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132 A Busy Life. He taught as one having authority. His Apostles claimed to speak in the name of God. Christianity ia*either divine, or a base imposture from God, or it is a lie. Now, is it worthy of God? Many object to salvation by grace. They affirm that it is unfriendly to godliness and righteousness. They reason on this wise: A holy God cannot save men in a way that will encourage sin. The salvation of a wicked, rebellious and undeserving sinner wholly by grace, tends to encourage sin and is, therefore, unworthy of God. But is it so? Salvation deserved, salvation as the reward of merit, is impossible. Can any man tell what penalty a single sin against a God, to whom we are all under infinite obligation, merits? Can any man figure up the punishment merited by a life of rebellion and sin? Can a sinner then merit anything ? Who is he with intellect so blinded and conscience so hardened as to appear before God, claiming a salvation he has merited? Where is the mortal so presumptuous! Even the cherubim veil their faces with their wings in presence of a God of spotless holiness ; and shall man, with his little, venture into his presence chamber, claiming glory, honor and immortality as the pay for a holy life? Away with such a prepos- terous thought. Sound philosophy scorns such