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THE VIRGIh
Our Salvat
The recent meeting <
held at Johnstown, N."'
icr. (October 17) the
Charles McKenzie, pre
Birth of Jesus. The "
extracts irom the serin
sonally lie accepts the
birth, but he goes on I
anybody else accepting
connected with the rcf.
realize, make it very di
know what to do aboui
how. Nothing imports
no fundamental ideas o
least in accepting or i
Can this be true? E
angel to assure Mary, i
Joseph, that her child
himself. When God t
fact, arc we at liberty
Hut it does matter, ;
When we look at t
Christ, we find that o
fact that the fatherhoo
of God. The truth is. t
of divine parentage, his
piatory value, and of i
Redeemer would be tin
To understand this
question of God's plai
through the work of a
ture is that Jesus Chris
resentative?a represen
sinned, and deserve pu
Jesus was to bear that
to so live as to earn a
sentativc Tp<;iic cn livo
title to eternal life. A
terms of God's covenar
of our sins and earned
We have repeated 1
tive," because on this
God could have create
having a representative
did so create the ang<
they have no represent
endures his probation 1
if one of them sins, h
(who have no racial r
deemer. Tn Hebrews
''not lay hold on angc
there is no Redeemer.
Hut in the creation
in special kindness, ari
resentation. He appo
sentativc of the race, sc
the whole race would 1
In doing this God prep
tnc second Adam, Llir
work depends on this i
pie of representation ir
If Adam had faithful
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THE PRESBYTERIAN
i BIRTH OF JESUS,
ion Depends On It.
3f the Synod of New York was
Y., October 19. Two days earlpastor
of that Church. Rev.
ached a sermon on the Virgin
Johnstown Republican'' gives
on. In it he declares that perScripture
narrative of Christ's
luis:: "I should not insist upon
it. There are many difficulties
>ort given in the Gospel that, I
ifficult for some minds to really
t them. It does not matter any
mt depends upon it. There are
f Christian truth affected in the
rejecting it."
>oes it not matter! God sent an
ind God sent an angel to assure
I.Jesus, was begotten by God
ook this trouble to verify the
to say that it does not matter?
and vitally.
he foundations of the work of
ur redemption depends on the
d of Jesus was not of man but
hat if Jesus of Nazareth be not
? death would be shorn of its cxts
saving power. His work as
dcrmined.
matter we must enter into the
11 of salvation. It is salvation
representative. Its central fea>t
came to earth to act as a repitativc
for sinful man. We have
nishmpnt nc rvnr rnnfflcniif-vt!.."
, %*w VMA 1 VJ/l VOVJilULlVt
punishment. We have all failed
title to heaven. As our repred
in holiness of fife as to earn a
lS our representative under the
it. He bought for us the pardon
for us the privileges of heaven,
lie words, "as our representaliinges
all the work of Christ,
d men without the privilege of
t to act for the whole race. He
Is. They have no tic of race;
ativc head. When one of them
le secures life for himself alone:
e alone suffers. But for them
epresentative) there is no Re2:
16 we read that Christ did
Is/' For Satan or His angels,
of man on this earth. God
-anged for the principle of repillt
I'fl tllO fircf- A fl D m oc rnnrn
) that if he had obeyed in Eden,
lave had all promised blessings,
ared the way fo?- the coming of
ist. The efficacy of Christ's
ngrafting by God of the princii
this world.
ly kept the season of probation,
f OF THE SOUTH.
the whole race of men would h
in perfect security to all etcrn
dience of the one man.
But Adam, as representative
sin; and thus, the penalty of
Every child of Adam by ordit
under sin, under the penalty o
Now, if Jesus of Nazareth 1
human father, He also would
the curse, subject to death bee
sinning Adam. Then all his sn
out meritorious value. His <
His voluntary act, would have
quences due to Adam's sin. 1
possible for Him to say "I lay
ners, because already it was for
was "in Adam'' was involved
sin, and could not do any work
But Jesus Is The 5
The infinite wisdom of God
In order to be the Redcemci
Christ must (on the one ham
and blood. God secures this
born of Mary. He became boi
of her flesh.
On the other hand, in ord<
condemnation of Adam's transg
not be descended from Adam tl
and child of Adam. This was !
self became the father of Jesus
tell Mary that her child would
but would be "that holy thing
thee," and that He would be ' t
human father.
In all this, behold the marvel
was a problem which human s
solved. Only God could do it.
hands; unnn nnr mnntlic ?'
And now when God has pla
how does it comport with a c
does not matter?"
WHAT ARE WE SPEN]
In the address of Hon. J. j
tional Peace Congress at Ch
presented the foHowing figure
During the fiscal year 190
the United States for the ci
army and navy were $204,122
from the total revenues of
amounts collected from postag
six per cent of our revenue.
The amount paid out for per
was $180,608,204, which is thi
revenues. The total of war
past) was therefore sixty-seve
nuc.
In the fiscal year 1909, the st
Up to the date of his speech
government for current expe
navy were forty-one per cent o
sions, etc., thirty-one per ce
seventy-two per cent of our n
the purposes of war.
November 17, 1909.
lave been safe, dwelling
ity, because of the obeof
the race, committed
sin fell upon the race,
lary generation is born
f A ' i _
i nuciiu >s transgression,
lad been the child of a
have been born under
ausc lie was a child of
ifferings would be withleatli,
instead of being
been one of the conse[t
would not have been
down my life" for sinfeited.
Any person who
in the consequences of
: of redemption.
Son of God.
solved the difficulty.
of the human race the
d) be partaker of flesh
by causing Him to be
le of her none and flesh
er to be free from the
jrcssioii? the Christ must
trough the fatherhood of
secured when God Him,
so that the angel could
not be a "guilty" child,
which shall be born of
he Son of God", not of a
lous wisdom of God. It
ikill could never have
We st?nd, and lay our
Imire! !
inned time wnnrlprfiillir
~
hild of mail to say "It
DING FOR WAR?
Tawney, at the Naicago,
in May last, he
I
S: !
8, the expenditures of
irrent expenses of the
,855.57. If we exclude
the government the
e, this amount is thirtyisions,
during that year,
rty-one per cent of our
expenses (currertf: and
n per cent of our reveate
of the c^se is worse.
, the payments by the
nses of the army and
f the total, and for pennt,
making a total of
ation's money used for
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