a being of love,
and that He never ndmlnlstcrs justlco
(Matt, xxv, 41). Herein tho Gospel makes
Its true adaptation and successful appeal
to universal humanity It moots tho peril
nnd Inspires tiro hope. Its two great
words to bo proclaimed to the ungodly
nro "woo' 'nnd "come." Startled by the
first and anested In their headlong ca
reer that ends In desttuctlon, they may
hear tho sweet voice of tho pleader who
waits to be gracious (Rev. Ill 2U), and,
turning to lllm, they m.y find that all
Ills promises nio sine (Ism. lv, 1). To ev
ery soul there Is presented nn alternative,
suspended upon a choice (Josh, xxlv, 15).
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