The Works of the Late Rev. Robert Murray McCheyne, Minister of St. Peter's Church, Dundee, Vol. 2 of 2

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Excerpt from The Works of the Late Rev. Robert Murray McCheyne, Minister of St. Peter's Church, Dundee, Vol. 2 of 2: SermonsThere was once a partition wall between you and God, but Christ hath cast it down. God was once angry but his anger is turned away from the blessed path. In Christ he is ever well pleased.II. Christ is the Truth - The whole Bible, and the whole of experience, bear witness that by nature we are ignorant of the truth. No doubt there are many truths which an unconverted man does know. He may know the truths of mathematics and arithmetic, he may know many of the common every-day truths, but still it cannot be said that an unconverted man knows the truth, for Christ is the truth. Christ may be called the key-stone of the arch of truth. {take away the key-stone of an arch, and the whole becomes a heap of rubbish. The very same stones may be there, but they are all fallen, smothered. And confused, without order, without end. J Just so, take Christ away, and the whole arch of truth becomes a heap ofrubbish. The very same truths may be there but they are all fallen, without coherence, without order, without end. Christ may be called the sun of the system of truth. {take away the sun out of our system, and every planet would rush into confusion. The very same planets would be there, but their con¿icting forces would draw them hither and thither, orb dashing against orb in endless perplexity.) Just so, take Christ away, and the whole system of truth rushes into con fusion. The same truths may be in the mind, but all con¿icting and jarring in inextricable mazes for the path of the wicked is as darkness they know not at what they But let Christ be revealed to an unconverted soul, let it not be merely a man speaking about Christ unto him, but let the spirit of God reveal him, and there is revealed, not a truth, but the truth. You put the key-stone into the arch of truth, you restore the sun to the centre of the system. All truth becomes orderly and serviceable in that mind.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.