The Archive · 1926

A Law of Salvation

The same thing is true of the diseases of the soul created by sin. If the sinner could 49 sin as to fel no change in himeelf, and so sin to make it impossible for others

were impossible to distinguish' be-sex) any ference in him; tween the pure and the impare, the Just and te criminal, then it needs ro superior intelligence tell us what would happen. In 50 years the world would become a perfect hell, the race of men a race of devils, The law of detection is therefore a law of salvation both to. the individual and the race charged with merey as well as tribution.

Alas, mary of us do not need proof of the operation of this law.

the secret of our hearts we know sin haa found us out, Wo have suffered the penalty. We bear the marks. Weakened will, tainted mind, heart filed with wicked de-fires. We need no proof of the Jaw, all we long to know is a way of escape, how we may regain our fast purity. Tank God there is way, there is a law of detection and a law of penalty. But there is also 'a law. of redemption. There are Fedemptive processes in the world which can enter the heart of the most degraded sinner and arrest the drift which can begin to work upon har sodden and ruined nature and reconstruct it in its original 1ike-nese.

"Broken Earthenware"

One of the most priceless posscssions of the British Museum Known as the "Portland Vase. one of the most beauti in the world, a work of beauty and joy forever. One day a m: dman fentered the museum and. with one Dlow of hia stick shattered the vase nto @ thovaand fragments. There lay on the floor' mere. broken earthenware, what before had been thing of priceless value. But one came along and picked up the bro-Ken fragments and lovingly and with infinite patience pisced them together. With careful rxamination the marks of the bre and the vote has gained in value, enriched by the love and devotion of him who devoted himself to ite This io the blessed worl. that the Lon! Jesus Chrht is engaged in. He is restoring "Broken earth and building it into its orf likeness. With infinite love and patience He takes up the broken fragments of the most ruined lite, and as long as it is committed to Him, He will not give up until He hax' restored i Source & Bibliography Hiuras "The Laws of Life & Dessiny™ man admitted having had "a drink or two," the Registrar remarked "It depends, of course, on the length of them."

Mr. Hah Shao-fu and two other Moslem friends invited a number of friends other than Moslems to a dinner on Sunday afternoon at the Mohammedan mosque inside the West Gate of the City. The Taoyin, the Magistrate, the director of the Kiangsu Educational Association, Mr. Wang T-ding, Mr. Li Ping-shu and Dr. G. Reid of the International Institute of China were among those who were present. At this gathering Mr. Hah, who is one of the oldest dealers in Chinese paintiness and antiques, outlined a plan for helping to build a three-storey school building for Moslem children. He is going to put on exhibit at the International Institate within a week or so his own collection of paintings, and the funds from. the sale of these paintings will all be set apart for this Moslem school, except one-tenth which will go to the International Institute, After: disposal of the paintings will put op-exhibit-ahd-for sale his war " ealleetion - of: porcelain "end bronzes.

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